President Ken Drummet opened the meeting at 12:20pm, welcomed everyone, and led us in the Pledge of Allegiance. David Birkenstein greeted attendees.
Ken shared a few announcements before lunch:
- He welcomed online attendees George and Patti, as well as in-person visiting Rotarian Steve Nelson from the Libertyville club. Steve worked with our club on the Uganda project.
- Thursday, October 9th at 12:00 we will meet at the Glencoe Community Gardens to help harvest and enjoy a box lunch.
- The Operation Warm benefit is Friday, September 26th at the DoubleTree in Skokie and a number of members are attending for funding winter coats and for a fun time.
Dig-n-Grin, Vicki Bittar shared a few unusual facts. Before alarm clocks there were people called “knocker uppers” who would knock on your window to wake you up. Scotland’s national animal is the unicorn.
Barb Tubekis reminded members that our next monthly lunch-packing for Connections for the Homeless is Tuesday October 7th at 6:00pm. See the weekly email for the link to sign up.
Thomas Applegate encouraged members to bring themselves and prospective members to our Rotary Happy Hour at Fred’s Garage, Tuesday October 14th from 5:00p – 7:00p.
David Grant introduced our speaker Cassie Schwartz with the Illinois Holocaust Museum. Her presentation “Courageous Conversations about Antisemitism” covered the long history of antisemitism, the rise of antisemitism since October 7th, and current and past examples.
The meeting adjourned with our usual recitation of the 4-Way Test.