Co-President Rich Lalley opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. David Birkenstein shared a thought for the day about Juneteenth and a book he has been reading about “lies your teacher told you”. Rich led us in the Pledge of Allegiance.

 

There were no visiting Rotarians or guests today. Rich shared a few announcements:

 

Amy Skalinder reminded everyone that the next Rock the Garden date at the Community House is July 10 (5pm-8pm). It’s a free event and a great opportunity for Rotarian fun and fellowship. The band will be dadband and there will be food for purchase from Soul & Smoke (along with beer, wine, soda, and snacks).

 

For today’s Dig & Grin, Robert Mardirossian shared memories about how Dig & Grin has changed over the years he has been a Rotarian and shared a story about the first time he was responsible for Dig & Grin. Tony Kambich and Rich chimed in with some of their memories about the history of Dig & Grin with the Club.

 

With no speaker today, we had open mic for members to share thoughts.

 

Tony Kambich noted that we have a lot of Winnetka Rotarians but not many from Northfield. He shared some reminisces about past years when we had a larger membership and hopes we can build our membership back up again.

 

Moha Bouacha shared an update about the Moroccan project, which is going very well. He shared some history about Juneteenth and also some proverbs as food for thought.

 

David Birkenstein shared thoughts about the monetization of college sports and payment of college athletes prompted by a conversation he had at a recent social gathering. He shared some thoughts about reducing hypocrisy in college sports.

 

Rich noted that Sly Stone passed away recently and WBEZ was doing an hour-long program about him, beginning with a story about Sly’s appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

 

Rich invited any further comments about our Club. A discussion ensued about concerns regarding the number of members in our Club and the various challenges of recruiting new members.

 

The meeting adjourned with our usual recitation of the 4-Way Test.

Here is the log-in info for today's Rotary meeting. Meeting starts at 12:15, with people beginning to gather around noon.

 

The Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Club is collaborating with the Wilmette and Evanston Lighthouse clubs to prepare bagged lunches for Connections for the Homeless once a month, on the first Tuesday of the month at 6:00PM. Location is St. Joseph's church at Lake and Ridge in Wilmette. 

 

We ask club members to sign up here: 

 

We look forward to your participation in this hands-on project to help the clients of Connections. 

 

Questions? Contact Patti. 

The project funds new equipment and training for the cooperative's participants. Training will encompass technical use of the equipment, entrepreneurial skills, business planning and management, sales and marketing planning, and financial management. The program's vision is to create a self-sustaining long term business enterprise for the participating women in Timoulilt. 

 

Overall program budget is $100,000. The club is seeking cash and District Designated Funds (DDF) support from Rotary Clubs and Districts.  

 

For more information, contact Club Co-President Moha Bouacha at m_bouacha@yahoo.com. Cash contributions may be made online by clicking here. 

 

NO MEETING.  Happy 4th of July!