Our club meeting on Sept 7 involved a discussion about the future of our club.  It was well-attended and among other ideas was the a consensus that we should meet every other week instead of the current weekly meetings.  Also, we will endeavor to book interesting speakers and publicize their programs much more than in the past.  The hope is to attract attendees who may become future members. We will also attempt to publicize our current local and international projects to a wider audience.

On September 6, 150 lunches were once again packed and delivered the next day to Connections for the Homeless.  The RAD group has organized this continuing project to produce and deliver these lunches,  It is now a monthly project.  The next lunch packing is scheduled for October 4. Location: St. Joseph's Church, 1747 Lake Ave., Wilmette; east entrance.

Irene Paterno of our RAD group works at the Speakers Bureau of the Illinois Secretary of State Office.  She has arranged for our RAD group to sponsor a Secretary of State Mobile Event for area seniors.  The event will be on Saturday, October 22, and will be held at the community room at St. Joseph Church, 1747 Lake Avenue, Wilmette.  There will be a Super Senior Rules of the Road Class from 10am to 11:30am; in addition, the following services will be available from 10:30am to 2pm.

As World Polio Day approaches, Rotary International is getting ready to amplify our message about eradicating polio to protect the world’s children from this devastating disease. We’ve made tremendous progress so far, and now’s the time to intensify our fight to make polio the second human disease ever to be eradicated. In 2020, the World Health Organization’s African region was certified free of wild poliovirus, showing that eradication is possible even in very difficult circumstances.

The wild poliovirus remains endemic in just two countries — Afghanistan and Pakistan— but as long as polio exists anywhere, it remains a threat everywhere. So let’s use World Polio Day to advocate for the support we need to end polio in countries where children are still as risk.

 

Don’t miss Rotary’s World Polio Day Global Update, a video program that will offer updates on polio eradication efforts and why continued support is critical to protect our progress. The videos will be available on Facebook and YouTube.
 

To donate click the link: https://www.endpolio.org/donate 

This month’s issue is all about Rotary’s efforts to improve literacy, and how improving educational opportunities has enriched and even saved lives.

 

Click here to read the September 2022 issue. The link will take you to your digital copy, which you can read using any common web browser.