Announcements
(Notes provided by Allan Penwell)
The annual all-club Rotary meeting is on Wednesday, February 25th, at the Round Barn Center. Please sign up in advance. Our club will not meet that week.
The Big Brothers Big Sisters bowling is on March 6th from 6:00 to 8:00 pm. at Old Orchard Lanes. Still looking for bowlers to sign up.
Read Across America is Saturday, March 7th. Sign up to read to kids at Lincoln Square.
Laura announced that Jennifer Stroud is looking for speakers at Central High School to discuss their careers to students.
Kathy Rector reports that district conference is May 2-3, and it will include a youth conference.
Bucket money for this month goes to the St. Elmo Brady STEM Academy. This is an after-school program which has UIUC sponsorship and provides hands-on science to African-American boys.
Program
Tom Ulen introduced Barbara Gillespie-Washington who is the founder and leader of the local chapter of ACT-SO which stands for Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological, and Scientific Olympics. ACT-SO is a yearlong youth achievement program sponsored by the NAACP designed to recruit, stimulate, and encourage high academic and cultural achievement among high school students of African descent.
There are 25 categories of competition in the sciences, humanities, business, performing, and visual arts with local and national competitions. The local chapter raises funds through car washes, leaf raking, bake sales, etc. in order to send local students to the national competitions. The nationals have been held in Disney World, Miami, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, and other major cities. All of this is to make a difference in the lives of young people.
March 27th is the local competition, and the awards ceremony is on May 2nd. Winners may get to go the national competition based on their scores. Twenty-five students now participate, and Barbara is looking to increase that number.
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| Feb 19th | Feb 26th | Mar 5th | Mar 12th | |
| Introductions | Harold Adams | No regular | Curt Anderson | Laura Auteberry |
| Invocation | Bruce Hatfield | C-U Sunrise | Mary Hodson | Phillip Holthaus |
| Greeters | Harold Adams | Meeting | Curt Anderson | Laura Auteberry |
| Molly Delaney | This Week | Ata Durukan | Bruce Hatfield | |
| Song Leader | Neal Chamberlain | Go to | Reuben Chambers | Paul Conforti |
| Notetaker | Hodson | Round Barn | Lintner | Conforti |
| Rotary Minute | Laura Auteberry | on Weds, 2/25 | Oktay Baran | Keith Brandau |
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE
February 19th – Dr. James Leonard, CEO of Carle Hospital, will discuss the challenges with health care in the future
February 26th – Meeting canceled (All-Area Rotary meeting held on Weds, 2/25/15 at Round Barn)
March 5th – TBD
March 12th – Brian Adams, Illinois Archaeological Survey, will discuss Civil War Archaeology in Champaign County
March 19th – Valerie Hotchkiss, Andrew Turyn Endowed Professor & Director of the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, UIUC
March 26th – TBD
April 9th – Denise Martin will discuss Cradles to Careers
April 16th – TBD
April 23rd – Dr. Richard Fredrickson, Professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, UIUC, will discuss services and research in veterinary medicine
April 30th – Brian Williams, NBC news anchor, will discuss the importance of accuracy and integrity in wartime journalism
