Rotary Bulletin July 17 (Jul. 09, 2025)

Meeting Notes July 10

Posted by Patti Van Cleave

The meeting was called to order at 12:15 by President Ken.

Ken led us in the Pledge and shared a great Thought of the Day.

Announcements:
--Trivia Night fundraiser for Community Grants program of our foundation is next Thursday July 17. There will be no lunch meeting next week. RSVP now for head count to be given to caterer ASAP.

-- Rich will have a report next week on our progress to be a 100% Paul Harris club

--Moha announced that due to fluctuations in the value of Moroccan money vs US dollar, we may need some more money for this project.

--Chuck Norton was awarded a Paul Harris TIMES SEVEN by Rich.

--Ken shared that the Rotary theme for this year is “Unite for Good”.

--Rotary Means Business meeting at RI in Evanston next weekend.

--Relief for Texas flooding victims: Donations are being accepted by two local clubs. District 6440 should be announcing a vehicle to make donations as well.

--Amy reminded us that Rock the Garden is tonight, featuring “Dad Band” and Soul & Smoke food truck. On August 7, her band will play.

Dig N Grin: Moha shared some Rotary one-liners.

Happy Bucks:

--Patti and Barb had Happy Bucks.

Program: Zbig Skiba, member of the Evanston Lighthouse Club, spoke to us on Climate Tech.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 by Ken, with all of us reciting the Four Way Test.

Attend the Weekly Meeting on Zoom

Posted by Rich Lalley

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

Thursday Lunch Meetings 12:15 pm -1:30 pm

If you log on with this link, you will not need a password.

https://zoom.us/j/198435237?pwd=NTNYbFg3WHpvNDkvVENOVlpaYUc2Zz09

Password: Win60093

Join by Phone:

312 626 6799; Meeting ID: 198 435 237; Password: 798428 (note, if asked for User ID, press #).

Reminder- you can give happy bucks, dig n grin, birthday donations and other donations to our foundation at https://wnrotary.org/page/donate/ or by texting DIGNGRIN to 44-321.

Homeless Lunch Packing Project August 5

Posted by Patti Van Cleave

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:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/904054AAAAC2AA1F58-56057223-lunchpacking#/

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

Questions? Contact Patti.

Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Club Creating a Women's Clothing Cooperative in Morocco

The Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield is teaming up with The Rotary Foundation and the Rotary Club of Rabat in the capital city of Morocco to establish a women's clothing cooperative in the village of Tomoulilt. This will be a project funded in part with a Rotary Foundation Global Grant (GG#2571461).

The program's objectives are to:

Create a revenue-generating cooperative run by stakeholders of village women/girls;
Empower women to run and manage a long-term sustainable and profitable business operation.

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.

Meeting Assignments

Posted by David Grant

July 17

Evening Benefit at Valley Lo

July 24

Greeter	Robert Mardirossian
Thought & Sgt.	Chuck Norton
Dig-n-Grin	Bill Leske
Scribe	Amy Skalinder

July 31

Greeter	Lee Padgitt
Thought & Sgt.	Heidi Sibert
Dig-n-Grin	Liz Taylor
Scribe	David Grant

If you are unable to fulfill your assignment, please find a substitute.

Support The Rotary Foundation!

At the March 6 meeting, Rich Lalley presented an overview of the work of our two foundations- the Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Foundation (WNRCF) and The Rotary Foundation (TRF) of Rotary International. You can review that presentation here.

The club's board has set a goal of achieving 100% participation in supporting TRF this Rotary Year. To reach this goal, every active member needs to donate a minimum of $25 to The Rotary Foundation. You can do this online by clicking here.

We also aspire to be a 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club. For member who are not yet a Paul Harris Fellow, once your donation level reaches $250 and you have made a contribution this year, our club will celebrate you with a Paul Harris Fellow Award.

We appreciate all of our members who have contributed generously to The Rotary Foundation and to our club's WNRCF foundation. Thank you!

Paul Harris Fellows

Bob Baker, Wes Baumann, David Birkenstein*, Moha Boucha, Debra Campbell, Ken Drummet, Tom Evans, David Grant*, Tony Kambich*, Marie Kuipers, Rich Lalley, Bill Leske, Robert Mardirossian, Ned Meisner, Chuck Norton, Lee Padgitt, ArLynn Presser, Fred Schwimmer*, Heidi Sibert, Peter Skalski, Liz Taylor, Barb Tubekis, Patti Van Cleave.

Bold indicates donation made this Rotary Year. * indicates Major Donor.