Announcements
(notes provided by the distinguished gentleman from Connecticut, Ed Perry)
Please join in by wishing Benny a fond farewell this Wednesday, November 6th starting at 5:00pm at Boltini Lounge in downtown Champaign. Located on Neil street immediately south of the new Hyatt Hotel that is under construction. Benny will soon move back to Israel and this is our chance to wish him well as a friend, club member and story teller!.
CU Sunrise Annual Fruit Sale has officially started! This is our big fundraiser of the year so join in and sell that fruit. The Club’s goal is to raise $11,000 this year which averages out to 18 cases of oranges and grapefruit per club member. We also have the goal of 100% club participation. If selling fruit is not your cup of juice please consider a cash donation. The money raised will go to the Eastern Illinois Food Bank and to our Club’s charitable foundation. All inquires and confusing orders should be sent to Robb, post haste.
We will be ringing the bells for the Salvation Army this holiday season. This year it will be on Saturday, December 21st at the front door of WalMart on Prospect. Be sure to sign up for your hour of ringing and if you need a few tips on how it is done see Benny and Ed. Ed may even loan you his Santa costume.
“Big Brothers and Big Sisters” is having their annual fund raising event November 15. Tickets are available from Eric for the dinner and/or raffle.
Program
Kate Morgan Olsen presented information about the humanitarian aid that is taking place along the US-Mexico border near Tucson, Arizona. Kate is the daughter-in-law of Gary and Michelle Olsen, and has been working with the organization called “No More Deaths”in the Tucson, Arizona area. Their mission is to end the deaths and abuse of the migrants crossing the border in the Sonoran Desert area.
Kate and her fellow volunteers set up base camps and distribute water, food and medical suppliers for those crossing the border and walking through miles of the Sonoran Desert in an attempt for a better life. Kate noted cases of cruelty and the No More Deaths newsletter states that over 2,000 deaths have been reported on the Arizona border. Kate noted frequent inhumane treatment of the immigrants by the US border officials. The organization continues to spread the word that the current U.S. border enforcement strategy is a failed policy and change is needed.
More information can be found at their web site, www.nomoredeathsvolunteers.org/ . Kate has other speaking engagements this week including speaking on the U of I campus and at Parkland College.
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| Nov 7th | Nov 14th | Nov 21st | Dec 5th | |
| Introductions | Jim Gould | Patrice Grant | Bruce Hatfield | Mary Hodson |
| Invocation | Larry Johnson | Ed Perry | Marsha Reardon | Rod Roberts |
| Greeters | Jim Gould | Patrice Grant | Bruce Hatfield | Mary Hodson |
| Scott Paceley | Robb Patton | Allan Penwell | Ed Perry | |
| Song Leader | Ben Mast | John McDaniel | Phyllis Mischo | Penn Nelson |
| Notetaker | Johnson | Hodson | Lintner | Conforti |
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Upcoming Schedule
November 7th – Mary and Tom Hodson, Taking a World War II Veteran to Europe
November 14th – John Colombo, The Carle Problem
November 21st – Matt Bollant, head coach of women’s basketball at UIUC
December 5th – TBD
December 12th – C-U Sunrise Rotary Holiday program, featuring The Other Guys
