December 3rd, 2023 End Polio Now and Paul Harris Society
November 8th, 2023 My Heart's Appeal
October 24th, 2023 World Polio Day
October 17th, 2023 Jeff Schuler speaks about Educational Opportunities
October 4th, 2023 Naomi's House Speaker
October 3rd, 2023 Dinosaurs in Downtown
September 29, 2023 Renee Pollino My Half Of The Sky
September 21, 2023 Downtown Wheaton Dinosaur Invasion
September 6, 2023 Chantelle Porter
August 23, 2023 Little Seed Library
August 17, 2023 Dinos Downtown Wheaton
August 9, 2023 Special Lunch Meeting at Egg'lectic Cafe'
June 23, 2023 Cosley Zoo Run for the Animals
July 26, 2023 New Member Dr. Brian Caputo
June 19, 2023 "Rotary In Bloom" Hydrant
May 30, 2023 Annual Philanthropy Luncheon
March 31, 2023 COD celebrates long-standing area Rotary Club support
Marlene Frisbie named 2025-26 District Governor
January 27, 2023 Mad Fore Plaid Fundraiser
First 2023 Rotary Meeting Arrowhead
December 19, 2022 College of Dupage Fuel Pantry
November 18, 2022 Outreach Community Center
October 26, 2022 Rotary Meeting
October 12, 2022 WPD Brew Trot Food Collection
October 3, 2022 Rotary Park Sign Update
September 13, 2022 Marion Park Food Distribution
September 7th, 2022 Vickie Austin with Wheaton Chamber of Commerce
August 8th, 2022 New Rotary President Stephanie Urchick
August 5th, 2022 East Branch Dupage River Update
August 3rd 2022 New Books For Johnson Elementary
August 2nd, 2022 Packaged school supplies for District 200
April 14, 2021 Rotary Meeting
April 7, 2020 Meeting - We're back in-person!
We are back to meeting in-person! Thank you to Dr. Limaris Pueyo, Director of Equity and English Learners, for speaking to us about the important equity work taking place in Community Unit School District 200. Also thank you to Rotary District 6440 Governor Lyle Staab for visiting! #ServiceAboveSelf
Welcome Jorie Esser from the DuPage County Prevention Leadership Team
Wheaton Rotary welcomes Jim Elliott with Diveheart
Inspiring Others
Rotary Club of Wheaton grants $15,000 to local charities
Rotary Clubs of Wheaton Donate $20,000 to Play For All Playground & Garden Foundation
They represented a $20,000 donation from the Rotary Club of Wheaton to the Play For All Playground & Garden Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit developing the fully accessible Sensory Garden Playground at 2751 Navistar Dr. in Lisle. The funds will support efforts to build the playground’s next phase: a treehouse where children of all abilities can reach for the sky.
“It is all about service above self, the Rotary motto,” said Rotary Club of Wheaton AM member Jim Hebert. “The Fun Run [in Color] and other fundraising events enable us to effectively support many of our community not-for-profit organizations. We are especially pleased to support the Play For All [Playground & Garden] Foundation.”
Jim Hebert and Steve Charvat of the Wheaton Rotary Club presented their checks at the run’s after-party on Karlskoga Ave., which included DJ entertainment, vendors, post-race refreshments, and a series of final color throws. The race had kicked off at 9A with more than 1,000 runners and nearly 1,000 spectators, many dressed in colors drawing from all stripes of the rainbow.
Kristina Nemetz, Superintendent of Marketing & Special Events at the Wheaton Park District, said the district’s special events benefit the local economy and community.
“Each year, we give back more than $90,000 in event proceeds to nonprofits that make a difference in our community,” Nemetz said, “from CASA DuPage to The Cosley Foundation, Inc., DuPage County Historical Museum Foundation, Inc., and the Play For All Playground & Garden Foundation, in support of the Sensory Garden Playground.”
Charvat saw a chance to donate and have an impact.
“The Sensory Garden [Playground] project was a unique opportunity for our clubs to get behind from the very beginning,” he said. “Rotary prides itself on being part of a solution and making a difference in the lives of others. This project seemed ideal and we are pleased to be involved.”
Learn more about the Play For All Playground & Garden Foundation at playforalldupage.org.