“Live your beliefs and you can turn the world around.” – Henry David Thoreau – 1817-1862 – Essayist
“Enthusiasm moves the world.” – Arthur Balfour – 1848-1930 – Former British Prime Minister
“The bravest thing you can do when you are not brave is to profess courage and act accordingly.” –
Corra Harris – 1869-1935 – Writer-Journalist
ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Notes provided by Lisa Crane)
We are awaiting the announcement on the Books 2 Prisoners grant. We need to contribute some of our own money to help fund the books. $20 is suggested. Any Rotarians who would like to be added to their newsletter list can contact Rachel at rachel@books2prisoners.org.
World Polio Day will be celebrated from 4:30-6:30 PM on October 24 at the Museum of the Grand Prairie, Mahomet.
Urbana Rotary is hosting their Whiskey Tasting fundraiser on November 5 at the Atkins Golf Room.
CHEZ Center luncheon U of I student veterans November 9th. 11am-1pm signups. We will be serving; all are welcome to attend, there usually are over 100 students. Andy Bender is in charge
Our Charter Veterans Day Banquet will be November 10. $42/person. Starting at 6pm with cocktail hour.
The 2022 FRUIT SALE is ON!. Fruit is $30 a case; our goal is 400 cases sold. Asking for 100% participation with a 15-case minimum or a donation. Proceeds will go to the Daily Bread Soup Kitchen and the Four Osprey Mobile Market. Sample emails have been sent and online order form has been created.
Football picks, we are in third place! Keep pickin em (aka – keep doing whatever you are doing differently this year as compared to all of the previous years)! Lou shared the week’s picks hot off the CA putt-putt course from Paul.
The Eastern Illinois Food Bank repack is 5-7pm on November 16. See the signup sheet at our next meeting.
Winter lights from Thanksgiving to New Years at Prairie Fruit Farms. Groups can sign up to assist. More information to come.
Our annual CU Sunrise Rotary Holiday party will be on December 15th during our regular meeting time. More information to come. The Newsletter editorial board has heard there’s a good chance that Santa and a full team of reindeer will attend this year’s party (thanks Jarrod for volunteering for reindeer clean-up crew).
PROGRAM
Nestor Ramirez from Champaign West Rotary came to talk about his club’s Global Grant Award.
They applied and were awarded a grant to assist the town and school of Puerto Cortez in Honduras to build a bathroom to improve sanitation and teach proper handwashing/hygiene. They developed the
WASH/WINS: Water Sanitation Hygiene and Wash In School programs. They have almost finished this project and will soon start on their second school.
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| Oct 27th | Nov 3rd | Nov 10th | Nov 17th | |
| Introductions | Larry Johnson | Tod Satterthwaite | Jarrod Scheunemann | Jen Shelby |
| Reflection | Paul Conforti | Lisa Crane | Diana Dummitt | Ata Durukan |
| Greeters | Larry Johnson | Tod Satterthwaite | Jarrod Scheunemann | Jen Shelby |
| Eddie Bridges | Paul Conforti | Lisa Crane | Diana Dummitt | |
| Notetaker | Conforti | Perry | Hodson | Crane |
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)
October 27th – Dr. Taher Saif, University of Illinois and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, will discuss physical exercise and mental health (Lisa)
November 3rd – Club Assembly
November 10th – TBD
November 17th – Bill Behrends, Assistant Principal, Centennial High
November 24th – No Meeting – Turkey Day
December 1st – Club Assembly
December 8th – Dr. Donald Wuebbles, Harry E. Preble Emeritus Professor, UIUC
December 15th – TBD (Holiday Party?)
December 22nd – TBD (Cary)
December 29th – Club Social
January 5th – Club Assembly
January 12th – TBD (Charlie)
January 19th – TBD (Joe)
January 26th – TBD (Lisa)
February 2nd – Club Assembly
February 9th – TBD (Mary)
February 16th – TBD
February 23rd – TBD (Bob)
March 2nd – Club Assembly
March 9th – TBD (Cary)
March 16th – TBD (Charlie)
March 23rd – TBD (Joe)
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
October 23 – Jarrod Scheunemann
October 29 – Robb Patton
November 4 – Tom Ulen
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