August 18 Meeting
The next meeting of the Club will be a "Club Forum" which will include discussion of how to best further recent initiatives of the Club and its committees.
Meetings will continue to be held in hybrid form, so that members and guests can participate either in person and by Zoom. The link to the hybrid meeting will be emailed to members, guests and others within the community who express an interest in attending. In light of recent CDC guidance, masks are recommended for those attending in-person.
Last Meeting
At the Wednesday, August 11, 2021 meeting Julie Yusim, Executive Director of the Wilmette/Kenilworth Chamber of Commerce, provided an engaging update and overview of businesses within our community, including a discussion of how local businesses have fared during the pandemic. Julie discussed how much the support to provided by the Village of Wilmette has helped out local businesses. Julie also offered a number of great ideas for how our Club can continue to coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce.
At the July 28, 2021 meeting Anthony Auston, Director of the Wilmette Public Library, spoke to the Club. Anthony provided an outstanding update of new developments at the Library, including how the Library has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic and new initiatives to reach out to the Community. Anthony also included very interesting observations about how the question "Is it the truth?" is a guiding principle for both the Library and the Rotary.
Community Conversation Series
Anthony Austin's presentation was the second in the Club's "Community Conversation" series. Each Community Conversation provides an opportunity for one or more community leaders to provide an update of important current developments within the community. The Community Conversations also present an opportunity for those in attendance to ask questions and offer comments. Interested members of the community are invited to join us.
The Club will be holding Community Conversations on the last Wednesday of each month at 7:30 am at the Harbor Club in Gillson Park, and also be available by Zoom in hybrid meeting form.
Our first Community Conversation was held on June 30, and featured Steve Wilson, Executive Director of the Wilmette Park District. On August 25 John Jacoby is scheduled to speak about his new book Wilmette at 150. On September 29 Julie Wolf, Chair of the Wilmette Environmental Commission, is scheduled to speak.
Rotary Club of Wilmette Harbor September 22 Fundraiser
On SEPTEMBER 22, the Rotary Club of Wilmette (our sister Rotary Club in Wilmette) will hold a benefit concert to support Our Place. It will be held at the Wallace Bowl in Gillson Park, Wilmette from 5PM to 8PM. Three bands have generously donated a performance for our event: The Suzanne Cross Combo, a jazz combo from the Midwest Young Artists Conservatory, and just added, a jazz combo from New Trier High School. These is an event you don't want to miss. We are so very fortunate that such talented groups cared enough about our event to donate their time and talent.
There will be a raffle with travel packages to include a week's stay in a private house in Scottsdale, AZ and a second raffle for a 4-night stay in a luxury condo in San Francisco. Each raffle package includes $500 cash.
Tickets are $25 per person. Raffle tickets are $50 or 3 for $100. Both event tickets and raffle tickets can be purchased online at a new link:
https://secure.givelively.org/event/wilmette-rotary-club-foundation/our-place-donor/our-place-benefit
There will be a raffle with travel packages to include a week's stay in a private house in Scottsdale, AZ and a second raffle for a 4-night stay in a luxury condo in San Francisco. Each raffle package includes $500 cash.
Tickets are $25 per person. Raffle tickets are $50 or 3 for $100. Both event tickets and raffle tickets can be purchased online at a new link:
https://secure.givelively.org/event/wilmette-rotary-club-foundation/our-place-donor/our-place-benefit
New - Joe Goldstein is developing a program booklet that will give background info on the bands, a schedule of the performances, an introduction to Our Place, among other features. AND, you and/or businesses that you know can place an ad in the program booklet which will be distributed to all event attendees. Click the link below or send it to businesses that may want to place an ad in the booklet. Or send an email to Joe at srossltd@gmail.com