Mission:
to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise

History:
Oshkosh Rotary Southwest was chartered on March 20, 1973 with twenty-seven charter members. Since that time, the club has grown at a steady pace to be the largest in Oshkosh with over 100 members.

Community service projects have been a hallmark of Oshkosh Rotary Southwest, starting with the Club's very first service project  Little Oshkosh (photo courtesy OCVB) distributing placemats to area restaurants to promote Foster Care. Since that time, the Club has engaged in dozens and dozens of service projects. Just a few standout projects in recent years range from spearheading the volunteer effort to construct "Little Oshkosh", a 30,000 square foot children's park & playground to the Club's annual Wine Feast and Charity Auction efforts, which combined produce over $70,000 in revenue for charitable causes.

International aspects of Rotary have been a constant for the Club as well. The Club has hosted and sent foreign exchange students since 1983, and has participated in Group Study Exchange since 1984. The Club actively participates in hosting hundreds of "Flying Rotarians" from all over the world at a picnic during the EAA annual Air Venture convention

Vocational service has been another constant throughout the years with Club Scholarships, middle-school and high-school Rotary programs, Partners-at-Learning elementary school partnership, and many more vital and growing service projects over the years.