Thomas Applegate welcomed everyone and led the Club in the Pledge of Allegiance. Ellie Schwimmer shared a thought for the day about the energy we put out into the world. Tony Kambich introduced his wife Carolyn who joined us as a guest. Karla Garjaka also introduced a guest, Luba Dimitrova, who is the Senior Director, Children's Center at the McGaw YMCA in Evanston.
Announcements:
Thomas reminded everyone about the upcoming holiday party, which we are doing with the Wilmette Rotary Club this year. It will be December 16 starting at 6pm. Tickets are $60, but our Club is underwriting $10/person to bring the cost down to $50 for our members. Members who pre-pay for lunch will receive an additional “credit” of $15. The New Trier Swing Choir will perform and a fun evening will be had by all – please come if you can! The deadline to sign up is December 10. More information and registration is available here.
Barb Tubekis reminded everyone that our annual Share Your Bounty service project is coming up next week. We will pack and deliver grocery bags of food to families affiliated with Good News Partners. Bags will be packed during our regular lunch meeting time and will be delivered immediately afterwards. Donations to support this project can be made here and must be received by November 15.
Barb also reminded everyone that Tuesday, December 1 is the next date for our Club to pack sandwiches for Connections for the Homeless. Sign up for a spot here.
Moha Bouacha shared an update on our Global Grant – he recently visited the project site and the building and equipment are all coming together and excitement is high!
Sean Lawless reported on the Green Bay Trail clean-up last weekend – 4 people attended and did a great job cleaning up around the Hubbard Street Station.
Rich Lalley shared an email from a Rotary Club in Kosovo; a long-time member of our Club was involved in the founding of that Club. They are celebrating their 20th anniversary this week.
Rich also shared that one of the Evanston Clubs is organizing a social gathering of area Rotarians on Wednesday, November 18 at the Firehouse Grill in Evanston, 5:30pm-8pm. All are invited.
- Rich reminded everyone that on Saturday, November 14, we’ll be passing out coats with Operation Warm at Budlong Woods Library – more information and online registration is available here or contact Rich if you’d like to get involved.
Happy bucks were shared by Barb Tubekis and Tony Kambich.
Karla Garjaka is our speaker today, and she shared a presentation about emotional literacy. She shared some of her personal experiences, reflections on happiness, sadness, grief, guilt, and more – and how we can better help children to learn emotional literacy early in life. She defined emotional literacy as learning to notice what we feel, understanding what it might mean, accepting the experience without shame, and choosing a helpful response.
The meeting concluded with our usual recitation of the Four-Way Test.