Vitaliy Bezrodnov is a Rotarian who founded RCF (Rotary Children's Fund) in 2003. RCF has directly involved over 500 students world wide; many of whom have joined Interact, Rotaract and Rotary. Vitaliy has made this presentation to over 500 Rotary Clubs.
The committee has set aside $700 to match additional donations by our members. If you would like to make a donation and have it matched, email Rich Lalley with the amount of your donation and which organization you are supporting. The foundation match will be awarded on a first come, first served basis, and is capped at $200 per member and $700 total. Contact Rich if you have any questions.
Our club will be providing brand new shoes to children living in need as part of the Rotary District 6440 Warm Soles project. Each pair of shoes requires $6.50 when match by a Rotary District Grant. Our goal is to raise $1,000 to provide new shoes to 150 children. Shoes will go to NICASA North Chicago, New Hope Missionary Baptist Church and Cool Learning Experience in Waukegan.
Nearly one in five children live in need. For their families, paying for food, housing, heat and healthcare takes priority. Many children may have to go without the cold weather essentials they need to stay healthy and active. Replacing quickly out-grown shoes can be extremely difficult for low-income and below poverty families.
Our 11 member Winnetka-Northfield Foundation Board awarded annual grants to 10 non-profits. See the list of recipients in the article below.
Members may still make additional donations, which are eligible for matching money. The Foundation will match up to $200 in additional contributions any member makes to any of the 10 non-profits this year. So if you donate an extra $200 thru the Foundation, it will be matched and a total of $400 additional funds will be given to that organization. Please contact Rich Lalley if you would like to participate in the matching opportunity.
Fred Schwimmer made a distribution from his IRA to support Operation Warm and Warm Soles.
Dig ‘N Grin: Greg Nelson taught us a trick to get 100% participation for family holidays.
Presentations: Two organizations receiving annual awards from our Foundation gave us updates on their operations and summarized the challenges they overcame in the last year:
The Winnetka Youth Organization has many of the same challenges as the other two youth organizations on the North Shore (Wilmette & Glencoe). Due to COVID restrictions, all three have had to repurpose their dedicated spaces, and consequently had lower in-person participation statistics, but also launched successful virtual programs. John Thomas reviewed some of the funding sources for all 3 - including park district support & PPP loans.
The Volunteer Center produced a guide of special resources for local Non-profits during COVID. Barb Tubekis shared the story of how they decided to provide masks for first responders. She also announced their 3/11/21 Benefit theme centered around 4 ‘superhero’ honorees. You can read about the event and these 4 special people at their website link http://www.volunteercentervirtual.com
One of the nice features of meeting virtually is that our meetings can be recorded. This of course depends on your meeting host (me) remembering to start the recording (sometimes I'm a bit late in starting it).
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