Today's winner was our President, Pat, but he did not draw the black tee. Thank you, Pat, for donating back to the Rotary Foundation. Steve Cherveny reports that the pot is over $600 and maybe close to $700. Things are getting interesting ...
The Friends of the Fox River Grove Library will be holding its semi-annual book sale on November 3rd & 4th. You can drop off books you would like to contribute at the library between the dates of October 28th & November 2nd. Volunteers are needed between those dates to help sort the donated books in order to be prepared for the sale. Please consider volunteering your time for this worthwhile event.
The Rotary Club of Cary-Grove will not be meeting at the Park District in the morning on Thursday, November 16, 2017.
We will be having our "Evening Social" at (location to be determined) for now, save the date. Since the date will be getting close to Thanksgiving you may already know that you are unable to attend. If so, please let Chuck knows soon as possible. It may help with his venue choices. Thank you.
District Governor Don Brewer will visit with the club on November 1st & 2nd. On Wednesday evening at 6:00 PM, Don will meet with the board at Jameson's Charhouse. He will visit with the entire membership at our regular meeting on Thursday, November 2nd. Please plan on attending this event to hear the DG's plan for the year. Please let Pat Finlon know if you plan to be in attendance.
Rotary International has declared October 24th as "End Polio Now Day" and has asked local Rotary Clubs to help promote awareness of the significant advancements made toward the eradication of this disease over the past 30 years. A special thanks to Rotarians Dave Miller and Ted Wagner for placing "End Polio Now" awareness signs at their business locations. Dave has a billboard posted at the intersection of Jandus Road and Route 14, and Ted has information on his digital signs located at Stone Hill, Foxmoor & Cary Commons shopping centers.
The November board meeting will be held on Monday, November 6th. The meeting will begin at 6:30PM. Location of the event will be announced later. For now, save the date. Let Pat know if you have something to be placed on the agenda.
Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson go camping. Sometime in the middle of the night Holmes wakes Watson Up. "Watson, look up at the stars, and tell me what you deduce." Watson says, "I see millions of stars, and if even a few of those have planets, it's quite likely there are some planets like earth, and if there are a few planets like earth, there might also be life." Holmes replies, "No, Watson, the correct deduction is that somebody has stolen our tent!"
Fall Training for Rotary District 6440 will be conducted in the Wojcik Center located at Harper College, 1200 W Algonquin Road, Palatine. The training session will held on October 21st between the hours of 8:00AM and 3:00PM. Register for the event at the district's website http://rotary6440.org/event/district-fall-trainin/
Need a makeup but find it difficult to get to another club? If so, consider using Rotary's Web-based Rotary eClub One. Click on the link and go to the "Makeups" tab to get started. Doing makeups could be easier. Let us know how you like it.
Rotary's "End Polio Now Day" will be celebrated on October 24th this year. District 6440 is asking each club to look for ideas/opportunities to raise awareness within their respective communities. Pass your ideas onto President Pat.
Below is an article from Rotary International's website:
Thanks to you, we are closer than ever to ending polio. In September, the World Health Organization removed Nigeria from the list of polio endemic countries after going a year without a reported case of the wild poliovirus. It has also been more than a year since the last case of the wild poliovirus anywhere on the African continent. Yet it’s no time to let up on our efforts. Keeping children protected from this virus and building on these achievements will require continued commitment and funding. And every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication is matched 2 to 1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, tripling your impact. Watch our World Polio Day Livestream update, and give to end polio.
One of President Steve's goals this year is to have at least one member join a Rotary Action Group or Rotary Fellowship Group. As stated on RI's website, a Rotarian Action Group is an autonomous group of Rotarians, family members, program participants and alumni who are experts in a particular field, such as micro-credit or water and sanitation. More information about these groups and their purpose can be found on RI's website.
Rotary Fellowships are independent groups of Rotarians, family members, program participants and alumni who share a common passion. Being part of a fellowship is a fun way to make friends from around the world. Again, more detailed information is available at this link to RI's website.
If you haven't all ready done so, take the time to click on the two links above and see if there may be a group that fits with your interests. It's a great way to make new friends and to share common interests with Rotarians from around the world.
Looking for a good program? District 6440 has a list of speakers that are available to attend Rotary meetings to discuss a wide variety of topics. view the list on District 6440's website.
When we introduced Rotary Club Central in 2012, it revolutionized goal tracking and planning for clubs and districts — no more filling out paper club-planning forms or passing along boxes of historical club information every time a new leader took office.
Rotary Club Central offered clubs and districts a quantifiable way to begin measuring local and global impact, specifically membership initiatives, service activities, and Rotary Foundation giving.
But as with any technological advancement, in a few short years, Rotary Club Central began to show its age, and Rotarians took notice. They...
At its January 2017 meeting, the Rotary International Board of Directors adopted a new zone structure for Rotary clubs.
Rotary bylaws require the Board to complete a comprehensive review of the 34 Rotary zones no less often than every eight years to ensure that each zone has an approximately equal number of Rotarians. The Board’s previous review of the zones occurred in 2008.
The Board earlier approved the creation of three regional workgroups to develop rezoning proposals for Asia, Europe/Africa, and the Americas. These workgroups comprised one representative (either a current director,...
Through The Rotary Foundation, Rotary members have supported thousands of projects that promote peace, fight disease, provide clean water, save mothers and children, support education, and grow local economies. We’ve also led the fight to eradicate polio worldwide. As part of our celebration of the Foundation’s centennial, we’re honoring 20 global grant projects with special recognition. Learn more about the projects using our interactive map.
The Atlanta Host Organization Committee is offering some good old-fashioned Southern hospitality at the Rotary International Convention from 10 to 14 June. It has planned a wide range of activities featuring everything from good food and music to inspiring tours of local landmarks. If it’s your first convention, these events are chances to meet fellow Rotarians from around the world, and if you’re an experienced convention goer, you can catch up with old friends.
Hall of Fame baseball player Hank Aaron will host Rotarians for a “Strike Out Polio” night at the new SunTrust Park, where you’ll...
When Teguest Yilma helped found the Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Entoto in 2002, she thought polio had already been eradicated from most of the world. But while Ethiopia had been free of the disease, Yilma was shocked to learn that new cases had started cropping up in surrounding countries such as Somalia.
“I was thinking, it’s not possible, we can’t be free if the countries around us are not free,” she says. Yilma, the managing editor of Capital, Ethiopia’s largest English weekly newspaper, has brought a journalist’s skills to the fight against polio. She became vice chair of the Ethiopia...
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