President Debra called the meeting to order at 12:20.
Pledge Debra led the pledge.
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Thought: Moha offered a thought.
Dig N Grin: Tony offered a smattering of humorous thoughts.
Announcements:
Rich presented Ellie with a Paul Harris Fellow, and noted Fred’s extensive contributions to our club and RI.
Connections serving day is Sept, 1. Link to sign up will be in the bulletin.
Next week’s program is Bridget Lewis from the Volunteer Center. She will do a project with us on flower arranging from April Potterfield’s garden.
Members received a 7-day notice for Nancy Krueger from North Shore Community Bank-Winnetka.
Rotary Happy Hour - August 11 at Stormys!!
Program: Stacy Deemar led us in exercises designed to highlight our ability to connect, interact and have FUN with each other. Fascinating and different program!
The meeting was adjourned at 1:30 with the 4 way test.
The 2025–26 Rotary year has come to a close! Thank you to everyone who supported The Rotary Foundation!
Your gifts come full circle—helping fund projects around the world: our club's: Women's Cooperative in Morocco, as well as right here at home, including Operation Warm, our food insecurity programs, and ShelterBox.
We give to receive. Through Rotary every contribution will continue changing lives.
Mike Wurzburg's daughter, Beth Pyle, sent us this message: “Unfortunately, my dad had a stroke Monday evening and passed away Thursday morning, July 2. My sisters and my mom and I were with him. Would you mind sharing the information with the Rotary? He loved being a part of it.”
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.
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.
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.
