February is here! I always count five months of brutal winter weather in Chicago—November through March. Now there are only two left! Here’s hoping for an early spring.
Our Club Service group has planned a fun event—Vinyl Night for this Saturday, February 4 at Kris Young’s home. I hope you will attend—the event promises great food, laughs and of course wonderful music.
We will be inducting Gillett Johnson into the Club on Thursday morning. His classification is “humble winemaker” so make sure to ask Gillett about his interesting background and former Rotary experience.
Also on Thursday, Carol Wells will be speaking about Polio Eradication. Please check the Duty Roster to see if you have any assigned tasks.
Club Member Dr. Rose Grace spoke to us on the subject of Sleep Disorder.
At one time or another we have all experienced some sleep deprivation. Lack of enough sleep can be caused by many things: worry, anxiety, fears, repeated thoughts, as well as our hurried society and electronics. The latest research brings us information on sleep patterns: how much we need, and how to change our sleep patterns if necessary. Dr. Grace presented information about the factors that influence our sleep patterns, such as: circadian rhythms, genetics, anxiety, our thoughts and several more. She presented us with a guide to follow if you are looking to change your sleep patterns.
Dr. B. Rose Grace, PhD
Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Hypnotherapist
Jan 26 Meeting Recap / Minutes
Guests: This week Dan Naranjo a local Barrington Area Attorney, along with Gillett Johnson were club guests.
Gillett will become a new Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club member on February 9, 2017. His classification is "Humble Wine Merchant"
Announcements by: Kris Young
Leslie Horwitz, with Journey Care, who was scheduled to take club minutes on the 26th communicated to a club member that her former husband has passed away. A condolence card was passed for members to sign.
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GENERAL CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
David Waring: Announced a new club program he is working on which will assist young disabled youths to receive job coaching assistance in conjunction with part time summer jobs placement. Randy Lewis will be here on February 23, 2017 to speak more about the idea.
Mary Holcomb: Updated us on the Random Acts of Kindness Program.
Terry Cullum: Passed around a Vinyl Party sign up sheet and asked us to please write down what food we plan to bring because we don't want 25 GD mixed bean salads.
Kris Young: Let us know that the next Rendezvous/Around the World with Rotary committee meeting will be held on January 30th in the Eastroom at the Garlands. Kris also asked that committee members sit at the same table during next weeks club meeting, February 2, 2107.
Morgan Delack: Let the club know that SD220 will be announcing a meeting time for the public to discuss a 5-10 year long buildings improvement projects plan.
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Advocate Good Shepherd Auxiliary Scholarship
This scholarship aids students majoring in a Health Care Professional field who reside in the hospital service area. Applications are available in February and the deadline for submittal of the completed application including current references, transcripts, and proof of acceptance into a Health Care Professional program is Monday, April 17 2017 by 4pm. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of attitude and desire toward education, leadership, citizenship, personality, and financial need. The number of scholarships awarded is dependent upon the number and qualifications of the applicants and all finalists are interviewed at Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.
Eligibility Requirements
Residence in Good Shepherd Hospital service area (zip codes: 60010, 60012, 60013, 60014, 60021, 60042, 60047, 60050, 60051, 60060, 60067, 60073, 60084, 60098, 60102, 60110 and 60156)
Acceptance into a Health Care Professional Program including the following:
Nursing
Physician
Physician Assistant
Physical therapist
Occupational therapist
Pharmacy
Radiology
Speech and language pathology
Since 1979, we have awarded 573 scholarships for a total of $599,185.00
Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital - Volunteer Services Office
Attn: Auxiliary - Scholarship Committee
450 West Highway 22
Barrington, Illinois 60010
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BRAG BUCKS
Elizabeth: Has just returned from a Yucatan Peninsula Vacation and from the Women's March in Washinton D.C.
FUN & FROLICS
Elizabeth also handled Fun & Frolics by passing out several riddles to each table. Each table reviewed and selected the best riddle to read to the other club members. Thank you Elizabeth!
RAFFLE
Pat Hogan won the $10 but Deb Villers did not pick the white marble.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS & REMINDERS
Next Meeting is February 2, 2017 at the Garlands and our guest speaker will be Carol Wells, who will talk with us about Polio Eradication.
Rendezvous Meeting:January 30th, February 20th & March 7th at 5:30 PM at the Garlands Eastlake Room. Contact Kris for more information.
BHS Interact Club: Meetings on the first Tuesday of every month. Contact Jim Quigley for further information.
Mike Martinez: Classroom reading day event on February 10th to take place at all eight (8) elementary school District 220 buildings.
RYLA(Rotary Youth Leadership Award) CAMP 2017 sessions will be held the weekends of March 9 - 12, and April 6 - 9. All high school students in District 220 are eligible to attend. For more information, download RYLA BROCHURE or email Jeanne Hanson atjeannekhanson@gmail.com, or call her at847-309-9811. Applications are due by February 1, 2017.
The Rotary World Peace Conference is being held in Ann Arbor Michigan on March 31-April 1, 2017. The conference moves around the country. Last year it was held in San Francisco, so we are fortunate to have it so close to home this year. John Germ our RI President will be attending the conference. You can contact either Suzanne Gibson or Maria Coons for further details on how to attend.
The Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club’s new Board induction and dinner will be held on Thursday, June 29 at 6 pm. at the Garlands. All Rotarians and a guest are invited to attend. Please contact Kris Young for Details
You perhaps know that Rotary International holds a so-called International Assembly every year in January in San Diego. All of the 545 District Governor Elects from around the world attend this meeting for training and inspiration.
In incoming RI President announces his theme for the coming year. It is shown below:
At this meeting,there was a speech by our good friend RI Director Jorge Aufranc from Guatemala. He talked about the importance of doing good in the developing countries. In particular, he addressed two specific themes"
1. Why we do what we do?
2. Importance of Impact, Outcome or Results
His speech is very touching to me. He specifically talked about two projects from within District 6440 - X-Ray project and the Mechanical Cow project.
I strongly recommend that you watch the 15 minute video at the following link:
An e-mail from Brain Finn with the BHS Interact Club.
Hello all,
My name is Brian Finn and I am a sophomore at Barrington, and obviously a part of Interact. So, we started this idea for the RandomActs of Kindness Project when Trudy mentioned it and it sparked some ideas around the room at the Interact meeting.
Some of our original ideas that we plan to still do are:
-Handing out candy in the mornings to people before school
-Passing around little sayings such as "You have a nice shirt on today, please pass this card onto someone else with a nice shirt."
-Giving inspirational/kindness quotes to the different departments so the teachers within that department can write one on their board and talk about it for a minute or two of class
-Printing out a few reviews for every teacher from online and delivering them to the teachers
-Bringing in random food items (things like a box of donuts, fruit basket, etc.) to the other departments (counseling, administration, nurses, etc.)
-Overall just promoting the ideas of kindness with no reward throughout the school
We are looking to do this on Feb. 16, although I know your idea was Feb. 17, we have no school that day, so in order for it to be done around then, we moved it to the 16th for BHS. We are all very excited to get the rest of Interact involved with this project. Although it may be small, I believe it will be one of the most rewarding projects because how often do we do projects that directly affect our school, getting to see the impact right away?
That is where we're at as of now, we are still open to any new ideas and any tips or anything you have for us! Let me know if you have any further questions as well and I would be happy to answer them!
I want to introduce you to Mary Holcomb from the Breakfast Club on this email. Mary focuses on helping the impoverished both locally and internationally in her service work.
Mary is leading the Random Acts of Kindness for our club and is able to help and collaborate to enhance this Interact project. This might justify additional club funding and the opportunity for publicity. We always talk about the benefits of cooperation and integration between Interact and Rotary and I should have formally brought Mary into the conversation earlier. I think she will be a great partner to you both.
Please reach out to Mary with an update. It will be good to see how things develop from there.
Thanks!
Note: The e-mail exchange continued
But suffice it to say, the Barrington Breakfast Rotary Club will help provide some funding support to Barrington High School's Interact Club. The BHS Interact Clubs efforts to participate in the Random Acts of Kindness initiative is greatly appreciated.
Random Acts of Kindness Day— 2/17/17 Get Ready
To Celebrate 100 Years of The Rotary Foundation the Family of Rotary his joining National Random Acts of Kindness day in performing good deeds and highlighting them in social media. Our 70 District 6440 Rotary Clubs, together with our Interact Clubs and Rotaract clubs will all be engaging in acts of kindness on one day - What a massive infusion of kindness into our communities! How will your club participate? Start planning now! Please refer to the FAQ attached. What is a Random Act of Kindness? Leave a thank you note. Bake cookies to share. Call your Mom. Call your Dad. Give a "thinking of you" card to a friend. Donate gently used items. Donate blood. Pay for a stranger’s coffee. Take flowers to a nursing home. - See more at: http://portal.clubrunner.ca/2357/Stories/news-you-can-use#sthash.30FeKlVp.dpuf
Don't forget Vinyl Night @ Kris & Mike Young's February 4th at 6:00 PM
Finally but very important
Suzanne Gibson is currently in Mumbai India with 14 other U.S. Rotarians from January 24 to February 4, 2017. They in India for Polio Immunization Day. Suzanne will be sending photos and stories that will be inserted into our clubrunner home page and Weekly Bulletin. We wish her a safe and rewarding trip.
Supporting the National Immunization Day in India BHS Interactor, Niyanthi, packs gifts for children in the Malegaon village in India. Interact liaison Trudy Wehren assists. Suzanne Gibson, NID participant, will transport items to Malegoan.
Parents Harindar and Bhavana support Niyanthi's project.
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