Connect and Grow in Greater Racine County
As our younger generations join the workforce, they are choosing where they want to live based on a quality of life, not just on where they can find a job. As a result, Greater Racine County and its partner organizations are seeing an increase in recent graduates from the state’s colleges and universities setting roots here.
Professional organizations across the county have developed leadership and networking organizations that bring smart people together to exchange ideas and grow professionally.
Professional Networking Organizations
On average, 28 individuals are selected each year from a pool of applicants to build a class representative of the greater Racine area. The result is a class of professionals who are ready to hone their leadership skills and talents and connect them to community causes and agencies they are passionate about.
Leadership Union Grove is dedicated to developing caring, concerned and committed leaders to ensure a promising future of the greater Union Grove community. Participants learn how a community is built, understand what it takes to maintain a successful, healthy community, and develop personal and professional leadership skills.
TEMPO is a professional association committed to furthering the development of women leaders in our community. The purpose of TEMPO Racine is to provide members with opportunities to network with leaders and future leaders, to enhance their awareness of issues and trends having an impact on Racine and the business community.
The Junior League of Racine, Inc., is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
Rotarians have a vision of what’s possible for their neighbors. They mobilize other leaders and experts to take action and see it through. Through regular club programs, projects, and neighborhood activities, our members learn about the issues that face our communities and exchange ideas about how to take action to respond to them. Members also connect through club events, outings, and visits to other clubs around the globe, giving them unique opportunities to forge personal and professional connections.
The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service. We have been in existence for since 1924 and have a proud legacy as a relevant and dynamic community organization. We meet Mondays at 12:00 PM at Veterans Terrace, 589 Milwaukee Ave, Burlington, WI.
YPR is the best place for young professionals to get engaged and gain access to the business community. YPR is open to career-minded individuals who are 21 years and older (and the young at heart!) and currently includes members from more than 50 different companies in the greater Racine area.
The Volunteer Center of Racine, Inc. is a non-profit organization that serves as a leader, catalyst, connector and advocate for effective volunteerism in Racine County. The Volunteer Center is a leader in our community that mobilizes people of all ages and backgrounds to volunteer by investigating their resources of time and talent to make a difference in their own lives as well as the lives of those that are served.
