Let’s first welcome our newest member Virginia Menzimer who is a recently retired RN from Good Shepherd Hospital. Virginia is very dedicated to helping others and is a great addition to our club!
I would like to give a big THANKS to all BBRC members who hosted 34 of us this weekend for the BBRC Progressive Dinner. We began the evening at Hollis Brothers Auto Repair in Barrington, which was a fun and unique venue with great appetizers hosted by Steve and Eliza Hollis. We then split up into 4 separate homes for dinner and were entertained by Gillett Johnson and Dawn Knight, Debbie and Gaylord Villers, Mary Holcomb and Mark Schulte, and Maria and Ken Peterson. We then all reconvened at Mary and Mark's beautiful home for dessert. All in attendance enjoyed the camaraderie and food. The buzz is that this should be an "annual event."
This week the presentation will be the Taiwan Exchange Part 2. The first presentation centered on the service part of the trip teaching English at Dadu Elementary School. This second presentation will be focused on the cultural exchange part of the trip, which was participated in by Mike and Kris Young, Rose Grace, Mark Gibson, Eric Lin and 5 other Rotarians from District 6440 clubs. Living with a family and experiencing their lives and culture is a great way to experience a country, but sharing this experience with other Rotarians who are also interested in service to their community is even better!
Mark Gibson sent me a photo from Citizens For Conservation’s recent program where they acknowledged our club’s recent tree planting. We are proud to have accomplished this goal and hope to continue collaboration with local conservation nonprofits to improve the environment. This may become an additional Rotary Area of Focus soon.
Duties this week:
Greeter/Invocation- Charles Milett (exchanged with Mantas)
Minutes: I will ask for a volunteer
Fun and Frolic: Susie Whipple
Sargeant At Arms: Mary Holcomb
Dates to Remember:
March 26, 5:30 pm: Rendezvous Committee Meetings
April 10 at 5:30 pm: BBRC Board Meeting
April 6 at 8:30 am: Rotary Reads at various Barrington schools.
April 6 at 11 am: Illinois Fatherhood Initiative at St. Anne’s auditorium, lunch included
The meeting began with the saying of the Pledge of Allegiance.
GUESTS
Welcome Katie Lauber from Tiger Academy
ANNOUNCEMENTS
1) Street-Fest rebrand it for next year – main focus on Rendezvous
2) Terry Cullum taking a leave of absence & Michael Pogar on medical leave
3) Louis Yee- 21st. Annual IFI (Illinois Fatherhood Initiative) Essay Contest reading Fri. Apr.6 (same day as “Rotary Reads”)
4) Suzanne Gibson - April 14, Empower Leaders Symposium @ Oakton Community College
5) Deb Villers presented Paul Harris memberships to Susie Wipple, Maria Peterson, Craig Winkelman, & Kris Young +2
6) Virginia Menzimer alongside her Sponsor Pat Hogan was inducted in our Club as a full time member
7) Kris Young reminding all who signed up for the progressive dinner outing this weekend
8) Eric Lin needs volunteers to man Rendezvous – sign up clipboard
9) Craig Winkelman – possible student “walk out” & “off campus” Mar. 14 10am
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MARDI GRAS - REDUX 2018
Terry & Lew
Guest Speaker-
Lew Parks on Mardi Gras 20018 Redux – being a numbers guy Lew laid it out on what we have so far – 113 raffle tickets sold our goal is 500, 58 count of beer of 100, 37 count of wine & spirits of 100, 40 count of auction items of 60, and 12 count of restaurant gift cards of 75.
FUN & FROLIC
Newbie member Maria Peterson quizzed us on body parts using their technical names. Here are a couple of her quiz questions #1 - what’s the technical name of the body where the upper & lower eyelids meet? A – Canthus #2 – the skin between people’s nostrils is called the columella nasi
Brag Bucks/ Happy Dollars
Brett, on how thoughtful the Club was for signing and sending a sympathy card to his wife Susan on her father’s passing
Ron, to the Cub’s preseason record of 9&2 and for the Club also sending his wife Nancy a get well card
Suzann, to Kris Young for leading BBRC with kindness, compassion and due diligence.
Mark, grandkid’s 3rd birthday
Louis, to Kris in helping him bigtime in spotting interesting people to be guest speakers
Finally Virginia for a most memorable and wonderful induction and for Pat pushing her to come and see what the BBRC is like
Raffle
Maria Coons with winning ticket #048 won the $10 (again) & Brett won the chance (with ticket #062) to win the pot of $217 and DID!
NEXT MEETING
The next meeting on Thursday, March 22, 2018, at the Garlands
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