Welcome to our club web site. I'm Lindsey Herron, Club President for the 2021-22 Rotary year. Our club was created on January 1, 2021 when the former Wood River and East Alton clubs merged to become the Riverbend East club. Feel free to browse our newsletters, photo albums and other content you may find of interest. The club also sponsors a Facebook page. You may link to those sites below and to the right. Our club is located on the Illinois side of the St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. When you are in the area, please feel free to attend one of our meetings.
Member Birthdays:
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Michael KellyAugust 1
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Chris LoganAugust 3
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Randy NelsonAugust 12
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Sherry TiteAugust 22
Spouse/Partner Birthdays:
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Julie PearsonAugust 27
Anniversaries:
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Rod CroxfordVirginia CroxfordAugust 10
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John PearsonJulie PearsonAugust 13
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George TylerBonnie TylerAugust 17
Join Date:
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Alana YountAugust 1, 201110 years
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Rodney DurrAugust 15, 20192 years
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Emily WarneckeAugust 30, 20183 years
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Virgil MooreAugust 30, 200714 years
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Wood River (IL) Levee district Executive Director Kevin Williams talks about the 10 year project to upgrade the three levees that are part of the district.
Hannah Miracle, a representative of State Senator Rachelle Aud Crowe, talks about some of the items on the Illinois legislative agenda.
Retired East Alton-Wood River High School Superintendent Henry Studnicki shares a mix of humorous and thoughtful reading from the book Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends
Honor Wreaths for Vets founder and director Jim Koonce joins us to share the success of the program that placed 8000 holiday wreaths on the graves of Southern Illinois veterans in 2020.
Wood River (IL) Library Director Lindsey Herron talks about all the activities the library has planned for the summer months featuring the reading program "Reading Colors Your World".
Leonard Berg talks about his career in law and ethical issues he encountered along the way.
The club took a tour of the newly opened Alternate Office Space business located in Eastgate Plaza-East Alton, IL
Alton, IL Boys & Girls Club Executive Director Al Womack talks about character building and life skills that he and his staff provide on a daily basis to the 250 school age children they serve. Additional information about the program can be found via this link http://bgcalton.org
Co-founders of the local 100+ Women Who Care from 618 organization, Denise Arendell and Sarah Rankin, tell us about the simple, but very effective, program that raises over $100,000 each year to benefit local non-profits.
Coconut Creek (FL) Rotarian Frank McMillan joined us via Zoom to tell us about the Dolly Parton Imagination Library program that distributers a book a month to 1.8 million children under the age of 5.
Alton (IL) YWCA Assistant Director of Child Enrichment, Mallory Jones, told us about the variety of programs that the Y offers to the students of three local school districts.
Leadership Council of Southwestern Illinois Executive Director Ronda Sauget and PC's for People representative Jaison McCall make a Zoom presentation about providing refurbished computers and quality internet connectivity to people in the Metro-East Illinois area.
Wood River (IL) Chief of Police Brad Wells shares his thoughts and insights on the recent Illinois police reform legislation.
Wood River-Hartford (IL) School Superintendent Patrick Anderson talks about his avocation as a playwright.
Past Rotary District Governor Brian Barstead joined the meeting via Zoom to share his "How I learned to be happy on 27¢ a day" program. It's all about making donations to the Rotary Foundation which, in turn, can be used to fund local club projects.
Christian Hon made an interesting presentation about his Trail Assist program that is part of several Metro St. Louis bike trails. The program has strategically placed weatherproof boxes along bike trails that contain supplies to repair a flat tire. Additional information can be found at http://www.trailassist.org
Senior Services Plus (Alton, IL) Chief Executive Officer Theresa Collins joined us via Zoom and told us about the all the services they offer and how they are managing during the pandemic. Want to know more?http://seniorservicesplus.org
The new Great Rivers and Roads President/CEO, Cory Jobe, joined us and brought us up to speed on the current state of tourism in the seven counties that comprise the GR&R service area. More information can be found at their web site http://www.riversandroads.com
Rosewood Heights United Methodist Church Pastor Debra Hoertel Zoomed in to tell us about the 2019 mission trip to Honduras. She shared some of the problems that the Honduran people face with daily living and some of the projects the mission accomplished during their stay.
A great way to start a new year. We had almost 50% of our club members Zoom in for our first "meeting". Accomplished a lot, ready to start serving our communities.
After 49 years the East Alton club "meets" for the last time and anticipates the merger with the Wood River club to become the Riverbend East on January 1st. What a year 2020 has been. Happy new Year to all!
In spite of Covid we were safely out in the community. Helping at the Christmas Wonderland in Rock Springs Park in Alton and ringing bells for the Salvation Army
Due to Covid-19 restrictions we will not be meeting in person for the next few weeks. The plan is to conduct weekly meetings each Thursday @ noon via ZOOM. Here is the link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/465333257
See you on Thursday for the usual low cal fellowship!
We meet In Person
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
JULIA'S BANQUET CENTER
101 Eastgate Shopping Center
East Alton, IL 62024
United States of America
East Alton, IL 62024
United States of America
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2021 Soap Box Festival
Berkshire BlvdSep 11, 2021
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Chili Supper
Roxana High SchoolOct 15, 2021
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Winter Wonderland
Rock Springs ParkDec 08, 2021
5:00 PM – 9:00 PM
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