Alan Nudo Speaking about Willard Airport
Great presentation this morning from Alan Nudo talking about the changes and challenges facing the University of Illinois Airport.
C-U Sunrise Rotary has Sponsored Cooper, The Comfort Dog
C-U Sunrise Rotary Club has recently sponsored Cooper, the comfort dog for the Children’s Advocacy Center. CAC spoke to our club awhile back and talked a bit about Cooper and the benefits he brings to the process of interviewing children during traumatic times.
As part of our commitment to the Champaign-Urbana community, our club decided to sponsor Cooper and pay for his needs.
Plan on attending our morning meeting on May 23rd and meet Cooper, our featured speaker (bark). We have a small token of appreciation for him… as you can see.
Upcoming Club Activities
March 16-17 – PETS training – Ata & Lisa will be attending
March 19 5-6:30pm) – Books to Prisoners
April 6 – Feeding our Kids
April 19-21 – Rotary Youth Leadership Academy at Allerton.
May 4 (9-noon) – District Assembly
May 4 (9-noon) – Newspaper folding at GSLC
Diaper Drive
Help us help families! We’re collecting diapers for local food pantries on Sunday, March 3. We’d prefer sizes Newborn, 5, and 6, since they’re the most requested, but anything will do. Drop them off in our front parking lot and help us fill “Big Red” – one of our volunteers’ pick-up trucks. The truck will be available 10-noon and 4-8 PM. If you need to drop off diapers at another time, contact the church office.
Upcoming Club Activities
Feb 24 – Club social at the Virginia Theatre for “That’s What She Said”
Mar 2 – Read Across America
Mar 16 – District President and President Elect Training
Apr 6 – Feeding Our Kids
Apr 19-21 – Rotary Youth Leadership Academy (RYLA)
Apr 27 – Illinois Marathon with a possible service project at a water station
May 4 – District Assembly 8am to Noon
May 4 – Champaign County Humane Society Newspaper Folding
“Please save your newspapers” – Champaign County Humane Society
On October 16 from 10:00-noon we will meet at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2101 S. Prospect Avenue, Champaign, to fold newspapers for dog/cat cages at the Champaign County Humane Society. Please save your newspapers. If you can’t attend we’ll collect/fold your papers. Ed Perry is leading this effort and will show us how to fold the papers so they fit correctly in the cages.
Our 11/7/19 Program
Mary introduced Shannon O’Rouke Kasali as our speaker this morning. Mary noted that Shannon is an excellent example of how our donations to The International Rotary Foundation can help young people achieve their dreams of international peace and goodwill. Shannon is a Rotary Cultural Ambassadorial Scholar and a Rotary Global Peace Fellow. Her awards and service were initiated through our Rotary District. Shannon’s education began with her Bachelors degree in Political Science from Illinois Wesleyan University, a Masters in International Development from The George Washington University and is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Library and Information sciences.
Shannon worked in Senegal, Mali, Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo for international organizations and the United Nations as a Rotary Cultural Ambassador. As a 2016 Rotary Global Peace fellow she concentrated on Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution in Bangkok, Thailand.
She has made Rotary Connections through out the world visiting Rotary leaders in Hiroshima, Japan, and in Bangkok, Thailand and traveled to Nepal. Helping to build cultures of peace through education.
She is the Founder and Executive director of Books For Congo a non-profit organization that creates libraries and promotes reading in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Books are very difficult to get and are extremely valued by the people. Through her organization she has brought over 70,000 books to the Democratic Republic of Congo. Shannon is also involved in the building of libraries and organizing their staff. Her current emphasis is to bring books by African authors to these new libraries. Education, basic literacy and peace remain Shannon’s focus.
Shannon acknowledges that her accomplishments could not have been possible without the help of Rotary. She will continue to help educate all people with books as without education, there is no peace.
C-U Sunrise Rotary Recently Helped with Operation Orange
10 Volunteers from CUSR helped out the Eastern Illinois Food Bank during the 12-hour repack event. The club took the 4pm to 6pm slot and bagged and boxed over 70 cases of elbow macaroni.
Sunrisers at Taste of Champaign
Past President Cary Woolard, PE Mary Kay Smith and President Darrell Hoemann man the booth at the Taste of Champaign-Urbana.
