Barb led today’s meeting with 15 in-person Rotarians, 1 zoomer, and 4 speakers.

 

Speaker:  Lynn Weis is the Executive Director of the Evanston Work Ethic program (WE), which is a local charity set up to help students pursue alternatives to 4-year college degree programs.  The WE Program was founded in 2017 by Hecky Powell, the owner of Hecky’s BBQ in Evanston. 

 

Lynn brought 2 alumnae from the We program to also speak to us this afternoon:  Humana Garcia, who is sponsored at Elmhurst College in a nursing program, and Taiwan, who is sponsored in a culinary training program.  WE sponsors 15 Evanston High School Juniors in paid summer internships to pursue vocational programs.  They also sponsor a similar size group of high school seniors, and then extend support after graduation.  The annual budget is around $200,000 and is funded by individuals and family foundations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Community House is collecting non-perishable foods and household goods for the New Trier Township Food Pantry. Club members and visitors to the Community House are encouraged to bring items on Thursday or whenever you are visiting the Community House. A large bin for drop offs is located at the front desk. Club members are asked to monitor the bin and take items to the Food Pantry when full. 

This new service project collaboration will be ongoing, with a new recipient identified quarterly.