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Geneva Rotary is a service club of business owners, executives and community leaders. The club has weekly breakfast meetings with guest speakers and opportunities for networking.* There are also many club social events each year. Geneva Rotary service projects include: Holiday Party for disabled adults; community service projects and Rotary international service trips. Geneva Rotary provides scholarships to local students for college or technical school; supports Rotary Youth Leadership Award camp for high school students and sponsors Rotary Youth exchange students. In addition Geneva Rotary also helps support many local charities and non profit groups with grants. Potential new members are always welcome at Geneva Rotary, learn more at www.genevarotary.org

WE MEET TUESDAYS 7 AM RIVERSIDE RECEPTIONS GENEVA*

During COVID we meet twice a month on Zoom.

WE STARTED MEETING AT RIVERSIDE RECEPTIONS FEB 15 2011

WE ARE CLUB 3122 IN ROTARY DISTRICT 6440

OUR MAIL ADDRESS IS PO BOX 254 GENEVA IL 60134

GENEVA CLUB WAS CHARTERED MARCH 15, 1965 SPONSORED BY ST. CHARLES ILLINOIS CLUB

OUR OFFICIAL NAME IS “THE ROTARY CLUB OF GENEVA, ILLINOIS” AN ILLINOIS NOT FOR PROFIT CORPORATION -

ROTARY STARTED IN 1905 FIRST MEETING JUNE 23 1905 CHICAGO ILLINOIS

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Geneva Rotary a service club for business owners, executives, professionals and community leaders

Making Our Community and Our World a Better Place

We meet Tuesdays at 7:00 AM
Riverside Receptions

35 North River Lane
Courtyard entrance
Geneva, IL 60134
United States

District Site

Venue Map

Brett Weiss -- Weiss Scholarship Foundation

Feb 02, 2021

Weiss Scholarship Foundation is providing education to children in Kenya

John Nepper -

Feb 16, 2021

--‘The Art of Engaged Conversation’

Vitaliy Bezrodnov

Mar 02, 2021

RCF - International Cultural Exchange.Connecting the World & Building Cultural Bridges!

to be determined

Mar 16, 2021

to be determined

Mar 30, 2021

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RYLA application 2019-2020

RYLA Brochure 2019-2020

Membership application (posted May 2019)

2019-2020 Greeters

Club Bylaws

Club Constitution

past presidents Geneva Rotary

Club History and Information

Day Captain Checklist 2016

Donation Request Form

Upcoming Meetings - Geneva Rotary

January 19, 2021 Geneva Rotary Zoom meeting, 7 a.m.

program--

Denise Moret, Volunteer Fox Valley

Denise is Director of Administration for Fox Valley United Way, and Volunteer Fox Valley is one of their programs. Get connected to volunteer opportunities in your community. Learn more at http://www.volunteerfoxvalley.org/

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February 2 2021 7 am Zoom meeting -- program Brett Weiss -- Weiss Scholarship Foundation -- providing education opportunities in Kenya --

Volunteer Fox Valley -- United Way program

Denise Moret of Fox Valley United Way presented to Geneva Rotary at its January 19 2021 Zoom meeting. Denise talked to the club and demonstrated the Volunteer Fox Valley website. This website sponsored by United Way links volunteers to local charities that are in need of volunteers both for special events and on a continuing basis. Volunteers who are registered are informed of volunteer opportunities based on their interests and skills. Volunteer Fox Valley Denise also talked about other United Way charitable projects for children and families in our area. Thank you Denise for informative and interesting program.

Rise Against Hunger presentation

Molly Fletchall Community Engagement Manager - Chicago for Rise Against Hunger riseagainsthunger.org presented to Geneva Rotary at its January 5 2020 Zoom meeting.

Rise Against Hunger is growing a global movement to end hunger by empowering communities, nourishing lives and responding to emergencies. Molly's presentation with slides was well received by the club and generated many questions and comments.. Thank you Molly.

Rotary International Leaders programs- January 2021

Rotary International president Holger Knaack will be speaking at Elgin Breakfast Rotary Facebook Live meeting Monday January 4 2020 7:15 am.

Also President Nominee Jennifer Jones, President Elect Shekhar Mehta, and Rotary Foundation chair John Germ will do presentations 7:15 am on Thursdays January 14, 21 and 28 respectively. These presentations can be viewed on Facebook Live (no need to have a Facebook account) --

All sessions start at 7:15AM and can be viewed on the Elgin Rotary

club’s Facebook Live page here

Geneva Rotary Community Service 2020

Here is a message from past president Chuck Miles about two recent Geneva Rotary community service efforts. Chuck is long time board member and supporter of Association for Individual Development as well.

Association for Individual Development -- AID-- 2020 Holiday Celebration

I wanted to thank all of you for your support of the 38th Annual Rotary AID Holiday Celebration. While different this year, we were still able to provide gifts and some entertainment to the clients at AID

We provided 142 gifts this year - compared to 89 last year - and spent a little more on each gift. 'Dr. Kim' from Changing Children's Worlds Foundation also made the CCWF Christmas Concert link available to AID clients and staff so we are able to give the clients a little Christmas celebration on Sunday December 20.

We will be getting some pictures from AID as the gifts are distributed and I will make sure we get those posted on the website and Facebook.

I have been a board member with AID for 12 years. Every year, AID has a last minute request for gifts to clients that otherwise would go without. This is the first year that we did not have that and all clients will receive a gift. Geneva Rotary was a big part of that.

Bria Geneva Nursing Home

Also, some East Side Geneva residents have worked throughout the year to offer support in various ways to Bria - the nursing home that was so hard hit at the start of the pandemic. Rotary bought donuts this summer and offered assistance to this effort over the holidays.

The good news here is that the group was able to get all the items they needed and my wife volunteered to wrap some 30+ gifts for the patients and is in the process of making some cookies for the staff. All this will be delivered over the weekend

Thanks for all that you do for Rotary and for the local community - particularly this past year and as we head into the first half of 2021.

Geneva Rotary December 8 2020

Geneva Rotary had a Zoom meeting on December 8 2020. The program was Geneva High School DECA club- students Joe Drew, Dan Carbary and Carter Powelson told the club about DECA's fundraiser for Rotary's End Polio Now. Geneva DECA had an on line bingo game and also collected cash at Geneva High raising $175. . DECA also brought 30 volunteers to Geneva Rotary's Thanksgiving morning community service project. Thank you Geneva High DECA for your fundraising and volunteer efforts!

Geneva Rotary will be donating gifts to over 140 Association for Individual Development clients for the 2020 holidays-- this project is led by club chair Chuck Miles and assisted by many club volunteers and donors -- we cannot have an in person party this year but we are getting lots of extra gifts and wish our friends at AID a great holiday in 2020.

Joe McMahon still has a few Joman calendars available -- these calendars benefit the Lazarus House shelter in St. Charles -- contact Joe for a calendar or a few -- please support Lazarus House this year-- these calendars make great Christmas gifts too.

Next Geneva Rotary on line Zoom meeting will be December 22 2020!

Geneva Rotary Community Service Project 2020

Thanksgiving Morning 2020 Geneva Rotary Outdoor Community Service Project-- Thank you to Geneva Rotarians, Geneva High DECA club, Batavia Rotary, family members and friends who volunteered today

Geneva High DECA club and World Polio Day

The Geneva High School DECA club helped raise funds for Rotary's polio eradication campaign and World Polio Day. They had an on line bingo game and also had collection boxes at the school. Thank you Geneva High DECA. Photo shows the DECA club officers Joe Drew, Dan Carberry and Carter Powelson along with school advisor Jamie Dunlap presenting donation to Geneva Rotary's Chuck Miles and Dave Nelson on November 20 2020.

Handmade soaps for the holidays

WINFRED'S SOAPS: Geneva Rotarian Winfred has been busy making soaps, and has an Etsy storefront. If you're interested in purchasing soaps as gifts, you can reach her at
wikanyo2013@gmail.com

here are some pictures

Thanksgiving Morning Service and other news

THANKSGIVING DAY PROJECT: Joe has sent along information for our Thanksgiving Day service project, 8 a.m. at 42 Garfield St. in Geneva. This is a BYOT event (Bring your own tools - although Joe is bringing a few items as shown below):

OLD CLOTHES

WORK GLOVES

SAFETY GLASSES

WORK SHOES

TARPS (JOE WILL BRING SEVERAL)

RAKES

HEDGE TRIMMERS

CHAIN SAWS

HAND CLIPPERS

LAWN MOWER/MULCHER (JOE WILL BRING)

WHEELBARROW (JOE WILL BRING)

SAWZALL WITH BRANCH CUTTING BLADES

LEAF BLOWERS

SHOVEL

It looks like temps could be in the 50s that day.

SMARANDA UPDATE: Paula Schmidt at Geneva Chamber of Commerce has Smaranda's yearbook from St. Charles High School. If anyone wants to sign it before Paula sends it to Smaranda, please stop by the Geneva Chamber office at 8 S. Third St. Geneva by Monday, Nov. 23. If you want to contact Paula, you can reach her at pschmidt@genevachamber.com.

WINFRED'S SOAPS: Geneva Rotarian Winfred has been busy making soaps, and has an Etsy storefront. If you're interested in purchasing soaps as gifts, you can reach her at
wikanyo2013@gmail.com.

Geneva Rotary Service 2020

Thanksgiving Morning Service project 8 am start -- volunteers needed for this outdoor project to help with home exterior, yard and garden cleanup and maintenance for a Geneva resident in need. Contact Joe McMahon or any of the club officers for location and suggested tools to bring. Rotarians, family members and friends welcome.

Get your 2021 Joman calendar - free with any donation to Lazarus House shelter. Thank you to Joe McMahon for leading this project to help Lazarus House.

Geneva Rotary will be making 2020 grants to Tri City Family Serviceshttps://www.tricityfamilyservices.org/ to support its Thanksgiving program to give gift cards to supermarkets to local families in need; and to Changing Childrens Worlds Foundation to help with development of online training materials https://www.changingchildrensworlds.org/

Association for Individual Development (AID) holiday event -- we cannot have our in person party this year - but we will be buying gifts for dozens of AID

clients. The club will be getting gift lists out to our volunteers who will buy gifts and wrap them. Santa, Super Elf, Magic Chuck and maybe some others will make special delivery of gifts to several of the AID residents -- more information to come.. If you want to volunteer and help with gift buying or can help in other ways please contact Chuck Miles or president Paula or Kathy Coffey. For more info on AID https://www.aidcares.org/

Chrissy Somers - Families on the Fox

Chrissy Somers presented to Geneva Rotary at its November 10 2020 Zoom on line meeting. Chrissy talked to the club about her Families on the Fox website https://www.familiesonthefox.com/ and also about ways Geneva Rotary could enhance its on line and social media presence. The club much appreciated Chrissy's presentation. The Families on the Fox website has lots of features for things to do, places to go, shopping, events for charities and not for profits and more with its focus on the Tri Cities and surrounding communities.

Support Lazarus House - Joman Calendars

Geneva Rotary's Joe McMahon has created the 14th annual Joman calendar for 2021. These calendars support Lazarus House shelter which serves Geneva, St Charles and the surrounding area. Please contact Joe McMahon at McMahon Builders in Geneva to get your calendars. Your support for Lazarus House is greatly appreciated especially this year. Get your Joman calendars today.

Geneva Beautification 2020

Geneva Rotary volunteers planted and maintained flowers and plants at two knuckles along State Street in downtown Geneva in 2020. Spring, summer and fall - Rotary club members led by project chair Karen Clutter kept up our knuckles as part of an all downtown and business areas Geneva beautification. October 31 2020 saw the final clean up of our beds.

Geneva Rotary - Polio 2020

Here is link to Kane County Chronicle news about Geneva Rotary and Rotary's efforts to end polio. Photo is Chuck Miles (ADG) of Geneva Rotary at recent city meeting where Wrold Polio Day proclamation was presented to Rotary.

https://www.kcchronicle.com/2020/10/30/geneva-rotary-urges-continuing-support-to-eradicate-polio/a96h7dv/

Geneva Rotary Service - Volunteers Needed

October 31 2020 9 am -- It’s that time again, fall cleanup of the Rotary garden. It really looked stunning this year, thank you all for volunteering to water and weed.

Please join us Saturday morning 10/31 9:00 am, and bring your favorite gardening tools and gloves. The forecast is for sunny skies, 54 degrees. Perfect! -- Thank you to project chair Karen Clutter and all club volunteers in 2020.

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Thanksgiving Morning Geneva Rotary service project 2020 -- let club president Paula or event chair Joe McMahon if you can volunteer -- more details to come but will involve outdoor clean up -- site in Geneva

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Rotary Giving Tree part of Geneva History Museum fundraiser -- our tree will be at First State Bank (thanks Kathy Coffey) on State Street in Geneva -- volunteers will be needed to put up and decorate the tree-- details to come - contact club president Paula if you can help with this

Thanksgiving Morning Service Project

Volunteers needed for the Thanksgiving morning Geneva Rotary service project. We will be doing outdoor yard and garden clean up and maintenance for a local resident in need. We will need at least 10 volunteers. Please let Joe McMahon project chair or club president Paula Krapf know if you can help out-- family members and friends welcome too. Thank you for Rotary service.

World Polio Day in Geneva Illinois Oct. 24 2020

The Geneva City Council has proclaimed October 24 as World Polio Day in Geneva. The work to eradicate polio is a collaboration of Rotary International, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the US Centers for Disease Control and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

This year, the WHO declared the continent of Africa polio free. There are only 2 countries that still have active live polio, Afghanistan and Pakistan. The only other disease that has been eradicated is smallpox.

Finishing the eradication is critical. WHO estimates that if these efforts would stop, within 10 years the world would see 200,000 polio cases annually.

The work done by this collaboration will also speed the delivery, distribution and vaccination world wide of the vaccine for COVID 19. Over the years, the challenges of cold storage, logistics, vaccinations and monitoring will be leveraged to support this critical work.

You can help by going to ENDPOLIO.ORG to learn more or to donate. Due to the generosity of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, every dollar will be matched by two dollars from the Gates Foundation. Your dollar will be turned into $3 which will pay for 6 vaccinations. ------ Photo Mayor Kevin Burns right and Geneva Rotary's Chuck Miles - Assistant District Governor - District 6440 and past club president Geneva Rotary

October 13 2020 Outdoor Geneva Rotary

Geneva Rotary met outdoors October 13 2020 at beautiful Wheeler Park Geneva. Club president Paula Krapf led the meeting. Upcoming events include Geneva Beautification final knuckle clean up on October 31 2020 8 am to 9 am-- our Rotary knuckles have looked great in 2020. Thank you project chair Karen Clutter and all our Rotary volunteers. Thanksgiving morning service project -- we have a home in Geneva chosen and more details to come on this outdoor service project for 2020 -- we will need at least 10 adult volunteers. If you can help out that day let Paula or project chair Joe McMahon know.

Next club meeting will be a Zoom Tri Cities meeting on October 27 - District 6440 governor Lyle Staab will be featured.

Geneva Rotary will also be doing a Zoom board meeting with governor Lyle on October 20.

Lots of great fall colors in our Geneva parks now - we had a cool but comfortable meeting in the park on October 13th--

Wheeler Park Geneva

Wheeler Park view morning of September 29 2020 from our outdoor Geneva Rotary meeting -- thank you Rotarians for support and attendance today

Geneva Rotary Sept. 29 2020 Outdoor meeting

Geneva Rotary club president Paula Krapf led the club's September 29 2020 outdoor meeting at Wheeler Park, Geneva. $845 was raised for Geneva Rotary at the recent Geneva Chamber Challenge on line fundraiser. Funds will be used for the upcoming AID holiday event and other charitable projects. The club hopes to have a Thanksgiving morning service project this year-- more information to come. This project is outdoors and helps a local resident in need with yard cleanup and minor exterior repairs. Thanks to Joe for leading this effort. President Paula reminded the club about World Polio day on October 24 2020, polio is now found in only two nations - Pakistan and Afghanistan, Rotary has helped lead the way in polio vaccination and eradication worldwide. Club members at the meeting also updated as to their business and personal lives.

World Polio Day October 24 2020

World Polio Day is October 24. District Governor Lyle Staab (Rotary District 6440) has issued a challenge:

For each Club President, Club Co-President, and Club Rotary Foundation Chair that donates a minimum of $75 to the Polio campaign, he will give $25.
If our Club averages at least $75 of Polio giving per member, he’ll donate another $100. ($100 per CLUB, not per member!)

More-- on line information --

October 24 - World Polio Day and global health experts and Rotary partners will discuss the progress we’ve made toward eradicating polio. You can join Rotary International online to follow the discussion at: https://www.facebook.com/events/774440050040812

Geneva Chamber Challenge - September 24 2020

Support Geneva Rotary and other local charities and service clubs with your on line donation September 24 2020

Geneva Rotary News September 2020

Thank you to club volunteers and event chair Karen Clutter for continuing work on the flowers and plants at the Rotary knuckles along State Street - they look great- your efforts much appreciated. If you can sign up for October maintenance and clean up Karen will have sign up information.

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District Governor Lyle Staab attended our September 15 2020 club Zoom meeting. He announced the nomination of Mary Bak to be District Governor for the 2023-2024 Rotary year. A member of the Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise, she currently serves the District as Grants Committee Chair. You can learn more about Mary at https://rotary6440.org/Stories/mary-bak-selected-to-be-2023-24-district-governor.

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DUES: You should have received an email from Chuck for the 1st quarter 2020-2021 Rotary Dues of $185. This covers the period from July-September 2020. Due to our current environment there are a couple of changes:
1) You will all get these via email rather than the physical passing out the invoices at club meetings
2) In the past, payment would always either be in person or through First State Bank in Geneva. Payments now can be sent to our PO Box at
Geneva Rotary Club
PO Box 254
Geneva, IL 60134

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September 24 – Geneva Chamber Challenge – This is a 24-hour online campaign designed to raise money and bring awareness to the Chamber's non-profit members such as Geneva Rotary Club. Because of the COVID-19 crisis, many organizations have suffered financially and they have not able to raise the funds needed for their cause. The Chamber "challenges" our community to donate to these non-profits, even a little can mean a lot. Our webpage is at https://www.genevachamberchallenge.org/organizations/rotary-club-of-geneva - share this link with friends, neighbors - anyone who would be willing to donate to this worthy cause. Your donation goes through the District’s 501C3 account

Geneva Chamber Challenge Sept. 24 2020

September 24 2020 --

https://www.genevachamberchallenge.org/organizations/rotary-club-of-geneva

Please ask supporters and friends to help out Geneva Rotary on September 24 2020 - The Geneva Chamber of Commerce has organized a special on line giving day for Geneva's local service clubs and charities. Absence of Swedish Days 2020 has left all with financial challenges. Check out the Chamber web page for our club. Give on Sept 24 2020.

From the Challenge web page for Geneva Rotary ----

Many of you know Geneva Rotary from our Swedish Days Food Booth with Ream's Brats and Roasted Corn. This is our major fundraiser but due to COVID, Swedish Days was cancelled. Each year we make about $14,000 from this event - that's a lot of brats! With this money, we:

1) Support numerous local charities (Food for Health, Kane County Fit for Kids, Royal Family Kids Camp and Mutual Ground and more) and do local service projects - like a Thanksgiving Day Clean Up service project for a family that needs assistance.

2) Send 8-10 GHS students to Rotary Youth Leadership Camp - a weekend retreat to improve youth leadership skills

3) For 37 years, Rotary has sponsored a Holiday Party for the clients and staff of the Association for Individual Development. Approximately 100 adults with developmental disabilities are treated to a holiday meal, music, a magician and a visit from Santa delivering individualized gifts.

Geneva Rotary has been a part of the community for 55 years. Our motto is 'Service Above Self'. Rotary members are dedicated to serving their communities and also participate in activities of an international nature. Geneva Rotarians have traveled to Guatemala to assist in a clean water project and Rotary International is a major force driving the eradication of polio. Geneva Rotary also sponsors students from other countries that want to spend a year studying in the US and have sponsored US students interested in studying overseas.

If you are not able to donate, but would like to find out more or to join Geneva Rotary, please visit GenevaRotary.org