Rich Schoeneman, Elliot Pinsel

 

Our club's 2022-2023 Installation Dinner this year was held Wednesday, June 22nd, at the home of previous club President Tom Zengeler. This traditional changing-of-the-guard was once again presented with good friendship and humor. The peaceful transfer of power was successful, symbolized by the gavel being passed from Rich to Elliot. President Schoeneman's closing remarks highlighted the club's successful fundraising efforts and continued commitment to service in the community. Rich's leadership focused on spreading the good word in every way possible, widening out sphere of influence, growing club membership, and growing our ability to assist those in need.

 

This year, the club welcomed 5 new members and 4 Paul Harris Fellows, took a leadership role in the District, implemented 8 service projects, supported Libertyville High School Interact Club and Service Partners of Lake County, made donations of $172,000+, and publicized all of these things. Our thanks to Rich for his leadership this year!

 

Libertyville Sunrise Rotary Club is proud to announce that we awarded $85,000 in grants to 38 charitable organizations in May and June of 2022.

Club President Rich Schoeneman - “It is our honor and pleasure to support these 38 organizations who truly are the hero’s in our community providing face-to-face and hands-on support and assistance to those in need. The Libertyville Sunrise Rotary Club will continue to do everything in our power to raise funds to support their ongoing efforts!”

Our grants will provide support for veterans, assistance to families in need, special needs support, youth empowerment, housing advocacy, beds, grief support, arts programming, mental health counseling, children's advocacy, and much more.

Grant Recipients included: Ageless Aviation Dream Flights; Beacon Place; Best Buddies Libertyville; Career Resource Center, Inc.; Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project - FLAP; GLASA - Great Lakes Adaptive Sports Association; Hope Weiss Scholarship Foundation; Lake County Haven; Libertyville High School STARS Aquatics; Libertyville High School Interact; Libertyville High School TOPCATS Mentoring; Libertyville Civic and Senior Center; PADS Lake County, Inc.; American Legion Post 329; Boys & Girls Club of Lake County, IL; The Center for Enriched Living; Free Spirits softball; Lake County Center for Independent Living; Love INC of Lake County; Lynch Foundation; Reading Power Inc; Sue's Pantry; Waukegan to College (W2C); Willow House; Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center; Adler Arts Center; Art Impact Project; Blue Star Recyclers; GiGi's Playhouse Deerfield; Lake County Children's Advocacy Center; MTF / Mothers Trust Foundation; Nicasa Behavioral Health Services; Samaritan Counseling Center of the Northwest Suburbs; Special Education District of Lake County (SEDOL); The Super Jake Foundation; Youth Conservation Corps.; Youth & Family Counseling

 

Thanks to all participants for your help in making our 2022 Electronics Recycling Collection Event a terrific success! 9250 lbs of electronics were recycled.