Club of Deerfield - Box 156 - Deerfield,
IL 60015
May 29, 2008
Club #3115 - Chartered 20
November, 1930
‘Three Guys’ keep on truckin’
The Three Guys will be at it again June 7,
running or walking laps around the Deerfield High School
track as members of the community drop by to help fill a giant truck full of
food items to help stock the West Deerfield Township Food Pantry. Our Rotary
Club has been one of a number of community organizations to climb aboard this
fund-raiser as it has grown over the years. New this year is an online silent
auction that allows community members to bid on dinner with the
Deerfield/Bannockburn firefighters followed by a tour of the station, a ride
along with Deerfield police (they are promising at least three arrests that
night, I hear, so stay off the streets), and Cubs tickets. The day of the event
has also become quite a celebration, with lots of people dropping by to join
the three guys in taking laps, earning $1 for the food pantry in the process.
People have used the occasion to celebrate special events and birthday! Thanks
to Rotarian Julie Morrison who has spearheaded this project with the three
guys, and thanks to Rotarian Frank Lomoro and Sunset Foods which has supported
the event and will have collection boxes at two of its stores. See Julie for
more details.
Remembering When (fire safety reminder) by Ray Larson
of the Fire Protection District and Linda Anderson of the Deerfield Park
District is today’s program. Arranged by Jack Gagne.
Future Programs Arranged
for Us by Our Members:
June 5 − Jessica Cantarelli, Content Specialist for Pioneer
Press’ Neighborhood Circle
explains what it is and what she does. Program arranged by Arnie Grahl.
June 12 − George Balis will be the program for that day “All
About mosquitoes.”
Also day of our annual picnic. (See below.)
July 10 − Ron Schwartz,
labor lawyer, how to avoid labor law disputes. Program arranged by Bob
Rosenbacher.
(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
8 − Rotary District 6440 Day at the Lake to Eradicate Polio, 5K run/walk and family picnic
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.”
Rotarians come for the usual lunch price, guests $10, KIDS FREE. Bring your
family.
June 20 − Club golf outing (9 holes) and
installation dinner for President Elect Chuck Frieman. Takes 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. 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.
5/29 Lomoro Joseph Johnson Gagne
6/05 Milota Morrison Wolff Grahl
6/12 Street Rbacher Revesz Picnic
6/19 Struthers Wolff Austin Healy
6/26 Boyd Bertram Axelrod Heistand
7/03 Carnelli Case Celik TBA
3-H water project approved. The Trustees of The Rotary Foundation (where our Paul
Harris money goes) have approved a $330,000, multi-year water and sanitation
project that will allow members of the Rotary Club of Evanston Lighthouse to
make a permanent impact on the residents of Aga, Nigeria.
Our club contributed $1,000 toward this grant; along with 20 other clubs who
have also contributed.
“It is impossible to overstate the importance of Rotary as
a reliable and cost effective way of curing humanitarian ills,” said Rotarian
Jim Grumley, primary international contact for the project and member of the
Rotary Club of Evanston Lighthouse.
The 3-H Project, which addresses Health, Hunger and
Humanity, is based on a partnership between the Rotary clubs of Evanston
Lighthouse and Eziukwu, Aba,
Nigeria. The
clubs and others around the world have contributed or pledged $30,000 to start
the project, which will be supplemented by The Rotary Foundation as needed, up
to $330,000. Shows you what a lot of Rotary clubs and the Rotary
Foundation can do together.
Rotary Day at the Lake to Eradicate
Polio, the last
district-wide event of the Rotary year, will take place Sunday June 8 to raise
funds for Rotary’s goal to eradicate polio around the world. There will also be
plenty of fellowship and fun.
TV update:
John Sciaretta is working on switching out the new TV to try to get a TV
that works with PCs.
