ANNOUNCEMENTS

(Notes provided by Allan Penwell).

 

Ata was the recipient of the Rotary Minute Question, What is your most memorable summer vacation?  Because his mother and father are from Turkey it was clear that vacationing in his parents’ home country was his favorite, including going back with his wife and daughter.

 

Tom Hodson announced a collection for Shelter Box for the Nepal earthquake.  The bucket was passed, and we gave generously.

 

 

PROGRAM

 

Winnie Crowder, executive director of The Reading Group. was our speaker.  Winnie is also a former club member and now a member of the Champaign Rotary Club.

 

The Reading Group is a not-for-profit corporation and was founded in 1972.  It was formerly in Lincoln Square but for several years now has been at the Village Crossing.  The Reading Group exists to help anyone from kindergartners to adults improve their reading.  The students are first assessed for their reading level and comprehension.  Students may have trouble with letters, sounds, spelling, and rhyming.  Twenty percent of our population has some form of dyslexia or ADHD so there is a need for special training by The Reading Group.  Some of the students are also learning English as a second language.

 

The Reading Group teachers have over 100 years of combined  experience and are all certified.  They work with different age groups in one on one individual instruction and lesson plans.  Meeting times are flexible and are grouped in a 10-week schedule.  There is a scholarship program for families with financial needs.  The summer program is especially popular.  For further information, you may review the website at readinggroup.org.

 

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE

May 14th – George Vargas, Champaign County Public Defender’s Office

May 21st – Sam Banks, Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club

May 28th – Antonia Rivera, Rotary Youth Exchange

June 4th – Maria Bohri, Learning in Community (LINC), Engineering Education projects, UIUC

June 11th – Kathie Spegal, Coordinator, Illinois Radio Reader, and former CU Sunrise Rotarian

June 18th – Andy Leipold will discuss grand juries and Ferguson, MO

June 25 – TBD

July 2 – TBD

July 9 – TBD

July 16 – Jen Shelby will discuss the Cannes Film Festival

July 23rd – Phil Hoggatt, Harbor Light Hospice

July 30th – TBD

August 6th – TBD

August 13th – TBD

August 20th – TBD

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