On Thursday, October 6, the Winnetka-Northfield Rotary club will convene at Glencoe Community Garden for Service and Fellowship. This event will take place in lieu of our weekly meeting at Winnetka Community House. We encourage everyone to come out and enjoy an afternoon of harvesting crops, fellowship with existing club members, and welcoming potential club members. Guests are welcomed and encouraged to come and participate as well.
The Glencoe Community Garden is a non-profit, sustainable, organic-practicing, food-producing 5,000 sq. ft. mini-farm and garden. 100% of the harvest is donated to local food kitchens, pantries and other charitable organizations. And 100% of our garden is built and harvested by volunteers. The Garden offers a myriad of educational, social action and community opportunities in a safe, cooperative environment accessible to all individuals.
Patti led today’s meeting. She thanked all the Rotarians who helped her clean the Rotary closet: Safiyyah & Frank, Barb & Tom, and Bob.
Announcements started with reminders about two upcoming events:
October 6 regular lunch meeting at Glencoe Gardens – see story above!
October 14 Operation Warm Concert – see the story below!
Happy Bucks:
Barb is happy her family sold her mother-in-law’s house.
Liz is happy Greg is doing Dig ‘N Grin for her today.
Moha is happy to be back from Paris.
Bob is happy his daughter treated to him to a winning game of NU football.
Speakers: Liz sourced this program about the Northbrook Symphony, and she introduced the two speakers who came to speak. Her friend Cindy Brady spoke about her involvement on the Board of the Symphony. Also speaking was Mina Zikri, the Music Director of the Symphony. Mina took over the symphony in 2019, just before the pandemic temporarily suspended performances. Mina was born in Cairo Egypt, moved to Europe to study and play violin, and was recruited to Chicago by Daniel Barenboim when Barenboim was Director of the Chicago Symphony.
A team of local citizens is throwing a benefit party to support the Operation Warm program of the Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield. This will be the fourth time in five years for this fun event that brings warmth, confidence and hope to Chicago area children living in need with the gift of a brand new winter coat.
The party will be held at Valley Lo Club in Glenview on Friday October 14 and features the soulful music of Gerald McClendon- “The Soulkeeper.” A buffet dinner will be served with a cash bar. A silent and live auction will enable attendees to acquire great items while supporting this important cause.
“Our club has partnered with Operation Warm since 2009 to bring new coats to thousands of Chicago area children,” said Barb Tubekis, Co-President of the club. “We are so grateful for the support of the community, especially the team of volunteers who plan this annual party that allows us to serve more children.”
“When I told my friends about our Rotary Club’s annual Operation Warm project, they immediately wanted to help.” Said Joe Nash. “They especially liked that many of these coats are given to children at neighborhood libraries, thereby connecting families with the great resources they offer.”
Tickets to the party may be purchased at http://tinyurl.com/OWBenefit2022. Donations may also be made. $20 provides a high-quality, brand-new coat to Chicago are child living in need.
Event sponsors include the New Trier Rotary Clubs- Glencoe, Wilmette, Wilmette Harbor, Winnetka-Northfield; Joe Nash of @Properties, VJ Killian Co, North Shore Community Bank, One80o, Sunset Foods, Mitch Kielser, Chuck Norton & Carole Barthel, Fred & Ellie Schwimmer, Nora Costello and the Kemper Educational & Charitable Foundation.
The Event Committee: Victoria Adams, Ron Bernardi, Laura Chaveriat, Mary Cooper, Nora Costello, Enza Fragassi, Melinda Harmon, Muffy Hostetler, Amelia Katz, Mike Kelly, Mitch Kielser, Rich Lalley, Joe Nash, Kelly Nash, Jackie Satherlie, JR Scassellati, and Wendy Sorrentino.
1. Call to Action! The New Trier Township food pantry needs our support. The pantry is low on essential items that support Township residents and workers. We will be collecting non perishable food items and hygiene supplies at each Thursday meeting. Donations can also be dropped off at the Community House every other day of the week. This service project will run through the end of September. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, it is more important than ever that we support and uplift one another.
2. Additional items that we will be collecting at each Thursday meeting are pop tabs from aluminum cans and bread clips. The pop tabs will be donated to Ronald Mcdonald House for recycling and they go towards offsetting the costs of helping children and their families.
The bread clips will be donated to 'Scarcely Resourced' who will be recycling them in partnership with 'Danielle Cares for Chairs'. A few thousand of these bread clips will purchase a wheelchair for a child in need. The bread tags are also now being utilized by a prosthetic clinic to strengthen the molding process of making a prosthesis.
For those of you who wish to support our fellow Rotarian Sam Badger in his time of loss, please consider making memorial gifts in Nancy's honor (Nancy Mack Badger) to either of these organizations:
• The Mesulam Center c/o Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, 420 E. Superior Street, 9th Floor, Chicago, IL 60611or at feinberg.northwestern.edu/giving or by calling 312-503-8933. The Mesulam Center offers world-renowned dementia and Alzheimers disease research and care on Northwestern's downtown Chicago campus.
• The Winnetka Northfield Rotary Charitable Foundation for its incredible impactful work globally, as you know.
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