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Upcoming Events

February 4th 5:30-9:00 pm. For the Love of Rotary - Acadia Entertainment Center - Club Members register online

March 25th Craft Beer and Wine Tasting (and Cheese) 5:30-8:30 pm. Barkers Island Inn

August 21-22 Lake Superior Dragon Boat Festival - Barker's Island

Rotary District 5580 Website

What is Vocational Service?

Vocational Service is one way that members and participants can serve at Rotary. It involves using our professional skills and expertise to serve the community, promote ethical practices, and inspire others. Vocational Service encourages us to:

• Adhere to high ethical standards in our professional and personal lives, inspiring others through our words and actions

• Recognize the value of all skills and occupations

• Bring our ideal of “Doing Good in the World” to our jobs

• Use our occupations to improve and empower communities

• Help others develop skills and explore new career opportunities and interests

As leaders in our businesses and professions, we can advance high standards by serving as positive examples in our places of work and in our community and recognizing the ethical practices of local businesses.

Here are some of the activities of the Superior Rotary Vocational Committee:

Coordinate with Superior High School counselor, Dustin Anderson to select two student Rotarians monthly. A committee member leads the conversation with the student Rotarians at the weekly Rotary meetings.
Liaise with the Superior High School Interact club advisor Angel Johnson to ensure the proper functioning of their club.
Committee members visit the Interact club regularly to meet with the members.
Coordinate with Interact club to organize projects such as SOcktober (collecting socks for homeless shelters) and Float for Goats, selling root beer floats to purchase farm animals from through Heifer International for farmers in developing countries.
Coordinate with High Schools to recruit, select and organize high school sophomores and juniors for the annual Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) every June at the University of Minnesota-Crookston. Superior Rotary pays the way for students to attend RYLA.
Organizes annual high school 4 Way - Test Essay Competition awarding a $1500 college scholarship to the winner.
Work closely with the Superior Rotaract club on various projects including service projects such as Rotary cleanups, Second Harvest, UW-Superior food pantry, Lake Superior Zoo, etc.
Explore various opportunities for youth development and engagement.

Current members of the Superior Rotary Vocation committee: Ephraim Nikoi (Chair), Nicky Wilson, Heather Thompson, Denver Boser, Matt Dietsche, Dan Blank & Jen Garland.

End Polio Now

What is polio?

Polio, or poliomyelitis, is a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. The virus spreads from person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can then attack the nervous system.

The Vaccines

The development of effective vaccines to prevent paralytic polio was one of the major medical breakthroughs of the 20th century. The Global Polio Eradication Initiative uses two types of vaccine to stop polio transmission – inactivated polio vaccine (IPV) and oral polio vaccine (OPV).

Our goal

Rotary has been working to eradicate polio for more than 35 years. Our goal of ridding the world of this disease is closer than ever. As a founding partner of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, we've reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent since our first project to vaccinate children in the Philippines in 1979.

Rotary members have contributed more than $2.1 billion and countless volunteer hours to protect nearly 3 billion children in 122 countries from this paralyzing disease. Rotary’s advocacy efforts have played a role in decisions by governments to contribute more than $10 billion to the effort.

Today, polio remains endemic only in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But it’s crucial to continue working to keep other countries polio-free. If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children each year.

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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.

January Student Rotarians

Student Rotarians, Rylie Tepsa and Faith Colby pose with Dan Blank, Vocational Services Committee Member and William Zimmer-Wakeley.

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.

Rotary on the Road at Souptown Deli-Remedy Room

Feb 11, 2026

Ronda Dalbec - Jennifer Dalbec "Tower Ave Investment: Souptown Deli-Remedy Room"

Committee Meetings

Feb 18, 2026

Dr. Daniel Rust

Feb 25, 2026

UW-Superior Transportation and Logistics Program

Superior Public Library Staff

Mar 04, 2026

Senior Planet Program

Ms. Chrissy Barnard

Mar 11, 2026

NAMI Lake Superior/South Shore and Hope Haven

Committee Meetings

Mar 18, 2026

Craft Beer and Wine Tasting at Barkers Island 5:30

Mar 25, 2026

No Noon meeting

Stephanie Becken

Apr 01, 2026

Connect Superior

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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.

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Venue Map

Robyn Ling

Robyn Lings is a financial advisor, mom, cheese and wine enthusiast and owner of Cedar & Sage Financial. Based in the Twin Ports, Robyn has been deeply involved in her local community. She currently serves on the Superior Public Library Foundation Board and the Pattison Park Ladies League Board, and a member of the Empowered Women’s Network. Welcome back to Superior Rotary!