Rotary Club of Deerfield - Box 156 - Deerfield,
IL 60015
May 01, 2008
Club #3115 - Chartered 20
November, 1930
Deerfield Club receives pair of
awards
The District Conference
was a big success, and a productive
time for our local club. Deerfield Rotary received two awards at the annual
awards luncheon. The first was a Club Service Award for sponsoring water wells
in Ghana and Benin, sending Barbara
Struthers and her daughter to Guatemala,
buying a refrigerator for the Ak’Tenamit Clinic, and sponsoring a medical
clinic in Brazil.
The second award was a Community Service Award for our teen safe driving
program, Nicasa program, and sponsorship of the July 4, robotics club,
choraliers, Three Guys and a Truck, Community Service Day and others. Thanks to
all the members who have worked on these projects and to partnering sponsors
who helped with funding.
Martha
Heck, Executive Director of the North Shore Committee for Special Education,
and Don Eldredge’s daughter, is today’s speaker. Program arranged by (who else)
Don Eldredge.
Future Programs Arranged for Us by Our Members:
May 8 − Dan Weiss will share an update on
the project to build a Medical Facility in Brazil which we supported through
Rotary last year. Program arranged by Tom Healy
and Joe Bertram for Nancy Flouret
May 22 − Carol Spielman, County
Board representative, presents What a
Constitutional Convention would mean for Illinois.
Program arranged by Barbara Struthers.
May 29 − Remembering When (fire safety reminder) by Ray
Larson of the Fire Protection District and Linda Anderson of the Deerfield Park
District. Program arranged by Jack Gagne.
(Please remember to
inform Mary Pergander and the Pinion
ASAP when you have upcoming programs so we can keep everyone informed. Thanks.)
Other Important Dates to
Remember
June 7− Three Guys and a Truck. The
annual food collection event for the West
Deerfield Township food pantry. Corporate and business sponsors
are welcome
June
12 −
Deerfield Rotary Club annual picnic. Food, family and fun in the great
outdoors. George Balis will be the program for that day “All About mosquitoes.”
In addition we’ll also have a Shelter Box demonstration. Mark it on your calendar and bring your
family.
June 20 − Club golf outing (9 holes) and
installation dinner for President Elect Chuck Frieman. Take the place of our
weekly meeting.
June 25 −Installation Dinner for incoming
District Governor Pam Kerr at the Michigan Shores Club.
July 4 − Annual Fourth of July race. Sponsors needed. If your business wants to be a
sponsor, or if you know someone who wants to do this, let Tom Healy or Bob Franz know. We’d like to get our
T-shirts for the race early enough to wear when we volunteer in June for 3 Guys
and a Truck, the Township food drive. Proceeds from the race go to Family Days and other charitable causes.
Club Service Assignments For The Next Six Weeks are
listed below:
Date Greeter Invocation Fun&Frolic Arrange
Prog.
5/1 Eldredge Clark Hiestand Eldredge
5/8 Dozier Flouret Franz Flouret
5/15 Grahl Gagne Frieman Frieman
5/22 Gregory Healy Celik Struthers
5/29 Lomoro Joseph Johnson Gagne
6/05 Milota Morrison Pergander Grahl
Joe Boyd presents Club President
Barbara Struthers with the Multiple
Paul Harris pin for having reached the appropriate level of giving. The pin is
a four blue sapphire pin.
Elvis lives.
Our Hospitality Suite rocked, thanks to Christine Celik, who had the room
decked out in black and gold balloons, little gold fountains and glitter
tables, and wall portraits of The King and Marilyn Monroe. Thanks to Frank
Lomoro and Sunset Foods, who provided
beverages and snacks and a big sign. Dave Wolff brought the photo board and
board sign and worked Friday evening. Chris and Abe Celik worked Friday and
Saturday evening, and Joe Boyd was on hand Friday. Bruce Piepenbrink of the
Wheeling Club was spinning the tunes as DJ, playing music upon request, and
even Past District Governor Tadashi and his wife were seen cutting the rug to
rock music.
Double Jeopardy. Our own Chuck Frieman advanced past
the first round of Rotary Jeopardy at the District Conference, but was aced out
in the championship round by “little” Mimi Makar. Many of you remember Mimi’s
mother, Mimi Altman, who was a member of the Deerfield
club and the first woman governor of District 6440. Altman’s grandfather, Herb
Angster, joined Rotary in 1908 and was a friend of Paul Harris.
Guatemala reprise. Barbara Struthers coordinated and participated in
the District 6440 Guatemala Television skit during the District conference.
L issa Anderson, from the Cancer
Wellness Center
in Northbrook spoke at our April 24th meeting.
