For nearly 100 years, Hadley has helped people with vision loss maintain their independence and continue to thrive. This mission is as relevant today as it was in 1920, indeed, even more so. The aging of the Baby Boomer generation is expected to result in a tsunami of vision loss as a result of age-related eye conditions such as macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy. Hadley is preparing to meet the needs of this population through an expanded set of relevant workshops as well as increased opportunities for participants to learn from each other. The presentation will include a hands-on demonstration of the accessibility features of iOS devices. Bring your iPhone!
Julie S. Tye is the President of the Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Established in 1920, Hadley creates personalized learning opportunities that empower people to thrive—at home, at work and in their communities. Many of the 140,000 people who benefit from Hadley’s educational offerings each year are older individuals who are experiencing age-related vision loss.
Prior to joining Hadley in 2016, Julie was President and CEO of The Cradle, a not-for-profit child welfare agency located in Evanston, IL. Julie spent the first part of her career in hospital management at Lutheran General Health System (now Advocate). Her responsibilities included business development of the system’s addiction treatment network, Parkside Medical Services. She was also responsible for the development of the hospital’s Older Adult Services program including Adult Day Care, Information & Referral, Nutrition Site and Geriatric Assessment.
Julie received her MBA from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University and her Bachelor of Science from Pace University in New York City.
Julie lives in Winnetka with her husband, Fred. They welcome visits by their children, Fred and Alison, and they share their home with their Cavoodle dog, Avery.
Tony Kambich gave us our thought for the day on one minute’s notice. Tony proved again, he is good at thinking on his feet.
Guests were our speaker, Carly Pace; Darlene Kolton, Kim Moloney and Meg Georgevich. Ron Bernardi was our visiting Rotarian.
Our birthdays this week were Bob Baker, Joe Feld and Barb Tubekis. A rousing chorus of Happy Birthday was sung.
Anniversaries: Barb Tubekis, seven years.
Announcements:
Marie Kuipers reminded us that the annual benefit is June 1. Please sign up now. Ron Bernardi will be the auctioneer. We are looking for auction items. There will be great Bluegrass Music by Bourbon Aristocracy , Great Barbeque, and plenty of Beer and Wine.
The District Conference is Friday and Saturday May 3 and 4. Rich Lalley is a speaker.
On May 9 our meeting will be at the refurbished Hadley School. Tours will be given of this truly unique operation and gem of the North Shore for nearly 100 years.
The installation dinner is June 19. There will be no meeting on June 20.
Happy Bucks:
Patti Van Cleave announced the Winnetka Club’s house walk on Thursday, May 16.There will be 4 spectacular homes in Winnetka and Glencoe.Tickets are at www.thewinnetkaclub.org.
Barb Tubekis reminded us that the Awards Banquet for Honorees of the Volunteer Center will be held on May 22.American idol finalist, Manny Torres will be performing.You can obtain tickets and more information at http://www.volunteercenterhelps.org.
Wes Baumann is happy that both his St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs are doing well;
Barb Tubekis just had a great experience with the Executive Service Corp as a way to help non-profit organizations;
Rich Lalley announced that the farm project in Ecuador is now fully funded;
Robert Mardirossian is happy knowing the Cubs will beat St. Louis 2 out of 3 this weekend;
Tony Kambich congratulated Rich Lalley on starting with only $15,000 for the farm project in Ecuador and raising over $170,000;
Fred Schwimmer was happy that his parents moved to Winnetka 82 years ago today.
Dig and Grin: Barb Tubekis entertained us with grandparent stories.
Speaker: Carly Pace of Selah Freedom, a national organization with the mission to end sex trafficking.
Carly gave us the definition of Sex Trafficking as the use of Fraud, Force, Coercion to induce girls and boys, women and men to become part of “the life.” Sex Trafficking is a $35 billion business in the US alone. One child can earn a predator $250,000 to $1,000,000 per year. It is a highly lucrative business.
The children are led into “the life” and held there by violence, threats, drugs and intimidation. Very often the children leave an abusive situation at home and fall into an even more abusive situation in the world.
Often times, the predators brand their charges with tattoos to emphasize the charges lack of power or ability to change their lives.
Selah Freedom offers solutions. It gives the children the opportunity to “reset” thru Awareness, Prevention, Outreach, Residential facilities, Healing and Restoration.
As the 2018-19 Rotary Year nears its conclusion, please join the millions of beneficiaries of projects funded by The Rotary Foundation in thanking our members who have honored their commitment of Every Rotarian, Every Year, contribute to The Rotary Foundation's Annual Programs Fund.
With a bit over two months to go, our club members have donated a total of $3,482 in the 2018-19 Rotary Year, one third of our goal this year of $10,000.
Please thank these 8 Rotarians for already making their annual contribution, especially those in bold who are Paul Harris Fellows:
Wes Baumann, David Birkenstein*+, David Grant*, Heather Higgins, Rich Lalley+, Rodger Morris*,Lee Padgitt, Fred Schwimmer+ * signifies a Major Donor+ signifies Paul Harris Society ($1,000 per year)
There are many reasons to give to the The Rotary Foundation:
Contributions support humanitarian and educational projects initiated and run by Rotary Clubs and Districts in six areas of focus- Disease prevention and treatment, maternal & child health, education & literacy, water and sanitation, economic & community development and peace & conflict resolution. Learn more by reviewing the Foundation’s annual report.
Contributions come back to support projects of our club's projects, like our coats for kids, Kids Against Hunger and International grants projects like our Farm to Table eco-agribusiness project in Ecuador, the water and sanitation projects we helped fund for schools in Guatemala and Kenya, and the digital x-ray/community health clinic project organized by District 6440. This year, we received over $3,500 for our Kids Against Hunger project! But we must give to receive.
Giving to The Rotary Foundation is an easy way for you to participate in Rotary’s service work beyond our club, providing you a personal connection to this great organization and the good it does throughout the world.
It’s easy to give. You can donate with a check or credit card at lunch; you can send a check to “WNRCF” (mark TRF in the memo line) to our club at 620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka; you can donate via PayPal by clicking here, or you can donate directly to The Rotary Foundation at www.rotary.org or by calling 866-976-8279. One very convenient way to give is by making a recurring monthly gift on your credit card or from your checking account, which you can set up on Rotary’s website.
If you have not already supported The Rotary Foundation this year, please do so now.
If you have any questions about The Rotary Foundation or how to give, contact Rich Lalley.
