The Community Wide Food Drive, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Carol Stream will be held on April 12, 2025 at Glenbard North High School. What is the Rotary Community Food Drive? This is an opportunity for our community to help and support each other. Through the collection of donations, we will restock the food pantries that support Carol Stream residents. We have folks in our community who are faced with food insecurity. If we all do a little and work together, it will go a long way in helping those in our community who need our support. Check out our cool Food Drive Video from 2024 linked HERE How does it work? Starting on March 1, 2025, we will start collecting donations at various locations throughout Carol Stream including businesses, schools, community buildings, and individual residences. On April 12, 2025, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm all the donations will be brought to one centralized location which is Glenbard North High School. The donations will be divided among 6 area food pantries that serve Carol Stream residents. I want to help! Donate - Bring items to Fountain View at the Carol Stream Park District, Carol Stream Library, and Carol Stream Village Hall starting March 1 through April 11 - NON-PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS: condiments, flour, sugar, ketchup, cooking oil, canned meats, powdered and evaporated milk, canned fruits & vegetables, boxes of rice, boxes of cereal, peanut butter, jelly, instant oatmeal or grits, pasta, pasta sauce, biscuit mix, spices, etc.
- NON-FOOD ITEMS: laundry detergent, shampoo, soap, toilet paper, diapers size 3-5, wipes, feminine products, etc.
Captain a Street - Sign up HERE to select the streets in Carol Stream where you will distribute bags and pick up donations.
- Pick up reusable collections bags with instructions at Glenbard North High School on March 26, 5:00-7:00pm or March 29, 10:00am-12:00pm
- Distribute collection bags to your neighbors’ homes by April 7.
- Collect bags filled with donations from your streets on April 12 between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm and bring donations to Glenbard North High School.
Help at Food Drive - April 12 between 9:00 am and 4:00 pm - Unload donations at Glenbard North as they arrive and load donations for the food pantries
- Collect donations at Jewel or Caputos
- Pick up donations at various locations in Carol Stream
- Select a time to help by signing up HERE
Food Pantries Serving Carol Stream Residents 192 North Main Street Wheaton, IL 60187 630-668-1616 345 S. President Street Carol Stream, IL 60188 630-665-6426 580 Kuhn Road Carol Stream, IL 60188 630-665-5188 27W031 North Avenue #5 West Chicago, IL 60185 630-231-2140 465 Randy Road Carol Stream, IL 60188 630-2218340 123 Rosedale Road Bloomingdale, IL 60108 (630) 529-9993
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2025 Community Wide Food Drive
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The Rotary Club's Annual Coat Drive is taking place from October 1 through March 31, 2026. New or gently used coats, sweaters, hat, mittens, gloves and scarves are being accepted at four drop-off locations in Carol Stream: Fountain View Recreation Center, Simkus Recreation Center, the Village Hall, Evergreen School and Benjamin Middle School. All donations are going to Repeat Boutique in Carol Stream which provides clothing and practical household goods to people in need.
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2025/26 Coat Drive Underway
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First Place Prize: $1,500 gift card to Sandy Valley Golf Resort in Nekoosa, Wisconsin Visit golf site. (Thanks to our Sponsor Lavin Companies) Second Place Prize: Golf four 4 at Lake Carroll Golf Course in Lanark, IL. with an overnight stay at a lake house. - There are a total of 40 prizes to golf courses all over northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin.
- Tickets are $100 each and only 400 tickets will be sold. 1 in 4 chances of winning a prize!!
- Funds raised are used for scholarship and to fight food insecurity in DuPage County.
Drawing will be held on February 6, 2025 at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream. Complimentary drink and appetizers for all ticket holders or watch the drawing on Facebook Live.
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2024/25 ULTIMATE GOLF RAFFLE TICKETS ON SALE
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2024-10-20 05:00:00Z |
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The Rotary Club's Annual Coat Drive is taking place from October 15 through February 28, 2025. New or gently used coats, sweaters, hat, mittens, gloves and scarves are being accepted at four drop-off locations in Carol Stream: Fountain View Recreation Center, Simkus Recreation Center, the Village Hall, Evergreen School and Benjamin Middle School. All donations are going to Repeat Boutique in Carol Stream which provides clothing and practical household goods to people in need.
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2024 Coat Drive Underway
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Ann Kennedy
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2024-10-20 05:00:00Z |
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The Rotary Club of Carol Stream had a very busy summer. Below are the highlights: - On July 7 the presidency was passed from David Elliott to Andre Adams. 42 people enjoyed a delicious dinner at North Avenue Pub & Grill as we celebrated the old year and took a look forward to the new one.
- Four new members joined the Club. Jeff Berger, Justin Reining and Logan Quest joined in July and Yolanda Armalis in August.
- The Club sold beer, wine, and hard seltzers at Geek Fest plus six Thursday night town concerts. $6,130 dollars were raised which will be donated back to community organizations. Another $302 was raised through tips for the Polio Plus campaign to eradicate Polio world wide.
- Our magnificent Precision Grocery Cart Drill team performed in the Carol Stream Fourth of July Parade.
- Working with the West Chicago Rotary Club, 100 Women of Impact - NFP, Rotary District 6440, and community supporters, $7,000 was raised for Neighborhood Food Pantries.
- We raised over $1420 for My Child's Life Matters by selling beer at the Ride For John
- The Club had a booth at the VetBros Charity Dog Show and raised $250 for VetBros.
- We participated in National Night Out on August 6, distributing water, juice, soda and veggie straws to attendees.
We are a very active Club, invested in helping our Community. Stay tuned to see what the fall will bring.
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We had a very busy summer
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Ann Kennedy
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2024-09-04 05:00:00Z |
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What is the Rotary Community Food Drive? This is an opportunity for our community to help and support each other. Through the collection of donations, we will re-stock the food pantries that support Carol Stream residents. We have folks in our community who are faced with food insecurity. If we all do a little and work together, it will go a long way in helping those in our community who need our support. How does it work? Starting on April 1, 2023, we will start collecting donations at various locations throughout Carol Stream including businesses, schools, community buildings, and individual residences. On April 22, 2023, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm all the donations will be brought to one centralized location which is Glenbard North High School. The donations will be divided among 6 area food pantries that serve Carol Stream residents. I want to help!
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Carol Stream Rotary Community Food DriveApril 22, 2023
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2023-02-28 06:00:00Z |
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Christmas Sharing
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Join us every Thursday through the end of July for the Village of Carol Stream's Celebrate Summer '22 Concert Series at Town Center, 960 N. Gary Avenue! We're selling adult beverages to raise funds for our community projects, so come thirsty!
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Join us at CS Concert Series on Thursdays Through July 2022!
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Ryan McPherrin
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2022-07-12 05:00:00Z |
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On July 2, 2022, we were proud to continue our tradition of performing as the Grocery Cart Drill Team at this year's Carol Stream 4th of July Parade!
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Marching in the Carol Stream 4th of July Parade
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Ryan McPherrin
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2022-07-04 05:00:00Z |
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On June 28, 2022, we held our 2022-23 Installation Dinner where our new Board was seated.
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New Rotary Board Seated at Installation Dinner on 6/28/22
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Ryan McPherrin
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2022-06-29 05:00:00Z |
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On June 25, 2022, we were proud to sponsor the NAMI DuPage Run for the Mind 5K, 1K, Diaper Dash & Pancake Breakfast! We worked with SCARCE DuPage to make the Pancake Breakfast a zero waste event, utilizing reusable plates, silver ware and serving items.
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Proud to Sponsor NAMI Run for the Mind
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Ryan McPherrin
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2022-06-25 05:00:00Z |
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On May 21, 2022, Rotarians joined the Carol Stream Pond and Stream Sweep to help clean our community!
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Community Wide Creek Cleanup
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Ryan McPherrin
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2022-05-21 05:00:00Z |
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The 2022 Community-Wide Food Drive was a success, as more than 20 tables full of donations were collected and distributed to the five area food pantries serving our community!
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2022 Community-Wide Food Drive a Success!
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Ryan McPherrin
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2022-04-28 05:00:00Z |
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The Rotary Club of Carol Stream will host its annual Community-Wide Food Drive from April 1-23, 2022. You can help by partnering to collect donations or by donating yourself at the Carol Stream Park District, Carol Stream Library and Carol Stream Village Hall!
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Help Feed Our Neighbors With Community-Wide Food Drive
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Ryan McPherrin
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2022-03-15 05:00:00Z |
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The Rotary Club of Carol Stream recently donated 15 gift baskets to the Ronald McDonald House near Central DuPage Hospital to brighten the holidays for children receiving hospital care and their families!
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Gift Baskets Donated to Ronald McDonald House
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Ryan McPherrin
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2022-01-20 06:00:00Z |
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Rotary club of Carol Stream took our club on the road to visit fellow Rotarian, Steve Johnson, at his print shop COPRESCO. 
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2021 COPRESCO--Rotary of CS on the Road
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Elise Ciribassi
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2021-10-20 05:00:00Z |
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The Rotary Club of Carol Stream hosted a community wide event to build 100 desks for school age children through their Love to Learn project. We worked closely with local school districts to ensure the desks went to students in need. Thank you to the Carol Stream Home Depot and Lowe’s for their donations to help make this possible.
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2021 Learning to Love Desk Project
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Elise Stern Ciribassi
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2021-03-11 06:00:00Z |
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Funds were difficult to raise during 2020. Our Ultimate Golf Raffle helped our Rotary club raise funds for deserving community charities and groups during this time. The 2020 recipient was Cosley zoo.
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2020-21 Golf recipient --Cosley zoo
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Elise Stern Ciribassi
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2021-02-25 06:00:00Z |
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SCARCE--unbelievable 18,000 sq ft warehouse organized with used EVERYTHING--books, musical instruments, crayons, craft stuff, metal objects, used christmas lights, and more. Our Rotary club had a tour this week of Kay McKeen's facility.
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2021 SCARCE Rotary on the road
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Elise Stern Ciribassi
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2021-01-19 06:00:00Z |
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This year our Christmas Sharing and Store projects looked a little different to residents in need.
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2020 Christmas sharing and Christmas Store
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Elise Stern Ciribassi
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2020-12-09 06:00:00Z |
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Rotary club of Carol Stream is collecting coats again this year for those in need. 
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2020 Coat drive
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Elise Stern Ciribassi
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2020-11-01 05:00:00Z |
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Rotary Club of Carol Stream donates food through three mobile food pantries to serve the community. 
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2020 Mobile food pantries
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Elise Stern Ciribassi
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2020-10-20 05:00:00Z |
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Feeding the Families of our Community in this time of need
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2020 Food Pantry Help
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Elise Stern Ciribassi
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2020-09-11 05:00:00Z |
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Local Vocation Scholarship award winner chosen among scholars after being nominated by Rotary Club of Carol Stream
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2020-21 scholarship award winner
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Elise Ciribassi
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2020-06-30 05:00:00Z |
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Installation of the new officers for the Rotary Club of Carol Stream
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2021 Installation of new Carol Stream ClubOfficers
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Elise Ciribassi
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2020-06-23 05:00:00Z |
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Our little club continues to be mighty in the era of adversity!
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2020 Governor's Vibrant Challenge Award
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Elise Ciribassi
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2020-05-18 05:00:00Z |
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Rotary Club of Carol Stream chooses the recipients for the 2020 College scholarship award
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2020 College Scholarships awarded
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Elise Cirirbassi
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2020-04-13 05:00:00Z |
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Rotary club of Carol Stream continues our Service of sharing with those in need during COVID-19. 
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2020 Food collections
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Elise Cirirbassi
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2020-04-05 05:00:00Z |
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Rotary club of Carol Stream members participated this week in a Random Acts of Kindness drive to do good in the community.
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2020 Random Acts of Kindness week
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Elise Cirirbassi
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2020-02-17 06:00:00Z |
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Kickoff donation for the 2020 annual Hoops for Hearts campaign. 
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2020 Hoops for Hearts
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Elise Ciribassi
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2020-02-06 06:00:00Z |
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During the Cold winter months, the Rotary Club of Carol Stream organized a community wide coat drive to keep residents warm. 
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2019-2020 Community coat drive
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Elise Cirirbassi
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2020-01-08 06:00:00Z |
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Rotary Club of Carol Stream
2020 Service Above Self
Academic Scholarship Application
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2020 Service Above Self - Academic Scholarship Application
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Jim Reuter
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2020-01-02 06:00:00Z |
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Newest Little Lending Library in another Carol Stream Elementary school
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2019 New Little lending library
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Elise Ciribassi
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2019-11-18 06:00:00Z |
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New Member Jim Woell shares his take on Rotary
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Jim Woell, new member, gives insights into Rotary
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Elise Cirirbassi
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2019-10-25 05:00:00Z |
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Rotary club of Carol Stream helps feed people in need at a local apartment building by assisting with a mobile food pantry 
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2019 Mobile food pantry
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Elise Cirirbassi
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2019-10-07 05:00:00Z |
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Carol stream Rotary had a booth and participated in a 4 mile walk through Aurora to support the fight against Alzheimer's. 
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2019 Walk to end Alzeiheimer's
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Elise Cirirbassi
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2019-09-21 05:00:00Z |
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Rotary club has a booth to help fundraiser for Special Olympics. 
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Rotary club of Carol Stream helps Special Olympics
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Elise Cirirbassi
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2019-09-07 05:00:00Z |
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Rotary Club of Carol Stream took some social time and went to cheer on the professional women's softball team, the BANDITS on a warm Saturday afternoon at their ballpark.
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2019 Rotary club of Carol Stream: "GO BANDITS!"
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Elise Cirirbassi
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2019-09-07 05:00:00Z |
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Another successful cart performance in the Fourth of July Parade 
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2019 Carol Stream Fourth of July Parade
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Elise Ciribassi
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2019-07-04 05:00:00Z |
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Posted by Elise Ciribassi on Jun 25, 2019
Rotary club of Carol Stream installs new president and officers for 2019-20. 
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2019-20 Installation of new officers
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Elise Ciribassi
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2019-06-25 05:00:00Z |
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 Rotary Club of Carol Stream provides liquid refreshments for the community at our local summer concert series every Thursday night in the summer.
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2019 Community Concert beer garden
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Elise Ciribassi
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2019-06-06 05:00:00Z |
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Posted by Elise Ciribassi
Rotary Club of Carol Stream and a full house of golfers made our annual Chili Open Golf outing a real success!
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2019 Joe Kramer Chili Golf Fundraiser
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Elise Ciribassi
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2019-05-10 05:00:00Z |
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Posted by Elise Ciribassi
Rotary Club of Carol Stream joins our Community in helping feed our neighbors.
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2019 Community Food Drive
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Elise Ciribassi
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2019-04-27 05:00:00Z |
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Rotary club of Carol Stream Holiday Happenings
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2019-20 Holiday Happenings
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Elise Ciribassi
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2019-01-15 06:00:00Z |
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Posted by Luanne Newman on Jun 26, 2011
Follow us on Twitter @RotaryCarolStrm
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Follow us on Twitter
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Posted by Luanne Newman
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Interested in Hearing More About Rotary?
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Posted by Luanne Newman
Look for the Carol Stream Rotary Club on Facebook and 'follow' us on Twitter: RotaryCarolStrm.
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Follow Us...Friend Us...Link to Us
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