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Community, Charitable Accomplishments
Sharing the Rotary Commitment at a Community Level

In the past ten year period the Waunakee Rotary Club has raised and donated in excess of $ 100,000 dollars for various projects or organizations. Listed below is a partile list of some of the major past and ongoing Waunakee Rotary Club donations, accomplishments, fund raisers, and projects.

* designates donations, fund raisers, or projects which are annual or ongoing

DONATIONS:

* Waunakee High School scholarships- currently two $1,000 dollar scholarship per year
* Waunakee High School Post Prom Party
* Special Olympics program
* Rotary International Foundation
* Rotary International Polio Plus program
- Red Cross
- Waunakee Depot Clock Tower & Lighted Flag Pole
- Town of Vienna Lighted Flag Pole
- Waunakee Main Street Flower Pots & Banners
- Casa Hogar Jaun Pablo II Orphanage
- Governor Nelson State Park Handicap Assessable Play Ground Equipment
- Waunakee Fire District Equipment Fund
- Waunakee Area Emergency Medical Services Equipment Fund
- Rotary Guatemalla & Honduras International Projects
- Waunakee Area ED Foundation
- District 6250 Sir Lanka Bridge Project
- Waunakee Senior Center
- Waunakee Area Food Pantry

FUND RAISERS:

* Host Whitetail Unlimited Dinner Event
* Wauna-Fest Food Stand
* Super Bowl Sunday Party
* Club Golf Outing (Meadows of Six Mile Creek)
* Annual Club "Super Raffle" Ticket Sale
* Weekly Football Pool Fund Donation
* Club Meeting "Fines & Happy Bucks" Donations
- Tree Sale Fund Raiser

CLUB PROJECTS:

- Down Town Restoration & Improvements Community Survey (1974)
- * Christmas Caroling at the Senior & Community Center (1976)
- Hosted Rotary District 6250 Bowling Tournament (1978)
- * Christmas "Santa at the Depot" Children's Program (1979) *
- Donated & Planted Trees on Main Street in Waunakee (1980)
- Sent Large Delegation To Rotary International Convention in Chicago (1981)
- Began increased International Rotary Awareness/ Donations/ & Guest Exchanges (1982)
- * Began "Thanksgiving Breakfast" Event at the Waunakee Manor ( 1983) *
- * Major Committment to Polio Plus/ International Polio Eradification (1984)
- * Began Six Mile Creek Conservancy Park Project (1985)
- Donated Six Mile Creek Park Flowers, Built Walking Trail, & Built Pond (1985)
- * Began Waunakee Manior Seniors Picnic Program (1985)
- Began Community Park Band & Picnic Shelter Gazebo Building Project (1986)
- Community Park Gazebo Project Completed (1987)
- Club Foundation Started/ Scholarship number & Donation Amounts Increased (1988)
- Began Gazebo Restaurant Project (1990)
- Completed Gazebo Restaurant Project (1991)
- Began "save a tree" program (1996)
- Began School Supplies for International Donation Program (1997)
- Began "Rotary Helping Kids" Outings Program (1997)
- Began "Restor the Depot" Project/ Donated Lighted Flag Pole & Flag (2000)
- Completed "Restor the Depot" Project/ Donated Clock Tower (2001)
- Donated and Placed Large Decorative Flower Pots & Banners on Main Street (2001)
- Began Collecting & Sending Used Sports Equipment to Central America (2001)
- * Began a project to supply & Equip a Library at a Peru Orphanage (2002)
- Donated a Lighted Flag Pole & Flag for the Town of Vienna Hall (2002)
- Book Fair Program to Collect and Ship Children's Book to Central America (2003)
- Club Member paid own expenses to Travel to Nigeria to Immunize for Polio (2003)
- Donated & Helped Install Handicap Assessable Playground Equip at Nelson Park (2004)
- Collected & Shipped Large Truck Load of Medical Equip to Clinic in Hondouars (2004)
- Club Member paid Own Expenses to Deliver Medical Equip & Volunteer at Clinic (2004)

Club Projects + Photos Continued

 



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