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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
Doug Jacobs and Greg Zuercher, Co-Founders
Mar 28, 2023
Bleckley Foundation
Co-Founders of the Bleckley Foundation are Doug Jacobs, LTC US Army Retired, and Wichita’s Greg Zuercher, Iraqi/Afghan Vet. The Bleckley Foundation was established to honor Wichita’s native aviator and WWI Medal of Honor recipient Erwin R. Bleckley’s legacy and artifacts at Eisenhower National Airport. The key artifacts will include a life sized bronze statue and an historic 1918 De Havilland 4 aircraft. The airplane has been undergoing restoration after an accident in 2020 and is being restored to airworthy status.
Past Speakers
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.
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.
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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Annie PfeiferMarch 5
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Dale ReinMarch 23
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Bob BroeckelmanMarch 28
Join Date:
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Jodi BesthornMarch 24, 199825 years
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Maurice LinnensMarch 28, 200023 years