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We meet Thursdays at 7:00 AM
The Garlands

1000 Garlands Ln.
Performing Arts Center
Barrington, IL 60010
United States of America

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Mark Gibon

Greetings fellow Rotarians.

The Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club with Rotarian's & Friends of Rotarian's

participated in an Indoor Ride to End Polio Event on Saturday November 10th

Thank you so very much Suzanne, Steve and Terry for riding and Lew for great photos; also Trudy and Pat for your great on site support. We had the good fortune to ride with Rotarians from other clubs and friends. $ are still coming forth, and it appears we may exceed $2K in contributions!! And thank you Suzanne for organizing the event.

Thank you to all l who attended!!!

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OUR GUEST SPEAKER ON NOV 15th WILL BE:

Our own Pat Hogan.

Thank you Pat for your membership, your great leadership and your contributions at only your 2^ndanniversary with our club. The power of one in Rotary!!

Thank you Pat.

An image below from Youth Assembly

The Youth Assembly program which was well attended including youth from our club and school district. Thank you to all for your contributions at the event and for bringing this to the attention of our youth.

Last week we heard from Habitat for Humanity. Interest in our members was strong, thus I will explore a work day with them.

We heard from Courtney Baker regarding Summer Employment Transition (SET.)

The information we gathered, including after the meeting, was very encouraging. This is an impactful program in Barrington with the opportunity for us to partner with them. Further details will follow.

We will not be meeting on the 22nd as many will be traveling and gathering with their families. Happy Thanksgiving to all! Gratitude is a great gift to those around you and to yourself. So thank you for expressing yours.

My best regards, on behalf of our club, to Kris and Mike Young on their RFE trip to India that will include a polio vaccination day; and, to Narayan on his trip to Guatemala to continue his hands on oversight of our past projects and the current $500,000 + water/sanitation and literacy grant.

The Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club (BBRC) is one of two Rotary clubs in Barrington. It was formed in 1988 by members from the Rotary Club of Barrington (Noon).

We are a diverse group of professionals living and/or working in the greater Barrington area who are united in our commitment to provide humanitarian service.

When you have a chance please join us at the Garlands of Barrington where we meet every Thursday at 7 AM. All you have to do is walk in and shake the greeters hand. You will have an enjoyable time and get to hear our guest speaker of the week. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Respectfully Yours in Rotary,

Mark S. Gibson

President BBRC

Little Free Library's

Little Free Library's going up all over

Little Free Libraries were delivered today to Walter R Sundling Junior High School and Winston Campus Junior High School in Palatine. In addition, several bags of books to start the Little Free Library going were delivered to both schools. Their maintenance department will install the libraries soon.

This project was done by both the Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club and the Rotary Club of Palatine!!

Kristine Young

Barrington Breakfast Rotary

Motto "Service Above Self"

Our weekly Guest Corner

Honored Guests

Courtney Baker, (SET) Job Coach	Randy Lewis, Walgreens (Retired), SET Advocate
Jerry Monica, Habitat for Humanity	Adam Coffey, Eder, Casella & Co.

Guest Speaker on Nov 8th

Jerry Monica - With Habitat for Humanity

Jerry Monica, Executive Director of Habitat forHumanity from McHenry, County, spoke to the mission of Habitat. Habitat is a partner of Rotary International. It is the 6^th largest home builder in America. Jimmy Carter is not the founder, but he is a great advocate. It has Christian roots, and, as a social movement, they consider themselves humans helping humanity. Regular average housing construction cost is $120/ sq. ft.; Habitat’s is $70/sq.ft. Homes are provided to people who pay a mortgage, who are looking for a hand up, not a hand out. They help many people, and each family puts in sweat equity. There have been no foreclosures in the 24 years of Habitat being in McHenry County. They’re in need of volunteers right now, so give them a call. They run 9 thrift stores throughout Chicago area. There is also a committee that vets families for consideration and other groups that assist if help is needed with real estate and legal matters.

Courtney Baker & Randy Lewis

Courtney Baker, SET Job Coach, and Randy Lewis, Founder of SET described the paid summer employment program for the challenged individual. Each individual is matched with a one on one job coach.

Statistics from 2017:

-16 students served;

-10 employers paid these individuals for 1987 hours on the job;

- 7 college job coaches were also paid through grants and philanthropy;

- 6 students went on to work independently.

The goal is to have the students gain life skills so they can go on to be successful. To often people with disabilities don’t have opportunities, but with a job coach, they can learn through modeling and individual training. It also helps the coaches because it’s face to face interaction, and builds confidence.

A testimony: Sam has Downs Syndrome. Courtney was his coach. Sam applied for a job at a grocery store, but had no experience. So Sam went to SET, and along with Courtney, went to work at Alden Estates in food services. After that experience, Sam got the job at the grocery store, and kept it through the year. Sam went back to SET to learn more skills. He and Courtney went to a bakery. Sam excelled and by the end of the summer, he was offered a job at Ambrosia Bakery. He now holds two jobs, attends school and is involved in sports. He was given a hand up, not a hand out. Sam’s life is changed forever because of the SET program, he can have a more independent, fulfilling and happy life. It also breaks the stereotype that challenged individuals can’t be productive or independent.

The biggest challenge is raising funds. College coaches are paid through the SET grants (the employers pay the salaries of the student.) Randy says they also need to hear about jobs. They have people of all abilities, so let them know what job you need done. One of the students has a cochlear implant and is doing the job at Good Shepherd so well that she’s the model for new employees.

David Waring said they would like to expand it. They need more jobs, more employers willing to get involved in this program. Mike Martinez says it’s time for Rotary to get involved in this work

David Waring, Courtney Baker & Randy Lewis. David and Randy are responsible for the development and implementation of the SET program

Ride to End Polio

Thank you all again for you efforts in the Ride to End Polio Project

30 Minute Indoor Ride to End Polio

Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club, in collaboration with Advocate Good Shepherd Health & Fitness Center, celebrates the more than $2000 raised in the first Indoor Ride to End Polio on November 11th. 10,000 children will receive the life saving polio immunization drops as a result of the 30 minute indoor ride on stationary bicycles and the generous local citizens who opened their hearts to pledge support.

The Indoor Ride is part of the El Tour de Tucson held in Tucson, Arizona the past 37 years the Saturday before Thanksgiving.

8,000 cyclists from around the world gather to ride for their favorite charity. Ten years ago Rotarians joined El Tour to raise money for the eradication of polio. Rotary cyclists have raised over $45 million in donations toward that goal with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation match.

Eighteen Indoor rides around the US and Canada and Mongolia, support the Ride to End polio in their local communities.

Every dollar raised by the cyclists is matched by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 2:1 so that every dollar donated becomes three dollars. One immunization costs .60 and with the magic of the matching funds, $1.00 immunizes five children.

Polio eradication is Rotary International’s signature project. Polio cases per year have been reduced from 350,000 in 1955 to 22 in 2017. The world is 99.9% polio free, but as long as one case remains, all children in the world are at risk.

Suzanne Gibson, Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club, gov.suzanne@rotary6440.org

Kris Young in India

Kris Young photo's from her Rotary Friendship Exchange.

Ghandi’s desk in his first Ashram	Temple. (Previous was a 15th century step well
Kris is staying with Rotarian's in Gujarat State India	I guess they must be India Monkey's