PDG Bruce Baumberger reminded the club of the upcoming District Conference andAssembly, to be held at the Lincolnshire Marriott Resort in Lincolnshire, IL from Thursday, April 28, to Sunday, May 1. The theme of the conference is, “Peace Through Literacy.” Friday, April 29, is Foundation Day, with a specific emphasis on the activities of the Rotary International Foundation. Saturday, April 30, is Literacy & Peace Day and will include students from Interact, RYLA, and the Rotary Youth Exchange. The District Assembly will be held concurrently on Saturday, with training programs for club leaders and committee members.
Steve Goranson reminded the club of the upcoming “Learners to Leaders” program at RI headquarters on Wednesday, April 27, from 5:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m, featuring a panel of speakers and an information exchange on literacy.
Gary Peterson announced that the next Golf Road Clean-up project will be on Saturday, May 21, at 8:30 a.m.
Ken Green announced that the Community Service Committee will meet at the home of Ann and John Searles at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 3, The committee members will be voting on the grant proposals submitted by community organizations seeking funding for their projects.
Ann Searles repeated her request for volunteers to help out at Evanston’s “Aging Well” conference, to be held from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Friday, May 6, at the Merion, 1611 Chicago Ave. Ann is chairing the volunteer committee and is still in need of five or six more people to help out at the event.
MaLu Simon gave a presentation on the planning updates for the summer fundraiser,
“Taste of Evanston.” Invitations have been sent (former member,
Sue Smith, has purchased the first tickets.)
Brad Weiss, Randy Usen and
Dale Bradley are continuing to get corporate sponsors to help offset the cost of the event.
Ilana is adding to the effort to recruit volunteers,
Jackie Mack offered to coordinate the decorations, and
Charlotta made a plea for more raffle items. Members were informed that they need to provide names of recipients to the committee if they sell or give away their own tickets so that “invitees” are able to be checked in at the event. Also, payments are currently being accepted by check or via PayPal.
Don Gwinn reminded everyone about their recent dues statement and indicated that he was prepared to accept credit card payments. He also reminded the club that volunteers are still needed for “Rebuilding Together,” to be held on Friday, May 13, and Saturday, May 14 . We will be cleaning out two houses near the South Boulevard CTA station.
Elizabeth Newton spoke about the fourth area of support – that of saving mothers and children – when considering a contribution to the Rotary Foundation.
Roasts and Boasts
Chuck Bartling boasted Chip Uchtman for having supplied Rotary license plate frames because it was when Chuck was installing the frame, he noticed that his plate sticker had expired. (Chuck reminded club members that the Illinios Secretary of State is no longer sending out printed reminders of plate renewals.)
Don Crost-Fink boasted his daughter who has just given birth to his grandchild.
Zbig Skiba boasted the recent Chicago weather, citing a change from the dreary winter.
Carol Bild boasted Dale Bradley for his firm’s contribution to cover the registration fees of those members who attended the April 21 Leadership Seminar at RI headquarters.
Program
