President Chuck Norton commenced the meeting at 12:19, and finished at 12:55.
Thought of the Day: John Thomas shared a Sanskrit Proverb from 450 B.C.
Member Milestones: Happy Birthday to Rich Lalley. John Thomas celebrates his 8th year anniversary with the Club.
Visitor: John Rogers is a CPA and lawyer who lives in Kenilworth with his wife who was President of the Arlington Heights Rotary Club.
Announcements:
Our Rotary Benefit will be on Friday, 6/4.Please mark your calendars and brush up on your trivia skills! Contact Barbara Tubekis with auction items.
Rich Lalley reminded us that our club, in partnership with Rotary International, is sponsoring a ‘shoes for kids’ program. Until April 9, we can drop by the Community House to sign cards which can go with the shoes to be given to the children.
Happy Bucks:
Fred Schwimmer is happy about his impending road trip from Florida back to Winnetka.He will be home in time to vote for John Thomas in the election.
Robert Mardirossian dialed into the zoom call while driving to the Cubs opening game.He promised a big donation to our Foundation if the Cubs start the season with a win.
Rich Lalley is happy that Laura Cunningham is temporarily babysitting Rich’s 2 new dogs.
Todd Stephens just bought a new house in Winnetka.
Dig and Grin: Fred Schwimmer shared some ironic observations about why he likes retirement so much.
Speaker: Fernando Jones is the Founder of the Blues Kids Foundation. He thanked us for our Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Club Foundation award, which will help him hold summer music camps. The first camp will be in July at Columbia College, where Fernando is a Professor of music. There will be a second camp in August in Winston Salem. Fernando shared video highlights of past camps, testimonials from famous musicians, and his love for the Blues as the foundation of all modern music.
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.
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).
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.
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