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.
Upcoming Speakers
Thomas Montiel, Executive Director
Apr 20, 2021 12:00 PM
KANSEL
With a passion for assisting youth and a proactive mindset, Thomas brings a strong leadership presence to KANSEL. His “So What? Now What?” approach with students and staff brings a culture of caring, consideration, collaboration and creation. Going out of his way to hear student’s problems, engaging issues and working as a team to address individual needs.
Working multiple jobs since he was 15, Thomas’s professional experiences include positions in Non-profit Leadership, Workforce Development, Sales, Retail and Food Management and lots of “blue collar” manual labor.
Past Speakers
Troy Houtman, Director of Parks & Recreation
Apr 13, 2021 12:00 PM
"Updates about what the City is doing and how Covid has impacted their planning"
DANIELLE RICKLEFS, Museum of World Treasures
Apr 06, 2021 12:00 PM
"The evolution of philanthropy: the whys of our great grandparents to our children’s generations"
Dodgeball Tournament Raises Funds for Interact

Rotarians field teams for a Saturday morning tournament. Entry fees support Rotary's youth program called Interact. Those funds underwrite the travel of local Interact members. In this case students will travel to Panama. There there learn the culture and provide some sweat equity maintaining local schools.
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
Member Birthdays:
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Bob GoebelApril 9
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Robert NelsonApril 26
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Bruce PearsonApril 29
Join Date:
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Sean BabjakApril 5, 20165 years
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Pam ChambersApril 11, 20174 years
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Tony MorrowApril 13, 201011 years
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Colin McKenneyApril 23, 20138 years
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Zella NewberryApril 25, 200615 years