Our Weekly Meeting Venue: St. Camillus - East Residence Tower - Jelen Room
Elmbrook Rotary Club meets most Friday mornings at 7:00AM at St. Camillus  - East Residence Tower
10100 W. Bluemound Road, Wauwatosa, WI 53226
 
Please join us for a hot breakfast & cup of coffee!
 
Recently we added one evening meeting each month as well!
Please click on the "Meetings" button below for a complete schedule of our upcoming meetings.
 
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Elmbrook Rotary Club News
McCanon Brown Homeless Sanctuary
Posted by William Selzer
 
Providing Hope and Support for Milwaukee’s Unhoused Community
 
Sister MacCanon Brown is a lifelong advocate for social justice, poverty relief, and housing rights. Her work with MBHS reflects her commitment to transforming lives and addressing systemic issues that perpetuate homelessness. Through her leadership, MBHS has become a beacon of hope for many in Milwaukee.
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The Importance of Limits on Screen Time
Posted by William Selzer
 
Ellie Choate, PHD, Pediatric Psychology Fellow at Children’s Hospital presented “The Importance of Limits on Screen Time” to our club members at a recent weekly meeting at St. Camillus. Her presentation is one in a series of Peacebuilding topics planned for this year.
 
Did you know the average amount of screen time for adolescents (ages12-17): 7 to 8.5 hours per day.
 
Adolescents with higher non-schoolwork screen time have:
  • Infrequent physical activity
  • Infrequent well-rested/irregular sleep schedules
  • Depression and anxiety symptoms
  • Insufficient peer support
There are pros and cons to screen time!
 
About 15.4% of high school students reported cyberbullying victimization from 2011 to 2019
Cyberbullying: Intentional and repeated harm inflicted through electronic devices and social media (Midgett et al., 2020).
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Elmbrook Rotary 2025 Business Person of the Year
Posted by William Selzer
 
by Ralph Gould
 
Nelson Williams, CEO of Briohn Building Corporation, a leading design-build firm in Brookfield was awarded the Elmbrook Rotary 2025 Businessperson of the Year at a recent Friday morning meeting at St. Camillus.
 
Nelson’s journey to the helm of Briohn is as inspiring as it is unconventional. Originally on a pre-med track at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, a pivotal conversation with his rowing coach led him to pivot towards business, a decision that ultimately brought him into the world of commercial construction. After gaining experience in web consulting and building products sales, Nelson joined Briohn in 2007, where he quickly rose through the ranks from Sales and Marketing Director to Vice President, and then CEO in 2011.
 
 
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Happy Holidays
Posted by William Selzer
 
On Friday December 17, the Elmbrook Rotary Club gathered at St. Camillus for our weekly Friday morning breakfast meeting, and to celebrate the Holiday Season. A great interactive program ensued with singing of Christmas carols, and a name-that-holiday-movie with quotes from classic movies.
Thank you to our musicians and song leaders with vocals by Joe Pottebaum and Gary Gilmore, Jim Finn on the keyboard, and Carina Salvatori on violin.
Movie Trivia graphics were created by Karl Schulz and projected with the tec support of Kemal Yilmaz. Greg Bonk provided media content research and event support.
 
Thank you for the fun event.
The Year-Round Season of Giving
Posted by William Selzer
 
The Elmbrook Rotary Club over the years has partnered with many local and worldwide non-profit organizations serving communities and people around the globe. The Holiday Season provides the club with many opportunities for giving and service. Recently the club was involved with the following holiday projects:
 
Wellpoint Care Network by Jack Nelson
 
150, 15, 150... that's how many Foster Kids, Young Men and Single Dads Elmbrook Rotary helped with this year's Holiday Gifting program.
While we make the gifts to the Foster kids and the young men anonymously, we did get to see many of the single dads as they came to the Rotary Wrapping station at the Diapers for Dads event at Wellpoint.  We sure did help to make a great start to the Holidays for these Dads who are stepping up to take care of their kids.
This was our first year setting up a wrapping station. Luckily, we had some excellent wrappers and were not dependent on Jack Nelson's "wrapping skills" .
 
Thanks to Sue Cerletty, Evonne Zalewski, Cathy Selzer and her sister Jenny Hensgen, Nick Sgarlata his wife Carrie and son Gunner. Everyone involved said they hoped this would become an annual event.
Bridge to Brighter
  • Providing 15 gifts for young men who have aged out of the foster care system
  • Cleaning the lower level of one of their apartment buildings
 
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About Elmbrook Rotary
Elmbrook Rotary Club was founded by 26 Brookfield and Elm Grove, Wisconsin, USA business leaders to promote fellowship as a foundation for community service, ethical ideals and the advancement of international understanding, goodwill and peace. Elmbrook Rotary Club is also proud to sponsor The Brookfield East High School Interact Club, a service oriented group of high school students. Our mailing address is: Elmbrook Rotary, P.O. Box 1014, Brookfield WI 53008-1014.
 
ERC Peace Initiative
Elmbrook Rotary Club has embarked upon a "Peace Building Project."
 
 
Announced and previewed on Friday, October 18, the project will stretch over multiple years as the club and its membership engage in peace building in Milwaukee.
 
View the embedded video from the Rotary Action Group for Peace. If not viewable, follow the URL linked to "Rotary: Peace Is . . ."
 
For a detailed look at ERC's peace initiative, view the PDF entitled "ERC Peace Building Project." Above all, stay tuned and become involved as the project unfolds.
Rotary 2025-2026 Theme
 
 
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Rotary Four-Way Test
Of the things we think, say or do:
  1. Is it the truth?
  2. Is it fair to all concerned?
  3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
  4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Service Above Self
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Rotary's Four Way Test

Of the things we think, say or do:

  1. Is it the truth?
  2. Is it fair to all concerned?
  3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
  4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Service Above Self

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Of the things we think, say or do:

  1. Is it the truth?
  2. Is it fair to all concerned?
  3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
  4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Service Above Self

- See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/5700/#sthash.YgEI863i.dpuf

Of the things we think, say or do:

  1. Is it the truth?
  2. Is it fair to all concerned?
  3. Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
  4. Will it be beneficial to all concerned?

Service Above Self

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Meetings and Speakers
Lt. Joe Zientek & Ofc. Dexter Schleis Wauwatosa PD
Feb 13, 2026 7:00 AM
Using Evidence-based Policing Strategies to Police Smarter
Francis. Vogel, CEO Elmbrook/New Berlin Sr. Taxi
Feb 20, 2026
Elmbrook/New Berlin Senior Taxi-Driven to Serve
Chris Thompson-Chief Strategy OFC-Elmbrook Schools
Feb 27, 2026
“Digital Citizenship” Curriculum - Elmbrook School District
Tracy Hunter, Voters First Wisconsin
Mar 03, 2026
Final Five Voting-Meeting @ 6pm at O'Donoghues
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Upcoming Events
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Club Officers
President
David Engle
President Elect
Bill Petterson
Club Vice President
Bill Petterson
President Elect Nominee
Greg Bonk
Secretary
Greg Bonk
Sergeant-at-Arms
Ian Smith
Immediate Past President
Thomas Steinbach
Club Treasurer
Mark Zalewski
Club Foundation Treasurer
John Allen
Director Class of 2026
John Allen
Director Class of 2026
Lydia Miller
Director Class of 2027
Bill Selzer
Director Class of 2027
Lucas Severson
Director Class of 2028
Sandy Wysocki
Director Class of 2028
Larry Rovens
Director (Past President-Class of 2025)
Mike Hogan
Community Service
John Scott
Membership
Mark Thurner
International Service
Kemal Yilmaz
Programs
Ralph Gould
Public Image Chair
Bill Selzer
Satellite Chair
Liam Sawyer
Satellite Chair Elect
Daniel Costello
Satellite Secretary
Harry Farchmin
Vocational Service
Dave Urban
Major Fundraising
Harry Farchmin
Social Committee
Chris Salani
Sunshine Committee
Bonnie Bertram
Peacebuilder
Dave Urban
Youth Exchange Officer
Bill Petterson
Club Foundation Chair
Tom Curl
RSS
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A. Lincoln, Rotarian?

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The next generation of chess masters

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In Recognition . . .
 
The Elmbrook Rotary Club and Foundation are pleased to recognize the following individuals.
 
Foundation Director Emeritus:
     William Isbister (deceased)
 
Club Honorary Members:
Honorary members are those who have distinguished themselves by meritorious service and embody Rotary ideals, or those considered friends of Rotary for their support of Rotary's causes. ERC honorary members are Scott Dryburgh, Tom Ehrsam, Ron Jones,  Jane Koons, & Renato Westby.
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