Weekly Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Buffalo Grove December 8, 2016 (Dec 06, 2016)

Last Week's Holiday Party

Last week we had our holiday party that was a fun time - thank you to Pete for the great food and great venue, and to Dennis Gilbert for organizing it. Here are some photos that you may have already seen on Facebook:

Alex' wish list

Alex, our exchange student from Poland, has given us his wish list for the year that he is with us:

- Sears tower
- Shed aquarium
- Museum of science and industry
- Museum of Chicago

He's already been to a Bulls game!!

Firefighter of the Year Award - Shawn Collins

Past President Aaron Appell presented our club's Fire Fighter of the Year Award to one of our club members, Battalion Chief Shawn Collins, at the Village meeting on Monday. This is a well-deserved award and we are very proud of Shawn!! Thanks to all of the members who were in attendance at the meeting to congratulate him - Rob Seitz, Dennis Depcik, Denny Snyder, Deenie Pomilia, Martha Weiss, Dane Bragg, Brett Robinson and Melanie Santostefano.

Duty Roster

Posted by Martha Weiss

December 22:

Greeter: Tom Kloepfer
Pledge: Pete Panayiotou
4-Way Test:  Rob Seitz
Thought for the Day:  Roger Sosa
Foundation Fact:  Steve Balinski
Member Moment:  Shawn Collins
Fun and Frolics:  Pat Johannes

December 29:

Greeter: Steve Koebernick
Pledge: Deenie Pomilia
4-Way Test:  Brian Shepard
Thought for the Day:  Andy Spetter
Foundation Fact:  Bill Balling
Member Moment:  Dennis Depcik
Fun and Frolics:  Adriane Johnson

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

Posted by Martha Weiss

DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS:

Darren Boundy - Dec. 1
Lenny Manewith - Dec. 2
Melanie Santostefano - Dec. 9

DECEMBER ANNIVERSARIES:

Lenny Manewith - 33 years - Dec. 1, 1983
Dan Wolf - 24 years - Dec. 1, 1992
Cristen Carlson - 1 year - Dec. 3, 2015
Larry Kushner - 8 years - Dec. 4, 2008
Steven Casstevens - 3 years - Dec. 12, 2013