“Gratitude helps you to grow and expand; gratitude brings joy and laughter into your life and into the lives of all those around you.” – Eileen Caddy – 1917-2006 – Author

“What do you pack when you pursue a dream? And what do you leave behind?” – Sandra Sharp – Author

“Your intellect may be confused, but your emotions will never lie to you.” – Roger Ebert – 1942-2013 – Film Critic

Announcements

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

Local Rotary Relief Efforts for Florida: Scott noted that John Calderon was able to drive a large box truck with tarps and other materials to Florida to help with the Ian hurricane relief effort. 

Local Rotary Clubs are arranging a World Polio Day activity on October 24 at the Museum of the Grand Prairie at Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve in Mahomet.

Rotary Leadership Institute Part 1 and 2 is scheduled for October 29; see Scott for further information.

Urbana Rotary Club is having a Whiskey Tasting Fundraiser on November 5. For tickets and additional information contact Mary Ellen Wuellner of the Urbana Rotary club at mewuellner@gmail.com. 

CU Sunrise Charter banquet is scheduled for November 10. 

The supplier of the oranges and grapefruit for our annual fundraiser was not affected by the recent hurricane so shipments will be made as scheduled. A box of Fruit will be selling for $30 so get ready to start selling.  See Chief Fruithead Robb for details.

Bucket Bucks this month will go to the Chez Veterans Center on campus.

CU Sunrise continues to maintain a strong third place in the multi-club football prognostication contest.

Service Projects

The annual Don Decker Garden fall cleanup took place last Saturday with enthusiastic CU Sunrise gardeners pulling up annuals, trimming of perennials and low growing evergreens, planting of daffodils, refreshing the garden’s edges and spreading of compost. 

The Books to Prisoners project will be October 18 from 5 to 7pm. A signup sheet will be available at his week’s meeting.

Central High School’s Interact Club’s 7th annual Turkey Trot fundraiser will take place Saturday, November 19, at Crystal Lake Park in Urbana. Proceeds will be donated to Courage Connection. Michelle will have a signup sheet to help as we get closer to race day. 

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

October 13^th – Karen Pickard, Daily Bread Soup Kitchen, will give an overview of its 362 day a year service to the food insecure in our community (Joe)

October 20^th – Nestor Ramirez will tell us about the Global Grant that Champaign West got for a project in Honduras (Mary)

October 27^th – Dr. Taher Saif, University of Illinois and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, will discuss physical exercise and mental health (Lisa)

November 3^rd – TBD

November 10^th – TBD

November 17^th – Bill Behrends, Assistant Principal, Centennial High

November 24^th – No Meeting – Turkey Day

December 1^st – TBD

December 8^th – Dr. Donald Wuebbles, Harry E. Preble Emeritus Professor, UIUC

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

October 23 – Jarrod Scheunemann

October 29 – Robb Patton

November 4 – Tom Ulen

“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.” – Anne Frank – 1929-1945 – Writer

“Things that we love tell us what we are.” – Thomas Aquinas – 1225-1274 – Priest

“We all live under the same sky, but we don’t all have the same horizon.” – Konrad Adenauer – 1876-1967 – Former Chancellor of Germany

ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes provided by Lisa Crane)

We received the Rotary International Citation Award!  We keep earning those awards! Congratulations Sunrisers!

Lisa shared picture progress of the Pollinator Garden at Heritage Park that we helped start in June.

Our next Bucket Bucks will go to 40Spreys Mobile Market

Allerton under the stars is coming up.

We continue to participate in the football guessing.  As of this writing, we are not in last place!

Upcoming club service activities include:

No more weeding at Decker garden.  We will soon winterize the garden as the weather cools down.

Books to Prisoners will be in October. More details to come

The Chez Center luncheon with UIUC student veterans will be on November 9^th. We will be doing Jimmy John sandwiches; 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. More details to come.

The 2022 CUSR Fruit Sale begins soon. Fruit will be $30 per case; our goal is 400 cases sold. Asking for a 15-case minimum. Robb is still the Chief Fruithead, but Ed will help as Assistant Fruithead.

The botanical gardens is in need of assistance.

PROGRAM

Charlie introduced the Executive Director of the Champaign County Humane Society, Mary Tiefenbrunn.

She was very excited to share that the Humane Society is moving to Southwest Champaign and their new address will be 4003 Kearns Dr.  They have been in East Urbana since 1988.  They plan to have the building completed by January 2023 and move in in February 2023.  Mary gave us a pictorial tour of the new facility.

The Human Society takes in dogs, cats, birds, rodents, bunnies and other small animals. In fiscal year 2021-2022, they had 1785 adoptions with more cats move through than dogs.  They use herd health management with animal care. Stressed animals have a weakened immune system.

The Humane Society works with the U of I small animal clinic to take around 11 student interns to assist them.  They have about 48 consistent volunteers who walk dogs 3 times per day, make frozen kongs/treats, and socialize cats.  They also have 46 active foster care volunteers.

They also offer dog training classes in the Prairieland Feeds storage area teaching Basic Manners and Puppy Socialization. 

Tiefenbrunn mentioned the upcoming fundraiser, Fur Ball, on October 7 at the iHotel and encourage attendance.

Their funding comes from shelter revenue, events, general appeals, bequests/endowments.

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

October 6^th – TBD

October 13^th – Daily Bread Soup Kitchen will give an overview of its 362 day a year service to the food insecure in our community (Joe)

October 20^th – TBD (Mary)

October 27^th – Dr. Taher Saif, University of Illinois and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, will discuss physical exercise and mental health (Lisa)

November 3^rd – TBD

November 10^th – TBD

November 17^th – Bill Behrends, Assistant Principal, Centennial High

November 24^th – No Meeting – Turkey Day

December 1^st – TBD

December 8^th – Dr. Donald Wuebbles, Harry E. Preble Emeritus Professor, UIUC

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

October 23 – Jarrod Scheunemann

October 29 – Robb Patton