The meeting was called to order at 12:15 by Co-President Moha.

Greeter Wes led us in the Pledge.

David Birkenstein shared two humorous Thoughts of the Day.    

 

Visiting Guests and Rotarians: Eric Birkenstein joined us, and brought his friend Steve Greenberg. Moha invited a visiting Rotarian, Zoana Popescu, Rotary Club of Salzburg. She is a talented violinist who is studying in the area.

Announcements:
            -- The food packing project for Connections for the Homeless will be an ongoing monthly effort in partnership with the Rotary Clubs of Wilmette and Evanston Lighthouse. We will meet on the first Tuesday of the month at St Joseph’s church in Wilmette. There is a signup genius on the website.

            -- The Hope Walk for the Homeless is on May 3 at Gillson Park. All are invited to walk or volunteer or donate.  

           --A committee will meet on Monday at 10:00 on Zoom to begin planning a fundraiser supporting our Community Grants program. Our Annual Community Grants presentation is NEXT WEEK, April 24^th. We will award 15 grants.

            --Barb noted that all lunch serving products are now compostable and should be placed in the green bags on our tables when you are done eating.

 

Dig N Grin: We contributed in the absence of a presenter. 

 

--Rich went to a great event – a concert – at College of Lake County.

            --Moha had a great virtual meeting with those involved in our project in Morocco.

            --Tony is happy to be back from St. Maarten, where he and Carolyn had a lovely time.

            --David B salutes Debra for an article in the North Shore Senior Center newsletter.

            --Debra shared that she is having an exhibit opening featuring her mosaics on May 1 from 4-6 at the North Shore Senior Center.

            --Barb recognized those celebrating both Passover and Easter.

 

Program:   Our speaker was Bill Hayes, who shared valuable information on energy initiatives both being developed and in the early stages. The title of his presentation: A Key Question for Earth Week: Are You Zero Carbon Yet?

 

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

 

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.