Attica-Williamsport Rotary meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesday each month at 5:15 PM at Maggie’s Grill located at the Harrison Hills Country Club in Attica, Indiana. Rotary is a volunteer organization of 1.2 million business and professional leaders united worldwide to provide humanitarian service and help build goodwill and peace. Our motto: "Service Above Self"
Locally- the A-W Rotary Club is the
first bi-county club chartered. The A-W Club is 24 members strong and promotes local community and international projects. A-W Rotary projects include:
*Bridges for Ravine Park trail in Attica
*Sunshades in Williamsport at community swimming pool
*Dictionary Project - supplies third graders with personal dictionaries in two counties
*Reality Fair - club signature project - provides 8th graders an opportunity to research future employment and how to manage budgets based on career choices
*Polio Plus Popcorn Sale Fundraiser during local Potawatomi Festival in September
*Supported international water well projects in the African country of Sierra Leone
*Provided wheelchairs for disabled people in Mexico
*Supplied a refurbished Attica firetruck and donated it to Mexico
*Supports Heifer International
*Supports Girls Community Center in Mexico
*Book-bag program in two counties - books and material for 30 bags of various topics (firetrucks, pirates, American girl, history, school, dogs, grief, etc).
*Rotary Youth Exchange program
*Speech Contest
*Youth Leadership program - RYLA
*Ambassadorial education scholarship programs / Local Todd Scholar program
*Peace and Conflict Resolution Scholarship program