September 8, 2021 Meeting
The next regular meeting of the Club will be held on Wednesday, September 8, 2021 from 7:30 am-8:30 am at the Harbor Club in Gillson Park.
The first half of our meeting will be devoted to Club business. Most importantly, we will be conducting a special election for our President-Elect. The Nominating Committee of the Club is pleased to report that it has enthusiastically voted to nominate Brent Hendricks to be President-Elect of the Club, with his term as President starting on July 1, 2022. Brent will bring great enthusiasm, energy and new ideas to the leadership of our Club. Club members are particularly encouraged to attend this important meeting.
The election will be followed by remarks from Brent. Reports of the Committees of the Club will also follow.
From about 7:50 am - 8:30 am Beth DeWall, Secretary of the Club, will make a presentation on Pasek Garden, which is also located in Gillson Park. Beth's presentation will conclude by a walking tour of Pasek Garden.
In light of the ongoing pandemic (and while the weather remains good), the Club is endeavoring to offer outdoor educational events.
As has been the case for our recent meetings, the meeting 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. Those attending in person are reminded of recent Cook County directives relating to the wearing of masks indoors.
September 1 Meeting -- Tree Walk Led by Saima Abbasi
On Wednesday, September 1, 2021, from 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Saima Abbasi led an outdoor Tree Walk in Gillson Park. Saima is a trained TreeKeeper with Openlands, has led tree walks in Wilmette since 2013, and has provided educational presentations about trees to many organizations. She is a Board Member of Go Green Wilmette and a founding member of Go Green Lahore.
We were fortunate to have beautiful weather and also to have ben joined by an enthusiastic contingent of our friends from the Evanston Lighthouse Rotary Club
The Tree Walk furthered the mission of the Club's new Environmental Committee and is intended to be a part of our Club's implementation of the new environmental focus of Rotary International.
August 25 Meeting -- John Jacoby Wilmette at 150
At the August 25 meeting of the Club, John Jacoby presented an engaging overview of his book, Wilmette at 150, including stories that give Wilmette an interesting, colorful, and unique history. In addition, pulling together information appearing throughout the book, John described some of the Great Depression's impacts on Wilmette.
John Jacoby's presentation was the third presentation in the Club's "Community Conversation" series. Each Community Conversation provides an opportunity for one or more community leaders to discuss important developments 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 usually 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.
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. Those attending in person are reminded of recent Cook County directives relating to the wearing of masks indoors.
More About the Community Conversation Series
Our first Community Conversation was held on June 30, and featured Steve Wilson, Executive Director of the Wilmette Park District. Our second Community Conversation, held on July 28, 2021, featured Anthony Austin, Director of the Wilmette Public Library. On September 29, 2021 Julie Wolf, Chair of the Wilmette Environmental Commission, will be featured in the fourth Community Conversation in our series.
Environmental Committee News:
| Elmwood Dunes Volunteer Opportunity |
The Wilmette lunch club After Dark (RAD) group has a project to help preserve the native plants at Elmwood Dunes Preserve by pulling out the choke weeks that threaten the natural plants in the upper garden. They will be scheduling Saturday 10:30 am volunteer days and will welcome our club's support. Ben Ivory will share details of their next volunteer day. |
| Beach Sweep | ||
Our club will host the Springman Middle School students again this year on Saturday morning, September 25th. Chris Simcox is coordinating. Club members are welcome to participate. This year we will provide paper grocery bags for collection. Can we ask club members to bring a couple of paper grocery bags to the Wednesday September 7th meeting? Ben Ivory will collect and hold for the event. | ||
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Rotary 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