Jennifer Kuo jokes that as a child, a favorite spot in her house near where the family's books were located launched her "downward spiral" into becoming a bookworm.  But her passion for reading has helped her to academic success at Sycamore High School...and earn her the March Student of the Month award.

 

As a senior, she has a 4.5 GPA and is co-president of the National Honor Society; she has been on the WYSE Team and the Scholastic bowl squad since freshman year...making it to the WYSE state finals in English and biology in 2015.  She is also a member of the school's varsity dance team, and the Sycamore Ballet dance competition team.

 

Jennifer hopes to attend either Illinois or Michigan to study biology.  In recognition of her achievements, the Sycamore Rotary Club is providing $100 for donation to the charity of her choice, which is UNICEF.

 

 

 

Wednesday was the final Rotary meeting visit for a delegation of students from Argentina; Nina Dieser, Lau Hernandez and Bautista Paz have spent the past few weeks at Sycamore High School, learning about the cultural and educational differences between the U.S.A. and their home.  We thank them for their time here in Sycamore, and wish them a safe trip home.

 

Meanwhile, after a one-year hiatus the Sycamore Rotary Club will be hosting an inbound exchange student; anyone who may be interested, or knows someone who may be interested, in hosting this student should contact Chip Houdek at jkhoudek@hotmail.com

 

 

Pictures of individual members are still needed for the Rotary directory on our website; dozens were taken at the last meeting, but we'll be taking images of those members absent from that meeting during the coming weeks.

 

If you have an image you'd like to submit, please send it to Brian Adams at brianadams62@hotmail.com (head shot of the Rotarian only, and no gag shots will be accepted).

 

 

The Sycamore Rotary Club's annual Hula-for-Loota fundraiser is scheduled for Thursday, April 21st; it will be from 6:30 to 9:00 p.m. at Chapel in the Pines in Sycamore.

 

This annual Hawaiian-themed event is a fundraiser for the Rotary Club's scholarship fund; the featured event is a draw-down raffle, with numbers being removed one-by-one...and the last one drawn, wins the grand prize of $3,000.

 

There will also be cash and prizes given away throughout the drawing, as well as a 50/50 drawing; tickets for the main drawing are available from Paul Michel.

 

 

Plans are coming together for our annual Rotarians at Work Day; members of our Rotary Club will be joining with DeKalb and Kishwaukee Sunrise, as well as our New Generations clubs, to provide assistance with crucial tasks to not-for-profit and community agencies.

 

We will again be fanning out on Saturday, May 7th beginning at 9:00 a.m. to work at various sites around Sycamore and DeKalb; these will include:

     Rotary Park -- clean-up and maintenance work as part of the Sycamore Park District's Park Pride Day

     Pay it Forward House -- gardening and lawn care for the respitality house

     Joiner Cemetery -- clean-up and gardening of veterans' graves, in advance of Memorial Day

     Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association -- interactive garden and assembly of information packets

 

We will be signing up participants as we get closer to May; in the meantime, anyone with suggestions on other projects we can do should contact Brian Adams at brianadams62@hotmail.com