Curt announced that this year’s “Heart Walk” will take place on September 16th from 5:30 to 7:30. Teams, usually 10 to 12 people, will be raising money as they do the walk. Get a hold of Curt for more information.
On short notice our club responded to the request from EIFB for volunteers to help with food distribution in Hammond, IL. Andrew, Chuck and his wife Lisa, Dave, Ed and John helped with the EIFB “Food Mobile”. Very satisfying event in which we got to see the end results of all those food re-packs are club has done over the years.Rantoul Rotary Club has a fundraising Golf outing September 7th. See Jeff for more details.
Larry announced that a local group “Illini Fighting Hunger” has been formed to provide a similar service that Larry and our club has been involved in the past few years. Larry is organizing the local Interact and Rotoract clubs to help with Illini Fighting Hunger.
Jeff noted that T-Shirts are available for $15 to help raise money for the Foundation.
John announced that our speaker on October 18th ill be Illinois’ new men’s basketball coach, John Groce. Plan on bringing a fellow Illini fan and possible new member to the meeting.
Program
Tom Hodson talked about his recent experience at the Rotary International Convention in Bangkok, Thailand. Tom noted that the convention was a very special event with many visiting and Rotary speakers and all were excellent. Tom found that the Rotary speaker dealing with The Rotary Foundation was one of the best and he will be back during Rotary Foundation month (November) to show a video of the speech. Today’s presentation consisted of a photographic journal that Tom put together of various highlights within the city. With a population of nearly 12 million in the City and the surrounding area Tom found the travel and the people within the City very pleasant and courteous. He presented photos and commented on the history of various buildings and Buddha statues including The Temple of the Reclining Buddha. Tom explained that his photos are just a small example of the beauty if Bangkok.
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| Aug 23rd | Aug 30th | Sept 6th | Sept 13th | |
| Introductions | Ben Mast | John McDaniel | Penn Nelson | Gary Olsen |
| Invocation | Curt Anderson | Oktay Baran | Alan Chalifoux | Neal Chamberlain |
| Greeters | Ben Mast | John McDaniel | Penn Nelson | Gary Olsen |
| Kris Young | Coletta Ackermann | Harold Adams | Curt Anderson | |
| Song Leader | Rod Roberts | Mitch Schluter | Jen Shelby | Lou Simpson |
| Notetaker | Penwell | Hodson | Lintner | Conforti |
| Decker Weeding | Schluter | Chalifoux | ||
| Next Weekend | Schluter | Chalifoux | ||
| Decker Garden | Simpson | Simpson | ||
| Watering |
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Upcoming Programs
Sept 13 – Club Assembly – Membership
Sept 20 – Madeline Evans and Evan Fortier, Illinois State Archaeological SurveyOct 18 – John Groce, Illinois Men’s Basketball Coach
