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Winnetka-Northfield
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 12:15 PM
Winnetka Community House
620 Lincoln Avenue
Tyrrell Room (winter) 111A (summer)
Winnetka, IL  60093
United States
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Meeting Recap September 7
The meeting was opened at 12:15 by President Tom Nash and followed by a “Thought for the Day.”  Then the pledge of allegiance was led by Joe Fell. Lunch was served and the meeting itself started about 12:30. The lunch meeting in the Winnetka Community House with 30 of our 52 members (58%) in attendance. There were 2 guests present: Felicia O’Malley with Liz Taylor and Jack Doyle with Joe Fell.  Also with us from the Village was Acting Police Chief Mark Hornstein.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS: President Tom noted we will be participating with a booth in the WPD Fall Fest and said sign-up sheets were on each table. He also said there will be a Membership Committee session next Monday at 8:30 in Liz Taylor’s North Shore Community Bank.  Liz Taylor called attention to a networking event sponsored by the NS Community Bank on Sept. 28, Oct. 4 and Nov. 14.The subjects of these midday affairs ideas for small home office entrepreneurs. Separately Liz called attention to a Wine Walk benefit at Lincoln and Elm on Saturday, Sept. 16 from 4-7 PM.  Tony Kambich noted the new storm Irma had devastated his place in Barbados and would be looking maybe for aid contributions.  In the same vein, John Stone started an aid kitty for either Houston or Florida. The pot will be kept by Mark Kotz until a clearer picture emerges where it might be best used.
 
HAPPY BUCKS: As a Park Commissioner, John Thomas was happy the long-awaited opening of the all-new Dwyer Park occurred last week. Both adults and children had an awesome time with the new equipment. He said the South end of the park had been redesigned and landscaped to provide a pleasant environment for sitting and relaxation.
 
DIG AND GRIN Terry Dason told a very funny anecdote with an O’Henry ending.
 
 SPEAKER NOTES: Introduced by Patti Van Cleave, the speaker was Laurie Peterson, whose subject was the Crow Island School. Ms. Peterson is the editor of the AIA Guide to Chicago and a long-time docent at Crow Island. The unique school was built in 1940 and designed by the architects Eliel and Eero Saarinen. Subsequent expansion in the 1950’s was done using the same guidelines as the original school.The school had many unique design feature and was aimed at proving a child-oriented education in a warm and stimulating environment. It is now a National Historical Landmark, the only school in the area to ever gain that coveted designation.
 
A brief Q&A ensued and ended at 1:30. The meeting then closed with a rousing recital of Rotary’s four-way test.
 
 
 
 
 
2017 Operation Warm Project Underway!
Fundraising is underway for our 2017 Operation Warm project. 
 
 
Nearly one in five American children live in poverty. More than 400,000 in the Chicago metro area. 
 
For these families, deciding between food, rent, heat and medicine takes priority. Many children have to go without a coat during the cold Chicago winter.
 
You can help to bring hope, happiness and warmth to children living in need in Chicagoland with the gift of a brand-new winter coat.  Your gift will help to improve a child's self-esteem, school attendance and overall wellness.

Our Goal is to Give 500 Children Brand-New Winter Coats
Give today at www.operationwarm.org/wnrotary

Or send a check payable to WNRCF to
Rotary Club of Winnetka-Northfield
620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka IL 60093
 
We partner with schools and non-profits serving disadvantaged children, including Inner City Impact in Cicero, Holy Family Ministries school in Chicago, Hope Community Church in Chicago, Open Arms Mission in Antioch, Youth Services of Glenview/Northbrook (holiday gift program), Jewish Council for Youth Services in Highwood and Family Promise Chicago North Shore.
 
This year, we are also partnering with the Chicago Public Library on an innovative program that gives a new coat at the libratry, bringing children into a library of the first time.
 
Your donation will go to Operation Warm, our partner since 2009. They provide us with brand-new, high-quality, warm winter coats for our children. Operation Warm is a GuideStar Platinum-rated nonprofit and has helped over 2 million children since 1998.
 
The video below was sent to us last winter as a gesture of THANKS from Holy Family Ministries. 
 
 
How many children can you help keep warm this winter?
 
Hurricane Relief Fund  Accepting Donations
Our Rotary Club's Charitable Foundation is now accepting tax deductible donations for our Hurricane Relief Fund. Donations may be made by credit card here:
 
Our Foundation's Board will take direction from Rotary Leaders regarding where to direct our funds. Here is a letter received from our represntative on Rotary International's Board of Directors Robb Knuepfer:
 
Dear District and Zone Leaders:
 
As you have been reading in the news, severe rainfall has caused historic flooding along the Texas coast, including in Houston, the fourth largest city by population in the United States. Deluged towns in the region are in desperate need of aid as thousands of residents were forced to flee their homes. About 6.8 million people have been affected by the hurricane, which made landfall on 25 August.
  • Late last week, Presidential Aide Don Mebus and Past RI Director Greg Podd hosted a strategy conference call with governors from Districts 5930, 5840, 5890, 5910 and 6200 in Texas and Louisiana to develop a cohesive response.
  • A Gulf Coast Disaster Relief Donor Advised Fund (DAF) has been established by Greg Podd and President-Elect Barry Rassin through The Rotary Foundation to collect relief contributions. Don and Greg are working with leaders from the affected districts to create a process for disbursing DAF funds to their respective district foundations or local 501c3 organizations to support local relief efforts.
  • Updated information about contributing to the Gulf Coast DAF is available on the Rotary website. This page will continue to be updated as needed.  Contribution information is also attached to this email.
  • ShelterBox, Rotary’s partner for disaster relief, is providing tents for use as ‘privacy tents’ to be pitched within the convention centers housing families that have been evacuated.
Please circulate the news about Rotary’s relief efforts to Rotarians in your district.  Please direct inquiring Rotarians to the web story on Rotary.org for the most up-to-date information or to contact RI by writing to relief@rotary.org.
 
Yours in Rotary Service,
 
Robb
 
Robb Knuepfer
RI Director
Zones 28 & 29
Meeting Assignments
September 14
GreeterCarl Yudell
Dig-n-GrinHeather Higgins
Thought Tony Kambich
Sgt-at-ArmsDenny Lauer
ScribeJohn Thomas
 
September 21
GreeterRich Lalley
Dig-n-GrinNed Meisner
Thought Robert Mardirossian
Sgt-at-ArmsLee Padgitt
ScribeKeith Reed
 
September 28
GreeterJoe Nash
Dig-n-GrinGreg Nelson
Thought Brooke Peppey
Sgt-at-ArmsChuck Norton
ScribeWes Baumann
 
 
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Heather Higgins
September 6
 
Mike Shelton
September 7
 
Wes Baumann
September 12
 
Terry Dason
September 15
 
Robert Mardirossian
September 20
 
Liz Taylor
September 27
 
Join Date
Anthony (Tony) Kambich
September 1, 1979
38 years
 
Bill Boyd
September 10, 2009
8 years
 
Todd Stephens
September 10, 1998
19 years
 
Fred Schwimmer
September 13, 2012
5 years
 
Heidi Sibert
September 13, 2012
5 years
 
Robert Mardirossian
September 22, 1994
23 years