Donate up to $500, Matched up to 500 points Equals Paul Harris Fellow
November 1, 2023 to January 31, 2024
Northbrook Rotarians have generously donated funds to the Rotary Foundation, and we want to encourage you to give more to the Rotary Foundation. We have funded various global and district projects throughout the years with club member cumulative donations of $1.85 million.
We are asking you to donate funds to the Foundation and climb the ladder of Paul Harris giving. We are going to help you do that. The new Northbrook Rotary Club donation program is to help you achieve Paul Harris Fellow or Paul Harris Fellow advancement now through January 31, 2024.
Donations up to $500 will be matched with 500 points to help Northbrook Rotarians achieve higher Foundation recognition levels. For example, if you have given $1,400, all you need to do is donate $300 and we will match it with 300 points for you to reach the 2,000 level, which puts you at “Paul Harris +1”. Giving to the Foundation funds our wonderful program to make the world a better place. Things like the need for clean water, x-rays machines, mosquito nets, general surgery to neonatal care, ending polio.
We open the campaign on November 1, 2023, to January 31, 2024.
Please inform us of your donation through Rotary Foundation electronically or by mail. If you would like assistance in further exploring this Rotary Foundation giving plan please contact John Howard, Chair, howard12344@concast.net 847.727.0721, Donna Lee Gulley, Major Donor, donnalee@gmail.com 847.480.9502, or John Chambers jcham5858@msn.com 248. 935.5970
Libertyville Couple Awarded 2023 Global Humanitarian Service Award from Disaster Relief Organization
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, Nov 21, 2023 Santa Barbara – ShelterBox USA, the global disaster relief charity, honored Jeff and Cindy Harger of Libertyville, Illinois during its virtual benefit Thursday. The Hargers received the Global Humanitarian Service Award from ShelterBox, an annual award presented to honor individuals and organizations whose exemplary efforts have significantly improved the lives of others and consistently contributed to promoting the humanitarian mission of ShelterBox.
“The Hargers are making a profound impact in our world for people who they will never meet but whose lives they’ve transformed through their unwavering compassion,” said ShelterBox USA President Kerri Murray.
“Jeff and Cindy have quietly supported ShelterBox for more than 12 years and their generosity has enabled thousands of people to receive emergency shelter and vital support when they need it most.”
The Hargers first connected with ShelterBox as members of the Libertyville Sunrise Rotary Club.
“It’s truly a passion to do this,” said Cindy.
“We are blessed to have a great family, great home,” Jeff said. “People who were going without due to floods, violence everything. We thought that wasn’t right. We have to get behind ShelterBox.”
The Hargers helped ShelterBox raise more than $650,000 during the live-streaming program hosted by Murray and response team member Bill Decker. The record number of donations for the online show and tell will allow ShelterBox to restock its supplies of tents, repair kits, solar lights and more after almost 11 months of non-stop deployments. In 2023 ShelterBox delivered vital supplies after the devasting Turkey-Syria Earthquake, in Ukraine as the war raged on, and most recently in Morocco. ShelterBox responses to 12 countries this year drew down inventories requiring a vital resupply with new funding.
ShelterBox provides emergency shelter and household supplies to individuals around the world who have been forced from their homes by disaster or armed conflicts. The United Nations reports more than 110 million people are now forcibly displaced across the globe, the most in history.
ShelterBox has helped two and a half million displaced people since its founding in 2000 and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018 and 2019. ShelterBox is an official Project Partner of Rotary International.
Submitted by Donna Lee Gulley
Media Contact: Paul Vercammen PVercammen@ShelterBoxUSA.org Phone: 805-203-9202 or 323 646 4315 or Donna Lee Gulley donnalee127@gmail.com Rotary District 6440 Ambassador Team Lead, 847 208 4107
Come hear Ben Freeman, senior vice president of Brookfield Properties Development, share the update of the Northbrook Court Project at the TUESDAY NOV. 28TH LUNCH MEETING.
There will be a zoom option but you MUST reach out TODAY: “For Zoom access, please email Zoom@NorthbrookRotary.org”
(copyright Pioneer Press) "Freeman told Pioneer Press in a statement that Oct. 30, “marked the next major step in the evolution of Northbrook Court into a vibrant retail, dining and residential anchored mixed-use neighborhood.
“We appreciate the village’s continued partnership and commitment, and are grateful for the community’s ongoing support to bringing this meaningful project to life,” Freeman said. “We are excited to build on our progress to date and look forward to sharing updates along the way.”
Thirteen sub areas of the Northbrook Court site have been designated to develop with their own requirements as the mixed use mall reconstruction launches. Areas closest to Lake Cook Road will be developed first with priority as high end retail areas.
Last May’s predevelopment agreement launched with the village and Brookfield Properties identified a gap then of $90 million with an Oct. 30 project estimate of $825 million."
Here is a preview of Coat Off Your Back Week 4
COAT DROP OFF: NORMAL SCHEDULES RESUME WEEK 4.
Here is the post-holiday schedule for the coat drive (Door 7 on the East Side of Holy Cross school):
Dropoff at Holy Cross either:
Monday 11/27 at 8:30 a.m.
Coat Sorting at Holy Cross
Monday 11/27 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Note that some of our regular sorters have fixed work schedules and won’t be available. GBS Interact will be in school. So for those who are retired or have flexible work schedules, please try to attend. Our goal is to have 2-3 Rotarians per club for this day.
Organizations that will be supported with Week 3 coats include Wings, PADS of Lake County.
Organizations not yet scheduled through Week 3: Refugee One (waiting for their needs assessment), Veterans Closet (waiting for their needs assessment), Deerfield Free Store (they asked for distribution in mid-December)
GIVING TUESDAY NOVERMBER 28TH
Giving Tuesday happens once a year, but your gift of Rotary will make a difference for a lifetime. Our website has a JotForm link that you can share on your social media, with friends, family and colleagues to donate a little to each need or a lot to one!
Every dollar helps in the causes we support:
End Polio Now; Shelter Box; Israel and Ukraine Relief; Foundation and more.
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