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The Garlands

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

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Kris Young

Hello Rotarians,

HAPPY FATHERS DAY to all dads, grandparents, stepdads and father figures. Your work with your families is the most important work you do and is appreciated.

This week there is NO Thursday morning meeting. On Tuesday evening at 6 pm, the new BBRC Board under incoming President Mark Gibson will be installed at the Garlands by our incoming District 6440 Governor, Julie Clark. Dinner will be served.

Also, later this week, several club members will travel to Toronto for the Rotary International Convention which should be a great experience. We will also have the chance to meet up with our sister district in Taiwan for breakfast while we are there. It is a chance to make connections globally - make new friends and renew friendships with old ones, and also to be inspired.

As we end this Rotary year, it is a good time to reflect on our accomplishments, which are many and are also impressive. We are very vibrant club. I have attached a multi-page document of our accomplishments this year. Each line actually represents many hours of work by our volunteers. Each and every line is important to our club's functioning! I am constantly amazed at what members of this club accomplish in our community and also globally! Everyone in this club follows the motto "Service Above Self" and by doing so, improves our world. We are "Making a Difference" and everyone in the club should be proud of our accomplishments.

Don't forget the Food Pantry pick-up and delivery Tuesday June 26 at 5:30 pm and Wednesday, June 27 at 8:30 am. Our next official Thursday morning meeting is June 28 at 7 am at the Garlands.

Yours in Rotary,

For those wishing to donate to the Guatemala Volcano disaster relief, the link that District 6440 set up is https://rotary6440.org/page/donate-to-our-charitable-fund

Yours in Rotary,

Kristine Young

Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club

Motto "Service Above Self"

BBRC Year End Summary of Activities

Barrington Breakfast Rotary Clubs Year End Summary of Activities

Guatemala Volcano Relief Fund

Guatemala Volcano Relief Fund

District 6440 has set up the following link to receive donations for the Guatemala Volcano Relief.

Please check the last item on the list to indicate the recipient of your donations for this cause.

Thanks!

https://rotary6440.org/page/donate-to-our-charitable-fund

Some recent images

WASH in Schools Grant

WASH in Schools (WinS) Challenge Grant awarded jointly to

Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club and Club Rotario Guatemala Sur

Posted by Narayan Murarka, Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club, D-6440 Jorge Aufranc, Francisco Viau, Club Rotario Guatemala Sur, D-4250 on Feb 03, 2018

Great news!!! The Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club has been awarded a new type of Rotary Foundation competitive challenge grant. The Rotary Foundation has awarded $552,500 to the team of Club Rotario Guatemala Sur, Rotary Club of Antigua and Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club for a grant addressing Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, WASH* in Schools (WinS).
*WASH - Water, Sanitation and Hygiene

The competition was held between all Rotary clubs within five countries: Belize, Guatemala, India, Kenya and Honduras in two phases. During phase I, 46 clubs applied and 13 of them moved to the next phase. In phase II, 13 clubs applied, and four clubs were awarded grants. We are privileged to be one of the four winners.

The grant integrates two Areas of Focus: Water and Sanitation, Basic Education and Literacy. Rotary International has issued a global challenge to improve education quality and access – particularly for girls – by working with communities to provide improved WASH services, teacher training, and curriculum enhancement. It is important to leverage off from water and sanitation related efforts and connect them with health, hygiene and education. Further details are available at this link:

https://my.rotary.org/en/wash-schools-target-challenge

The project outcome will transform and positively impact lives for children!!!

Specific goals are:

clean filtered water and WASH stations for 16,000 - 20,000 children in about 48 schools in Sacatepéquez Department in Guatemala
access to gender segregated sanitary facilities with flush toilets and septic at each school
facilities for girls designed particularly to respond to their needs during the menstrual cycle
effective hygiene educational program to encourage habit formation and to promote behavioral changes
a menstrual hygiene management program focused on the biology of the menstruation cycle and safe practices
extensive training for menstrual hygiene – goal is to have girls stay in school

Total Project Funding - $552,500

Thanks to The Rotary Foundation who contributed $425,000 (77%) of project funding.

We are grateful to our following partners who contributed the remaining funds.

Rotary Districts contributed $58,500 in District Designated Funds (DDF)

6440, 7820, 4250, 6420, 6060, 5830, 7080, 7170

These Rotary Clubs and other entities contributed $69,000 in cash

The dollar value of the award, $552,500, is the largest for a grant ever for our District 6440, and possibly for Zones 28 and 29.

The award of this grant now presents an opportunity to begin putting all our plans into action to help children, with emphasis on improving education for girls. In addition to active engagement by the host and international Rotary clubs, we have created alliances with municipal governments, school authorities and local community of the Sacatepéquez Department in Guatemala. We have a big challenge in front of us and we are up to it. Working together as a team, we will achieve our project goals.

Mardi Gras Redux 2018

Posted by Louis Yee & Jack Caldwell on May 07, 2018

MARDI GRAS REDUX 2018

Over 200 people attended the Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club’s Fund Raising Event at the newly opened Avante Banquets located in Fox River Grove. Guests participated in our auction for great items like vacations to special destinations, special dinners and wine packages. Others gave donations for Rotary’s great causes. We brought in a blues band from Dalton, IL as many of our guests hit the dance floor. It was a great event as members from the BBRC Rotary and Barrington High School Interact clubs made this all happened!

We want to thank our Sponsor, Speakers, Media and all other attendees. We hope to see all of you again in 2019.

Lots of needed charitable funds were raised at the 7th annual BBRC Rendezvous Event at Avante Banquets

Lew Parks & Terry Cullum were the Chair people for our Mardi Gras Event. Thank you both for such a great job!!!!
Suzanne Gibson with her Husband the one and only Dr. Mark Gibson are major leaders of our club	Dr. Kris Young our current President with her handsome husband Dr. Mike Young

KID FEST 2018

The weather was perfect for our Kid Fest kite flying event sponsored by, Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club & The Barrington Park District. Mid 70’s with a light breeze. So many people showed up and everyone, especially the kids had a wonderful time.

Thank you to all the organizations that help make this such a great annual get community together.

Photos by:

Louis Yee