Rotary Bulletin June 29 (Jun 18, 2017)

WELCOME TO OUR CLUB! CELEBRATING 93 YEARS OF SERVICE. COME JOIN US CONNECTING FOR GOOD.

Join us tonight at 6:00pm as we celebrate a fabulous Rotary year under President Patti's leadership and prepare for a new year of Making a Difference under President Tom's leadership. A casual dinner, beer and wine will be served. No charge for members who pre-pay meals. $15 for other members and $20 for guests.

The meeting was opened at 12:15 by Club President Patti Van Cleave and followed by the pledge of allegiance. Lunch was served and the meeting itself started about 12:46. The lunch meeting was held in the Winnetka Community House and there were 28 of our 54 members (52%) in attendance.

Guests were Patricia Forde (Ned Meisner), Marga Hewko (member of Chicago One Rotary) and Burt Levy (friend of David Hirsch, the speaker)

ANNOUNCEMENTS: President Patti noted again that June 30 is the deadline for Rotary Foundation contributions be applied to our Club. She urged we all make at least a minimum contribution to achieve the 100% participation as has been the case in the past.

President –Elect Tom again reminded us of the June 29 Installation Dinner and urged all members attend.

DIG & GRIN: John Stone kicked off this part of the day’s program with a side splitting anecdote. Several other attendees threw in extra money in recognition of nice recent occurrences in their lives.

SPEAKER: The speaker was David Hirsch and the subject was “Break the Cycle of Father’s Absences”. He heads the 21st Century Dads Foundation, a 501c3, which was established to address the epidemic of father absence, one of the root causes for what ails society. An estimated 24m children are growing up in father absent homes across the United States. He noted that while some of those fathers were physically present, as a practical matter they are uninvolved. This is part of the reason we see 4600 high school drop-outs daily. Many other negative ramifications result from this problem He went on to outline some of them. A brief Q & A followed.

The meeting was closed at 1:30 with a recitation of the 4-Way Test.

June 29 - Installation Dinner

Greeter	Dirk Tussing
Dig-n-Grin	Rebecca Wolf
Thought	Carl Yudell
Sgt-at-Arms	Sam Badger
Scribe	Wes Baumann

July 6

Greeter	Bob Baker
Dig-n-Grin	David Birkenstein
Thought	Connie Berman
Sgt-at-Arms	Eric Birkenstein
Scribe	Keith Reed

July 13

Greeter	Terry Dason
Dig-n-Grin	Denise Dubravec
Thought	Joe Fell
Sgt-at-Arms	John Ford
Scribe	John Thomas

It’s easy to give. You can donate with a check or credit card at lunch; you can send a check to “WNRCF” (mark TRF in the memo line) to our club at 620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka; you can donate via PayPal by clicking here, or you can donate directly to The Rotary Foundation at www.rotary.org or by calling 866-976-8279. One very convenient way to give is by making a recurring monthly gift on your credit card, which you can set up on Rotary’s website.

If you have any questions about The Rotary Foundation or how to give, contact Rich Lalley.