We responded to a last minute cancellation of our speaker by sharing Rotary Club President Holger Knaack's presentation to the Elgin Club. We learned how Holger's priorities align with our club's and our districts goals for this Rotary year.
This week's meeting
First Wednesday Social Evening; Book Club Discussion - The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Join us on ZOOM at 6;30 pm for a discussion regarding the book.
Other News:
Good news! Beth DeWall, Brent Hendricks and Jack Close worked together to provide an an online capability to pay Rotary dues. Beth shares
Find Membership Dues - right side of the Home page under Club Links
This link goes to the page with the dues options listed.
Please note that there is a small service fee that PayPal charges and that is included on the PayPal payment page Big thanks to Beth, Brent and Jack for their efforts to create this helpful new feature.
Our January Book Drive in support of Open Books-Chicago took place this Saturday morning, January 30th at Hong Kong Auto Service. We collected over 1,200 books. John Glasgow won the "Most books donated" and "best packed" awards. Thank you to club member volunteers, George Pearce, Ben Ivory, Jim Waite, Frank Hussey, Jim Bowman, John Wertymer, Mike Bailey, Jacky Boland, Beth DeWall. Also big thanks to Ben Chung and his wife Sanny, son's Mason and Dixon and Ben K. Ivory for helping.
