Neenah Rotary is partnering with Future Neenah (FNI) to make Neenah the “most Christmas-y town in America." This December our club and FNI will be launching a Christmas Market. Set to debut the first weekend in December in conjunction with FNI's wildly popular “A Very Neenah Christmas” event the market will run the entire weekend and feature specialty gifts and foods.
This event is an opportunity for both service to and building Rotary's identity in the community. There will be many opportunities to engage over the next few months. We are currently looking for volunteers to co-lead the Physical Arrangements and Marketing areas for this event. We are specifically looking for some construction/electrical/layout minded folks for the Physical Arrangements committee.
Why did you join Rotary? “I was invited to a Rotary lunch meeting by a friend. By the second meeting, I knew I was in the right place—I was hooked!” What do you love about Rotary? "I love that Rotary gives me the opportunity to serve others in meaningful ways. It also connects me with like-minded people who share the same passion for making a difference. No matter where I go in the world, I know I’ll always find a friend in Rotary."
Dure to some technical issues, all of our stories did not appear in the previous e-newsletter. Please read on for ALL the content.
Head's up: our first meeting in April is a BREAKFAST meeting and we have our semi-annual highway clean-up for service this month. Read on to get the scoop.
As always, please check the club calendar at right for details on all club activities.
April 3rd - BREAKFAST meeting and we've had a program change. Rise and shine at 7 a.m. to hear all about Beaming and their equine assisted therapy programs.
April 9th - Semi-annual Highway Clean Up and Treasure Hunt - RSVP HERE.
April 17th - Lunch meeting with an update from our Community Service Committee and Community Connection Task Force about some new service programs - RSVP HERE.
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For nearly 30 years – since 1993 – our Club has made special efforts to identify and acknowledge the work of individuals who have demonstrated service to their community and to this Club. This presentation is for the Jack R. Grist Club Service Award. It is named after a now departed member of the Neenah Rotary Club who was known for his outstanding service to the Club and to his community. The award winner is provided with a $1,000 fellowship in his or her name to either the Rotary International Foundation or the Neenah Rotary Club Foundation. Nominations for this award are made by our fellow Neenah Rotarians. Members nominate individuals who they believe epitomize service to the Neenah Rotary Club, and whose values reflect the ideals of Rotary International.
For 40 years – since 1983 – the Neenah Rotary Club has made a special effort to identify and acknowledge the work of individuals who have demonstrated service to their community with the Jack W. Casper “Service Above Self” Community Service Award. This award is presented annually to honor and recognize someone in our local community who:
Displays out-of-the-ordinary long-term service to the community
Demonstrates high level of personal and professional integrity
Conducts his/her life according to Rotary ideals
Lives or works within the greater Neenah community and
The Rotary Club of Neenah recently elected its Board of Directors for the 2023-2024 Rotary year.
New members: Todd Ellis, RotoGraphics Printing and Deb Rohrkaste, Calvary Bible Church join existing Board members Dave Mader, Dave Mader State Farm Agency; Andy Sabatke, 4imprint; and Aaron Sensenig, Smart Real Estate Group.
The Rotary Club of Neenah is committed to the Rotary ideal of "service above self." Our club is a cross-section of Neenah residents, business and professional people who are not only good friends but are united in a common commitment to serve others for the benefit of the community.
Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.4 million members in 46,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.
The Rotary Club of Neenah has been active in our community through community service projectsand scholarshipssince 1925. We hope you join us as a guest at one of our weekly meetings or enjoy one of our public community events.
Consider becoming a member! Our new member application is entirely digital, and it's quick to fill out. You will be contacted by the chair of our membership committee shortly after your application has been submitted. To learn more about what membership entails click here, or else jump right into the application here.
Your leadership team for Rotary year 2015-2016 has been selected and will assume their duties on July 1, 2015. They are:
President: Dave Salzwedel
President-Elect: Lisa Werner
Secretary: Dana Kohlmeyer
Treasurer: Julie Huth
Please offer your congratulations and thank them for their willingness to invest their time in our club. And then tell them how YOU would like to help Neenah Rotary serve our community in the upcoming year.
Neenah Rotary introduced a corporate membership program in July of 2014. This program allows up to four members of a Neenah business to be active Rotarians within the club. One of the members must be a member of the senior executive team, we encourage the others to be from different sectors of the company. All corporate members are allowed, and encouraged, to be as active as possible but are allowed to share the attendance requirement. A brochure is being developed to allow Rotarians to introduce the concept to area businesses but if any Rotarians know of good businesses to contact about the program, they are encouraged to make a proposal to Lisa Werner and the Membership Committee for consideration and contact. Our current Corporate Members, and longtime Neenah Rotary supporters, include Westgor Funeral Home and FNB Fox Valley.
For more than 20 years, the Neenah Rotary Club has recognized students, community leaders and club members who have demonstrated service to others and our community. The Club recently presented its community and club service awards during its annual Changing of the Guard dinner at the Best Western Premier Bridgewood Resort Hotel.
(Neenah, Wis.) – For more than 20 years, the Neenah Rotary Club has recognized students, community leaders and club members who have demonstrated service to others and our community. The Club recently presented its community and club service awards during its annual Changing of the Guard dinner at the Best Western Premier Bridgewood Resort Hotel.
Lucas Unruh, a recent graduate of St. Mary’s Central High School and Lauren VanderMause and Ethan Weinaug, both recent graduates of Neenah High School were presented with the Service Above Self Youth Award. This award is presented annually to graduating high school seniors who have clearly demonstrated Service Above Self in their lives. Individuals are nominated by their respective schools and then selected after a paper review and oral interview by Neenah Rotarians. Youth award winners receive a $1,500 scholarship to be used for their future education.
Jan Williams was honored with the Service Above Self Adult award. This award is presented to a Neenah-area adult, who is not a member of the Club, and who best represents the idea of community action. Nominees are chosen on the basis of their outstanding community service and other activities which help the community and those who live in it. Williams has provided countless hours of leadership and commitment to the Neenah High School Basketball Booster Club and Future Neenah’s 3-on-3 Streetball event.
The Jack R. Grist Club Service Award recognizes a Neenah Rotary Club member who epitomizes service and whose values reflect the ideals of Rotary International. Raymond Smith was presented with the award for his years of service and commitment.
Founded in 1925, the Neenah Rotary Club is a service organization of about 100 business and professional men and women united in fellowship world-wide who conduct local and international humanitarian projects, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and work towards understanding and peace. The club meets weekly on Thursday at Noon at the Holiday Inn Neenah Riverwalk. To learn more, visit www.neenahrotary.org.
Neenah Rotary Announces Community and Club Service Award Recipients
Four members of the Neenah Rotary Club were recently recognized with
a Paul Harris Fellowship. Rotarians Mike Dillon, Bob Karrmann and Dale
Youngquist each earned their first Paul Harris Fellowship.Rotarian Bob Golz earned his second fellowship.
Paul Harris was born in Racine, Wisconsin and founded Rotary International
in 1905 in Chicago.Individuals who have
contributed more than $1000 to Annual Program Fund, the Polio Plus Fund or the
Humanitarian Grants Program of the Rotary Foundation are recognized as Paul
Harris Fellows.
Additionally, individual Rotary clubs may from time to time honor
individuals as Paul Harris Fellows. These honorees are individuals who meet
high professional and personal standards set forth by Paul Harris. Paul Harris
recognition is not limited to Rotarians.
Multiple-time Paul Harris Fellows are recognized as they continue
to contribute. Additionally, Paul Harris Fellows receive recognition points
which they may contribute towards the recognition of other members as Paul
Harris Fellows.
Founded in 1925, the
Neenah Rotary Club is a service organization of about 100 business and
professional men and women united in fellowship world-wide who conduct local
and international humanitarian projects, encourage high ethical standards in
all vocations and work towards understanding and peace.To learn more, visit www.neenahrotary.org.
Dana Kohlmeyer was recently recognized by the Ripon Rotary Club and the District for her tireless commitment to the Rotary Youth Exchange Organizer (YEO) position. This is Dana's third, and final, year of her service to Rotary youth.
Dana's work includes organizing and participating in two District scheduled weekend events: an orientation weekend in September and the Central States Inbound/Outbound Retreat in June. In addition she assists with the weekend hosted by our club and normally attends two additional club weekend events within the district. She has also chaperoned the students at the District Conference two of the last three years.
Dana commits an average of 8 to 12 hours per week and including time spent following up on monthly reports that are required from each of the students relative to their Rotary related activities, grades and school/social related activities
The Neenah and Fox Cities Morning Rotary Clubs were awarded the2011 Grand Marshall Award for the best overall water station in the small companies/non-profit category at the Community First Fox Cities Marathon.
The theme of the Rotary water station was “Gilligan’s Island.”
NEENAH, WI (July 7, 2011) – The Neenah Rotary Club presented its annual service awards on June 30 during the Club’s annual “Changing of the Guard” Banquet at the Best Western Bridgewood Resort Hotel and Conference Center.
Honor recipients of the Jack W. Casper Service Above Self Youth Award and a $1,500 scholarship were Meghan Hickey, a senior at Neenah High School, and Heidi Loper, a senior at St. Mary Central High School.
What a wonderful season for us to Reach Out to Embrace Humanity. We are blessed that Neenah Rotary has touched many lives in our community and around the world.
Recently I had the honor to represent Neenah Rotary at Fox Valley Technology College and presented six scholarships to some very worthy students. Not only did the recipients express their gratitude that afternoon, but their thank you letters confirmed their appreciation.
An uplifting surprise came when I received a personal phone call from the father of one of the recipients sharing how much this scholarship meant to his son and their family. This student’s mother had passed away a few years ago and the father is working to carry out the mother’s wish for their son to receive an education. Our scholarship is making that wish come true.
Christmas miracle, yes, it is for this student and for all the students that Rotarians help to make their dreams come true. We give a life time gift. I ask that you look into your hearts this coming year and continue to give of your time, talents and financial gifts so others in our community will enjoy a blessed holiday.
I hope you all enjoyed the blessings of the holidays with your family and friends and wish you much happiness in the new year.
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The Rotary Club of Neenah is committed to the Rotary ideal of "service above self." Our club is a cross-section of Neenah residents, business and professional people who are not only good friends but are united in a common commitment to serve others for the benefit of the community. 
Dana Kohlmeyer was recently recognized by the Ripon Rotary Club and the District for her tireless commitment to the Rotary Youth Exchange Organizer (YEO) position. This is Dana's third, and final, year of her service to Rotary youth.
