The Rotary Club of Long Grove, Kildeer, and Hawthorn Woods donated this beautiful gift basket to the Emmaus House fundraiser at Lake Zurich's "Rock the Block" event on September 8th.  Club member Jim Dopler volunteered more than 40 hours to help the charity raise more than $3,000 over the past two weeks.  The gift basket contained three bottles of wine, 4 wine glasses, a Rotary International Cookbook, two Rotary Club coffee mugs, and restaurant gift certificates to Enzo & Lucia in Long Grove, Oregano's in Hawthorn Woods, and Tsukasa in Kildeer.  The weather for "Rock the Block" was pleasant, although a bit windy.  The crowd estimate was more than 8,000.  The event included three live bands and numerouse food trucks.  Emmaus House also collected more than 500 pounds of non-perishable food items at the event to stock the shelves of their Sunday night food pantry at St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church in Lake Zurich.  The Club also sponsors the Emmaus House Sunday evening community dinner one or two times each year.  

Dear Long Grove Rotary Club,

 

Trustworthy, Loyal, Helpful, Friendly, Courteous, Kind, Obedient, Cheerful, Thrifty, Brave, Clean and Reverent.  This is the Scout Law; the "words to live by" that we teach our Scouts.

 

Thank you for your support!  It's through the generosity of friends like you that we continue to teach these words to the young people in our community.  Scouting prepares young people to serve, to lead, and to be Prepared, For Life.

Thanks to Marilyn Dopler and Don Biciste for donating books to fill our three Little Free Libraries in Lake Zurich and Hawthorn Woods.  Marilyn donated over 100 hard cover  novels and Don donated an assortment of novels and travel books.