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| On 4/23/08, Mike Albrow gave a
presentation on all the things Fermilab has to offer the community.
The expansive property provides space for biking, hiking, fishing, cross country skiing, rollerblading, canoeing and ice skating. In addition, Fermilab provides art exhibits, concerts and lectures, in addition to the educational activities. For more information, see http://www.fnal.gov/ |
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Rotarian Zaidi graduated from the Naperville Sunrise Rotary Red Badge program for new members. Congratulations! |
| Sunrise Rotarians Tim Walsh and Trevor Morgan provide details on the Clean Sweep project. Clean Sweep is where our club members roll up their sleeves and work on helping a family repair or remodel their home. For more information on this year's project, click here. |
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| Bob Marshall, Naperville City Manager Pro Tem, gave a "State of the City Manager's Office" to our club on 4/18/2008. Bob gave provided insights into his goals for the City, the City's mission statement, and his background. |
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On the right, Michael Halkias draws a card for the 50/50 Raffle
from Bruce Dixon.
Each week, members buy tickets. A ticket is drawn from a hat and the ticket holder gets to draw a card from a deck of cards. If the Queen of Hearts is selected, half of the pot is given to the person and the rest goes to club social events. Any other card drawn is discarded. Eventually, the queen will be drawn since a card is eliminated each week. |
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On 4/11/08, George Hood talked to the Rotary club about his
efforts to break the Guinness world record for spinning (stationary
bicycling). George is raising funds for the YMCA Strong Kids
Campaign.
The event will take place at the Fry Family YMCA from May 4-10, 2008. For more information, see www.RideGeorgeRide.org. To volunteer with this event, contact Judy Ellertson at jellertson@heritageymca.org |
 On March 28, 2008, Elke Kroeger-Radcliffe, Volunteer Director from the Tikondane Community Centre, visited our Rotary meeting to get an update on the progress in Zambia Africa. Our Rotary club, along with the other Rotary clubs in town, have been supporting the education and clean water projects at the Centre. For more information, click here. |
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On March 14, 2008, Steve Odden, John Colucci, Joe Haselhorst, and Nicki Scott provided a readout of the activities of the Naperville Sunrise Rotary International committee. The club's main focus has been on projects in Tikondane, Zambia and Duchity, Haiti. The emphasis has been on education and clean water. |
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John Colucci provided an overview of the activities in Haiti.
This project started out providing electricity to the community and has
now focused on clean water. For more information on our international projects, click here. |
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Sunrise Rotarian Mark Rice presented the awards, along with the committee co-chair Ron Buonauro. The awards were accepted by the following people on behalf of their organization: Arthur Ray Foundation - Gary Pradel Congratulations to each of the
worthy organizations! |
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On Feb 29, Rotarian Rick Quackenbush gave a presentation on his
November trip to Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria. In an occasionally emotional talk, Rick called it a “life-changing experience.” The purpose of the trip was to do a needs assessment for Rotary. |
| On February 22, Chuck Newman and Cal Roesner gave a presentation on
their mission (the previous week) to remote Central Honduras, where
they were among a team of 11 people helping to build a classroom for a
small school in an ongoing international project to renovate and build
schools in that hard-pressed country.
This summer, from July 12-19, the group will start construction on a new primary school, and Sunrise members were invited to make the trip. They expect to have 50 people from the US and Canada, and they hope to have at least 20 volunteers from Naperville. The “noon” club and the Sunrise club have partnered to sponsor 2 students from each of Naperville’s 4 high schools, with the clubs paying half the cost. All 8 slots were vacant as of their presentation. Chuck’s two sons and wife are going with him. |
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On 2/15/08, Rotarian Joe Proctor graduated from the Naperville Sunrise Red Badge Program. |
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By all accounts, the event was a great success and the funds will go a long way towards funding our educational projects. |
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Rich Greene, President of the Naperville Area Chamber of Commerce, provided an overview on how he came to the position in Naperville and on the services that the Chamber provides to business. Rich has only been in the position for 7 weeks and has felt very welcome in Naperville. |
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At Friday’s meeting on 2/8/08, Rotarian Leslie Day led a presentation on
Vocational Service, and members of her committee gave brief
presentations. Leslie thanked District Chair Mary Ann
Bobosky for being the “voice of vocation” for our club. She said “All of
us are representatives in our community for both our business and our
profession, and we do have a responsibility to support that within our
club.
The focus of vocational service is, first, promotion of the highest ethical standards and the worthiness of all occupations as having great value to the community.” Darlene Senger described the mission statement: To empower local and international youth to exemplify Rotary values such as service above self, business partnerships, scholarships, and recognition training. She said the vocational sector currently is engaged in education awards, Career Insights, business partnerships, youth leadership, the Group Study Exchange, Ambassadorial Scholars, and Rotary club presentations. Nina Menis (second from left in photo, peeking out from behind Leslie) discussed Career Insights, Steve Odden talked about the International Group Study Exchange, explaining that this year we’re hosting a group from Italy who are arriving May 4h. You have the information re. host families etc. Rick of Quackenbush said this year’s host for the Ambassadorial Scholar is Bob Bostrom. Rick also is proud of the fact that there was only one inbound scholar to our district this year, and Naperville Sunrise was chosen as the host club. |
| On 1/25/08, Gale Wetta, a representative
from Anderson's Bookshop, provided an overview of the 2008 Naperville
Reads program. For more information,
click here. In 2008, Naperville Reads is pleased to host Daniel Pink, author of A Whole New Mind:Why Right-Brainers Will Rule the Future, and Brian Selznick, author of the groundbreaking work, The Invention of Hugo Cabret, a story told in both words and pictures. |
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Congratulations to Mary Morrissey and Rebecca Decker on their graduation from the Naperville Sunrise Rotary Red Badge Program. |
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1/18/07, Joy Rosenberg, Health Initiation Manger for the American Cancer
Society, provided a program on the initiatives to prevent cancer through
exercise and nutrition. The American Cancer Society provides
programs for employers to reduce the incidence of cancer for their
employees. For more information, see
www.cancer.org.
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On 1/18/07, Carol Simler, Executive Director of DuPage PADS received a check for $7,500 from the Rotary Club of Naperville Sunrise. Carol thanked the club for their support hosting a PADS shelter each month and for the generous donation. Each year, the club hosts Rotary Ride, from which the proceeds go to benefit PADS. For more information on DuPage PADS, click here. For info on the Rotary Ride, click here. |
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On 1/11/2008, Naperpalooza Chair Kevin Glynn gave an overview of the project, the beneficiaries, and sponsors. This is the inaugural year for the project and there are lots of Sunrise Rotarians working to make the event the best party of the year. |
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