9/9-Blood Drive at Sunset Foods: Donors are needed.  If you have questions about whether your not you can donate, visit www.lifesource.org.  

If you are not able to donate blood, come by and help recruit donors.  The blood drive runs from 8:00 am - 2:00 pm.

 

9/9-Fundraising Committee Meeting: There will be a fundraising committee meeting to discuss this year's fundraiser.  The meeting will start at 9:00 am at Sunset Foods.

 

9/11-Rotary Rush Happy Hour & Membership Meeting: 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm at Lucky Fish, 1349 Shermer Road in Northbrook.  Bring friends who are interested in learning about Rotary and Rotary Club of Northbrook.  Please RSVP to Jim Karagianis at: pkpboilers@aol.com.

 

Support Shelterbox Hurricane Relief Efforts: At Tuesday's meeting, we collected donations to support Shelterbox's relief efforts in Houston.  If you want to support those efforts you can mail a check to the club with a note that the donation is earmarked for Shelterbox.

Opening schools: In Afghanistan, Rotary members opened a girls’ school to break the cycle of poverty and social imbalance.

Teaching adults to read: Rotary members in the United States partnered with ProLiteracy Detroit to recruit and train tutors after a study showed that more than half of the local adult population was functionally illiterate.

New teaching methods: The SOUNS program in South Africa, Puerto Rico and the United States teaches educators how to improve literacy by teaching children to recognize letters by sounds instead of names.

Making schools healthy: Rotarians are providing clean, fresh water to every public school in Lebanon so students can be healthier and get a better education.

ShelterBox, an independent charity and Rotary’s project partner, is providing support to families displaced by the storm.

Hundreds of light privacy tents will be deployed to evacuation centers throughout Texas for families to use temporarily. “Our normal tents and ShelterKits are not appropriate for the conditions families are experiencing in Texas,” says James Luxton, ShelterBox operations team leader. “The flooding is covering large swathes of l and, and is set to rise even further in the coming days, making indoor shelter the best option.”

“The power of Rotary is in the foundation's ability to pull help from around the world while local clubs provide immediate relief in their own communities,” says Don Mebus of the Rotary Club of Arlington, Texas.

Rotary districts located along the Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana are collecting emergency relief funds and providing immediate aid to flood victims. 

Rotary International convention 2018 is in Toronto, Canada.  Registration is now open via www.riconvention.org, if you register before December 15, 2017 you can receive an early-bird special discount.

 

This year the District 6440 official hotel will be the Westin Hotel, and is conveniently located within walking distance of the Toronto Convention center.