“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more.” – Oprah Winfrey – Actress – Producer – Talk Show Host – Philanthropist

 

“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” – Rabindranath Tagore – 1861-1941 – Poet

 

“No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams – 1951-2014 – Actor-Comedian

 

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by the disgruntled gentleman from Connecticut, Edward Perry)

 

Sign up now for the virtual Rotary District Annual Conference. The conference takes place this Saturday,10/3/20 and runs from 8:30am to 12:30pm. It’s a great opportunity to see what happens at a District Conference and do it with the convenience of being virtually remote. One can pick a breakout session on a topic you like and also see what happened in the district this past year. Our club did some wonderful things last year and the District will be presenting our club with special awards at this meeting.  Be sure to watch Past District Governor Julie Dobski’s award presentations. You must register and it’s easy, go to Mary K’s recent email and click in or go to rotarydistrict6490.0rg.

 

Our club will meet outdoors this coming Thursday morning, 10/1/20, at 7am in the pavilion at Hessel Park in Champaign. Bring your mask, coffee, donut(s), and enjoy the meeting where we discuss club business and volunteer opportunities. 

 

PROGRAM

 

Andrew introduced Sarah Livesay, Executive Director of Grand Prairie Friends. Sarah’s education and background is in environmental education and her past work experience includes environmental conservation with focus on the natural resources throughout the United States and overseas. 

 

Grand Prairie Friends is a Land Trust formed in 1984. Grand Prairie Friends is a not for profit conservation organization that preserves and restores tall prairie and woodlands in east-central Illinois. Their various land holdings can be found from just south of Kankakee to near Shelbyville.  

 

Grand Prairie Friends rely on grants, donations and membership and volunteers to help provide the management to maintain proper stewardship of the land. 

 

Sarah provided information on all the educational activities that they offer, the various ways one can volunteer and highlighted the natural beauty one can visit at their various land holdings.  For much more information please go to their website http://grandprairiefriends.org.  

 

 

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Reflection Jen Shelby Charlie Smith Cary Woolard Jerry Payonk
Notetaker Penwell Hodson Conforti Perry

 

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)

*All meetings via Zoom unless otherwise noted*

 

October 1st – Meet at Hessel Park Pavilion

October 8th – Dr. Barbara Jones, Chair of the Urbana Rotary Peace Building Committee (Mary)

October 15th – Sebastian Klein, the founder of the Angel Forever Foundation, a local non-profit dedicated to suicide prevention (Ondine)

October 22nd – Dr. Vik Amar, Dean, UIUC College of Law, will talk about “The Flaws of the Electoral College and How to Replace It”  (Tom)

October 29th – TBD 

November 5th – Sam Banks, President/CEO, Don Moyer Boys & Girls Club (Bob)

November 12th – TBD (Cary)

November 19th – TBD (Charlie)

November 26th – No meeting – Thanksgiving

December 3rd – TBD

December 10th – TBD

December 17th – TBD