As our President Dave mentioned in his email this week our speaker will be our very own Donna Gulley talking about the Shelter Box. It would be great if you could bring a guest. Shelter Box truly shows we make a difference in peoples' lives.
Get ready and definitely bring your significant other and friends to our Rotary Social at District Brew Yards (former Ram's) in Wheeling in the evening of August 26th.
Hope to see you next Tuesday at the Hilton Hotel - will be our last time at this location. Starting on Sept. 16th it will be Max & Benny's in Northbrook.
Please RSVP to me no later than Sunday evening - it's greatly appreciated.
This map tells a story of a single year (2019) in the life of our planet.
It shows that the climate crisis is a humanitarian crisis too. One that is affecting people the world over. We must act now to make a difference.
We provide emergency shelter and tools for families who have lost their home to disaster, enabling them to rebuild their lives.
Supporting communities who have lost their homes to extreme weather events has been a significant part of our work for the last 20 years.
As the climate crisis continues to destroy homes and livelihoods, we are working to reach some of the world’s most vulnerable people. People who are bearing the brunt of the increase in extreme weather and the ravages of conflict.
Climate Change and Disasters
Climate change poses a significant threat to humanity. It is a threat which can only be tackled with immediate global action.
Why Disasters Are Not Natural
Disasters are not natural. If the same powerful cyclone were to hit two different regions in the world, the results would look very different.
It’s actually the decisions we make that create a disaster.
Factors like living conditions and poverty, government capacity to prepare and respond, as well as the process of rebuilding and how efficient that would be, are all factors that will define whether a disaster occurs as a result of the natural hazard.
Hazards are inevitable – but the impact they have on society is not.
The most widely used definition of a disaster has been developed by the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). It states that a disaster is:
“A sudden, calamitous event that seriously disrupts the functioning of a community or society and causes human, material, and economic or environmental losses that exceed the community’s or society’s ability to cope using its own resources.”
This definition clearly differentiates between a hazard, which is natural, and a disaster, which is not.
A hazard can only become a disaster once it affects society or a community.
WHY DO WE NEED TO MOVE AWAY FROM THE WORD ‘NATURAL’?
Using the word ‘natural’ ignores the role that humans have in the disaster.
It assumes that the event would happen anyway and there is little that we can do to prevent it.
Shifting the blame for the disaster damage and losses to nature or to an ‘act of God’ absolves responsibility for communities living in vulnerable conditions and locations.
The word takes away the social, political, environmental, and economic context from disaster stories, failing to recognize the social injustices that are present.
Our September 16th Meeting Location Changes to Max & Benny's
Beginning September 16th, we’ll begin having our Tuesday lunch meetings at Max & Benny’s in Northbrook - at the Brookside Plaza, 461 Waukegan Road (near HobbyTown -Rotarian Jean-Pierre Deheeger's shop!)
On Tuesday we will be closing the BADGE VAULT!! So take your badge and remember to bring to each meeting.
Our club will be paying $25 per person at Max & Benny’s so let's thank owner Ben Schlan (yes the "Benny" in Max & Benny's!!) for being a supporter of the Rotary Club of Northbrook.
This long time, locally owned business provides us with a good size event room, several possible menus, and a convenient Northbrook location. More information will follow as September 16th approaches.
Our last lunch meeting at the Hilton will be August 19th when we will hear from Donna Lee Gulley, updating us on Shelter Box.
It's Rubber Ducky Time - get your ducks in the competition!!!!
NOTE: All members are required to buy $100 worth of tickets or sell $100 in tickets.
VOLUNTEER TO SELL TICKETS & DAY OF:
Sign-Up Genius which describes the volunteer opportunities you may want to participate in for the Northbrook Rotary Rubber Ducky Race.
SELECT venues, dates and times in August, and September for selling Rubber Ducky Tickets.
As you know 100% of what we raise goes back to the community and international projects.
The shifts for selling tickets are only 1.5 hours, so hopefully every physically able Rotarian will volunteer for at least one shift.
There are two sign-up slots for each shift, so that if you wish, you can team up with someone else (Rotarian or non-Rotarian.) Teaming up makes the shifts more enjoyable. BUT you will need to bring your own folding table and two chairs.
RACE DAY SET UP HELP NEEDED TOO:
tent and booth,
ducky counts,
photography,
river walking to collect ducks and
various other jobs on the day of the race
These venues are an excellent opportunity to promote Rotary membership to those ticket purchasers that show interest in what we do. Signs for the tables will also be provided.
