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Upcoming Events

December 12, Salvation Army Bell Ringing with social hour following at Keyport Lounge.

December 17, Rotary Holiday Social Hour - No noon meeting. Register here.

Adopt-a-Family

This year, the Rotary Club of Superior is supporting three families through the Salvation Army’s Adopt-a-Family program.

Browse the sign-up list and select an item to let us know what you plan to purchase. Don’t have time to shop? You can also donate funds using the Donate button to help ensure each family has a meaningful holiday season.

All items are due by December 17 and can be dropped off in Creede and Kelly’s office in the Old Post Office (Suite 303 on the 3rd Floor).

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Donate (we'll shop for you!)

Stay Up-to-Date with the Salvation Army

2025 Calendar Raffle Winners

Oct 1 - $100 Denver Boser

Oct 8 - $100 Brett Kinney

Oct 15 - $100 Deb Else

Oct 22 - $100 Amy Ugstad Change

Oct 28 - $500 Jim Caesar

Nov 5 - $100 Michael Wallschlaeger

Nov 12 - $100 Greg Goldmam

Nov 19 - $100 Sarah May

Nov 26 - $500 Tylor Elm

Dec.3 - $100 Kristi Schmidt

We believe good health care is everyone’s right.

Yet 400 million people in the world can’t afford or don’t have access to basic health care.

Disease results in misery, pain, and poverty for millions of people worldwide. That’s why treating and preventing disease is so important to us. We lead efforts both large and small. We set up temporary clinics, blood donation centers, and training facilities in underserved communities struggling with outbreaks and health care access. We design and build infrastructure that allows doctors, patients, and governments to work together. Our members combat diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and polio. Prevention is important, which is why we also focus on health education and bringing people routine hearing, vision, and dental care.

How Rotary makes help happen

We educate and equip communities to stop the spread of life-threatening diseases. Rotary members have hundreds of health projects underway around the world at any given time.

Superior Rotary recently donated $6,000 to the Superior Public Library to support the Senior Planet Program. Senior Planet is the flagship program of the national nonprofit organization Older Adults Technology Services (OATS) from AARP. With the Rotary support, library staff were able to complete Senior Planet training, obtain licensing to provide classes, and purchase 10 Chromebooks. These Chromebooks will enable library staff to offer hands-on workshops where participants can build their digital literacy skills while exploring topics and tools that will make their lives better. The library’s Senior Planet license covers all of Douglas County. They look forward to bring classes outside the library to town halls, churches, senior centers, and retirement communities throughout the county.

Senior Planet’s motto is “Aging with Attitude.” Trainers are taught to be “aging optimists,” and to believe that every year you grow older could be the best year of your life. At a Senior Planet program, participants can learn how to use technology to plan a vacation, research their genealogy, save money on healthcare costs, contact their lawmakers, learn a new language, and more. Other courses are intended to help participants avoid online scams, recognize disinformation, use fact-checking websites, and be savvy when reviewing online news sources. Courses are designed to be interactive and hands-on as much as possible and trainers are encouraged to cultivate a positive atmosphere that will create a learning community where older adults can explore and develop new skills together.

Rotary Club of Superior provides grants through the Superior Rotary Charitable Giving Committee to qualifying organizations. The amount money granted to date has exceeded $240,000. The Committee accepts applications year round. Superior Rotary will focus on areas that encompass human, community, or environmental development and protection. Emphasis will be given to requests that affect a larger constituency, have broad support, and address a defined need in our community.

To apply for a charitable giving grant complete the application here

Grants in Fiscal Year 2025-2026

Faith United Church ~~ Siggy's Musical Garden ~~ Superior Public Library Foundation, Senior Planet ~~ UW-Superior Douglas County Leadership ~~ Superior School District-Cooper Elementary Starbase ~~

Grants in Fiscal Year 2024-2025:

Highlands Restoration & Wellness ~~ Superior Middle School Kids Vote ~~ Rolling Readers ~~ Superior Douglas Co Leadership ~~ Harbor House Crisis Shelter ~~ BSA Troop 221 ~~ St. Ann's ~~ Depot Foundation ~~ Embark ~~ CASDA ~~ School District of Superior, Superior Days ~~ UWS Pruitt Center for Mindfulness & Well-Bing ~~ Superior High School Mental Health & Resiliency Building ~~ Superior Middle School, Estuarium Day ~~ Superior Middle School Young Authors, Battle of the Books ~~ St. Louis RiverQuest ~~ Great Lakes Elementary, Bong trip ~~ Superior Public Museum, Peeps Show ~~ Mission Covenant Church – School breakfast lunch program ~~ Superior High School All night grad party ~~ True North Goodwill ~~ Superior High School Spartan Manufacturing open house ~~ Bryant Elementary School – Huskies game ~~ Lake Superior Youth Chorus ~~ Harbor House Crisis Shelter ~~ Superior High School Interact Club -- Heifer International ~~ Spartan Spin Student Conference Attendance ~~ Lake Nebagamon Association ~~ Eagle Scout Project--Matthew Youngberg ~~

We meet on the 3rd floor of the Historic Post Office at the Entrepreneur Center at 1401 Tower Ave., Superior. Meetings are Wednesdays at 12:00 noon. The third Wednesday of each month is dedicated to committee meetings and there is not a regular meeting.

Visitors are welcome to our meetings! Click on the link in the banner above to order lunch for the next meeting. Click here to join by zoom.

November Student Rotarians

Ephraim Nikoi from the Superior Rotary Vocational Committee is joined by Student Rotarians Lauren Heintz, Kathleen Porter, and their SHS advisor Dustin Anderson.

October Student Rotarians

Matt Dietsche is joined by our October Student Rotarians Leah Gavin and Olivia Wolbert. On the right is SHS counselor Dustin Anderson.

Mano a Mano Presentation

Karl Everett, Harbortown Rotary International committee member, spoke to Superior Rotary on October 22nd about his Mamo a Mano journey to build medical clinics and support education in impoverished communities in Bolivia. Karl presented Dr. Bob McClellen with a gift, thanking the Superior Club for our contribution to the Mano a Mano efforts. The clinics recently averaged over 64,000 patients per year.

Holiday Social - No noon meeting

Dec 17, 2025

No Meeting

Dec 24, 2025

Happy Holidays

No Meeting today

Dec 31, 2025

Happy New Year

Committee Meetings

Jan 21, 2026

Danielle Fagan

Jan 28, 2026

Douglas County Leadership

Chancellor Renee Wachter and Ilsa Hoeschen

Feb 11, 2026

UW Superior Update

Committee Meetings

Feb 18, 2026

Dr. Daniel Rust

Feb 25, 2026

UW-Superior Transportation and Logistics Program

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William Zimmer-Wakeley

Born and raised in Ladysmith, Wisconsin, I started my journey in the Twin Ports while attending UW-Superior. During those four years there I fell in love with the community and knew that I wanted to spend more time here. After graduating in 2017 with my Bachelors in Chemistry and Biology, I moved to Bloomington, Minnesota to attend Northwestern Health Sciences University. That is where I met my now husband Zach, who has been a great supporter of all my endeavors. After graduating in 2020 with my Doctorate of Chiropractic, we moved back to Superior in 2021 to open Imperium Chiropractic - Superior. That’s when I joined the Superior and Douglas County Chamber Ambassador group, met other Rotarians, and was invited to join the Rotary Club of Superior. During the last four years I have had the pleasure to grow both personally and professionally through opportunities presented to me in Rotary. Between fundraisers, volunteering, and leadership, I could not ask for a better group of people to be involved with. It is my honor to serve as Rotary President for 2025-26.

President

William Zimmer-Wakeley

Past President

Secretary

Treasurer

President Elect

Community Service

Vocational Service

Club Service

International Service

Membership

Board Member

Board Member

Rotary Foundation

PR/Website

Georgette Wondolkowski

PR/Social Media

David Coy

ROTARY CLUB OF SUPERIOR
Chartered in 1912

First Rotary Club in Wisconsin - The 40th established in the world

We meet In Person

Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m.

Historic Old Post Office

1401 Tower
3rd Floor Ballroom
Superior, WI 54880
United States of America

The 3rd Wednesday of each month is reserved for committee meetings only. No formal meeting is held those days.

District Site

Venue Map

Jennifer Garland

Dr. Jenifer Garland currently serves as Assistant Teaching Professor of Management and Marketing at the University of Wisconsin–Superior, where she has taught a wide range of undergraduate and graduate business courses and held leadership roles in accreditation, assessment, and student mentorship.