HAVE YOU CONSIDERED JOINING ROTARY?Waukesha Rotary Smoke & Oak Bourbon Dinner
Thank you to everyone who attended our inaugural Oak Bourbon Dinner on October 16th at The Gage in West Allis. We appreciate the outstanding support from The Gage and our sponsors:
Please visit our website for updates on next year’s event.
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Carroll University: Help purchase an outcome assessment tool for Carroll University's Community Counseling Center (provides free high quality mental health counseling and therapy services) to track client progress over time, allowing therapists to measure effectiveness of treatment and tailor interventions to the clients specific needs. | Chosen, Inc: Provide families with new and adaptive equipment and award scholarships for therapeutic and developmental activities to help children in foster care or adoption heal, grow, and thrive. | Community Smiles Dental: Assist with equipment repairs for the Healthy Smiles for Tots & Teens program, serving more than 3,000 children in Waukesha County each year. | |
Food Pantry Serving Waukesha and Jefferson Co.: Replace 5 food carts used to safely move food throughout the facility. The old ones can tip over easily or are hard to move with food on them. | Habitat for Humanity of Waukesha Co. Support construction of Phase 2 of the Domenica Park Workforce Housing Project, specifically single family homes and duplex units. | Learning in Retirement: Help expand educational programs like current events, cooking, healthy living, history, and travel. Help combat loneliness, mental health issues, and physical issues by providing socialization, knowledge of better living, and broadening the horizons of older adults. | |
ProHealth Care Foundation: Support automated breast ultrasound screening technology specifically for women with dense breasts (approximately 16, 500 women in 2004) to result in additional women getting an early breast cancer diagnosis. | Waukesha Free Clinic: Support increased staff time to provide free healthcare and prescriptions to those who live, work or attend school in Waukesha County AND have a household income at or below 300% of the federal poverty line ($3,765/individual or $7800/family of 4) | Waukesha Public Library: Provide books for the Waukesha Reads program, which served approximately 5,600 people in 2024 and distributed approximately 1,750 books in various formats. |
Wildlife In Need Center: Support educational programming to schools, scout groups, civic organization and seniors to increase awareness and appreciation of Wisconsin wildlife and best practices when encountering wildlife. | Wisconsin Philharmonic: Assist with free and reduced cost concert series, mentorship and performance opportunities for young musicians, in-school workshops and music education. |
The Waukesha Rotary Club is proud to announce the completion of a new school kitchen in Caserío Buena Vista, a remote K’iche’ Maya community in the Guatemalan highlands. This project was made possible through collaboration with nine other Rotary clubs, as well as contributions from the municipality of Joyabaj and the Buena Vista community.
For years, meals for students and community events were prepared in a dark, unsafe structure made of metal sheeting, with a dirt floor and no ventilation. Today, thanks to this partnership, Buena Vista has a safe, ventilated, concrete-block kitchen with electricity, clean floors, and space to prepare healthy, local food.
The new kitchen serves not only the school’s children—replacing processed snacks with healthy food like fresh fruit, beans, and oatmeal—but also supports community events held in the adjacent center. The $19,500 project was funded primarily through Rotary, with Waukesha Rotary and partner clubs contributing over $13,000.
This project is a powerful example of what can happen when local effort meets international partnership. Together, we’ve helped lay a stronger foundation for education, health, and community life in Buena Vista.
Want to be part of global projects like this? The Waukesha Rotary Club is accepting new members! Join us in making a difference—locally and around the world.
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