Last Regular Meeting-Andy Vass introduced Karen Kaplan. Karen shared her experiences growing up as a child of a Holocaust survivor and most recently surviving a home invasion. These experiences left Karen with a lot of anger and fear but learning to forgive has brought peace to Karen's life.
Lucky Bucks: Winner of last week’s Lucky Bucks wasDon Nord.
Scott Rose thanked everyone who helped out at the recent blood drive.
Coat Off Your Back:Pete Wirtz has 7 additional barrels available. If you would like to be a collection site for Coat Off Your Back contact Pete.
For your calendar:
October 6th: Governor Rodney Adams will be visiting our club.
October 7th: Northbrook Symphony Orchestra will be hosting a wine tasting at Wilmette Wine Cellar, 1100 Central Avenue, Wilmette. For more information, visit www.northbrooksymphony.org.
October 24th: One Rotary Summit at Harper College in Palatine. Click here for more information or to sign up.
October 24th: NSYMCA is hosting a Halloween party. Volunteers are needed to help with set up and clean up as well as manning game and activity tables. If you can help out, please contact Scott Rose or Howard Schultz.
Rotary 800: Mark your calendar. This year's Rotary 800 will be held on Sunday, February 14th. More details to follow.
Vera Mayer is looking for families who would be interested in hosting a youth exchange student. If you are interested, please contact Vera.
The need for medical care in India is acute, but “the legacy of PolioPlus is that Rotarians have discovered their own strength: that they can take up challenges,” Past RI President Rajendra K. Saboo says. One step has been to instill better water, sanitation, and hygiene practices through an educational program directed at 10,000 schools in India. “If children get this cultural mindset, they would be the instrument of bringing this philosophy of hygiene into the homes,” he notes. “Combined with a cleaner environment, that will translate to healthier babies and children. That is the long-term, sustainable aspect. And it is already a program in which Rotary is deeply involved.”
CPPB (Conflict Prevention and Peace Building )
This is a conflict prevention and peace-building project that is intended to address a variety of issues namely; before, during and after election concerns. Having witnessed prior elections and their outcomes, it is important that crisis prevention mechanisms are put in place to see to it that Ugandans/general public are aware of the negative implications of engaging in conflicts. Uganda is surrounded by neighbours and some of them are at war and the news the children, youth and adults are getting hour by hour are portraying wars which is disastrous to the minds and hearts of humanity. By reaching within to embrace humanity, the Rotary Club of Makindye is joining to help move man-kind from a culture of war to a culture of Peace!
