For over a century, the Rotary Club of Milwaukee has united for good in so many ways.  Our weekly lunch meetings in downtown Milwaukee provide a place for our members and guests to gather in fellowship and to connect with the many ongoing activities of the club.  We provide the largest ongoing forum for public discourse regarding important issues and happenings in our local and global worlds.  We share the values of integrity and mutual respect for all through our four-way test, which connects all of us, regardless of our political, religious, social and ideological backgrounds and views. 

 

Beyond our weekly opportunities to network and listen to speakers of relevance, the members of the Rotary Club of Milwaukee are people of action, motivated to better the lives of those in the greater Milwaukee area and beyond.  Our Done in a Day initiative provides a host of local service opportunities for our members to improve our community through a short-term project.  Longer term opportunities for Rotarians include supporting elementary school age students as well as mentoring first-in-their-family college students.  Our club has helped lead the development of large community-wide projects like the Milwaukee Rotary Centennial Arboretum at the Urban Ecology Center, Clarence and Cleopatra Johnsons Park, and MKE Urban Stables. 

 

Our club members are people of action on the global stage as well by assisting with construction projects in Guatemalan villages that provide education and accessible fresh water, assembling and delivering medical supplies to Ukraine, and participating in the longtime Rotary International effort to eliminate polio worldwide. 

 

And of course, our club members love to engage socially as well, through an abundance of Connector Groups, Tyrotarian tours of interesting sites in our region, Happy Hour events and our much-loved Live at the Lakefront concert series Wednesdays nights in the summertime at the most scenic concert venue around:  the Rotary Amphitheater located at Discovery World.  These fun events build friendships within our club and allow guests to experience the warmth of our membership. 

 

As a longtime member of this organization, I still remember the first lunch meeting I attended as a new member, and the mix of curiosity and hopefulness about what being a Rotarian would actually amount to.  What I have found over the years is a club comprised of some of the finest, most authentic, service-oriented and enjoyable people I have ever met.  People who have accomplished all of the things mentioned above while taking on additional service opportunities that inevitably arrive at our doorstep every year.  People who know how to have a good time as we work together better our communities.  I am grateful to serve as the president of this club in the upcoming year, and I look forward to welcoming new guests and members to this organization that is United for Good. 

 

If you have further interest in our club, please do not hesitate to contact me or another member, and we will look forward to bringing you to lunch!