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WELCOME TO OUR CLUB! CELEBRATING 93 YEARS OF SERVICE. COME JOIN US CONNECTING FOR GOOD.
Winnetka-Northfield
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 12:15 PM
Winnetka Community House
620 Lincoln Avenue
Tyrrell Room (winter) 111A (summer)
Winnetka, IL  60093
United States
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Speaker Bio on 12/21: Gerry Keenan
Gerry Keenan has just returned from a trip to Haiti where he is working to organize a Rotary Global Grant for our Winnetka-Northfield Club to sponsor with a Haitian Club in partnership with Trees that Feed. He will provide our club with an update.
Meeting Recap December 14
The meeting in the Winnetka Community House was opened at 12:15 by President Tom Nash followed by “Thought for the Day” by Marc Kotz. The pledge of allegiance was led by Tom Nash.
 
Lunch was served and the meeting started about 12:40 with 27 of our 52 members in attendance. The sole guest was Wally Greenough brought by Peter Skalski. Representing the Village this week was both Marc Hornstein, the Acting Chief, and our speaker, Detective Jeremy Walton. The Winnetka Youth Organization had their new Executive Director, Christina Gikas, present.
 
The birthday of Chuck Norton occasioned a lusty rendition of “Happy Birthday”!
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS:  President Tom noted we will be participating again in the annual Thanksgiving Food Basket program and provided 40 baskets with each costing $25.
 
Several members had announcements regarding the Operation Warm kids’ winter coat giveaway program. Patti Van Cleave and Rich Lalley said the downtown Chicago event was a huge and happy affair. Several TY notes and cards from kids who got coats were passed around.
 
Heidi Sibert noted we have the annual Kids Against Hunger food packing free-for-all soon and we still need some volunteers. Barb Tubekis also spoke on the event which she has organized now for some years.
 
Rich Lalley said next week’s speaker, Gerry Keenan, will be updating us on the amazing banana tree program in the Caribbean – in which Rotary is deeply involved.
 
HAPPY BUCKS:  Robert Mardirossian, Keith Reed, Mark Kotz, Tony Kambich and David Birkenstein all flung money into the day’s pot for various reasons. In David’s case it was celebrating his wife’s full recovery from a life-threatening case of meningitis.
 
SPEAKER Our speaker was Detective Jeremy Walton of the Winnetka Police Department. His current work is mainly focused on consumer fraud and financial crimes. His basic message was WATCH OUT as more and more local people are subject to identity theft and credit card number theft. Some areas to be especially wary of are:
1. using your computer in public wi-fi systems (e.g. Starbucks, Peets etc.) where there is no privacy protection, and
2. be very watchful when using your credit card in gas stations or external bank cash stations. If the credit card mechanism looks at all hinky, do not use it as it may have a false reader attached.
 
 
The meeting was closed at 1:30 after a recitative of the 4-way pledge.
 
 
 
Meeting Assignments
December 21
GreeterPatti Van Cleave
Dig-n-GrinCarl Yudell
Thought Barb Tubekis
Sgt-at-ArmsRebecca Wolf
ScribeKeith Reed
 
December 28
GreeterBob Baker
Dig-n-GrinSam Badger
Thought Connie Berman
Sgt-at-ArmsDavid Birkenstein
ScribeJohn Thomas
 
January 4
GreeterEric Birkenstein
Dig-n-GrinTerry Dason
Thought Denise Dubravec
Sgt-at-ArmsJoe Fell
ScribeWes Baumann
 
 
 
 
2017 Operation Warm Project Underway!
Fundraising is underway for our 2017 Operation Warm project. 
 
 
Nearly one in five American children live in poverty. More than 400,000 in the Chicago metro area. 
 
For these families, deciding between food, rent, heat and medicine takes priority. Many children have to go without a coat during the cold Chicago winter.
 
You can help to bring hope, happiness and warmth to children living in need in Chicagoland with the gift of a brand-new winter coat.  Your gift will help to improve a child's self-esteem, school attendance and overall wellness.

Our Goal is to Give 500 Children Brand-New Winter Coats
Give today at www.operationwarm.org/wnrotary

Or send a check payable to WNRCF to
Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield
620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka IL 60093
 
We partner with schools and non-profits serving disadvantaged children, including Inner City Impact in Cicero, Holy Family Ministries school in Chicago, Hope Community Church in Chicago, Open Arms Mission in Antioch, Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook (holiday gift program), Jewish Council for Youth Services in Highwood and Family Promise Chicago North Shore.
 
This year, we are also partnering with the Chicago Public Library on an innovative program that gives a new coat at the libratry, bringing children into a library of the first time.
 
Your donation will go to Operation Warm, our partner since 2009. They provide us with brand-new, high-quality, warm winter coats for our children. Operation Warm is a GuideStar Platinum-rated nonprofit and has helped over 2 million children since 1998.
 
The video below was sent to us last winter as a gesture of THANKS from Holy Family Ministries. 
 
 
How many children can you help keep warm this winter?
 
Hurricane Relief Fund  Accepting Donations
Our Rotary Club's Charitable Foundation is now accepting tax deductible donations for our Hurricane Relief Fund. Donations may be made by credit card here:
 
Our Foundation's Board will take direction from Rotary Leaders regarding where to direct our funds. Here is a letter received from our represntative on Rotary International's Board of Directors Robb Knuepfer:
 
Dear District and Zone Leaders:
 
As you have been reading in the news, severe rainfall has caused historic flooding along the Texas coast, including in Houston, the fourth largest city by population in the United States. Deluged towns in the region are in desperate need of aid as thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes. About 6.8 million people have been affected by the hurricane, which made landfall on 25 August.
  • Late last week, Presidential Aide Don Mebus and Past RI Director Greg Podd hosted a strategy conference call with governors from Districts 5930, 5840, 5890, 5910 and 6200 in Texas and Louisiana to develop a cohesive response.
  • A Gulf Coast Disaster Relief Donor Advised Fund (DAF) has been established by Greg Podd and President-Elect Barry Rassin through The Rotary Foundation to collect relief contributions. Don and Greg are working with leaders from the affected districts to create a process for disbursing DAF funds to their respective district foundations or local 501c3 organizations to support local relief efforts.
  • Updated information about contributing to the Gulf Coast DAF is available on the Rotary website. This page will continue to be updated as needed.  Contribution information is also attached to this email.
  • ShelterBox, Rotary’s partner for disaster relief, is providing tents for use as ‘privacy tents’ to be pitched within the convention centers housing families that have been evacuated.
Please circulate the news about Rotary’s relief efforts to Rotarians in your district.  Please direct inquiring Rotarians to the web story on Rotary.org for the most up-to-date information or to contact RI by writing to relief@rotary.org.
 
Yours in Rotary Service,
 
Robb
 
Robb Knuepfer
RI Director
Zones 28 & 29
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Charles Norton
December 4
 
Marie Kuipers
December 18
 
Lee Padgitt
December 22
 
Trisha Kocanda
December 25
 
Carl Yudell
December 27
 
Join Date
Alan Ramsay
December 1, 1976
41 years
 
Mary Lou Bilder-Gold
December 1, 1995
22 years
 
Rodger (Rodg) Morris
December 1, 1972
45 years
 
David Grant
December 11, 1997
20 years
 
Mike Shelton
December 13, 2012
5 years
 
Mark Kotz
December 30, 2010
7 years
 
David Abell
December 31, 1975
42 years