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Speakers
Oct 15, 2026
Salute, Inc.
Oct 22, 2026
District Governor Visit
Oct 29, 2026
Mindfulness
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Upcoming Events
Weekly Club Meeting
Oct. 15, 2026 12:15 p.m. Central Daylight Time (UTC-05:00)
Board Meeting
Oct. 20, 2026 7:00 p.m.
Weekly Club Meeting
Oct. 22, 2026 12:15 p.m. Central Daylight Time (UTC-05:00)
World's Largest Polio Walk with Rotary Clubs of Buffalo Grove, Arlington Heights, Wheeling, Palatine and River Cities
Oct. 24, 2026 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time (UTC-05:00)
Family Literacy Night - Field/Tarkington
Oct. 26, 2026
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
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This Week's Meeting
This week we will be hearing a presentation from Mary Beth Beiersdorf with Salute, Inc. 
 
CLICK HERE FOR MEETING if you cannot make it in person.
Meeting ID: 897 8977 2824
Passcode: 986149
Last Week's Meeting
Co-Treasurer Shannon O'Connor joined us in person - it was great to see her again! Erika Strojinc presented a fun Cubs-Sox Trivia for Fun and Frolics, and we enjoyed some Rotary fellowship. 
Our Bill Reid Award Will Be Presented Oct. 15
From Past President Brian:  Please join us at our regular meeting on October 15, 2026 for the presentation of this year's Bill Reid Award.  Our award recipient will be joining us that day and it will be a surprise.
Our Club Members Volunteering at Library Literacy Event
Our early Literacy Nights are back! Club members recently visited Indian Trails Library for one of the first ones of the new school year.  This is a rewarding experience to help give out books our club is donating to children who are very appreciative.  There are two more events, October 26 and 27 at the library, so please sign up!
 
World's Largest Polio Walk Oct. 24
Our club committee of Martha, Juliet and Cass are meeting with members of the Arlington Heights Club (the lead club), and the Palatine, Wheeling and River Cities Clubs to plan our walk on October 24, 2026 at 10 am when Rotarians from Zones 25b & 29 will be participating in the World's Largest Polio Walk.  District 6440 is encouraging us to be a part of this event with 22 other districts across 13 states and two countries.  This will be a fun comunity walk at Lake Arlington to raise awareness of Rotary's End Polio Now campaign and to fundraise for it.  Have you and your guests signed up yet?
 
Bowling with Buddies October 29

 

Volunteers needed for Bowling with Buddies!

When: Thursday, October 29 5:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Where: Lucky Strike (formerly Bowlero) 

Contact: Bo Balinski

This is always one of the most fun nights of the year! We have 30 volunteer spots to bowl alongside our buddies. Sign up here. 

Thanksgiving Food Boxes Dates
For your calendars, the dates for Thanksgiving food boxes are:
Tuesday, Nov. 17 - food delivery from Garden Fresh to BG High
Wednesday, Nov. 18 - food packing at BG High
Thursday, Nov. 19 - food pickup at BG High
Saturday, Nov. 21 - morning food pickup at BG High
 
Sign up for a volunteer shift here, and contact Shawn Collins with any questions. 
Upcoming Events
 
 
 
For your calendar - Omni - Hey Nonny - Trivia Night  Tuesday November 3rd - Deenie is reserving tables - please contact her!
 
Deenie is reserving tables - please contact her!
Guatemala 2027
Stephen and Dan are excited to announce the dates for the next Ak’ Tenamit project:  The trip will be Saturday, February 20 through Tuesday, March 2, 2027.    
BG Rotarians making their first trip to Ak’ Tenamit are eligible for a club subsidy of up to $1500.  Please contact Stephen or Dan to reserve your spot - only three spots remain as of last week!
 
Comfort Closet at BG High Needs Donations
Thank you to those club members who continue to contribute to the Buffalo Grove High School Comfort Closet. This is a discreet service at the high school to assist those students who do not experience the privilege of all they need for personal hygiene and care at home due to circumstances. Please keep us in mind for your donations of these new, unused items you may have at home. Such items are: toothbrushes, toothpaste, soap, lotion, feminine products, deodorant, etc. Also, your cash donations to Deenie on their behalf are so appreciated and make a difference in their life. Items are purchased at GiveNKind for pennies on the dollar. Please bring donations to our Rotary meetings and Deenie will collect them.
 
Weekly Donations
We are also collecting items for Greener-good.org.
Check their web site for items needed.
Glue Stick, broken jewelry including costume, dice, game pieces, charms, glue sticks, felt and much much more.
 
 
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2. Find members within our district Member Search.
3. To donate to RI select MY TRF Recognition - shows your Paul Harris level. Select Donate to Foundation tab to contribute.
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4. My Profile is where you can update your information, picture, address, phone #s, etc.
Birthdays and Service Anniversaries
October Birthdays
Johnson, Adriane - Oct 24
Kloepfer, Thomas - Oct 27
 
October Service Anniversaries
Forman, Leslie - 11 years - Oct 01 2015
O'Brien, Jing – 19 years - Oct 04 2007
Kirsininkas, Tim – 3 years – Oct. 12, 2023
Gillespie, Molly – 3 years – Oct. 12, 2023
Zweiban, Neil - 14 years - Oct 19 2012
 
 
 
Duty Roster
 
 
October 15, 2026
Greeter:   Steve Koebernick
Pledge:  Pete Panayiotou
4-Way Test:   Santosh Shanmugam
Thought of the Day:   Ilya Davydov
Ricky D. Joke: Gia Miller 
 Member Moment:  
Deb Smith
Fun & Frolics:  Dan Wolf

 
October 22, 2026
Greeter:   Miriam Campbell
Pledge:  Park Dist. Corp
4-Way Test:   Brian Shepard
Thought of the Day:   Diane Sawyer
Ricky D. Joke:   Dan Schimmel
 Member Moment:  
 None - Dist. Gov. Visit
Fun & Frolics: None - Dist. Gov. Visit

 
October 29, 2026
Greeter:   Jerry Levy
Pledge:  Deenie Pomilia
4-Way Test:   Lisa Siwek
Thought of the Day:   Hetal Wallace
Ricky D. Joke:   Rob Seitz
 Member Moment:  
Martha Weiss
Fun & Frolics:  Steve Balinski