July 7th, 2022 Newsletter

 

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt – 1884-1962 – Former First Lady of the United States

 

“From the experience of the past we derive instructive lessons for the future.” – John Quincy Adams – 1767-1848 – Former President of the United States

 

“We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have.” – Frederick Keonig – 1774-1833 – Inventor

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the erudite Mary Hodson)

 

July 16, 10 AM, Newspaper folding for Humane Society at Good Shepard Lutheran Church

 

August 1-6, Rotary Blood Drive

 

June/July Bucket money will be donated to the CU Schools Foundation.

 

 

ASSEMBLY

 

President Scott announced that our club was awarded “Small Club of the Year” at the District installation ceremony.

 

Welcome to new member Lisa Crane!   List has already shown herself to be a great Rotarian by jumping at any and all volunteer opportunities.   

 

CU Sunrise awarded past president Darrell a PHF in gratitude for his past leadership and service to the club.

 

President Scott presented a $400 check to Daniel Theis for the CU Schools Foundation.

 

Michelle announced that our club awarded a $1,500 scholarship to a graduate of Central High School who will be attending Parkland in the fall.

 

The board voted to donate $1,000 to ShelterBox, earning for our club the ShelterBox “Hero Club” designation.

 

Members discussed the possibility of having one evening meeting per month.

 

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	July 14th	July 21st	July 28th	Aug 4th
Introductions	Diana Dummitt	Ata Durukan	Ray Elliott	Lisa Crane
Reflection	Jerry Payonk	Allan Penwell	Ed Perry	Joe Rank
Greeters	Diana Dummitt	Ata Durukan	Ray Elliott	Lisa Crane
	Joe Rank	Rod Roberts	Tod Satterthwaite	Jarrod Scheunemann
Notetaker	Conforti	Perry	Hodson	Conforti
Decker Weeding	Mary Hodson		Larry Johnson

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

 

July 14^th – Rick Davidson will speak about the new District Foundation and a new Global Grant (Mary)

July 21^st – Kathryn Williams, OLLI Director (Bob)

July 28^th – Steven Bentz, Director, Virginia Theatre, Champaign Park District (Charlie)

August 4^th – Club Assembly

August 11^th – Ryan Ross, Curator of the UIUC Richmond Welcome Gallery, “The U of I in the 1950s – Conservatism, Conformity and the Cold War.” (Joe)

August 18^th – TBD

August 25^th – Gil Holder will speak about the evolution of the universe (Tom)

September 8^th – TBD (Bob)

September 15^th – TBD

September 22^nd – TBD (Charlie)

September 29^th – TBD

October 6^th – TBD

October 13^th – TBD (Joe)

October 20^th – TBD (Mary)

October 27^th – TBD (Lisa)