Rotarian Heidi Wright (center) explains the chicken salad taste testing program for the Suter Company to raise funds for Rotary’s Polio Eradication effort. Looking on are Rotarian Bob Brown (left) and Suter’s product development manager (right).
Representatives from the Suter Company prepare to oversee a taste testing to help them with product development while raising money to help eradicate polio.
The Suter Company donated cartons of their famous chicken salad for an auction called by Rotarian Bob Brown which prompted spirited bidding well above market price.
Exercising their powers of site, smell, and taste are (left to right) Pat Dembinski, Ray Dembinski, Bob Hammon, Cliff Bottigliero, Larry Berke, and Bob Wildenradt.
Members of the Oak Crest satellite club ponder over their review of the chicken salad taste testing options.
Rotarian Heidi Wright (standing center) goes over taste testing guidelines with Sycamore Rotarians during the Suter Company chicken salad product sampling that raised money to eradicate polio. Long-time club Rotary Foundation committee chair Paul Stromborg is in the red shirt next to Wright.
More than 60 people were at this week’s Sycamore Rotary meeting to take part in a taste testing fundraiser to support polio eradication. Working with club Foundation Chair Paul Stromborg, Rotarian Heidi Wright, recently retired from the Suter Company, proposed that Suter donate money to Rotary that would normally go for taste testers in exchange for a controlled sampling of two chicken salad formulations. Rotarians were asked to rate several key ingredients for the two products using a 1 to 9 scale (with 9 being the best) employing their senses of site, smell, and taste.
During the meeting, Foundation Chair Stromborg explained that after an initial successful trial in the Philippines, Rotary International began a full-scale commitment to eradicate polio in 1985. Since that time, the Polio Plus campaign has raised more than $2.6 billion to fight polio. When launched, there about 350,000 cases of polio each year. Today the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent. However, the wild polio virus remains active in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Recently, Rotary announced a continued matching dollar partnership with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Rotary will contribute $50 million a year over the next three years with every dollar matched by two additional dollars from the Gates Foundation. This translates into $450 million in the ongoing battle against polio. Donations that qualify for the 2 to 1 match may be given at www.endpolio.org.
Posted by Laura Kann, District Governor on Oct 18, 2022
Hello District 6420 Rotarians! Have you registered yet for our 2022-2023 Rotary District Conference? The Conference is being held November 4-5 at the Barsema Alumni and Visitors Center on the Northern Illinois University campus in DeKalb. It is really easy to register. Just go to the District website at https://rotary6420.org/ and then look under Upcoming Events for the 2022-2023 District 6420 Conference. Click on the link and you will be taken right to the registration page. We would so love to see you there!
The theme of the conference is ethical leadership and we will be approaching that topic from a variety of angles – sports and sport management, local government, volunteer, corporate, military, and academic. We have a great group of speakers specially selected for you. You can learn more about them (and all things District Conference!) by clicking on this link that will take you right to the District Conference edition of our District Newsletter - https://rotary6420.org/bulletin/View/837a0c79-a039-4be3-843c-3cee51d9e918. We will also be doing a service project to help the kids from Ukraine and raising money to help eradicate polio. Wow!
This is our chance to celebrate Rotary, share some great fellowship, and have some fun. Please register now – I can’t wait to see you November 4-5.
As with Happy Dollars and fines, 50/50 raffle proceeds have long been earmarked for the scholarship fund for Sycamore High School seniors. In an effort to "spread the wealth" and support more causes, the members of your Rotary Board have determined that 50/50 raffle proceeds collected each month will benefit a different cause.
For the month of May, 50/50 raffle proceeds will help support The Barn on Baseline to rescue and adopt out dogs and cats. The Board has committed that the total amount given to this cause will be no less than $250.
Thank you for your support of this important cause...and best of luck with the raffle!
Posted by Kim McIver, Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County on Oct 04, 2022
My name is Kim McIver, and I am the new Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity of DeKalb County. With this being the 2nd week on the job, I am humbled to be joining such an incredible affiliate!
Since 1998, this affiliate has built 15 homes and we are going strong on our 16th build in Malta. Having come from a different Habitat for Humanity affiliate, I know just how critical our volunteer base is. I know that every single Habitat home is built with love, and that love is what gives our Partner Families the Foundation to start their future. That every volunteer hour that is spent building a home is a memory that a partner family treasures as they start a new phase in their lives.
You are all a part of that, and with that feeling of building memories for our families, I would like to invite you to join us on Saturdays in Malta at 8am.
Please RSVP to me at kmciver.hfhdc@gmail.com, so we can plan accordingly. And I look forward to meeting you in person on our build site soon. I truly don’t think there are enough words to express our thanks for all that you do.
October 23 – 1869 – American football coach John Heisman of Heisman trophy fame is born in Cleveland, Ohio. He legalizes the forward pass and originates the center-snap during a career with multiple colleges achieving an overall coaching record of 186-70-18.
October 25, 1881 – Abstract artist Pablo Picasso is born in Malaga, Spain. His controversial sculpture in Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago was dedicated August 15, 1967.
October 27, 1858 – 26th President of the United States, “Teddy” Roosevelt, is born in New York City. Perhaps his most famous quote is “speak softly and carry a big stick.”
October 28, 1914 – Dr. Jonas Salk is born in New York City. He famously leads research that develops a vaccine to prevent polio and declines to pursue a patent in order to promote its global distribution.
October 25, 1983 – The Caribbean island of Grenada is invaded by the U.S. to, in the words of President Ronald Reagan, “…restore order and democracy…” following a political coup and execution of their Prime Minister.
October 26, 1825 – The Erie Canal opens and becomes the first major man-made waterway in America. It links Lake Erie with the Hudson River and takes eight years to complete.
October 27, 1904 – The New York City subway begins operating. It is one of the world’s oldest public transit systems, most used, and one with the most stations (427).
October 29, 1886 – The Statue of Liberty is dedicated in New York Harbor. It is a gift from the people of France commemorating the French-American alliance during the American Revolutionary War.
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