Please find a substitute if you are unable to fulfill your assignment; Just call or e-mail a fellow member and ask him/her to sub. Tom Evans - tom.evans527@gmail.com- who chairs the service committee, will confirm assignments. Sgt. at arms helps set up and store our stuff, please come 15 minutes early and be prepared to stay a few minutes after the meeting; Greeter greets and announces names of visiting Rotarians and guests; Thought of the Day can be spontaneous or read from a script; Dig 'n Grin can make us laugh or think seriously.
Once again, our club will provide brand new winter coats to hundreds of children living in need in the City of Chicago and Northern suburbs. Coats will be provided to children served by six area organizations:
Each of these organizations is supported by members of our club. Your contribution will allow us to increase the number of children who receive a new winter coat so they will be happy and able to attend school on Chicago's cold winter days. Coats will be acquired at wholesale pricing ($17 per coat) from Operation Warm, a Rotarian founded non-profit that provides over 200,000 children with new coats each year.
Please donate generously. All donations are made to the Winnetka Northfield Rotary Charitable Foundation, a registered 501(c)(3) charity, and are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. Click to donate or send check to 620 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka IL 60093.
We had a great turn out of members to help sell brats and beer at the Winnetka Community House's "Last Blast of Summer." Thanks to all who helped:
Bill Leske, Patti Van Cleve, Rich Lalley, John Johnson, Fred Schwimmer, Tom Evans, Liz Taylor, Sam Badger, David Birkenstein, Mary Birkenstein, Eric Birkenstein, Keith Reed, Wes Baumann, Heather Higgins, Mark Kotz, Bernie Michna, Dave Gotaas, Jeanne Beckman and Bob Baker for providing plastic gloves and a fire extinguisher, and Gina for her help organizing the event and our liquor license.
Our Club's Charitable Foundation is now accepting applications for funding for the 2013-14 funding year. Applications are due by November 30, with grants to be awarded in March, 2014. Our Foundation typically funds about 15 organizations, both local and international. Applicants are required to have a club member as a sponsor of their organization. This person can be a board member, volunteer or donor to the organization. Grants are typically $500-2,000. A list of last year's recipients is below.
Any questions? Email Patti Van Cleave, Foundation Chair at vancleave.patti@gmail.com
The application can be found under the Foundation tab, click on Winnetka-Northfield Rotary Charitable Foundation, it's in the left panel.
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