Co-President Moha chaired the meeting.
Announcements: Moha welcomed the many social service organizations attending the meeting. He encouraged them to consider joining Rotary in addition to all the good they already do!
Events: Debra invited us to her opening reception on May 1st from 4-6pm for an exhibition of her art held at the North Shore Senior Center. Discover the beauty of Mosaics!
Community Grant Award Presentations: Bob Baker explained what our WNRCF is, and some of the great service projects we sponsor. The microphone was passed to Patti to hand out the checks to representatives of each organization. In no particular order, Patti called them to the stage, and each organization succinctly summarized how they would use their awards:
- Samaracare providing care for anxiety and uncertainty
- North Suburban Legal Aid Clinic funding on-staff lawyers
- Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired education
- Family Promise Chicago North Shore Shelter for emergency homeless
- Our Place of New Trier Townshipadults with learning disabilities
- Pickles Group to help kids whose parents have cancer diagnosis
- The Record Community News Group journalism
- SaLT: Service and Learning Together student driven service opportunities
- Deerfield Free Store aid to 5-10 refugee families per week
- The Volunteer Center days of service & website matching service
- Special Gifts Theatre stage productions for kids with disabilities
- Counseling Center of the North Shore mental health services
- Trees That Feed Foundation plant breadfruit trees around the world
- Hunger Resource Network provide protein for other food pantries, shelters, etc.