Erin Dubin, co-lead at the Free Store, covered for me today. The regular crew from Glenview Noon sorted this morning – 131 coats!! That’s double last week’s. That brings the total to 477 winter coats. These will be divided between World Relief and Connections for the Homeless on Monday.
I will send out info in a couple of days on the pre-Christmas drop-offs, but the options likely will be Wednesday at 3 p.m. (unless Debbie needs a different time), Thursday at 3 p.m., or custom discussion with me.
Cheers, Rick
Hi all, thank to the “barrel crew” for dropping off today at Holy Cross. We are set for the Glenview crew to sort on Saturday morning, with Erin from the Free Store substituting for me as I head off to New York tomorrow morning. Heads up that the haul this week was HUGE. I’m guessing 125 winter coats, compared to last week’s 65. I think the winning variables this week included – John Howard had a big haul from either Weathermakers (which gets coats from a synagogue) or Orange Theory (which Kathi has been promoting to moms’ groups) – Elke had coats this week after a dry week last time – and we got the first coats from Glenview Ace Hardware and Tennis Center. We also got coats from Park District via either D225 or D28 – not sure which – but thank you Sandy for facilitating this.
HELP NEEDED – hopefully an easy ask. We are about 10 large boxes short of what we will need on Saturday morning. If any of you have larger Amazon or other boxes (similar in size to the blue Lowe’s box in the left of the photo – or larger – if you might be able to get them to Holy Cross on Saturday at 9 a.m. it would be amazing. Maybe someone can ask Ron Bernardi if he has any? It is OK if they are broken down already. We have packing tape and can rebuild them – we can make them bigger/stronger/faster (sorry for the Lee Majors/Six Million Dollar Man humor 😊). If we get more than 10 empties, we will be ahead of the game for the final sort.
Sorted coats on Monday will go to World Relief and Connections for the Homeless. I might set aside some for PADS if we have tons.
I will send later info about the final week – Week 6 – which will be sorted and packed after Christmas. I will customize dropoff times with John, Brian (who is also covering for Elke), Gary, and Debbie (who I know will be dropping off on Wednesday). I will also share details about the barrel pick up, which will be on Tuesday 12/27. Any straggler coats in the bins will be picked up that day as well.
Our final gift distribution for Operation Santa Claus 2022 is this coming Tuesday, 12/20/22, at the Forrestal School (2833 E. Washington Avenue, Great Lakes, IL).
To make this more efficient as we move and organize the SEVENTY-SIX HEAVY BOXES of gifts and bring in and gift 400+ children, we could use two additional strong volunteers to help.
We need help from 7:15 AM until we finish around 11:30 AM, which still gives all of us time to get to our meeting at Allgauer's on time.
Please check you calendars and see if you could join us that day, and help. Let us know. Thanks so much.
Gary & Bev
The PAY IT FORWARD RAFFLE
March 14, 2023
Prizes will be $3000, $2000 and $1000 dollars making it a popular annual event!
The committee is busy getting all the plans and details done so that we can commence selling tickets on January 14, 2023.
Tickets will be $50.00 each.
Each Rotarian will be responsible for the sale (or purchase) of three tickets for $150.
See Denis is you want to get more information.
Founded as a business networking organization, Rotary encourages and fosters high ethical standards in business and professions, the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations, and the dignifying of each occupation as an opportunity to serve society.
In District 6440 Rotarians uphold this commitment by guiding and training others to find gainful, fulfilling employment. We work with people in our communities to help prepare for their future through mentoring programs, job fairs, and especially through our vocational scholarship program.
The application form for 2023 Career and Technical Education/Vocational Scholarships can be downloaded from this page.
Applications must be submitted directly to, screened and sponsored by a District 6440 Rotary Club and forwarded (by the sponsoring club) to the Rotary District 6440 Vocational Scholarship Committee by March 25, 2023.
Final interviews are planned for late March or early April. Selections will be announced no later than April 22, 2023 and made available to the sponsoring club vocational service chair and published on the District website.
For more details reach out to our Vocational Service Chair Michael Ellison.
Meeting December 20th [Note - no meetings on Dec. 27th or Jan 3rd]
You are encouraged to invite guests to attend.
Advance Notice regarding Guests:
When you invite guests, let Helen know so she has a member lead, and Mike know with the lunch order. Guests can pay online in advance using out donate link.
Notify Mike for their lunch/food choice the Sunday prior to the meeting.
Meeting dates and times may change, always check our website for updates.
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