The Wisconsin Club is registered under the Recreation Centers of Sun City (RCSC) as a 501(c)(4) organization. There is an elected board of directors and approximately 150 members and volunteers. The Club has an annual meeting each year, with the board and committees meeting throughout the year.
The main activity of the Club is hosting on the second Thursday of March the annual Wisconsin Picnic at the Sun Bowl Amphitheater in Sun City. This one-day event attracts between 1500-1700 current and former Wisconsin residents and friends now residing in or around Sun City, AZ. The Club encourages members to organize different events, such as attending ball games during Spring training, forming card groups, bowling, touring the area, etc.
The day is organized around food, music and refreshments with a Wisconsin theme. UW System campuses participate with a booth to greet their alumni.
Attendees are charged a small fee for a grilled brat or quarter pound hot dog, beans, chips, plenty of cold beer, soda and water, and three bands provide the entertainment. There are opportunities to participate in cash drawings, win a donated door prize, and bid on donated silent auction items.
Proceeds from the event provide grants to Sun City organizations such as the Sun City Library, Fire Department, PRIDES (beautification organization), RCSC, and Posse.
Wisconsin Picnic is a day of music, laughter, and good old fashioned Wisconsin camaraderie. Please plan to join us and/or volunteer for a committee.
Category: Social
Location: Fairway Center (Planning meetings only)
Club Contact:
Upcoming Meetings: To be announced
On behalf of the entire Wisconsin Club picnic committee, we were certainly not happy with having to cancel the Wisconsin Picnic due to inclement weather. BUT, we have a solution that will eliminate a repeat of this cancellation for next year and beyond. Thanks to the wonderful crew at the RCSC Clubs Office, we will have an inclement weather alternate site…..same date, but at Sundial Recreation Center. So if we have poor weather next year, we will still have the Brats and Polka music and all of the festivities regardless of what Mother Nature might have planned. See you next year!!!!
