Meet Governor Lyle: Lyle Staab is a member of the Rotary Club of Long Grove, Kildeer, and Hawthorn Woods. He has served his Club as President, Chair of its Charitable Fund, Membership Chair, and for three years as Director of the Rotary Race for Charity.
At the District level, Lyle has been an Assistant Governor, serves on the Visioning team, and helped organize the Foundation Centennial Event. He led a Friendship Exchange team to India that participated in a Subnational Immunization Day, and has traveled to Guatemala and Panama with service teams. Lyle has a strong commitment to our Youth Programs, serving as District Youth Service Advisor, chairing the Youth Assembly committee, and serving as co-chair for a multidistrict Rotary Model UN.
Lyle retired in late 2012 as a Vice President of Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics, with responsibility for manufacturing operations in the US and Europe. (His first Rotary Club was Dublin Fingal in Ireland.) His prior professional experience included leadership roles in accounting and finance, sales and marketing, and analysis and integration of acquisitions.
Lyle earned an MBA from the University of Notre Dame, and a finance degree from Fort Hays State University, where he is a trustee of the FHSU Foundation and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council for its Robbins School of Business and Entrepreneurship. He was also a director of the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation, and a frequent speaker and competition judge at its events.
Lyle and Ann Marie moved to the Chicago area in 2008 – their thirteenth move since getting married, including two foreign assignments. Their three adult children live in California, Illinois and Missouri, and they adore their granddaughter.
Ann Marie gardens while Lyle plays (some but not enough) golf. They love to travel. Lyle and Ann Marie are Major Donors, members of the Bequest Society, members of the Paul Harris Society, and Paul Harris Fellows.
Governor Lyle Staab biography from https://www.rotary6440.org/Stories/meet-your-governor
A big shout out to club member Steve Brownstone and his team for his participation in our End Polio Now campaign in Northbrook. His companies MR Label and Mosaic Label have designed and produced our banner that will go up soon at the triangle. Not only were they willing to stay within our budget...they donated the design and banner! Thank you, Steve. We will post photos soon!
Also a shout out to club member Sandy Frum - for the End Polio Now Day Proclamation! Thank you, Sandy!
What if we could do something to break the Covid dull apathy we have been experiencing? Rotarian Ed Gordan had an idea, that came from a friend and Rotary supporter Michael Greenberg, MD.
A few years ago, Greenberg, while doing medical trade shows, got an idea but ‘it fizzled flat, but thought now might just be the time to resurrect it.’ Covid-world has some silver-linings after all!
Greenberg said, “We're heading into winter and it appears that the government isn't going to continue to print and distribute money so easily. We already have hungry people, but those numbers are going to increase and so many of us have more than enough.”
So, he reached out on Facebook to a number of friends including Ed Gordon. Gordon is a long-time Rotary Club of Northbrook, member, a former club president, active volunteer and community leader.
Ed mentions, “The Rotary Club of Northbrook has been a supporter of food insecurity programs for a long time. The members are comprised of corporate leaders who live in and around Northbrook. As Rotarians who work on many global projects, we know that food insecurity can happen in communities that others see only as being affluent. So our efforts are needed.”
As regular volunteers and donors to the Northfield Food Pantry, the Rotary club has also granted funds to Hunger Resources, Hunger Free Northbrook and recently made a $1,000 grant donation to the Northbrook Farmers Market to help them reach their goals of providing additional food to SNAP users purchasing at the market.
So, when the topic came up about possibly having Halloween trick or treating “cancelled” in various municipalities Rotarians and their friends thought about Greenberg’s idea; “What if this Halloween, we change our focus from candy to cans? What if each child and/or family committed to collecting anywhere from 6 to 12 cans of food for their local food pantry? In my life, I have found that doing something for somebody else is a surefire way of feeling good and who doesn't need to feel a little bit better these days.”
Candy is good, Trick-or-Treating is fun -but this year let’s “Treat” Those in Need
Rotary is stepping in to encourage parents, grandparents, area businesses and their employees to show our youth that community service can be fun and lifechanging. How? By encouraging children to help those who may not be as fortunate by collecting CANs instead of CANDY!!
You can go through your pantry or shop at the grocery. Let each child pick out 6 cans or more of needed foods such as canned tuna; chicken; veggie, tomato, lentil soups; or creamy soups that can be added to rice or pastas; canned pasta with meats; or even boxes of rice sides; 100% Juices in cans or boxes.
Open up a conversation on how this can help a family get through trying times. Great conversations to have with you’re your children or grandchildren, share with neighbors and those at your church or temple. These are trying times for children and this project can help them feel safe and empowered: helping others; selecting foods to share; being kind (never to early to learn the Rotary way)!
Then the adventure begins! Dress up in costume if you like to deliver your food to either Sunset Foods drop box in the Northbrook store. Or drive over to the Northfield Township Food Panty https://twp.northfield.il.us/ to deliver. Since hours and needed foods can change call 847-724-8300 for updates or visit their website https://twp.northfield.il.us/ .
If you can’t or do not want to go out shopping you can make a donation right through our Rotary Club at this link:
Hunger is Unacceptable in Our Community has been the Northfield Township Food Pantry’s mission for the past 50 years. The pantry helps residents of Glenview, Northbrook and Northfield who are unable to provide enough food for themselves and their families.
Over the years, the pantry has gone through many changes, starting out distributing bags of food from a supply closet to now operating a full client choice food pantry. The pantry has seen the number of households accessing services spike to over 800 after the 2008 economic crisis before leveling off at close to 600.
This latest challenge brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic has caused the numbers to rise again with over 250 new households turning to the pantry for help in the last several months.
The tremendous outpouring of support we have received since the pandemic started has been heartwarming. Daily food and monetary donations and volunteer help have made it possible for us to continue meeting the needs of our community.
“We are grateful to operate in such a caring community. The pantry has always been a story of neighbors helping neighbors and that shine particularly bright during a crisis,” said Jill Brickman, Northfield Township Supervisor.
A Generation of Literacy - Congrats Gary & Bev celebrating 30th OSC
The Rotary Club of Northbrook announces the kickoff of the 30th year of Operation Santa Claus [OSC], an initiative that brings the gift of literacy to 1,200 inner city children every year during the holiday season. This life changing mission was the brainchild of Rotarians and retired elementary school Principals Gary Moriello and Beverly Hides-Moriello.
The Moriello’s stress that the gift of a book can be critical to supporting good - as is backed by studies such as this: Whether rich or poor, illiterate or college graduates, parents who have books in the home increase the level of education their children will attain, according to a 20-year study led by Mariah Evans, University of Nevada, Reno associate professor of sociology and resource economics.
The program works with two inner city schools, Goethe Elementary in Chicago and Forrestal Elementary in North Chicago. The goal is for each child (from Pre-K through eighth grade) to receive their own new books. Each child creates a list of books for their "wish list." Sponsors get involved when they commit to funding as many book-lists as they can, which are around $30 each. They can purchase the books, wrap them for the big day. The Operation Santa Claus team makes the final delivery of books to the children at a festive school event.
“If you don’t have time to shop and wrap, OSC will shop for you! Simply make a donation to cover the number of children’s book-lists you want to sponsor.” says Beverly Hides-Moriello.
“It’s important that all children in the participating classes receive books. This year families and businesses are looking for ways to connect by doing something for those less fortunate.” states Gary Moriello. “This is a project has been supported by many individuals who live or work in or near Northbrook for many years, but we can always use more participants to make sure that not one child is ever left out.
Book Bin has been participating for years, too. Sponsors can drop off their lists to this local independent book seller and owner Ally Gilley and her team will shop and wrap for you. OSC picks the books up from the shop. Book Bin also donates a portion of these sales back to OSC.”
“We hope you’ll join us to provide books and love for these precious children through the gift of books!” Interested? To receive more information, email Gary Moriello at gary3540@aol.com for the sponsorship/participation guidelines.
