TO ALL CLUB PRESIDENTS A proclamation will be signed by the Governor of the State of Illinois proclaiming February 23, 2012, as ILLINOIS ROTARY DAY. Each District Governor is requesting that each of their Clubs help celebrate this Illinois Rotary day by performing a Service Project, place Rotary articles in local Media outlets and Celebrate more »
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Everyone is invited to this Rotary Leadership training. Please find attached the registration links, schedule for the day and directions to the classroom. Want more information regarding RLI? Check out their home page http://www.hoa-rli.com/
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Valentines Charity Ball The Charity Ball will be held Saturday, February 11th starting at 6pm, with a cost of $50 per person. This Gala Event is being held at the Historical Allerton Mansion in Monticello, benefiting the “BackPack Program” feeding at risk children in our schools. Auction Items Include: Time Shares, Illini Tickets, Art Work, more »
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Please join us on April 27th o r 28th in Champaign-Urbana to participate in the Illinois Marathon events. You may run or walk the 5k or 10k, or you may run the half or full-marathon. Each participant is asked to raise $500 for The Rotary Foundation for the End Polio Now campaign. You are guaranteed the lowest more »
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Please make sure your members’ e-mail addresses and other pertinent information are up to date on the district web site. The district newsletter and other important notices from district officers will go only to those whose e-mail addresses are correctly listed within your club’s directory on the district web site. Please send all news/photos for more »
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Announcements (courtesy of the stylish, striped-tie-wearing Allan Penwell) Tod Satterthwaite is our newest member, and he introduced himself to our club. He’s a Uni grad but is just now finishing up his bachelor’s. In the meantime Todd has owned Todd & John’s, was in the Peace Corps for two years, and was mayor of Urbana for 12 years. Since more »
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You are all invited to the RLI training scheduled for Saturday, February 18, 2012, in Decatur. I have included the Agenda for each of the three sessions for that day, so that you can see what is being offered. Also attached is an updated RLI Brochure. RLI will increase your knowledge more »
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This event Dinner and Dancing the night away Brazilian style is only 5 days away. Send an email to confirm your spots to President Jonathan Cox (alumni association) at jwc3@hotmail.com or me and if you cannot make it please support this Rotary District 6490 Alumni Association Fundraiser for the Cancel Hospital of Londrina. OLA! District 6490 Rotarians! PASS IT more »
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Hi, I am Tiffany DeSpain and I am serving as chair of RYLA. I am a member of the Rotary Club of Savoy and am happy to say we have a committee of Rotarians from several clubs working in collaboration to put together a fantastic three-year curriculum for the RYLA participants. Some of the topics more »
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Good afternoon, Thank you for your efforts in the polio eradication effort. As I shared with you in an earlier email, three important events occurred recently: 1. We reached and succeed the $200 million Challenge from the Gates Foundation five and one-half months early! 2. In honor of that, the Gates Foundation awarded us an more »
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