- Next week we will meet at the Glencoe Community Garden to assist them with year-end cleanup. Wear casual clothes, and sign up for a box lunch with Barb if you’d like to eat!
- The following week our Board Meeting will take place during lunch, in lieu of a speaker. All are welcome to attend the meeting. A memorial service for Rodger Morris will be held by his family at the Community House beginning at 2:30. Obituary for Rodger is here: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/rodger-morris-obituary?id=53154839
- The Moroccan relief fund link is now live on our website. https://secure.givelively.org/donate/winnetka-northfield-rotary-charitable-foundation/morocco-earthquake-relief
- The Operation Warm benefit is next Friday! If you cannot attend, bid on silent auction items here: https://event.gives/opwarm23&main=0/items
Around 11 pm on Friday September 8th, the strongest earthquake in more than a century struck Morocco. Moha Bouacha grew up in Timoulilt, a small village at the foot of the Atlas Mountains. Moha says that while his village suffered some damage, villages higher and deeper in the mountains were devastated. Over 3,000 people died and 5,500 injured. Some villages were reduced to rubble and 80% of their population perished. According to a UN report, 50,000 homes were destroyed and 300,000 people were affected in the three regions close to the epicenter, including the historical cities of Marrakech and Taroudant.
While Moha was President of the Belvidere, IL Rotary Club, he began a relationship between the club and Timoulilt Association for Development (ATD), an NGO in Timoulilt, Morocco. ATD is focused on the socio-economic development of Timoulilt and its region. They have partnered on projects with The Rotary Foundation on a Global Grant administered by the Rotary Clubs of Casablanca and Belvidere; USAID and the European Union and many other International aid organizations.
Here is a video recapping early earthquake relief efforts conducted by ATD shortly after the quake.Donations to support long term recovery efforts organized by ATD can be made here.
https://secure.givelively.org/donate/winnetka-northfield-rotary-charitable-foundation/morocco-earthquake-relief
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:
- Contributions support humanitarian and educational projects initiated and run by Rotary Clubs and Districts in seven areas of focus- Disease prevention and treatment, maternal & child health, education & literacy, water and sanitation, economic & community development, protecting our environment, and peace & conflict resolution. Learn more by reviewing the Foundation’s annual report.
- Contributions come back to support projects of our club's projects, like Operation Warm Soles, support for ShelterBox, last year's COVID-19 Response efforts, Kids Against Hunger and International grants projects like our Farm to Table eco-agribusiness project in Ecuador, the water and sanitation projects we helped fund for schools in Guatemala and Kenya, and the digital x-ray/community health clinic project organized by District 6440. This year, we received $3,671, and next year we will can receive $4,876. But we must give to receive.
- Charity Navigator gives The Rotary Foundation its highest “Four Star” rating, giving it a score 100 out of 100.
- The Association of Fundraising Professionals named The Rotary Foundation the World's Outstanding Foundation of 2016!
- Giving to The Rotary Foundation is an easy way for you to participate in Rotary’s service work beyond our club, providing you a personal connection to this great organization and the good it does throughout the world.
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.
Are you thinking about joining our club, but have some questions? Or have you recently joined and want to know more about how things work? Check our our new FAQs:
Still have questions? Send them to info@wnrotary.org and we'll send you an answer and update our FAQs.
- May 27, Sara O'Keefe, Our Place
- May 20, Mark Gelfeld, Illinois Holocausts Museum
- May 13, Howard Berg- Learn to Read Faster & Learn More
- April 29, Museum of Broadcast Communications, Executive Director Susy Schultz discusses the effects of media on Presidential elections
- April 22, Dr. Scott Mitchell of Samaracare
- April 15, John Shea, Winnetka Park District, Lakefront update
- April 8, Rick Harnish on High Speed Rail
- April 1, Fernando Jones, Blues Kids
- March 25, Cynthia Beebe- Boots in the Ashes, tales of an ATF Agent
Last year, our club helped fund a Rotary Foundation Matching Grant program supporting a Rotary Club sponsored prosthesis clinic in Bolivia. Our club's funds were matched with funds from The Rotary Foundation; $2.50 for each $1 we contributed. Take a look at the impact this program has had on one gentleman!
Our club was able to participate in the matching grant program because our members contribute each year the the Annual Programs Fund of The Rotary Foundation. You can make a contribution via PayPal by clicking here.
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