“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” – Virginia Woolf

 

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives.” ― Henry David Thoreau 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes provided by the distinguished gentleman from Connecticut, Edward Perry)

 

Dave Henry was welcomed into the club as newest member. David was born and raised in Danville and now lives in Champaign. He is the retail branch manager for PNC Bank in downtown Champaign and has served in many volunteer roles, including United Way. He is also chair of “Money Smart Week” which helps consumers manage their personal finances better.

 

Tod thanked the eight volunteers who helped Habitat’s “ReStore” organize their various displays of items for sale last Saturday. Darrell noted that everyone should check out our Facebook page to see our volunteers in action.

 

Tod also passed around a signup sheet for volunteer help with the local Men’s Emergency Shelter.  The shelter needs two volunteers to help clean up on Wednesda ymornings from 8am to 9am for the next six weeks, January 31 to March 7th.     

  

Mary Hodson is accepting books to be donated to “Books for Prisoners”. For more information see their web site at http://www.books2prisoners.org/.

 

PROGRAM

 

Michelle introduced the program by the Central High School Rotary Interact Club. The faculty sponsor is Sarah Tandet and the club’s student officers are: Dana Yun (president, senior), Nghi Nguyen (vice-president, junior), Sadie Kasten (officer, senior), and Grace Prom (officer, junior). The club has weekly half hour meetings on Friday at 7:30am, room 105 in Central High School. Usual attendance is 20 to 30 people with donuts, and they invited everyone from our club to attend.

 

The students presented information on what the Interact club has been doing with regards to fundraising and volunteering activities. Some of the Club’s volunteer and fundraising activities include their annual 5K Run in Crystal Lake Park, Central High School’s International Food Fair, Holiday Gift wrapping, Parade of Lights, and “Coin Wars”(where students donate and place their change from lunch into jars).

 

Their next fundraiser will be the 1st annual “Trivia Event” on Saturday, March 10th from 2 to 4pm. This fundraiser will take place in the lower library at Central High School. There are individual and team categories to enter. The team category include teams of five or six. They stated that 100% of the proceeds go to Austin’s Place, a local shelter for women who are homeless. Registration for this event is taking place right now. Sounds like a great opportunity for our club to have a team(s) challenge!

 

For more information check out these links to this great energetic young club (which we sponsor!) see:  

Instagram: @interact_central

Facebook: facebook.com/interactcentral

Website: interactcentral.weebly.com

and for registration and questions about the “Trivia Event” go to nhs.int.central@gmail.com. 

 

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  Feb 1st Feb 8th Feb 15th Feb 22nd
Introductions Ata Durukan Mary Hodson Darrell Hoemann Larry Johnson
Invocation Michelle Barbey Keith Brandau Ethan Chew Paul Conforti
Greeters Ata Durukan Mary Hodson Darrell Hoemann Larry Johnson
Scott Paceley Robb Patton Allan Penwell Ed Perry
Song Leader Cary Woolard Adam Wright Candy Loyd BJ Lytle
Notetaker Penwell Hodson Conforti Perry

 

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

February 1st – Ed Perry will discuss his efforts in Vieques, Puerto Rico, after Hurricane Maria

February 8th – Captain Anthony Corapi, Commanding Officer of US Navy ROTC at UIUC (Bob)

February 15th – Dr. Kim Kidwell,  Robert A. Easter Chair as well as Dean of the College of ACES, UIUC

February 22nd – TBD

March 1st – Micah Putnam, Superintendent of Grounds at Allerton Park (Bob)

March 8th – TBD (Charlie)

March 15th – Kevin Erickson, Associate Professor of Architecture at UIUC (Bob)

March 22nd – Stacey LeFeber, Girl Scouts (Jen)

March 29th – TBD – Club Social

April 5th – TBD (Phyllis)

April 12th – TBD (Tod)

April 19th – Darrell Hoemann, Cruising the Rhine and Germany’s Holiday Markets (Mary)

April 26th – Dennis Hesch, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The Carle Foundation, will discuss  Carle’s expansion/development at the Curtis/I-57 interchange (Phyllis)

May 3rd – TBD (Charlie)

May 10th – Zayd Jawad, Business Buddies (Mary)

May 17th – TBD (Phyllis)

May 24th – TBD (Tod)

May 31st – TBD – Club Social

June 7th – TBD (Tom)

June 14th – TBD (Bob)

June 21st – TBD (Charlie)