Weekly Bulletin of the Rotary Club of Buffalo Grove March 5, 2020 (Mar 03, 2020)

Mar 05, 2020

Business Meeting

Mar 12, 2020

Allen Beckwith and Kieran Moran

Crescendo for a Cause

Mar 19, 2020

Melanie Santostefano and Gregg Stockey

The Bridge Over Troubled Water

Mar 26, 2020

Barrett Monie

Classification Speech

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Board Meeting
Lou Malnatis
Mar 19, 2020 1:30 PM

Board Meeting
Lou Malnatis
Apr 16, 2020 1:30 PM

Board Meeting
Lou Malnatis
May 21, 2020 1:30 PM

Board Meeting
Lou Malnatis
Jun 18, 2020 1:30 PM

Board Meeting
Lou Malnatis
Jul 16, 2020 1:30 PM

Board Meeting
Lou Malnatis
Aug 20, 2020 1:30 PM

Board Meeting
Lou Malnatis
Sep 17, 2020 1:30 PM

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Last Week's Speaker

Last week our guests included District Governor Elect Lyle Staab, a member of the Rotary Club of Long Grove, Kildeer, and Hawthorn Woods. He urged us to attend the District Conference, held jointly with District 6420 April 24-25 at the Schaumburg Hyatt Regency, 1800 East Golf Road. Rob reminded us that traditionally members of our club have attended the Paul Harris luncheon on the first day of the conference (Friday) and he will be distributing a sign-up sheet at our meetings.

Also at our meeting were Bill Morris, Founder, and Raul Guzman, BG Plant Operations Manager, of BlueStarRecyclers. Bill explained the history of his 501c3 and said its mission is recycling electronics and other materials to create local jobs for people with autism and other disAbilities. Founders and senior leaders of Blue Star Recyclers and Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (MEAF) launched the first Blue Star Recyclers facility outside Colorado in November here in Buffalo Grove. They have a strong Rotary connection and Suzanne Lyhus, a member of the Glenview Sunrise Rotary Club told us about how Rotary is supporting BlueStar.

Upcoming Events

Reading with Rotary - March 5

10:30-11:15am: Kilmer grade school

Trivia Night - March 7

The Buffalo Grove Park District's Friends of the Parks Foundation will be hosting their 3rd annual Trivia Night on Saturday, March 7 at the Community Arts Center. If interested, look for a sign up that will be circulating at an upcoming Rotary meeting.

Willow House Benefit of Laughter - March 7

Lake Forest Use code BG ROTARY for $15 off Register Here

Officer of the Year Presentation - March 17

Village Hall 7:30pm

Bridge Youth and Family Gala - April 18

See Melanie for details on this event.

Buffalo Grove Rotary Open House - April 23

Continental Restaurant 5-7:00pm

This is an opportunity to present the club, and all the things we do, to the local community. President Donahue has sent a separate email with more details and will be reaching out to individuals separately.

Bowling Buddies - April 30

Our annual Buddy Bowling event has been confirmed for April 30, 2020. Please mark your calendars. Bo will have more details as we get closer to the date.

Teatro Zinzanni - April

$125-150 per ticket includes dinner (looking for at least 10 people for group rate)
Thinking of sometime in April…Thurs/Fri/Sat?
Take limo/bus down from BG.
Tom, Denny, Stephen, Martha, Deb and Rob so far.
Let Rob Seitz know if you are interested.

BG Rotary/NWRSA Golf Classic - May 20

NWSRA/Chicago Dogs Baseball Outing - June 16

Exchange Student

Veronica got to knock one of her wishes off the list. Above you see her being swept off her feet at Medieval Times.

She would love to join our club members in activities, so please contact Denny Snyder, denny.snyder@gmail.com to arrange it.

Here is a list of Veronica's desired activities,

See Chicago Skyscrapers / Skydeck.
Go to a country concert.
Do winter sports.
Ride a horse.
Go to a ballet performance.
See a theater performance.
Go to a basketball game.
Go to a football game.
Go to a hockey game.
Go to a baseball game.
Play golf.
Go to Feed My Starving Children.
Go to a concert.
Walk the Magnificent Mile.
See Chicago monuments.
Drunk Shakespeare.
Go to a comedy show.
The escape game.
PanIQ Room Chicago.
Indoor Skydiving.
Karaoke
Maggie Daley Park.
Whirlyball Chicago.
The iO Theater
Chicago Observation Deck.
Go to the planetarium and museums.
Go to the gateway arch.
The Branson Sawmill.
Go to a national park.
Camping
Go to an amusement park.
Kayaking
Water skiing
Ziplining
Ballooning

Amazon Smile Link for our Rotary Foundation

Our treasurer, Brian, 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!

Birthdays and Anniversaries

March Birthdays

Pike, Gregory - March 03

Smith, Deborah - March 24

March Anniversaries:

Seitz, Rob - 14 years -Mar 09 2006

Smith, Deborah - 22 years - Mar 12 1998

Spetter, Andy - 6 years - Mar 20 2014

Brand, Joshua - 5 years - Mar 26 2015

Pomilia, Deenie -8 years - Mar 29 2012

Duty Roster

Please note that our Foundation Chair, Tom, will email the person doing the Foundation Minute with the information to be read at our meeting.

March 5, 2020:

Greeter: Jing O'Brien

Pledge: Dan Wolf

4-Way Test: Lisa Siwek

Thought for the Day: Andy Spetter

Ricky D. Corny Joke of the Day: Brett Robinson

Foundation Minute: Dennis Snyder
Member Moment: Miriam Campbell
Fun & Frolics: Steve Kobernick

March 12, 2020

Greeter: Shannon O'Connor

Pledge: Neil Zweiban

4-Way Test: Quintin Sleigh

Thought for the Day: Cathy Splett

Ricky D. Corny Joke of the Day: Rob Seitz

Foundation Minute: Aaron Appell
Member Moment: Shawn Collins
Fun & Frolics: Larry Kushner