Welcome!
Thank you for visiting our West Wichita Rotary Club Website! Rotary is a diverse group of local businessmen and women dedicated to promoting Service above Self throughout the community and world.
 
Chartered in 1987, our club provides each member with a unique opportunity to serve others.  We support our community with projects throughout the year, including building and delivering bookshelves for several west Wichita Title 1 schools, partnering with local schools to identify families in need of groceries, providing gifts for needy families at Christmas and ringing bells for the Salvation Army.  Our club also supports international goodwill through the Open World Program and Rotary Inter-country Teacher Exchange (RITE). We have many opportunities to give back to our community and world that you will find very rewarding. 
 
Please, take a few moments and discover all that our club has to offer by browsing our website.
Speakers
Upcoming Speakers
Jesse R. Romo, A.A.E.
Apr 21, 2026 12:00 PM
Wichita Airport Authority

A native to Los Angeles, Jesse has been a Kansan by choice for the last 20 years. He holds degrees from UCLA and Embry-Riddle; is an accredited airport executive; and is currently serving as a board member for the Kansas Aviation Museum and United Way of the Plains. 

With over 25 years of management and leadership experience in various industries, Jesse also has 12 years of teaching experience at both Baker and K-State University. Prior to Wichita, Jesse served as the Director of the Manhattan Regional Airport in Manhattan, Kansas (not to be confused with that other “Manhattan”); and he served as the Director of Aviation for the Kansas Department of Transportation.  He was most recently honored as an executive of the year by the Wichita Business Journal.

In 2003, Jesse began his career as an airport management intern at the Hollywood Burbank Airport; however, his aviation experience began in 1993 when he first attained his pilot’s license. That passion for aviation never leaves.  You can still catch him watching airplanes from his office.

Past Speakers
FIRESIDE MEETINGS
Apr 14, 2026 12:00 PM
These meetings will be in place of our regular club meeting this week
Kim Hett, School Director
Apr 07, 2026 12:00 PM
Kahn Lab School
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Bookshelf Project 2025
Repainting a US map at Lawrence Elementary
These oversized maps of the United States are on dozens of our playgrounds throughout our district. This map at Lawrence Elementary was one of our first and needed a fresh paint job. Teachers use these maps for a variety of educational purposes and the maps are an example of Rotary's ongoing community service.
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David Weber Extra Effort Awards 
 
Rotary Club of West Wichita works with teachers at Lawrence Elementary and Benton Elementary to recognize students for their extra effort. Students are given a small plaque and teachers explain the traits that helped them earn the award. This program was started in the late 1980s by the late David Weber, a music educator at Friends University and club member.
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Rotarians deliver gift cards to local teachers
Elementary teachers at Benton and Lawrence start the school year with more cash to buy school supplies thanks to a grant from the West Rotary Foundation. Watch the video of teachers getting the gifts
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Photo Albums
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
 

We love celebrating the birthdays of our members and recognizing their long-term commitment to Rotary and its ideal of 'service above self."

Member Birthdays:
  • Bob Goebel
    April 9
  • Jami Andrews
    April 13
  • Julie Butler
    April 24
  • Robert Nelson
    April 26
  • Bruce Pearson
    April 29
  • Strom Sloan
    April 29
Join Date:
  • Sean Babjak
    April 5, 2016
    10 years
  • Tony Morrow
    April 13, 2010
    16 years
  • Colin McKenney
    April 23, 2013
    13 years
  • Zella Newberry
    April 25, 2006
    20 years