Thursday's business meeting is both a zoom and in-person meeting at Continental Restaurant at 12:15. Please see President Brett's email for the zoom link.
The Buffalo Grove Rotary Club recently dedicated a Little Free Library in Green Lake Park to the memory of Patrice (Pat) Johannes, who passed away in the spring of 2021. Pat was a valued club member who had a successful career in education, including being a principal at Buffalo Grove and St. Viator High schools. A champion for literacy projects, Pat was the devoted chair of the Buffalo Grove Rotary scholarship program for several years and was instrumental in the awarding of more than $20,000 in scholarships for college-bound seniors from Buffalo Grove and Stevenson high schools.
After the dedication ceremony, which was attended by Buffalo Grove Rotary President Brett Robinson and nearly a dozen Rotarians, they, along with members of the Buffalo Grove Garden Club, Buffalo Grove Lions Club, the Environmental Club from Buffalo Grove High School, the Buffalo Grove Environmental Action Team, and neighbors of the park combined efforts to install 240 plants, mostly trees and shrubs, for a new arboretum at Green Lake Park.
Area residents are invited to visit the Little Free Library to take a book, and leave a book for others to enjoy. Little Free Library is a 501 nonprofit organization that promotes neighborhood book exchanges, with a mission to inspire readers and increase access to books. The organization works to achieve their mission through a global network of Little Free Libraries that are led completely by volunteers.
Mark your calendar to volunteer on Thursday, October 21st at 5:30 pm for the Bowling with Buddies event at Bowlero in Buffalo Grove. See Bo about this event.
Also, looking ahead to the Thanksgiving Food Basket project, here are preliminary dates: (see Shawn about this service project)
Monday – November 15, 2021 - Food Delivery
Tuesday – November 16, 2021 - Food Delivery and sorting
Wednesday – November 17, 2021 - Food Box Packing
Thursday – November 19, 2021 - Evening Pick Up Day
Saturday – November 21, 2021 - Morning/Weekend Pick Up Day (Delivery to SOME families)
Just a little follow-up from the discussion about ClubRunner:
The ClubRunner Mobile App is your key to connect to your club and district on the go!
Completely, free to download and use, this app will let you access the key info you need while you're on the go. Password protected just like your website, the ClubRunner Mobile app allows you to to view your member directory, contact your members and executives, read the latest articles posted to your website, learn more about your upcoming events and speakers, view your meeting details and track your attendance statistics, right from your smartphone or tablet!
Advantages:
Member Directory
Immediately view the most up to date member directory, upon login. You can browse your member profiles which give you the necessary contact information you need to connect with just one click. Make a call or text, email them directly from your device, or even add them to your contacts list.
Club & District Executives and Directors
View and contact your club/district executives and directors from current, past and future years. You can browse their profiles and connect with one tap.
View Posts on Your Website
View the latest feed of home page stories that are on your own website and your district's site, directly on your phone, so you never miss any information!
Explore upcoming events and speakers
Access all of your upcoming events and calendar items, and view event details, including associated links, download files and venue map. View who the latest speakers are and learn more about their presentation topic - both for your club and district.
Club Details
View your meeting day, time and venue, complete with a Google map for directions through the new Club Info page right from your phone. Even get quick access to contact your club President, Area Governor and District Governor.
Keep track of your attendance
Keep track of your attendance stats and banked makeups. Easily view which meetings you attended, missed and made up and get a quick glance at your attendance percentage for the year. Switch to the Makeups tab and view a list of your banked makeups.
How it works:
- To download the app from the Apple App Store or from Google Play, simply type in 'ClubRunner' in the search bar.
- The mobile app is compatible with all versions of the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch sets that have iOS 8.0 or later and with versions of Anrdoids that are 4.0.3 or better.
Learn How to Minimize Salt Use on your Driveway and Parking Lot.
In addition to their annual de-icing workshops for municipalities and public roads, the Salt Smart Collaborative has added trainings for any business, public entity, house of worship, property manager, or other individual who maintains parking lots and driveways. Register for this online workshop to learn how to do your part to help the environment as well as minimize the damage done to your infrastructure and your customers’ vehicles from salt. The dates for parking lots and driveways are Tuesday, Sept 28, 2021 and Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, 8 am - 12. The cost for the link is $45, and can be shared with your employees. Clickhere to register.
Why cut down on road salt?
According to the Northwest Water Planning Alliance, most of the road salt (sodium chloride) or other chemicals that are applied to melt ice and snow, either in solid or liquid form, ends up contaminating our streams, lakes, and groundwater. Once road salt is dissolved, there is no practical way to remove the chlorides from water resources.
It harms native wildlife and plants. It can be toxic to aquatic wildlife, such as fish, amphibians, and aquatic invertebrates at high levels. Excessive sodium in soils can stunt plant growth, damage vegetation, or kill plants. Salt-tolerant, invasive plant species often replace vulnerable native plants, leading to a decrease in native plant diversity.
It damages our infrastructure. Chloride is a major corrosive agent, especially of steel reinforcement in concrete. It can also accelerate corrosion to metal pipes, structures, and vehicles. The damage to roads and bridges due to deicing salts has been estimated to be in the hundreds of millions of dollars per year
(Transportation Research Board, 1991, Highway de-Icing: Comparing Salt and Calcium Magnesium Acetate: National Research Council Special Report 235, Washington, DC, 158 p.).
Attend the Salt Smart Collaborative De-Icing workshop and do your part for the environment and for your customers and members. Register.
Our treasurer went through the process of setting up Amazon Smile for the Rotary Foundation. Here is the link if you want to check it out: https://smile.amazon.com/ch/36-3653525
It's a great way to support our Foundation any time you are ordering from Amazon!
Member Directory
Club & District Executives and Directors
View Posts on Your Website
Explore upcoming events and speakers
Club Details
Keep track of your attendance