“Difficult and meaningful will always bring more satisfaction than easy and meaningless.” – Maxime Legace – Professional Ice Hockey Player
“The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes – 1841-1935 – Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.” – Audrey Hepburn – 1929-1993 – British Actress-Humanitarian
ANNOUNCEMENTS
August 10 – Rotary Leadership Institute
September 8-9 – District 6490 Conference
August 21 – Tom Costello Memorial Golf Outing and Corn Roast at Lake of the Woods
August 26 – Rotary Leadership Institute
September 8-9 – District 6490 Conference
October 8 – ShelterBox fundraiser in memory of CU Sunrise Rotarian Gary Olsen
November 9 – CU Sunrise Anniversary and Veteran’s Day Dinner at City View; No AM meeting
Bucket Bucks – August – CU at Home
SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
August 21- 26 – Rotary Blood Drive
August 21 – 26 – CU Sunrise Diaper Drive
September 2, 9-11 AM – Salt and Light
September 9 – Feeding Our Kids
September 30, 3 – 11 PM, Octoberfest
October 3, 5-6:30 PM, Books 2 Prisoners
October 14 – 6:30 AM – Noon, CU Sunrise Rotary Booth at Urbana Farmer’s Market – Save your Rotary magazines to hand out.
PROGRAM
Michael Hogue introduced Kelly Russell representing the Champaign County Home Visitors Consortium. Kelly introduced Hailey Ogle, Nursing Supervisor for Carle’s Home Visiting Program, and Bobbie Webb from DSC, who are also members of the Consortium.
Six years ago, the local agencies with home visiting components decided to coordinate their efforts. There are currently eight member agencies, including the United Way, serving approximately 750 families. Six of the programs serve birth to age three and the other two serve children birth to age five. Due to the shortage of bi-lingual home visitors, there is a waiting list for Spanish speaking families to receive services.
Kelly said their programs are the “springboard to the schools.’ Her program, CU Early Learning, has four home visitors, including two who are bilingual. They make at least two visits per month to the homes of families enrolled.
Bobbie Webb is with DSC’s Parent Wonders Program. She does all of the child developmental screenings for Champaign County. Her agency serves children to age five and connects children to early intervention programs. She said that the children she evaluates have fallen behind because of Covid. She said that they are coming into schools without skills, like sitting for story time, that the teachers expect them to have. Home visitors model reading to the children. About 25% of the parents are illiterate so the program has incorporated books with pictures for those families.
Bobbie also does a teen moms and dads program at Rantoul High School. Last year, they had 14 students enrolled and six so far this year.
Hailey Ogle said that Carle has two home visiting programs. Family Foundations is a post-partum program. Healthy Beginnings serves from pregnancy to age 2.
On behalf of CU Sunrise, Kelly Russell and Michael Hogue are writing an application for a District Grant. If received, the grant will provide “winter kits”, hats, mittens, socks and books for children enrolled in their programs. CU Sunrisers will help with packing the kits.
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| Aug 17th | Aug 24th | Aug 31st | Sept 7th | |
| Introductions | Diana Dummitt | Darrell | Mary Hodson | Darrell Hoemann |
| Reflection | Allan Penwell | Ed Perry | Joe Rank | Rod Roberts |
| Greeters | Diana Dummitt | Oktay | Mary Hodson | Darrell Hoemann |
| Allan Penwell | Ed Perry | Joe Rank | Rod Roberts | |
| Notetaker | Crane | Conforti | Perry | Hodson |
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)
August 17th – District Governor
August 24th – Joe Rank, Taste of Northern Italy
August 31st – TBD
September 7th – TBD
September 14th – TBD
September 21st – Poets Corey Van Landingham and Chris Kempf (Thom)
September 28th – Jarrod Scheunemann will discuss his mission trip and park development project in Bilisht, Albania
October 5th – TBD
October 12th – Brittany Millington, Director, Champaign Public Library (Thom)
October 19th – TBD
October 26th – John Clark, who will discuss Storybook, a program that allows inmates to maintain a connection to children by recording stories for their children (Mary)
November 2nd – Dr. Dan Simons, Professor, Psychology, UIUC, co-author of “The Invisible Gorilla” and “Nobody’s Fool”
November 9th – no morning meeting – Anniversary Dinner at CityView
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
August 24 – Allan Penwell
August 30 – Darrell Hoemann
August 30 – Ed Perry
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