With over 40 years of wealth management experience, 20 of which have been in the Chicagoland area, Andy Drendel has a vast expertise in trust administration, estate planning, asset protection and fiduciary practice management. Prior to joining Byline Bank, he worked for U.S. Trust/Bank of America N.A., LaSalle Bank N.A., M&I Trust in Milwaukee, First National Bank & Trust Company of Rockford, and The First National Bank of Peoria. Andy was the 2015 Alumni Hall of Fame inductee for Illinois State University’s College of Business. He was awarded his Chartered Trust and Financial Advisor CTFA designation by the Institute of Certified Bankers, and was twice elected President of the Corporate Fiduciaries Association of Illinois.
Chuck called the meeting to order at 12:17 with 26 members in attendance.
Liz shared Thoughts of the Day from Winston Churchill, Oprah Winfrey, and Abraham Lincoln. No guests other than our speaker.
Birthdays – Chuck on Dec 4
Anniversaries –
Mary Lou Bilder-Gold – December 1 - 25 years
Rodger Morris – Dec 1 - 48 years
Amy Skalinder - December 4 - One year
Krysten Warnes - December 4 - One year
Announcements: beginning with electing new board for next year - to be completed in January. Looking for President or co-Presidents as well as board members.
Dec. 25 is the deadline for Foundation grant applications.
Will we meet on 12/24 or 12/31? Not on Christmas Eve, casual meeting on 12/31.
Happy Bucks – Barb is happy and proud to be a member of our Club. Share Your Bounty was very successful; raising about $2700 dollars, providing 100 bags to Good News Partners and making a donation to the food pantry.
Rich shared a Happy Buck for the Wilmette Clubs who raised $ for 66 sleeping bags for the nuns at Fraternity of Notre Dame. A total of 250 sleeping bags were provided by the nuns to those who are homeless and sleeping in the streets.
Patti provided a Happy Buck for Chuck’s leadership in COVID times.
Dig N Grin – Barb shared humorous tweets and a couple of photos about face masks.
Speaker - David Fisher spoke to us about using Social Media, especially LinkedIn, to help us in our business and day-to-day lives. He advocates for sharing your personal and professional information in a way that is authentic and allows us to make real connections. https://davidjpfisher.com/
A robust Q&A followed his presentation. Chuck adjourned the meeting at 1:17pm.
We did it again! Thanks to all our members and friends of Rotary who contributed over $2,700 to our annual Share Your Bounty campaign! 100 bags full of groceries are going to Good News Partners, along with a financial donation to support their food pantry.
Continuing our club's long standing Thanksgiving tradition, we will once again partner with the Volunteer Center to provide post-holiday groceries for families in transitional housing who are served by Good News Partners in Chicago's North of Howard neighborhood. We will purchase groceries in bulk at Costco on November 23, so please donate by November 22.
We hope to provide over 100 bags of groceries, and have a fundraising goal of $2,000. This will be easy if everyone contributes.
This campaign has closed. If you missed out on supporting it, please consider a donation to our sleeping bags for the homeless campaign. You can donate here.
We are partnering with the Rotary Club of Wilmette to provide new sleeping bags to homeless people in Chicago. Your donations will support new sleeping bags which will be sent to the nuns of Fraternite Notre Dame, who will provide them to homeless men and women at Christmas time.
The Winnetka Northfield Rotary Charitable Foundation annually provides monetary grants to organizations that further Rotary’s mission to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace.
Applications are accepted each year from October 15th until December 25th. Grant awards are announced in March by our board. Grants range in size from $500 to $5,000, averaging between $1,000 and $2,000. Recipients are eligible for only two awards within a three year period.
Areas of Focus: Our board is open to reviewing grant applications from any 501(c)(3) organization that has a club member sponsor. Preference will be given to organizations that meet one or more of the following criteria:
· Support people living in need in Chicagoland
· Have operating budgets under $1 million
· Request funding for programs, not general operating expenses
While these areas of focus will guide the board’s decision making, the board may award grants to organizations that meet none of this criteria but have a strong club sponsor and compelling case for support.
Over the last two years, our community's generosity made it possible for over 2,300 children living in need to receive a new winter coat from our club. Member contributions and our Operation Warm Benefit Concert gave Chicago area children brand new coats. Here is a list of the organizations that received these coats, because of you.
Several Chicago Library Branches
Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook Holiday Gift Program
Open Arms Mission food pantry in Antioch
Holy Family Ministries school in Homan Square
Asian Youth Services in Albany Park
Hope Community Church Head Start in Austin
Stand Down Day Chicago supporting homeless veterans and their families
Grandparents and Kins Raising Children- Lake County
Learner Charter School in North Chicago
The public health crisis prevents us from holding a live benefit concert this year. It also has resulted in the COVID recession and more families in need. Our program matters now more than ever.
We're asking members and friends of the club to make tax-deductible donations to support our club’s Operation Warm program. We’ve already committed to sponsoring one Chicago library program this year, and hope to support two. And the nonprofits listed above rely on our support for the children they serve.
Make your contribution now at www.operationwarm.org/wnrotary. Checks should be made payable to WNRCF and mailed to Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield, 620 Lincoln Ave., Winnetka, IL 60093.
Thank you for your past support and for caring about children and families living in need. Your contribution means more kids receive the warmth, confidence and hope that comes with a new winter coat!
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).
Several Chicago Library Branches
