“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.” – Henry David Thoreau – 1817-1862 – Essayist

 

“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey – Actress – Talk Show Host – Producer – Philanthropist

 

“When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.” – G.K. Chesterton – 1874-1936 – Writer-Philosopher

 

CU Sunrise Holiday Party
(notes provided by the unconventional and unorthodox Paul Conforti)

Our last meeting was our annual C-U Sunrise Rotary Holiday Par-ty.  Special guest included Amy & Erin (guests of Ata), Beth (guest of Tod), Judy (guest of Leary), Steph (guest of Jen), Pam (guest of Joe), and Santa Claus (guest of everyone).

We toasted Lou Simpson who we lost this past year. Lou, a founding member of our club, had a transformative influence on our club. He is irreplaceable and we will miss him dearly.

In the white elephant gift exchange Ed received an actual white elephant.

In the spirit of the third attribute of the 4-way test (sort of), Beth stole an Illini sock monkey, which was then restolen by Eddie. This act of goodwill building was exceeded when Joe stole a Rotary jacket.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Jan 3 – CU Sunrise Rotary Board Meeting at 7am via Zoom

Jan 4 – First 2024 club meeting

Feb 23 – February 23 is Rotary’s 118th Birthday. That day is also called World Understanding and Peace Day.

April 19-21 – RYLA

 

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

Jan 10 (5-6:30pm) – Books 2 Prisoners

Feb 10 (9-11am) – Salt & Light

 

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  Jan 4th Jan 11th Jan 18th Jan 25th
Introductions Jarrod Scheunemann Jen Shelby Mary Kay Smith Cary Woolard
Reflection Darrell Hoemann Michael Hogue Larry Johnson Eddie Bridges
Greeters Jarrod Scheunemann Jen Shelby Mary Kay Smith Cary Woolard
Darrell Hoemann Michael Hogue Larry Johnson Eddie Bridges
Notetaker Conforti Perry Hodson Crane

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

 

January 4th – Lieutenant Commander J. P. Thompson, USN, Associate Professor of Naval Science, UIUC “Life as a Navy Surface Warfare Officer and Assorted Sea Stories.” (Joe)

January 11th – Jamila Amartry, former Rotary Exchange student from Charleston to France (Lisa)

January 18th – Rachelle Langley from the Rotary built data base DACdb (Mary

January 25th – TBD (Michael)

February 1st – TBD

February 8th – TBD (Tom)

February 15th – TBD (Cary)

February 22nd – TBD

February 29th – No AM meeting (5th Thursday)

 

 

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

 

January 18 – Jen Shelby

January 27 – Rod Roberts

January 28 – Scott Paceley