Past Rotary International President Barry Rassis will co-host this Facebook live-streaming event that will raise funds for world-wide COVID-19 response efforts. It can be viewed at facebook.com/rotary between 10 and 11 AM Central Time this Saturday, May 2. There will be musical performances and stories from those giving aid to COVID-19 victims around the world.
There are 110 local non-profit groups registered to be part of this 24-hour day of giving that is coordinated by the DeKalb County Nonprofit Partnership, a program of the DeKalb County Community Foundation. Donors may give through a secure website:
In previous years contributions could also be made in person at the Community Foundation Office in Sycamore; however, due to the Covid-19 restrictions, mail-in donations postmarked by May 7 will be accepted. Donors giving by mail can print a donation form from the website, complete the form indicating the organization(s) and donation amount(s) they wish to make, and then write a single check for the total amount payable to “DCCF.” The form and check should be mailed to: DeKalb County Community Foundation, 475 DeKalb Avenue, Sycamore, IL 60178.
“Give DeKalb County” includes a bonus pool made possible by donors who wish to give added support to all participating non-profits. This pool will boost every donation given, whether by mail or online, in the form of proportional matching dollars to what is raised by each organization.
May Day, in medieval and modern Europe, holiday (May 1) for the celebration of the return of spring. The observance probably originated in ancient agricultural rituals, and the Greeks and Romans held such festivals. Although later practices varied widely, the celebrations came to include the gathering of wildflowers and green branches, the weaving of floral garlands, the crowning of a May king and queen, and the setting up of a decorated May tree, or Maypole, around which people danced. Such rites originally may have been intended to ensure fertility for crops and, by extension, for livestock and humans, but in most cases this significance was gradually lost, so that the practices survived largely as popular festivities. Among the many superstitions associated with May Day was the belief that washing the face with dew on the morning of May 1 would beautify the skin. Because the Puritans of New England considered the celebrations of May Day to be licentious and pagan, they forbade its observance, and the holiday never became an important part of American culture. In the 20th century, traditional May Day celebrations declined in many countries as May 1 became associated with the international holiday honoring workers and the labor movement (see May Day).
Posted by Lindsey Sullivan, Broadway Buzz on Apr 27, 2020
Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration was chock-full of Broadway goodness: Mandy Patinkin singing outside with his dog, Beanie Feldstein and Ben Platt's adorable "It Takes Two," Bernadette Peters' a cappella "No One Is Alone," Neil Patrick Harris' "Witch's Rap," Patti LuPone breaking hearts with "Anyone Can Whistle," a Sunday in the Park with George reunion for Annaleigh Ashford and Jake Gyllenhaal, Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda's "Giants in the Sky," Christine Baranski, Audra McDonald and Meryl Streep's highly GIF-able "Ladies Who Lunch" and so many more! The entire birthday salute to legendary composer/lyricist Stephen Sondheim is available to view below and on the Broadway.com YouTube channel. Watch the tribute, and please consider donating to ASTEP (Artists Striving to End Poverty) here.
April 26, 1994 – Multiracial elections were held for the first time in the history of South Africa. Anti-Apartheid leader Nelson Mandela was elected President.
April 30, 1948 – British rule ended and the independent state of Israel was created.
May 1, 1960 – American U-2 spy plane pilot Francis Gary Powers was shot down over central Russia.
May 2, 2011 – U. S. Special Operations Forces killed Osama bin Laden during a raid on his secret compound in Pakistan.
