Make a Difference DKC is again preparing for its annual food packing event on behalf of Feed My Starving Children...and Rotarians are being asked to help, by supporting their annual raffle.
Tickets are now being sold for $20 each, with $8 going back to the organization which sells the ticket; the grand prize is $10,000, to be drawn on November 12th at the conclusion of this year's food packing event.
Volunteers will be needed for the food packing itself, to be held from Thursday, November 9th through Sunday, November 12th at The Suter Company in Sycamore. Our Rotary Club will again be sponsoring the event, and providing volunteers to help pack food for distribution to needy children in areas around the world.
If you would like to buy or sell raffle tickets, tickets are available now and at upcoming Rotary meetings; sales will continue through November 9th. Please contact Heidi Wright for more information.
On Saturday, September 9, 2017, Andy Grammer will be headlining a concert at River's Edge in Aurora to help raise awareness for SUDC.
Joining Grammer will be musicians Ali Morgan and Marty Casey; gates open at 6 p.m. with the show beginning at 7 p.m.
Answers4SUDC is an innovative charitable effort to honor the memory of Emmett Frank while raising awareness and funds toward research and family support for Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood.
By hosting Answers4SUDC, his parents Jeff and Kristy Frank hope to someday prevent the tragedy of Sudden Unexplained Death in Childhood (SUDC) so that no other family might have to endure this loss. Proceeds benefit the SUDC Foundation.
Barry Rassin, of the Rotary Club of East Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas, is the selection of the Nominating Committee for President of Rotary International for 2018-19. He will be declared the president-elect on 1 September if no challenging candidates have been suggested.
Rassin’s nomination follows Sam F. Owori’s death in July, just two weeks into his term as Rotary International president-elect.
Rassin earned an MBA in health and hospital administration from the University of Florida and is the first fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives in the Bahamas. He recently retired after 37 years as president of Doctors Hospital Health System, where he continues to serve as an adviser.
A Rotarian since 1980, Rassin has served Rotary as director and is vice chair of The Rotary Foundation Board of Trustees. He was an RI training leader and the aide to 2015-16 RI President K.R. Ravindran.
Rassin received Rotary's highest honor, the Service Above Self Award, as well as other humanitarian awards for his work leading Rotary’s relief efforts in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake there. He and his wife, Esther, are Major Donors and Benefactors of The Rotary Foundation.
A recurring problem with our club's e-mail system: messages sometimes bounce back, because certain servers filter out e-mails with multiple addresses.
If you haven't been getting messages from our Rotary Club, try submitting a private e-mail address rather than one to your business. Messages are more likely to get through.
And if you change your e-mail address, please be sure to let us know so you can continue receiving club communications.
We have a brand new badge box, to store all our Rotary Club IDs; but the design has a couple of minor changes you'll need to know about:
-- The lid of the box is detachable, so don't be alarmed if you see it sitting off to one side -- The numbering system will be different; each row will begin with the lowest number at the FRONT (numbers 1, 21, 41, 61 and 81) and count towards the back. Please take care when removing your badge.
Also, please check the number on the back of your badge; if it is missing, worn out or unreadable, there are stickers located inside the box. Simply write your number on the sticker, and affix to the badge (be sure to remove the old sticker, if present).
And the old box has been donated to the Salvation Army, where hopefully it will find a new home.
Attendance Report -- August 16, 2017
Attendance: 46.27%
Guests: Luca-Sophie Giese (new exchange student from Germany)
