Today's guests were Interact Students Keaton May, Maggie Cherveny & Michael Arensberg.  The group discussed some of their upcoming collection programs, which included the collection of Books, Sunglasses and Prom Dresses.   

Today's big winner was Pat Finlon who did not draw the black tee, but he did contribute the side bets back to the End Polio Now Campaign.  Thank you, Pat.

Today's program was a review of the items developed at Monday night's planning session.  A copy of the summary for this plan can be found in the "Club Documents" section of clubrunner.  Next steps are naming chair positions for each area and the development of achievable steps for each objective.  Thanks to Jack for organizing this with the District's Vision Training Team.

During the Super Bowl, there was another football game of note between the big animals and the little animals. The big animals were crushing little animals and at half-time, the coach made a passionate speech to rally the little animals. At the start of the second half the big animals had the ball. The first play, the elephant got stopped for no gain. The second play, the rhino was stopped for no gain. On third down, the hippo was thrown for a 5 yard loss. The defense huddled around the coach and he asked excitedly, "Who stopped the elephant?" "I did," said the centipede. "Who stopped the rhino?" "Uh, that was me too," said the centipede. "And how about the hippo? Who hit him for a 5 yard loss?" "Well, that was me as well," said the centipede. "So where were you during the first half?" demanded the coach. "Well," said the centipede, "I was having my ankles taped." 

 

This year's reverse raffle will be held at Galati's on March 16, 2016.  Tickets for this event where distributed at the January 7th weekly meeting.  If you were not present, please contact Steve Moore so that he can arrange to drop off your tickets.  The focus for club membership this year is to sell their tickets and also get people to attend the event.  While the money received from ticket sales represents the major portion of revenue for this event, the side raffles have potential for making this event even more successful.

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.

The Rotary Club of Cary-Grove will be conducting a Winter Farmer's Market beginning Sunday, October 4th.  The event will be held in-doors at the Algonquin Township offices located at 3702 U.S. Highway 14, Crystal Lake Illinois.  The market will be located in building #6 between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 01:00 p.m. on the first and third Sundays of the month. 

 

The Rotary Club of Cary-Grove’s membership is a diverse group of individuals that work together to improve the communities of Cary and Fox River Grove.  If you are interested in learning more, or in getting involved, come as our guest to one of our morning meetings.  We meet on Thursdays beginning at 7:30 a.m. at the Cary Park District located at 255 Briargate Road, Cary Illinois.  Visitors are always welcome.

Lots happening in the world of Rotary.  Read all about it in The Rotarian Magazine.

As Rotarians, we end each of our weekly meetings by reciting The Four-Way Test.  Building on the principles outlined in that document, we should also pay attention to the phrases outlined in the Rotary Code of Conduct:

 

As a Rotarian, I will