Announcements
(notes provided by the crafty and courageous, Barb Lintner)
We received a thank you from Champaign County Casa for March bucket money. April Bucket Money will go to the March of Dimes.
Our exchange student Ida Simila announced that she is collecting money for Shelterbox. An envelope was passed for donations.
The Mahomet Rotary golf outing is May 9 at 1:00. The fee is $75. See President Jeff if you are interested in joining a lively group of CU Sunrise members for the day.
The District Conference for Rotary 6490 was held on April 19-20, 2013 in Bloomington-Normal. Mary and others will share details at our upcoming meeting.
The Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) camp took place on April 19-21, 20013 at Allerton Park. The camp helps young people further develop their leadership qualities. High school sophomores, juniors, and seniors from around District 6490 are nominated to attend and are sponsored by local clubs. Andrew will share details at our upcoming meeting.
Program
Karen Kane and Yvette Whitely from the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen were our speakers. The Daily Bread Soup Kitchen has its roots in the St. Jude Catholic Worker House. It is a nondenominational volunteer organization addressing food insufficiency and hunger in our community.
Food is served at New Covenant Fellowship from 11 to 12:30 daily to 150 to 200 people. The food is donated by restaurants and super markets or purchased economically from the East Central Illinois Foodbank. The organization exists solely on donations; there are no paid employees. Volunteers cook, help those in need, and do the fundraising. At present the costs for utilities and maintenance alone is about $11,000-$12,000 a month. The hope for the future is to exist in a building which the organization would own.
For three years they have distributed 1500 new or gently used backpacks at Christmas which contain sweatshirts, underwear, sox and toiletries. These items are collected early in December and handed out closer to Christmas.
One year ago they began a program with a mobile van set up in parking lots which now serves around 200 sack lunches a day.
In September of last year they received a grant from Provena to set up an assistance center at New Covenant where help in obtaining bus passes, state IDs, legal assistance, and food stamps is available. Also exams from dental and other health providers are often available at no cost in the center.
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| April 25th | May 2nd | May 9th | May 16th | |
| Introductions | John McDaniel | Gary Olsen | Penn Nelson | Scott Paceley |
| Invocation | Harold Adams | Curt Anderson | Oktay Baran | Eric Batsie |
| Greeters | John McDaniel | Gary Olsen | Penn Nelson | Scott Paceley |
| Lou Simpson | Cary Woolard | Kris Young | Harold Adams | |
| Song Leader | Chuck Reifsteck | Rod Roberts | Tod Satterthwaite | Mitch Schluter |
| Notetaker | Conforti | Chamberlain | Perry | Penwell |
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Upcoming Schedule
April 25th – Elizabeth Buckley, Developmental Specialist at Provena Covenant Medical Center, will discuss Women4Women
May 2nd – Ida Simila, Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) student
May 9th – Debbie Hirschi from Champaign West will discuss their project with the Ministerios de Fey Vida Nueva in Honduras
May 16th – David and Dorothy Deem will discuss upholstering and furniture
May 23rd – Dr. Tom Ramage, President of Parkland College
