Join us this coming Tuesday at Jameson's Charhouse Restaurant 9525 Skokie Blvd. Skokie, IL 60076 - located next to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts and Doubletree Hotel - Phone: 847-673-9700
Luncheon features:
Salad: Mixed greens, cabbage, carrots, and tomatoes. Accompanied by your choice of dressing; Balsamic, House, and Ranch
Entrée: The menu is rotated weekly with following entree - Artichoke Chicken, Crusted Tilapia, Broiled Cod and Chicken Marsala. To find our today's entree call Jameson's Charhouse at 847-673-9700
Dessert: Assortment of Chocolate Chip Cookies or Brownies
Alternative Selections:
Hamburger or Cheeseburger with French Fries
Caesar Salad with Chicken
Pasta Primavera
Lunch is $18 for members, visitors and guests.
Meetings begin at 12:15 PM & end at 1:30 PM every Tuesday.
Prospective Members:
Prospective members are invited to attend their first two meetings at the Rotary Club of Skokie Valley free of charge. Advance reservations are not required.
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At the Skokie Valley Rotary Club weekly meeting of May 28, Rotarian Sam Smith did his Member Classification Talk.
"My name is Sam Smith, I am a resident of Evanston, and work in Lincolnwood. I am owner operator of BRC Access Care, Inc., dba Better Residential Care. We have an office in Lincolnwood, and a remote agency branch in Naperville/Aurora. Was raised in Northeast Texas, attended elementary school in Pittsburg, TX, and high school at Pine Tree High School in Longview, TX, where I was a member of the Interact club. This was where I first met rotary club members, and one of them hired me as an intern. I graduated from Baylor University, in Waco in 1976 and have an MBA degree in Economics and Marketing.
I lived in Waco, and Dallas, TX most of my adult life, and spent three years as a church staffer in Vancouver, BC. I Have been single now for about six years, and before that was married to my ex wife for 35 years. I have a married daughter with three beautiful children, who lives in Waco TX, and a son who lives in Tulsa, OK.
I am an amature artist focusing on geometric designs, primarily mandalas, using pen and ink, and love to take long walks by the lake or wherever I can. Most of all, I love doing FaceTime with my grandchildren on a regular basis.
I moved to Chicago area, in order to work on growing my business in affiliation with Better Care Home Health in Des Plaines. We have formed an Accountable Care Network, enabling the insurer, to place their beneficiaries in the home setting rather than in a facility like a hospital or nursing home. This is a cost savings to the payer. This is a growing system. We are working in conjunction with private insurors, such as IlliniCare, or Next Level Health, or Blue Cross/Blue Shield.
I learned of the Rotary Club of Skokie Valley through Rotarian Sam Eckerling, and joined the club in July 2018".
Our Annual Picnic is scheduled for July 30th at Harms Woods in Morton Grove. The Club Officers Installation will take place at the picnic on this date.
As I look back on all the things I have seen and the people I have met since becoming president of Rotary International last July, I am certain of this: Rotary’s capacity to transform lives for the better is unparalleled. Our impact is far beyond anything I could have imagined when I first became a Rotarian.
I think about the Rotarians I met in Pakistan, who partnered with Coca-Cola to improve sanitation in Karachi’s neighborhoods while supporting polio eradication efforts. I think about the Puerto Rican Rotarians who are helping entire communities rebuild their lives after Hurricane Maria. I think about the German Rotaractors who are working to save bees — whose role as pollinators is so important to our planet — from extinction. I think about the six Rotarians and Rotaractors who were honored as People of Action: Young Innovators at Rotary Day at the United Nations in Nairobi, Kenya, in November for their work to create novel solutions to tough challenges.
It seems like only yesterday that I stood on a stage in San Diego and asked you to Be the Inspiration in your clubs, in your communities, and in the world. Your response was an inspiration to me. You are paving the way for Rotaractors to become our future leaders, helping start new Rotaract clubs and working to include Rotaractors in Rotary events and projects in your communities. You are working hard to eradicate polio, participating in 4,200 events in more than 100 countries for World Polio Day. And you are carrying out transformative projects that will create lasting change in your communities and in the world.
This year, I also saw how Rotary’s work to build peace is bearing fruit. The 98 Rotary Peace Fellows who are studying at our peace centers will soon graduate, joining more than 1,200 others in applying their conflict resolution skills to problems that need solutions. And this month, Esther and I will travel to Hamburg, Germany, for a convention where people of all races, nationalities, religions, and political backgrounds will unite because they want to make the lives of all people better.
Seeing what Rotary means to people — to the communities we serve and to Rotarians themselves — has deepened my affection and admiration for all that Rotary is and does.
Soon it will be time for Esther and me to return home to Nassau. When we get there, I will look out on the vast sea that surrounds our island, and it will remind me of Rotary’s limitless possibilities, and of the amazing future that awaits us beyond the horizon. I look forward to sailing there with you.
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