There were no guests at this morning's meeting.

Today's 50/50 side-bets winner was Joe T. and he did not draw the black tee.  Thank you for donating back to the Paul Harris Foundation.

There will be a "Big Check" presentation at McHenry County College on Wednesday, December 12th. The meeting will be held in room A-217 and will begin at 3:30pm. Use the north entrance by parking lot A.

This year's Holiday Party will be held at The Onion Pub & Brewery on Thursday, December 20th. Please let Chuck or Sandy know if you will be attending.

The community sign in Fox River Grove has been installed and is now working. It is located by the Metra Station.

A police officer stops a driver speeding down Main Street. "But officer," the man says, "I can explain..." "Be quite," snaps the officer. "I'm going to let you cool your heels in jail until the chief gets back." "But, officer, I just wanted to say..." says the driver. "And I say keep quiet! You're going to jail." replies the officer. A few hours later the officer looks in on his prisoner and says, "Lucky for you the chief is at his daughter's wedding. He'll be in a good mood when he gets back." "Don't count on it," answers the driver. "I'm the groom."

There will be a board meeting on Monday, January 7th held at Panera Bread in FRG. The meeting will begin at 6:30pm.

The Rotary Club of Cary-Grove will be holding a social gathering on Sunday, January 27th for those wishing to learn more about Rotary. The meeting will be held at Cary Ale House , located at 208 W Main street in Cary, and will begin at 6:30PM. If you are interested in getting involved with a club that works on local and worldwide issues, consider stopping by and checking us out.

Application materials now are available for the District Leadership Academy Class of 2019.   We invite all club members to enroll in this outstanding online educational program and commit to graduating with this next class. Click the link below to learn more about this program.

 

Volunteers are invited to participate in a Polio Immunization Day to be held in India on February 3rd, 2019. Travel dates will be from February 1st through the 9th. Click on this link for Information and Registration details. This information will remain available in our Events section for those interested in participating.

Looking for something to do this weekend? Check out McHenry County Living's Upcoming Events. Might not be Rotary related, but attending sure will "build good will and better friendships."

Our guest speaker at last week's meeting was Brett Weiss of the Weiss scholarship Foundation. Brett is a member of the Rotary Club of Naperville.  Since 2009, Brett has traveled six times to Kenya in pursuit of following his dream for combating poverty in the village of Dago. Most of his efforts have been directed toward improving the education level of the children that live there. Dago is a tiny community of 3,000 people with an average family income of less than $2 per day. In Kenyan, the average education is only four years. Only 20% of the children actually go to High School.

 

To combat this, Brett established The Weiss Scholarship Foundation in 2011. The goal of this foundation is to have a positive impact on all of the youth members in Dago and the Kenya area. By providing a guaranteed source of income for students to continue their education through High School, Brett's hope is that the economic & health conditions of the area will improve. Since the Foundation was started, 42 full four year scholarships have be issued. Eleven students have graduated from High School and four have gone on to University.

 

A full sponsorship for four years of High School is approximately $3,500. To learn more about The Weiss Scholarship Foundation and how you can help support it, visit their site at https://weissscholarshipfoundation.org.

As mentioned at today's meeting by Sue, Tiffany Au has developed a website "The Greatest Wedding Ever Donated". Tiffany is a graduate of Cary-Grove High School and is a past recipient of the Decker Scholarship awarded by the Rotary Club of Cary-Grove. Her website highlights her upcoming wedding to Caleb Remington and talks about the work they are doing together to raise funds and awareness for the fight against Cystic Fibrosis. Visit her site http://www.thegwed.com to learn more about their efforts and to learn how you can contribute toward this wonderful cause.

 

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.

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

Rotarian Action Groups are autonomous groups 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.