“Try not to become a person of success, but rather try to become a person of value.” ― Albert Einstein 

“Success does not consist in never making mistakes but in never making the same one a second time.” ― George Bernard Shaw 

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PROGRAM

Mark your calendars for the important upcoming dates:

1/21 Saturday: Eastern Illinois Foodbank is going to Bement. Car pool will leave Hawthorne Suites @ 8am

1/26 Thursday: Josh Whitman, UIUC Athletic Director, will speak at our regular morning meeting

2/4 Saturday: Champaign West will host is second annual CU’s Got Talent Charity Competition

4/1 Saturday: Champaign Rotary is celebrating its centennial year

4/26 Thursday: All Rotary Meeting at the Round Barn Conference Center

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

January 12th – Chris Alix, Champaign County Board member from District 10, will talk about County facility needs and the County Executive (Tod)

January 19th – Katherine Pickard, Daily Bread Soup Kitchen, will discuss their new facility on 1st Street (Bob)

January 26th – Josh Whitman, Athletic Director, UIUC (Jeff?)

February 2nd – AM meeting canceled; Instead, meet at 5:30PM at Riggs Brewery in Urbana (Laura)

February 9th – Pam Dempsey, Executive Director, Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting (Mary)

February 16th- Garrett Anderson, Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education, UIUC (Phyllis)

February 23rd – Dr. King Li, Dean and Chief Academic Officer, Carle Illinois College of Medicine, will speak about the new Carle Illinois College of Medicine (Tod)

March 2nd – TBD (Tom)

March 9th – TBD (Bob)

Marcy 16th – TBD (Laura)

March 23rd – TBD (Mary)

March 30th – No am meeting; CUSR Social

April 6th – TBD (Phyllis)

April 13th – TBD

April 20th – TBD (Tom)

April 27th – TBD (Bob)