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The Waunakee Rotary Club was founded in 1973 when this picture was taken.

 

Some of the founding members are still Rotarians in 2018, including (front from right) Bob Lenz and Jim Schmitz, (second row, second from left) Connie Blau, (back, far left), Ray Statz and (far right) Rich Murphy.

Hop on over to Tierney Park, (1413 Tierney Dr) for the 10th Annual Easter Egg Hunt sponsored by the Waunakee Rotary Club.  Volunteers will put out eggs starting at 8:00 AM.   Come early to meet the Easter Bunny and get ready to scramble for over 5,000 Easter Eggs at 10:00am on Saturday, April 13th.  Please note the new location. Don't be late or you'll miss it!  

 

 

 

The Rotary Easter Egg Hunt was held on Saturday, April 8, 2017 at Endres Manufacturing, 802 S. Century Ave, Waunakee, WI.  A great time was had by all the kids!

 

 

 

 

This YouTube video was captured by Laurie Kutil during her family's drive through of the Waunakee Rotary Lights 2016 exhibit on November 29, 2016. Laurie sent the accompanying note along with a link to her YouTube video:

 

"My husband and I came by to see the lights on the 29th, they were so beautiful! It was our first visit in 5 years I saw it as being much bigger than in 2011. I made a video of our drive through the park and I will be making another one with close-ups of the displays. I will send you a link when I get that one done. Meanwhile, enjoy the first video on you tube. Fee free to share the link on your page. Marry Christmas!"

In light if recent disasters in Haiti and elsewhere, a generous Waunakee Rotarian has made a donation and issued a challenge to all members to make a donation towards the purchase of a Shelter-Box.  The Waunakee Rotary Foundation will match donations up to $1,000 total between now and the end of 2016.  Checks should be made to Waunakee Rotary Foundation with a note stating the funds are for a Shelter Box.  Mail your check to P.O. Box 159, Waunakee, WI 53597.  The Waunakee Rotary Foundation is a 501(c)3 organization and donations may be tax-deductible.

Shelter Box is an international relief organization that provides emergency shelter and vital supplies to support communities around the world overwhelmed by disaster and humanitarian crisis.  Shelter Box aid is tailored to a disaster but typically includes a disaster relief tent for a family, thermal blankets and groundsheets, water storage and purification equipment, solar lamps, cooking utensils, a basic tool kit, mosquito nets and children’s activity pack.  For more information visit www.shelterboxusa.org

Our annual Waunakee Rotary Lights event will start Sunday, November 27th and run through December 31, 2016. The lights are located at the Waunakee Village Park, 410 E. Main St.

 

The lights will be on from 5pm - 9am every evening.  Be sure to get your Rotary Lights Magazine containing coloring contests, trivia contest and more.

 

Check out the photo album of images from previous Rotary Lights displays

 

Link to 2016 Rotary Lights Volunteer Schedule - click the link to download the most current Word document to view the volunteers who are assigned.

Throughout India and around the world, Rotary clubs are celebrating a major milestone: India has gone three years without a new case of polio. The last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal on 13 January 2011. To mark this historic triumph, Rotary clubs illuminated landmarks and iconic structures throughout the country with four simple but powerful words, "India is polio free."

 

The three-year achievement sets the stage for polio-free certification of the entire Southeast Asia region by the World Health Organization. The Indian government also plans to convene a polio summit in February to commemorate this victory in the global effort to eradicate polio.