Meeting in person at the Elks Lodge #693
430 West Jackson Street
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495
Meetings are held Thursday mornings at 7:00 am
Join us for Breakfast!
About Us
Rotary is a world fellowship of business and professional persons who accept the ideal of service, individually and collectively, as a basis for success and happiness in business and community life. Our Wisconsin Rapids Sunrise Rotary club is proud to be part of this organization that is united worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world.
In more than 160 countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 35,000 Rotary clubs. The main objective of Rotary is service — in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most critical issues. The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.
The mission of Rotary International is to support its member clubs in fulfilling the object of Rotary by: Fostering unity among member clubs; Strengthening and expanding Rotary around the world; Communicating worldwide the work of Rotary; and Providing a system of international administration.
The Four-Way Test
The Four-Way Test is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide for Rotarians to use for their personal and professional relationships. The test has been translated into more than 100 languages, and Rotarians recite it at club meetings:
Of the things we think, say or do
- Is it the TRUTH?
- Is it FAIR to all concerned?
- Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
- Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
PolioPlus
Although each Rotary club develops their own service programs, all Rotarians worldwide are united in a campaign for the global eradication of Polio. In 1985, Rotary launched the world’s first global Polio immunization program, PolioPlus. Rotary has contributed more than $1.6 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5 billion children worldwide. Polio cases have plummeted by more than 99.9 percent from 350,000 cases in 1988 to 27 in 2016.