Last week we heard a very moving talk, "Letters from the Heart," from author and our club member, Dennis Depcik. Dennis described the power of hand written letters and how he and his wife fell in love through them that led to a happy 41-year marriage. Unknown to him, Dennis' wife Maggie saved 119 letters that the two had written to each other when Dennis was in the Army overseas. After Maggie's death, he discovered the letters which he struggled to read, but found that writing a book, "Wouldn't it Be Something", was cathartic for him. Thank you so much Dennis for sharing your experiences and your wonderful love story with us.
Dan Wolf and Stephen Legge received the following message from Steve Dudenhoefer re Ak Tenamit needs. Donations can be given to either Dan or Stephen. Thank you !
"It’d be great if you guys could put the word out for collecting pencils, pens, white-board markers, regular and permanent markers, tylenol, antibiotic cream, cold meds, allergy meds, and band-aids for our students - All are in very short supply "
District 6440 has announced that the 2018-19 Vocational Scholarship Application and Information forms are available. 15 Scholarships will be awarded in May and paid in July during 2017-18 Rotary Year. All applications are due by April 6th. District Interviews will be conducted the first or second weekend in May. Awards will be announced within the week following the interviews and the funds will be available to the award winners starting July 1 2018. The 6440 district website is not currently updated with the application, but please contact Martha if you have an interested candidate. Martha will be sending the information and applications to both BG High School and Stevenson High School and will assist in the interviews, etc. Last year our candidate was chosen!
The Outreach Committee has a big event at Bowlero in Buffalo Grove for people with disabilities that Shawn and Bo are planning. We would appreciate as much member participation as possible for April 19th, from 6:00 to 8:00. There will be a signup sheet at our meetings that Lisa will be distributing.
You can follow Michelle (Jing's daughter and our outbound exchange student) during her exchange in Brazil. Click here for her blog!! https://iminbrazilexchange.wordpress.com/author/moobrien/
