• Our program presenter was Bill Iseminger, Assistant Site Manager of the Cahokia Mounds Historic Site. He did a fine job of showing and telling about the history of the site. Did you know that it's one of only 23 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the USA? The video is available for your viewing pleasure.
• 16 members were in the house. Mark 1 and Allen were the 1st to arrive. Count Chris, Paul and Fred among the finalists.
• Chicken 'n noodles were escorted by g-beans, salad and apple crisp. 
• The Easter bunny left everyone an egg with chocolate goodies. Wendell loved it.
• Mark 1 made his triumphant return from the jungles of Orlando to report that "we do a good job" based upon his five make-ups.
• We patiently await the return of Mark 3 and Dick.
• The meeting's opening duties was provided by Mark 1, Rick and Bill. "Lord, we need your help."
• Joe suggested that Julia's has survived in spite of serving as our meeting place.
• Lori left the BaseballMania report on her desk, but did remember that we have made $318 to date and that Joe and Allen have sold all their tickets.
• Bill reminded everyone that Dave has promised to provide a more formal 'tip jar' for Karen. In the meantime, please place you tips in the container (salad bowl) placed near the badge box.
• Allen reported that he had dropped 15 pounds. (Paul can comment here).
• Do you want to attend a Cards-Cubs game on May 23 or 24? Those are Rotary district days at Busch III. 
• Bill drafted Fred as his bag guy. Easter trivia was featured, as well as groaner of a joke about a chocolate bunny. 
• Matt and Allen were unable to find the joker in the ever thinning deck of cards. We start next week with a jackpot of $138. It's unknown what Lori may have found on her scratch-off.
• That's all from here. Have a fine and dry weekend and a happy and blessed Easter.

For her work to mitigate extreme poverty around the world, Susan Davis has received many honors. But the 2015-16 Rotary Global Alumni Service to Humanity Award has special significance.

“It feels like a circle of completion,” says Davis, who was a Rotary Foundation Ambassadorial Scholar in 1980-81, doing graduate studies in international relations at Oxford University in England. “Rotary invested in me when I was young, and now is celebrating the harvest.”

A decade ago, Davis co-founded BRAC USA to advance the mission of BRAC -- Bangladesh Rehabilitation Assistance Committee -- the world's largest nongovernmental development organization, which was founded after Bangladesh’s partition from Pakistan in the 1970s. The U.S. branch is dedicated to fighting poverty and to creating opportunities for the poor in Africa and elsewhere.

Fulfilling that mission hasn’t been easy. Davis’ work has been disrupted by floods, cyclones, earthquakes, and war. Even worse was the sudden and deadly Ebola epidemic in 2014 in West Africa.

“I wasn't sure how to protect our staff and clients and accompany these vulnerable communities out of this tragic situation,” says Davis, who served as BRAC USA’s president and chief executive officer until her departure this month. She quickly contacted Ebola experts and connected them with BRAC USA’s representatives in affected countries. “I lost sleep and cried with each death,” she says.  The continue reading please link here http://bit.ly/22ffe6J