Monday, June 13, 2022 By: Kyle Everson
Mrs. Kelly Baumgart, a Speech/Language Pathologist for the School District of Waupaca, received the Rotary Club of Waupaca's Service Above Self Award this year. Her nomination described Kelly as a dedicated and humble leader who is willing to assist anyone anywhere she can. Kelly volunteers with many local organizations and is a leader in our schools. She is quick to support peers and families when she sees a need --no matter how big or how small.
Kelly was given $250 from the Waupaca Rotary Club, which she has chose to donate to Agape. She also received a $250 donation that she chose to give to Foundations for Living. Thank you Kelly for all that you do for the Waupaca community!
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Monday, June 13, 2022 By: Kyle Everson
Congratulations to the recently graduated high school seniors. This year the Rotary Club of Waupaca helped award $3,500 in scholarships and an additional $250 charity donation. Here is the information on this year's recipients:
-Mike Malone $2,000 Service Above Self Scholarship was awarded to Evan Bogard. Evan performed over 330 hours of community service during his high school career including receiving a Rotary Youth Connection $1000 grant to provide hygiene kits to be included with Project Backpack food supplements. He will be attending Loras College in Iowa majoring in biochemistry.
-Gene Wasserberg Rotary Memorial $1,000 Scholarship was awarded to Katie Jenson. Katie will be majoring in business at UW-Oshkosh and plans to continue participating in community service during her college career.
-Rotary $500 Technical College Scholarship was awarded to Kyle Hotvedt. Kyle will be attending Fox valley Tech pursuing a commercial pilot license.
-High School Community Service Award was presented to Brock Keil who performed over 230 hours of community service in many different projects and events. He will be attending Northwest Wisconsin Tech majoring in Power Generation. Brock has decided to allocate his $250 award to the Waupaca Humane Society.
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Thursday, June 2, 2022 By: Chuck Reynolds
Good News Waupaca is a radio show that shines a light on good people doing good things in our community. The show launched with its first show on Wednesday, 6/1 at 9 a.m., and will be broadcast the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month.
Go to the Good News Waupaca Facebook page to watch the first show, and "Like" the page to be eligible for the "Our Money, Your Cause" drawing. Every show, winners will get to choose a local charity, and we'll donate $50 on their behalf.
Good News Waupaca is a collaboration between the Rotary Club of Waupaca and the Waupaca Community Radio station WAUP fm96.3. The show can also be heard on WILW fm99.1, or can be watched live on the Good News Waupaca Facebook Page or streamed live at
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Wednesday, May 25, 2022 By: Kyle Everson
The Rotary Club of Waupaca is known for having a strong Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) program. We have hosted 48 students from 26 different countries and have sent 43 of our young people around the world as ambassadors. We know that our young ambassadors change people’s views of other countries and provide an important step toward a better world understanding.
See Kelsey Klismet
share her RYE story.