Presiding was President Kathy Tate-Bradish, who read the land acknowledgement statement recognizing the Indigenous people to whom this land originally belonged. Jackie Mack recited “Why We Are Rotarians” and shared the Thought for the Day: “A single act of kindness throws out roots in all directions, and the roots spring up and make new trees.”-- Amelia Earhart
Announcements
Al Menard announced that the next Golf Road trash pickup is Saturday, Oct. 15, at 8:30 a.m., starting at the TJ Maxx parking lot on Golf Road.
Susan Prout announced that we will bundling diapers for the Bundled Blessings Diaper Pantry on Wednesday, Oct.12, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 516 Church St. Dinner out afterwards for anyone interested.
Neil Gambow announced that Aviation Career Day at ETHS is set for the entire day of October 11. This is an exciting day with many aviation career pathways represented by speakers, organizations, exhibitors, and post-secondary schools. Our featured speaker is Gigi Coleman, Bessie Coleman’s grand-niece, who will talk about Bessie’s life. She will be there all day. We need a few volunteers to help with supporting the exhibitors and other activities during the day. We will have two shifts, 8–11:30 and 11:30 – 3 p.m. and need three people per shift. Of course, you can sign up for both shifts. Please email Neil at neilg1016@aol.com if you are interested. Drinks and snacks will be provided.
Linda Gerber announced International Service Committee members Albert Menard, Bruce Baumberger, Pram Chakraborty, Kate Collinson, Linda Gerber, Don Gwinn, Yves Lassere, Jose Lopez, Patrick Mbullo, Jeff Snyder, and Kathy Tate-Bradish met yesterday to consider a global grant application to create a stem cell cryo-bank for the Stem Cell Transplant Center at the Institute of Blood Pathology and Transfusion Medicine of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in Lviv, Ukraine. The stem cells to be preserved in the cryo-bank will be used in the treatment of cancer.
The global grant project is a collaboration with the Rotary Club of Chicago and the Rotary Club of Lviv, in Ukraine. Rotarians in attendance from Rotary Club of Chicago: ISC Co-Chairs Margarita Hewko, Rotary One; Seyda Calderwood, Rotary One ISC; Kay Fleischer, Rotary One; Rotarians in attendance from Lviv, Ukraine: Dr. Orest Tushnytskyi, RC Lviv, Ukraine; Borys Bodnar, Rotary Club Ukraien United, Lviv, Yroslav Gavryliv. We had people beaming in from Lviv, Chicago, Canada, Colorado, Florida, and Evanston to hear about the current situation in Ukraine.
After a one-hour presentation and discussion, the ISC met separately to discuss the possibility of Lighthouse Rotary’s participation in this GG project. The ISC voted unanimously to pledge $2,000 cash and $2,000 DDF to this $117,200 project to fund medical equipment and the necessary training for the stem cell cryo-bank staff.
The Lighthouse Rotary Foundation will disburse the funds, and D6440 will assign DDF to the global grant project if and when this grant application is approved by The Rotary Foundation.
Thank you to the ISC members who engaged with the grant partners to ask the tough questions about funding a project like this in the midst of the brutality and destruction of war. We hope that by joining this project, we can bring a small piece of normal back to Ukraine—where more people can come to a transplant center and receive medical treatment.
If any of our members are interested in the details of this project, please contact Linda Gerber for a copy of the application and accompanying information.
Bryant Wallace announced that some of us have gotten used to working remotely, holding seemingly endless Zoom calls/meetings, and not traveling for business. The one thing that has not changed is The Chessmen of the Northshore’s commitment to helping deserving students go to college. In addition to the $70,000 in scholarships allocated last year, we have also fed countless others during the COVID pandemic.
To continue these efforts, Bryant asks that you attend our 2022 Annual Community Service Awards & Benefit Gala on Friday, Oct. 14th. You can register at https://link.edgepilot.com/s/ba1f0b89/F9lmMHq73UW_Sd1ewh6U9w?u=http://www.chessmenclub.org/. If, by chance, your schedule does not permit you to attend, please consider a generous donation so that we can continue to serve deserving students and those in need in and around our community. Bryant would appreciate a response by October 5.
Kathy Tate-Bradish announced that a nominating committee will be forming to identify committee chairs for next year and will be organized in the next several weeks. Think about joining and reach out to Kathy, along with recent Past President Linda Gerber. Kathy also announced, World Polio Day is Oct. 24, and we will be hearing more about that from Carol Pandak. Meantime, Kathy asked that we think about something the club can do to promote awareness of this important event, World Polio Day.
Hillary Hufford-Tucker wanted the club to know she recently became a Certified Reinvention Associate with the Reinvention Academy headed by a former club meeting presenter, Nadaya Zhexembayeva. With the certification, Hillary is thrilled to implement new strategies in her career coaching to help clients adapt to disruptions in their work, skill development, and job search.
Roasts & Boasts
Neil Gambow boasted his son who lives in Dallas and works for a French company, and who cycled a 280-mile ride from Amsterdam to Paris in two days, raising funds for cancer.
Kelly Fidei boasted her daughter who graduated with an MBA from the University of Chicago on a full scholarship and now works for the Rockefeller Foundation!
Kathy Tate-Bradish boasted her daughter who wore a squid head costume (thanks to Hillary Hufford-Tucker) for a climate change event where she was quoted in the Sun-Times.
Ann Searles roasted herself as she was looking at the Zoom screen seeing “Rick” and wondering who he was? This allowed Kelly Fidei to boast Ann for letting us know Rick Gonzalez, Kelly’s friend, was a visitor.
Steve Goranson announced that he and Kathy Tate-Bradish and others planted more trees at Willard School, which was a lot of fun and that there will be more opportunities to do more planting.
Kelly Fidei boasted Dan for injecting incredible positivity into the Taste of Evanston, which made it so much more fun, especially when people were tired. Kelly also thanked Helen Oloroso for picking up when Kelly was injured and helping raise $20,000 gross.
Program
Topic: The Status of Polio Eradication
Speaker: Carol Pandak
Kathy Tate-Bradish introduced Carol Pandak, Director of PolioPlus of Rotary International as today’s speaker. Carol travels the world and came to fill us in on everything we need to know about polio to be good advocates for polio eradication. This is a top priority for RI and has been for many years. We will stick with it until we complete the job.
Key Messages:
As long as polio exists anywhere, it is a threat everywhere.
We have made tremendous progress by reducing polio cases by 99.9%.
Only two countries remain endemic for wild poliovirus.
The only protection from polio I vaccination is to encourage immunization in your community.
Help end polio by contributing to the End Polio Now campaign.
Raise the visibility of Rotary’s role in polio eradication through fundraisers, media outreach, etc.
Achieving a polio-free world involves getting up to 370 million children immunized, 100,000s of polio funded workers and disease surveillance activities. Coming up Oct. 16-18, Germany is hosting a GPEI Pledging Moment with a funding gap of $4 billion, where governments such as Germany and other donor governments, Rotary, and the Gates Foundation will contribute. RI President Jennifer Jones has committed $150 million from Rotary. World Polio Day is Oct. 24.
Guests and Milestones
Non-Rotarian Guests
Amy Resnick, Northwestern student, from Denver, CO, interested in resparking Roteract
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