Join us at this year's Operation Warm Benefit Party on Friday October 13 at Valley Lo club in Glenview. Entertainment provided by Gerald McLendon, "The Soulkeeper." Proceeds provide new winter coats from Operation Warm to Chicago area children living in need, including at neighborhood library events.
Learn about our impact with Operation Warm.
Buffet Dinner. Cash Bar.
Auction & Raffle
The meeting was chaired and started off with two deep breaths led by Chair Bob Baker. There were 14 members present and one on Zoom. Matthew Butler handled Dig N Grin and Wes Baumann gave the “thought” of the day which was “Success comes from Good Decisions--Good Decisions come from Experience—Experience comes from mistakes—and you learn from your mistakes-- Forecasts may tell you a great deal about the forecaster but tell you nothing of the future!"
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Our speaker next week (August 31) will be our own Club Member Moha Bouacha giving us information and a demonstration on Tai Chi. Members will need to bring their own water to our meetings starting next week and the plastic or can containers will be recycled by the member. Our good friend and supporter Ron Bernardi is celebrating his 80th birthday on September 1 with an open house at the Sunset Foods store in Northbrook from 2 to 6 PM with food, music, door prizes, etc. Rich announced an interesting sports related activity hosted this week by the Philadelphia Eagles football team where they are giving away 3 sports bras to each girl in need at a local high school to encourage them to continue to work and excel at the sport of their choice. Rich also announced that NASCAR is a big supporter of Operation Warm and that this next Saturday, the number two driver on the circuit (Denny Hamlin) will be driving a car with a large “Operation Warm” logo on its side. Rich also reminded us of Operation Warm’s Benefit Party at Valley Lo Club on Oct. 13 from 6:00 to 11:00 PM.
CLUB MEMBERSHIP Anniversaries were announced: Brooke Peppey 27 years, Peter Skalski 31 years and Sam Badger 10 years in our Club, but many other years in other area Rotary Clubs.
SPEAKER JASMINE RICHMAN, DIRECTOR OF PROGRAM MANAGEMENT FOR HOLIDAY HEROES. Holiday Heroes is a not- for- profit organization that is in its 15th year of providing entertainment in several hospitals throughout the Midwestern states to hospitalized children of all ages and illnesses. Such programs include costume parties, sports and arts activities, musical programs, and providing gifts that are enjoyed by children of all ages. Since it is a not- for- profit organization, it relies heavily on donations and volunteers to do most of the entertaining and party activity, including the bagging of sports items, balloons, baseball cards etc. This is where our Rotarians were asked to use their skills in filling over 200 bags of games, toys, balloons, etc. for Holiday Heroes to pass on to hospitalized children. Although our hand dexterity was a little out of practice at the start, by the end of our half hour bagging toys we all became pretty efficient, which was greatly appreciated by Jasmine.
At 1:30 we were all relieved to end the meeting with the reciting of Rotary’s 4 Way Test.
As the 2021-22 Rotary Year concludes, please join the millions of beneficiaries of projects funded by The Rotary Foundation in thanking our members who have honored their commitment of Every Rotarian, Every Year, contribute to The Rotary Foundation's Annual SHARE Fund.
These gifts support the local and international work of Rotary Clubs and Districts through District and Global Grants. A significant portion of these gifts support projects of our club like our recent contribution to Shelter Box, our annual Operation Warm coats and shoes for children projects, local COVID-19 relief efforts, Kids Against Hunger, and our Ecuador "Farm to Table" Global Grant.
Year to date, we are 57% of the way to Presidents Bill and Greg's goal of $12,000 for the 2021-22 Rotary year.
Please thank these 20 Rotarians (plus our good friend Donna Goodman) for already making their annual contribution, especially those in bold who are Paul Harris Fellows:
Sam Badger*+, Wes Baumann, Connie Berman, David Birkenstein*+, Eric Birkenstein, Moha Bouacha, Donna Goodman, David Grant*, Tony Kambich*, Marie Kuipers, Rich Lalley*+^, Bill Leske, Robert Mardirossian, Lee Padgitt, Bob Sanfilippo, Heidi Sibert, Peter Skalski, Todd Stephens, Liz Taylor, Barb Tubekis, and Patti Van Cleave.
* signifies a Major Donor + signifies Paul Harris Society ($1,000 per year) ^Bequest Society
There are many reasons to give to the The Rotary Foundation:
If you have not already supported The Rotary Foundation this year, please do so now.
If you have any questions about The Rotary Foundation or how to give, contact Rich Lalley.
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