“A river cuts through rock, not because of its power, but because of its persistence.” – Jim Watkins, American Anchor and Journalist

“A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution.” – Angela Merkel – Chancellor of Germany

“Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.” – Edward Everett Hale – 1822-1909-Author-Historian

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

(Notes provided by Lisa Crane)

Ed Perry provided a scrumptious breakfast in honor of Hispanic Heritage month.  

We still need members to sign up for breakfast for the months of January and March. Please see Lisa Crane.

Our raffle basket at the District Conference was a hit and sold for $175.

Unloading of the pumpkins went well last Saturday. For the EI Foodbank we counted potatoes.

Andrew and Maggie celebrated their 10th wedding anniversary with a trip to Salem and Boston.

Football picks – we are in last place with area Rotary clubs.  Sometimes it just feels good to be back in your regular spot.

Bucket bucks in October will go to the GSLC Turkey Sandwich project.

UPCOMING DATES

October 17 – Club Assembly

October 24 – World Polio Day

October 26 – 1-3pm Sola Gratia work day with UI student group @ Sola Gratia

October 26 – Central Interact 5K + costume contest

November 14 – Annual Sunrise Charter Dinner with Chez Center Veterans at City View

SPEAKER
Michelle Gonzales, Executive Director of the CU Schools foundation, was our speaker this week.  She was a 3rd grade teacher at Booker T. Washington and South Side Elementary Schools from 2002-2014.

She then served as a legislative Assistant/Chief of Staff for the late State Senator Scott Bennett from 2015-2020.  She worked for the Office of Public Engagement at the University of Illinois from 2020-2024.

She has been an active volunteer in CU for the past 10 years, including her involvement as a member of Urbana Rotary.

The mission of the CU Schools Foundation is to invest in an equitable and empowered future for Champaign-Urbana by strengthening the community’s commitment to our public schools, teachers, and students. What they do: administer teacher grants and scholarships; liaison between school and community. Recognize and promote teacher and students achievements to increase community awareness.

They are currently working on a five year strategic plan to address some major goals. 

Michelle noted many ways that we can help the CU Schools Foundation: follow them on social media, join the 365 club of donors, visit their website and share their information with others interested in investing in our schools.  You can also nominate a Distinguished Alum for their April event, mentor, participate in iRead icount.

 

Last year, the CU Schools Foundation awarded $103k in grants and they gave $100 to each teacher to help with their classroom.

 

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  Oct 17th Oct 24th Oct 31st Nov 7th
Introductions Oktay Baran Eddie Bridges No Garrett Colbert
Reflection Rod Roberts Tod Satterthwaite morning Jarrod Scheunemann
Greeters Oktay Baran Eddie Bridges meeting Garrett Colbert
Rod Roberts Tod Satterthwaite social Jarrod Scheunemann
Food Ed Perry Ed Perry instead. Mary Kay and Charlie
Notetaker Conforti Hodson   Perry

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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee members listed in parentheses)

 

October 17th – Club Assembly

October 24th – Bob Cloverdill will talk about finding the crash site of his father’s B-24 in 1944 (Darrell)

October 31st – Club Social

November 7th – Andrea Fain, District 6490 International service Director, who will tell us about her trips to Guadalajara with Mississippi District 6820 (Mary)

November 14th – Veteran’s Dinner at City View

November 21st – TBD (Cary)

November 28th – No meeting – Thanksgiving

December 5th – TBD (Joe)

December 12th – TBD (Charlie)

December 19th – CUSR Holiday Party

December 26th – No morning meeting

January 2nd – TBD (Les)

January 9th – TBD (Lisa)

January 16th – TBD (Mary)

January 23rd – TBD (Michael)

 

 

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS

 

October 23 – Jarrod Scheunemann

October 29 – Robb Patton