The Annaul Pancake Breakfast will take place on July 4th beginning at 7:30 AM.
Come back to Village Green on July 10 for the 16th Annual Rubber Ducky Race starting at 7:00 PM.
Pancake Breakfast July 4 from 7:30-11:00 AM
Enjoy fresh pancakes, sausage, coffee and a drink (juice, milk, or water) while you gather with family and friends for this annual event. If you participate in the Liberty 5K race, receive $1 off. We also offer a gluten free option.
Cost:
Children Under 3- FREE
3 Pancakes & 3 Sausages- $7
Rubber Ducky Race July 10 at 7:00 PM
Watch the 16th Annual Rubber Ducky Race. The race begins at the Shermer Avenue Bridge in downtown Northbrook after the first band during Concerts in the Park.
Sponsor a ducky for $10 per duck, $25 for a "Quack Pack" of three, or "Flock" of 15 for $100 for a chance to win over $2,000 in cash and other prizes. Need not be present to win.
This important fundraiser helps fund our annual community grants programs, scholarships, and global initiatives.
Rotary Friendship: PDG Rick Rivkin introduced the Friendship Exchange Team from Rotary District 3060 in Northweset India.
PDG and District Grants Committee Chair Bruce Baumberger recognized Donna Gulley for her work as District Grants Chair.
Rubber Ducky Race: Rubber Ducky tickets are available. Please see Ed Gordon to get your tickets. Watch your inboxes, volunteer signup sheets for ticket sales, 4th of July activities and race day will be out soon.
The Installation Dinner is Saturday! Hope to see you at the Sunset Ridge Country Club. The fun begins at 6:00 pm.
Mark Your Calendar
July 4th: Pancake Breakfast & Parade.
July 10th: Rubber Ducky Race at Village Green. There will be NO noon meeting on July 10th.
October 26th: Rotary 800
From the Community Service Committee
Volunteer opportunities:
Northbrook Public Library: Ushers for film and music programs.
If you’re interested in any of these projects, please contactDave Masters.
The Rotary Club of Maryborough, Victoria, Australia, is changing attitudes about domestic violence and generating positive community response with its multifaceted approach. What began as a social media campaign has grown to include community educational programs, publicity events that have reached millions, and the opportunity to present its SAFE program to the Royal Commission into Family Violence (Victoria). The Support, Advice, Facilitation, and Early Intervention model is a collaborative approach that gives everyone in the community a role to play in addressing family violence. Garry Higgins, the club’s project manager for the campaign #SayNO2familyviolence, believes it’s the type of program that has global application. “As an independent, apolitical organization, Rotary can do and say things others can’t,” says Higgins, who presented the SAFE program to the Royal Commission. Getting people to talk about domestic violence — once a taboo subject in the small town — was one of the club’s biggest challenges.
Some magnificent projects grow from very small seeds. The Rotary Foundation had that sort of modest beginning. In 1917 RI President Arch Klumph told the delegates to the Atlanta Convention that "it seems eminently proper that we should accept endowments for the purpose of doing good in the world." The response was polite and favorable, but the fund was slow to materialize. A year later the "Rotary Endowment Fund," as it was first labeled, received its first contribution of US$26.50 from the Rotary Club of Kansas City, Missouri, USA, which was the balance of the Kansas City Convention account following the 1918 annual meeting. Additional small amounts were annually contributed, but after six years it is reported that the endowment fund had only reached US$700. A decade later, The Rotary Foundation was formally established at the 1928 Minneapolis Convention. In the next four years the Foundation fund grew to US$50,000. In 1937 a US$2 million goal was announced for The Rotary Foundation, but these plans were cut short and abandoned with the outbreak of World War II.
In 1947, upon the death of Paul Harris, a new era opened for The Rotary Foundation as memorial gifts poured in to honor the founder of Rotary. From that time, The Rotary Foundation has been achieving its noble objective of furthering "understanding and friendly relations between peoples of different nations."
By 1954 the Foundation received for the first time a half million dollars in contributions in a single year, and in 1965 a million dollars was received. It is staggering to imagine that from those humble beginnings, During the past 100 years, the Foundation has spent $3 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects. With your help, we can make lives better in your community and around the world.
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