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We meet Thursdays at 12:15 PM
We meeting with Zoom during the health crisis

620 Lincoln Avenue
Winnetka, IL 60093
United States of America

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Zoom Meeting March 26

Posted by Marie Kuipers

The Zoom meetings and cocktail hour have been immensely fun and a great comfort to those who've attended. Please join us at 12:15 CST this Thursday.

Details on how to join our meeting:
Here is a link to join the Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/539868880

Or, If you are calling in, use this phone number: (312) 626-6799 US (Chicago)

Or, If you have already downloaded the Zoom App, enter Meeting ID # 539-868-880 (Press pound when asked for your user ID).

Note, it is best if attendees join via a computer or smartphone with the Zoom app and use computer audio, not phone. Call Rich if you need help getting the app on your computer or phone.

I hope you are continuing to stay safe and healthy. As always, if you should need anything at all, please feel free to call on me or your fellow Rotarians to help. That's what we're here for. Our weekly meetings are a significant part of our lives, and maintaining that connection is essential for our sanity during this crisis. As we continue to work through some technical glitches and our own human learning curve, I hope you will stick with us.

In the meantime, please enjoy this amazing collaboration by musicians all across the world. Many thanks to Ser Robert the Delusional for sharing it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph1GU1qQ1zQ&feature=youtu.be

See you tomorrow!

Marie

Virtual Meeting March 19

Posted by Marie Kuipers

Our humble club will be catapulted into the space age this Thursday (and all subsequent Thursdays) until further notice. Yay! This stuff can be intimidating, but I have full confidence that you all will CRUSH it! Here's how it will go:

Thursday at around 12:15, you will click on this link using your laptop, smartphone, or tablet: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/645672790

This will take you to our meeting "room." You will see my ugly mug staring back at you - apologies in advance! There will be small boxes, or windows, where your face and/or name will appear. There will be buttons you can click on to start video (this will add your ugly mug to the party!) and also audio, which will activate your microphone. Typical meeting etiquette is that you keep your video ON, but your audio OFF until you are speaking. This cuts down on lots and lots of background cacophony.

Rich tells me there is a way to "raise your hand" so that your host (I) will know you'd like to say something. I'll look into that one, as that is not a feature I've used in my online classes.

I am planning to be "in the room" at around 12, so if you'd like to come in early, we can play around with buttons and settings and get you comfortable using the platform before the meeting starts.

Your homework: Please come to the meeting armed with at least one suggestion for how to help each other and/or the community at large while we're on lockdown. You can blame this on Wes, who had a couple wonderful ideas that I will let him share with you all on Thursday.

If you have any questions or concerns in the meantime, please don't be shy. I can create a short meeting for anyone who would like to "practice" before Thursday.

Please shoot me an email if you're planning to attend, so I know a rough number to expect. This first week will probably be mostly devoted to getting comfortable with your settings, so we'll all muddle through together. Can't wait to see you all!

Queen Marie

Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield Continues Long Tradition of Community Grant Making

Posted by Brooke Peppey on Apr 24, 2018

Sixteen Area Charities to Receive Grants at Annual Fundraising Dinner

Our club will gather for our annual fundraising dinner the evening of May 11 at A. Perry Homes in Wilmette, celebrating Cinco de Mayo + Six and continuing it’s long tradition of supporting non-profit organizations who make our community and the world a better place. Members and their guests should register at http://wnrotary.org/event/annual-benefit-dinner.

“Our club has been an important contributor to local, regional and international causes since our founding in 1924,” said club president Tom Nash. “This year we are pleased to be supporting sixteen organizations that align with Rotary’s annual theme “Making a Difference.”

“Our Community Grants program is our foundational program,” said Brooke Peppey, President of the Winnetka Northfield Rotary Charitable Foundation, the club’s charitable arm. “Each year, our members nominate non-profit organizations whose work inspires them to receive a Community Grant. Funds raised at our prior year benefit dinner, along with donations received throughout the year, are granted to the nominated organizations after being vetted by our board. Since we are all volunteers, all of the money we raise goes toward these grants and our other service projects.”

Members may make additional contributions to any of the sixteen charities, which will be matched by an increase in award amount by our foundation. Contributions may be made at our weekly lunch and by credit card by clicking here. Click Read More for a list of grantee organizations.