“There is a fountain of youth: it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. ” ― Sophia Loren

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the erudite Mary Hodson)

 

Penn and Laura are selling car raffle tickets to benefit Park District scholarships.   They are $20 or three for $50.

 

Penn is collecting new or gently used books for the United Way Children’s Book drive.  Please see Penn for further information.

 

Tod reported that Paul is recovering well from knee surgery.

 

If you would be interested in joining the Program Committee, or if you have an idea for a program, please contact Mary at maryfhodson@aol.com.

 

 

 PROGRAM

 Tod introduced Kelly Hill from Habitat for Humanity.   Kelly came to tell us about a new initiative involving several local Rotary clubs coming together to rehab a home for an Iraq War veteran an his family.

 

The cost of rehabilitating a foreclosed home in Urbana will be divided up according to the number of members in each participating club.  The CU Sunrise Board has approved this expense.

 

The work will begin around August 1 and is expected to take ten Saturdays.

 

Over the years, CU Habitat for Humanity has built 80 homes for families who needed a hand up.   Habitat hopes to build nine homes and rehab three more this year.

 

Each adult in a Habitat family must attend budgeting and home maintenance classes and must contribute 250 hours of “sweat equity”, including time spent working at the Habitat for Humanity ReStore.

 

 At move in time, the Eastern Illinois Food Bank donates 350 pounds of food to the family.   Slumberland donates a bed for each household member and Whirlpool provides a washer and dryer at cost.

 

The next phase, “A Brush With Kindness” will be neighborhood revitalization.   Volunteers will help fix up homes, clean yards, build handicap ramps, etc.   Families in those neighborhoods will also be asked to contribute sweat equity.   For elderly home owners, a family member will be asked to help.

 

 

June 25th July 2nd July 9th July 16th
Introductions Bob La Charite BJ Lytle Ben Mast John McDaniel
Invocation Chuck Reifsteck Rod Roberts Tod Satterthwaite Mitch Schluter
Greeters Bob La Charite BJ Lytle Ben Mast John McDaniel
Allan Penwell Ed Perry Chuck Reifsteck Rod Roberts
Song Leader That terrible smile song Scott Paceley Robb Patton Allan Penwell
Notetaker Lintner Conforti Chamberlain Perry
Rotary Minute Ben Mast John McDaniel Jan Merchen Phyllis Mischo
Decker Weeding Hodson LaCharite Kamerer
Next Weekend
Decker Garden Stull LaCharite LaCharite Nelson
Watering

 

UPCOMING SCHEDULE

June 25 – Pass the Gavel

July 2 – Chief Anthony Cobb, Champaign Police Department

July 9 – Stacey LeFeber, Girl Scouts of Central Illinois

July 16 – Jen Shelby will discuss the Cannes Film Festival

July 23rd – Phil Hoggatt, Harbor Light Hospice

July 30th – TBD

August 6th – Dan Olson, Executive Director of the Champaign County Forest Preserve District

August 13th – Rick Manner, Executive Director of the Champaign-Urbana Sanitary District

August 20th – Jaymeet Attaway, part of the Rotary Group Study Exchange team that traveled to Denmark

August 27th – Barry Pittendrigh, Department of Entomology, UIUC

September 3rd – TBD

September 10th – TBD