A Year in Review

2025-2026 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• The Rotary Club of Appleton After Hours Satellite Club was formed.

• We served meals at the Salvation Army with Indus each month.
• We supported The Monthlies by packing feminine hygiene products each month.
• We volunteered for diaper repacking for United Way Fox Cities.
• We sorted clothes at the Community Clothes Closet.
• We packed supplies for the Wisconsin Nicaragua Partnership.
• We packed hygiene kits at the Girl Scouts of the Northwestern Great Lakes.
• Our club collaborated with Fox Valley Pride at their event in Jones Park.  
• The club collaborated with the Kiwanis Club to man a wristband booth at Octoberfest. 
• The club held a matching program that matched donations of up to $500 to The Rotary Foundation. 
• The Art Scholarship Committee awarded grants in the amount of $3,600.00.
• The Appleton Rotary Foundation Scholarship Fund paid out $27,000.00 in scholarships.

• The Appleton Rotary Foundation Charles Heeter Fund transferred $4,777.29 to The Rotary Foundation.

• The Appleton Rotary Foundation Paul and Elaine Groth World Service Fund provided $4,290.85 in grants.
• The Appleton Rotary Foundation Community Service Committee approved grants of $4,280.00.
• The Appleton Rotary Foundation Helen Thom Roemer Fund provided $26,700.00 in grants to organizations benefiting children with disabilities.
• The Bright Futures Committee awarded 11 students with Bright Future Awards and 8 students applied for the $500 scholarship.
• The club awarded Erin Schultz-Wege with a Charles and Adele Heeter Outstanding Community Leadership Award accompanied with a Paul Harris Fellowship.

So, thank you to ALL of you including the board, who are a wonderful group of dedicated people who donate their time and talents to make sure that our club can do all this work to benefit our community and the world.