“The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes – 1841-1935 – Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

 

“Trust because you are willing to accept the risk, not because it’s safe or certain.” – Unknown

 

“The expert in anything was once a beginner.” – Helen Hayes – 1900-1993 – American Actress

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes provided by the unconventional and unorthodox Paul Conforti)

 

Visitors this week included Anita and Tom from Champaign West.

We sang happy birthday to Allen, Ed and Darrel.

Our diaper drive exceeded our goal of 20,000 diapers.  Well done everyone!

August 26: Rotary Leadership Institute

August 31 is the 5^th Thursday of the month and as such there will be no morning meeting. Instead, there will be a social that afternoon at Triptych Brewery in Savoy beginning at 5pm.

September 8 & 9: Rotary District Conference at the Champaign Holiday Inn

October 8: Gary Olsen Celebration of Life & Shelterbox USA Fundraiser. Our club voted to purchase one Shelterbox in Gary’s name.

November 9: CU Sunrise Anniversary Party at City View

 

Upcoming Service Opportunities:

September 2 (9-11am): Salt & Light in Urbana

September 9 (10-11am): Feeding Our Kids @ Hope Center

September 30 (3-11pm): Oktoberfest booth. Downtown Champaign

October 5 (5-6:30pm): Books to Prisoners

October 14 (6am-noon): Rotary booth at Urbana’s Farmers Market

 

Program: Flavors of Northern Italy – Joe Rank

Joe and his wife Pam travelled to northern Italy with the University of Illinois Alumni Association’s Educational Travel Program. Joe showed slides of their trip and talked about their experiences, including dining at 5-star restaurants, winery visits, cooking lessons and a visit to the city of Verona, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and also the setting of Shakespeare’s play, Romeo and Juliet.

Joe highly recommends the UI Alumni Association Explorers Travel Program. Their trip was meticulously planned and the local guides were top notch wherever the tour took them.

From the Explorers Travel Program website: The story of travel involves more than a ticket and a passport. It should weave together discovery, education and humanity, the best elements of any compelling tale. Your personal travel story begins with our commitment to delivering authentic experiences with local people.

 

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	Aug 31st	Sept 7th	Sept 14th	Sept 21st
Introductions	No	Mary Hodson	Darrell Hoemann	Michael Hogue
Reflection	morning	Joe Rank	Rod Roberts	Tod Satterthwaite
Greeters	meeting.	Mary Hodson	Darrell Hoemann	Michael Hogue
	Evening	Joe Rank	Rod Roberts	Tod Satterthwaite
Notetaker	social instead.	Perry	Hodson	Crane

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

 

August 31^st – 5^th Thursday – No morning meeting

September 7^th – Rachel Graham, Director of Operations, Crisis Nursery will discuss the State of the Nursery

September 14^th – Jim Keiken, Director of the Illinois Fire Institute (Mary)

September 21^st – Poets Corey Van Landingham and Chris Kempf (Thom)  

September 28^th – Jarrod Scheunemann will discuss his mission trip and park development project in Bilisht, Albania

October 5^th – Club Assembly

October 12^th – Brittany Millington, Director, Champaign Public Library (Thom)

October 19^th – Dr.  Nestor Ramirez  will give a summary of his OLLI class on Polio

October 26^th –  John Clark, who will discuss Storybook, a program that allows inmates to maintain a connection to children by recording stories for their children (Mary)

November 2^nd – Dr. Dan Simons, Professor, Psychology, UIUC, co-author of “The Invisible Gorilla” and “Nobody’s Fool”

November 9^th – no morning meeting – Anniversary Dinner at CityView

November 16^th – TBD

November 23^rd – Turkey Day – no morning meeting

November 30^th – TBD

December 7^th – TBD

 

 

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

 

August 30 – Darrell Hoemann

August 30 – Ed Perry

 

September 2 – Andrew Kerins

September 3 – Charlie Smith

September 11 – Eddie Bridges

September 25 – Tod Satterthwaite

 

“When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.” – Wayne Dyer – 1940-2015 – Author and Speaker

 

“A little progress each day adds up to big results.” – Diana Martin – Author

 

“Life is too short to waste. Sometimes bravery is simply choosing to take the next step without fully knowing the path.” – Glennon Doyle – American Author

 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(notes provided by Lisa Crane)

 

August 21, 5-7pm – Tom Costello Golf Outing and Corn Roast

 

August 21-26 Annual Rotary Blood Drive  Urbana Donor Center 1408 W. University call ImpactLife at (800)747-5401

 

August 26, 8:30am -3:30pm – Rotary Leadership Institute

 

August 31 (5th Thursday) Group decided to meet at Tryptych in Savoy. We may be able to get a tour. Cary will check into it.

 

September 8 & 9 – District Conference here at Holiday Inn. Information was already emailed.

 

October 8, 1-4pm Gary Olsen Celebration of Life & Shelter Box USA  Fundraiser

 

November 9 – CU Sunrise Anniversary / Veteran’s Day Dinner @ CITY VIEW

 

Tree for Lou Simpson plaque will read :  Lou Simpson Champaign Urbana Sunrise Rotary Charter Member “Once met never forgotten”

 

Bucket Bucks:

August – CU at Home

September – Books to Prisoners

 

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

 

August 21 – 26 – CU Sunrise Diaper Drive still openings to sign up. See Darrell

 

September 2, 9-11am – SALT & LIGHT in Urbana

 

September 9, 10-11am – Feeding our Kids @  Hope Center

 

September 30, 3-10pm – DSC’s Octoberfest in downtown Champaign

 

October 14, 6am-noon – Rotary booth at the Urbana Farmer’s Market

 

PROGRAM

 

Last week’s speaker was District Governor Janet Ellis Nelson.  Nelson is a Danville native, and she talked about her family history, her struggles, and the importance of hard work and education.

 

Before joining Champaign Rotary in 2014, she was the sponsor for the Interact Club at Centennial for 10 yrs. Her son was a youth exchange student to Japan in high school. When he came back, he later joined Rotary and served as the Rotary exchange liaison.

 

She told us about her humble beginnings to show that “Rotary helps ordinary people to do great things.”

 

In May 2021 Centennial created a scholarship award Janet Ellis Nelson award for those who have been involved with Interact.

 

She brought forms for Rotary Direct and spoke of how easy it is to donate, and in donating one can become a Paul Harris recipient.  She called Robb Patton to the front to receive his Paul Harris pin and thanked him for donating. 

 

GIVE THE GIFT OF ROTARY cards were also available. 

 

Janet also reiterated the National President’s mantra mental health & wellness focus. 

 

This year she has $46k to give in district in grants.  She also has $300 to give away to Interact groups.

 

Janet encouraged members to attend the upcoming conference. There are two membership sessions and several speakers who will be very insightful. 

 

She was impressed with our impactful service and challenged us to increase our membership. 

 

There will be a Disaster response grant to Rotary clubs in Maui. 

 

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	Aug 24th	Aug 31st	Sept 7th	Sept 14th
Introductions	Darrell	Mary Hodson	Darrell Hoemann	Michael Hogue
Reflection	Ed Perry	Joe Rank	Rod Roberts	Tod Satterthwaite
Greeters	Oktay	Mary Hodson	Darrell Hoemann	Michael Hogue
	Ed Perry	Joe Rank	Rod Roberts	Tod Satterthwaite
Notetaker	Conforti	Perry	Hodson	Crane

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

 

August 24^th – Joe Rank, Taste of Northern Italy

August 31^st – 5^th Thursday – No morning meeting

September 7^th – Rachel Graham, Director of Operations, Crisis Nursery will discuss the State of the Nursery

September 14^th – TBD

September 21^st – Poets Corey Van Landingham and Chris Kempf (Thom)  

September 28^th – Jarrod Scheunemann will discuss his mission trip and park development project in Bilisht, Albania

October 5^th – TBD

October 12^th – Brittany Millington, Director, Champaign Public Library (Thom)

October 19^th – TBD

October 26^th –  John Clark, who will discuss Storybook, a program that allows inmates to maintain a connection to children by recording stories for their children (Mary)

November 2^nd – Dr. Dan Simons, Professor, Psychology, UIUC, co-author of “The Invisible Gorilla” and “Nobody’s Fool”

November 9^th – no morning meeting – Anniversary Dinner at CityView

 

 

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

 

August 24 – Allan Penwell

August 30 – Darrell Hoemann

August 30 – Ed Perry

 

“Difficult and meaningful will always bring more satisfaction than easy and meaningless.” – Maxime Legace – Professional Ice Hockey Player

 

“The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes – 1841-1935 – Former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court

 

“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong.” – Audrey Hepburn – 1929-1993 – British Actress-Humanitarian

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

August 10 – Rotary Leadership Institute

 

September 8-9 – District 6490 Conference

 

August 21 – Tom Costello Memorial Golf Outing and Corn Roast at Lake of the Woods

 

August 26 – Rotary Leadership Institute

 

September 8-9 – District 6490 Conference

 

October 8 – ShelterBox fundraiser in memory of CU Sunrise Rotarian Gary Olsen

 

November 9 – CU Sunrise Anniversary and Veteran’s Day Dinner at City View; No AM meeting

 

Bucket Bucks – August – CU at Home

 

 

 

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

 

August 21- 26 – Rotary Blood Drive

 

August 21 – 26 – CU Sunrise Diaper Drive

 

September 2, 9-11 AM – Salt and Light

 

September 9 – Feeding Our Kids

 

September 30, 3 – 11 PM, Octoberfest

 

October 3, 5-6:30 PM, Books 2 Prisoners

 

October 14 – 6:30 AM – Noon,  CU Sunrise Rotary Booth at Urbana Farmer’s Market – Save your Rotary magazines to hand out.

 

 

PROGRAM

 

Michael Hogue introduced Kelly Russell representing the Champaign County Home Visitors Consortium.   Kelly introduced Hailey Ogle, Nursing Supervisor for Carle’s Home Visiting Program, and Bobbie Webb from DSC, who are also members of the Consortium.  

 

Six years ago, the local agencies with home visiting components decided to coordinate their efforts.  There are currently eight member agencies, including the United Way, serving approximately 750 families.   Six of the programs serve birth to age three and the other two serve children birth to age five.   Due to the shortage of bi-lingual home visitors, there is a waiting list for Spanish speaking families to receive services.

 

Kelly said their programs are the “springboard to the schools.’   Her program, CU Early Learning, has four home visitors, including two who are bilingual.   They make at least two visits per month to the homes of families enrolled.  

 

Bobbie Webb is with DSC’s Parent Wonders Program.   She does all of the child developmental screenings for Champaign County.   Her agency serves children to age five and connects children to early intervention programs.    She said that the children she evaluates have fallen behind because of Covid.   She said that they are coming into schools without skills, like sitting for story time, that the teachers expect them to have.   Home visitors model reading to the children.  About 25% of the parents are illiterate so the program has incorporated books with pictures for those families.   

 

Bobbie also does a teen moms and dads program at Rantoul High School.  Last year, they had 14 students enrolled and six so far this year.

 

Hailey Ogle said that Carle has two home visiting programs.  Family Foundations is a post-partum program.   Healthy Beginnings serves from pregnancy to age 2.

 

On behalf of CU Sunrise, Kelly Russell and Michael Hogue are writing an application for a District Grant.   If received, the grant will provide “winter kits”, hats, mittens, socks and books for children enrolled in their programs.   CU Sunrisers will help with packing the kits.

 

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	Aug 17th	Aug 24th	Aug 31st	Sept 7th
Introductions	Diana Dummitt	Darrell	Mary Hodson	Darrell Hoemann
Reflection	Allan Penwell	Ed Perry	Joe Rank	Rod Roberts
Greeters	Diana Dummitt	Oktay	Mary Hodson	Darrell Hoemann
	Allan Penwell	Ed Perry	Joe Rank	Rod Roberts
Notetaker	Crane	Conforti	Perry	Hodson

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

 

August 17^th – District Governor

August 24^th – Joe Rank, Taste of Northern Italy

August 31^st – TBD

September 7^th – TBD

September 14^th – TBD

September 21^st – Poets Corey Van Landingham and Chris Kempf (Thom)  

September 28^th – Jarrod Scheunemann will discuss his mission trip and park development project in Bilisht, Albania

October 5^th – TBD

October 12^th – Brittany Millington, Director, Champaign Public Library (Thom)

October 19^th – TBD

October 26^th –  John Clark, who will discuss Storybook, a program that allows inmates to maintain a connection to children by recording stories for their children (Mary)

November 2^nd – Dr. Dan Simons, Professor, Psychology, UIUC, co-author of “The Invisible Gorilla” and “Nobody’s Fool”

November 9^th – no morning meeting – Anniversary Dinner at CityView

 

 

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

 

August 24 – Allan Penwell

August 30 – Darrell Hoemann

August 30 – Ed Perry

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 August 21 – Tom Costello Memorial Golf Outing and Corn Roast at Lake of the Woods

 August 26 – Rotary Leadership Institute

September 9 – District 6490 Conference

November 9 – CU Sunrise Anniversary and Veteran’s Day Dinner

Bucket Bucks –  August – CU at Home 

Shelter Box Stock the Box Fundraiser – See http:// http://www.shelterboxusa.org/

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

August 8, 5:30 – 7:30 PM – Assemble School Kits at United Way

August 21 – 26 – Diaper Drive

September 2, 9-11 AM – Salt and Light

September 9 – Feeding Our Kids

September 30, 3 – 11 PM, Octoberfest

Program

Cary introduced Jared White as our speaker this morning. Jared is the Executive Director of the Prairie Lands Council for the Scouts of America. The Council consists of nine counties in east central Illinois and western Indiana, and current has approximately 1,900 active Scouts. The group includes boys and girls from kindergarten to 20 years of age. Four full-time and three half-time employees are the paid staff with an average of 600 volunteers. 

Jared presented information about the many activities that the scouts can be involved in locally and nationally along with the council’s ownership of Camp Drake and it’s activities, facilities and history. Local Rotary clubs have helped to provide cabins and facilities since the beginning of Camp Drake.

Jared noted that prior to COVID there were approximately 3,000 active scouts in the local Prairie Lands Council.  He is on a mission to increase the current numbers back to the pre-COVID numbers and continue stressing diversity in the membership and leadership. Jared noted that Prairie Lands is one of the top 10 diverse scouting groups in the country. 

He presented the current Prairie Lands budget numbers, noting the costs to maintain their properties and programs and how funds are raised by individual membership cost, fundraising activities with candy bar and popcorn sales, and the need for donations by individuals and groups.