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Recent Highlights

Debra "walking the line" of trucks as they lined up to receive their poultry at the Poultry to Pantry Day.
Volunteers at the
Poultry to Pantry
Day
Rotarians Patti, Barb and Debra with the Executive Director of Human Resources  Network
 
This is our Joint Fund Raiser! Please signup, bring friends or donate! All funds go to support  the Unhoused.
 
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Meeting Assignments
April 30
Greeter Heidi Sibert
Thought & Sgt.Chuck Norton
Dig-n-GrinPatti Van Cleave
ScribeAmy Skalinder
 
May 7
Greeter Liz Taylor
Thought & Sgt.Barb Tubekis
Dig-n-GrinLee Padgitt
ScribePatti Van Cleave
May 14
Greeter Thomas Applegate
Thought & Sgt.Wes Baumann
Dig-n-GrinDavid Birkenstein
ScribeDavid Grant
 
If you are unable to fulfill your assignment, please find a substitute.
 
 
 
Community Grants Announcement
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Our Club’s charitable foundation, the Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Charitable Foundation, recently completed our annual Community Grants process. We are pleased to report that this year with a budget of $18,000, we awarded 12 grants to local non-profit organizations that serve our community.  Links to these those organizations are:
 
Grants will be presented at our weekly lunch meeting on Thursday, March 12 at noon at the Community House in Winnetka.
Guests are welcome to attend lunch on any Thursday to meet us and learn more about our Club. Contact info@wnrotary.org for more information.
 
Attend the Weekly Meeting on Zoom
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.
 
Log in with the Zoom app:
Meeting ID: 198 435 237
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. 
 
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:
  1. Create a revenue-generating cooperative run by stakeholders of village women/girls;
  2. 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
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 CampbellKen 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. 
 
Speakers
Apr 30, 2026
RYLA
RYLA

RYLA is a leadership program coordinated by Rotary Clubs worldwide. Each year, thousands of high school fsstudents with demonstrated or emerging leadership potential are sponsored by Rotary Clubs to attend a district-run event.

May 07, 2026
Mental Health Awareness Month
May 14, 2026
Forest Preserves of Cook County Acoustic Bat Monitoring Program
May 21, 2026
Moderator: Ken Drummet
May 28, 2026
Humanitarian Impact Crypto Can Make on the World
Jun 04, 2026
National Public Housing Museum
Jun 11, 2026
Early Childhood Literacy
Jun 18, 2026
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Upcoming Events
Hope Walk for the Homeless
May 09, 2026
10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Annual multiclub Hope Walk for the Homeless raises funds for various organizations that provide benefits and services to the unhoused in our area.

Rotary Clubs of Wilmette, Winnetka-Northfield, Skokie Valley and Evanston Lighthouse are participating. 

Each club can choose where to donate the funds specifically raised by their members.

This is a fun 5k walk in beautiful Gillson Park, followed by refreshments and presentations. 

REGISTER

Gillson Park

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Bulletin Editor
Debra Campbell
Club Information
WELCOME TO OUR CLUB! CELEBRATING 102 YEARS OF SERVICE. COME JOIN US CONNECTING FOR GOOD.
Winnetka-Northfield
PEOPLE OF ACTION
Thursdays at 12:15 PM
Community House and via Zoom
620 Lincoln Avenue
Winnetka, IL 60093
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Every Rotarian
Every Year

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.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Ned Meisner
April 9
 
Anniversaries
Liz Taylor
April 11
 
Join Date
Terry Dason
April 2, 2016
10 years
 
Liz Taylor
April 11, 2002
24 years