“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
“Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain.” – Unknown
“The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes – 1900-1993 – American Actress
ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes provided by the unconventional and unorthodox Paul Conforti)
Visitors this week included Anita and Tom from Champaign West.
We sang happy birthday to Allen, Ed and Darrel.
Our diaper drive exceeded our goal of 20,000 diapers. Well done everyone!
August 26: Rotary Leadership Institute
August 31 is the 5th Thursday of the month and as such there will be no morning meeting. Instead, there will be a social that afternoon at Triptych Brewery in Savoy beginning at 5pm.
September 8 & 9: Rotary District Conference at the Champaign Holiday Inn
October 8: Gary Olsen Celebration of Life & Shelterbox USA Fundraiser. Our club voted to purchase one Shelterbox in Gary’s name.
November 9: CU Sunrise Anniversary Party at City View
Upcoming Service Opportunities:
September 2 (9-11am): Salt & Light in Urbana
September 9 (10-11am): Feeding Our Kids @ Hope Center
September 30 (3-11pm): Oktoberfest booth. Downtown Champaign
October 5 (5-6:30pm): Books to Prisoners
October 14 (6am-noon): Rotary booth at Urbana’s Farmers Market
Program: Flavors of Northern Italy – Joe Rank
Joe and his wife Pam travelled to northern Italy with the University of Illinois Alumni Association’s Educational Travel Program. Joe showed slides of their trip and talked about their experiences, including dining at 5-star restaurants, winery visits, cooking lessons and a visit to the city of Verona, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also the setting of Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet.
Joe highly recommends the UI Alumni Association Explorers Travel Program. Their trip was meticulously planned and the local guides were top notch wherever the tour took them.
From the Explorers Travel Program website: The story of travel involves more than a ticket and a passport. It should weave together discovery, education and humanity, the best elements of any compelling tale. Your personal travel story begins with our commitment to delivering authentic experiences with local people.
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| Aug 31st | Sept 7th | Sept 14th | Sept 21st | |
| Introductions | No | Mary Hodson | Darrell Hoemann | Michael Hogue |
| Reflection | morning | Joe Rank | Rod Roberts | Tod Satterthwaite |
| Greeters | meeting. | Mary Hodson | Darrell Hoemann | Michael Hogue |
| Evening | Joe Rank | Rod Roberts | Tod Satterthwaite | |
| Notetaker | social instead. | Perry | Hodson | Crane |
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)
August 31st – 5th Thursday – No morning meeting
September 7th – Rachel Graham, Director of Operations, Crisis Nursery will discuss the State of the Nursery
September 14th – Jim Keiken, Director of the Illinois Fire Institute (Mary)
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 – Club Assembly
October 12th – Brittany Millington, Director, Champaign Public Library (Thom)
October 19th – Dr. Nestor Ramirez will give a summary of his OLLI class on Polio
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
November 16th – TBD
November 23rd – Turkey Day – no morning meeting
November 30th – TBD
December 7th – TBD
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
August 30 – Darrell Hoemann
August 30 – Ed Perry
September 2 – Andrew Kerins
September 3 – Charlie Smith
September 11 – Eddie Bridges
September 25 – Tod Satterthwaite
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