Cicero Rotary “Make Dreams Real”

Bulletin – June 24, 2009Posted by admin on June 24th, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Deb Sitz and Pat Makris has a Vocational Project that need your help. They need pre Kindergarten books for a package that they are giving to pre-schoolers. The package will have a Tee Shirt with Rotary on it, and reading tips. Drop the books off at the Children Center or bring them to Al’s as a collection point. Thanks for the Service above Self!

June 23rd – Cicero Chamber Golf Outing at Flagg Creek in Indian Head Park
June 24th – Rotaract Initial Meeting at Morton College, 7:45 am
June 24th – Solutions for Care Dinner at Riverside Golf Club
June 30th – Installation Luncheon at Riverside Golf Club at 12:00. Cost is $30.00
July 14th – Lisa Hernandez fund raiser, at Skylite West and for $48.00

From District News:

June 28th District Governor Installation

From Rotary International:

Members of the Rotary Club of Windsor St. George, Berkshire, England, have found themselves in a sticky situation at the 2009 RI Convention in Birmingham — and they wouldn’t want it any other way.

At the convention, club members are selling stickers for £5 (about US$8) each. As each sticker is removed from a large panel, a little square of the Make Dreams Real logo is revealed. The money goes toward polio eradication.

QUIP OF THE WEEK:

From Ron White, “If you’re ever walking down the beach and you see a girl dressed in a bikini made out of seashells, and you pick her up and hold her to your ear, you can hear her scream. “

Bulletin – June 16, 2009Posted by admin on June 19th, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Deb Sitz and Pat Makris has a Vocational Project that need your help. They need pre Kindergarten books for a package that they are giving to pre-schoolers. The package will have a Tee Shirt with Rotary on it, and reading tips. Drop the books off at the
Children Center or bring them to Al’s as a collection point. Thanks for the Service above Self!

June 23rd – Cicero Chamber Golf Outing at Flagg Creek in Indian Head Park
June 24th – Rotaract Initial Meeting at Morton College, 7:45 am
June 24th – Solutions for Care Dinner at Riverside Golf Club
June 30th – Installation Luncheon at Riverside Golf Club at 12:00. Cost is $25.00

From District News:

June 28th District Governor Installation

From Rotary International:

A LinkedIn group , called Future Vision Pilot, has been created for Rotarians in the 100 Rotary districts participating in the pilot of The Rotary Foundation Future Vision Plan. This online group is intended to provide a forum for discussing project ideas, sharing best practices, and learning from one another’s efforts and successes before and during the pilot.

Rotarians in the pilot districts can join the Future Vision pilot group. Rotarians in both pilot and nonpilot districts can find regular Future Vision updates at www.rotary.org and sign up to receive the free monthly newsletter, Future Vision Pilot News, by e-mail.

Questions about the Future Vision pilot may be sent to futurevision@rotary.org.

QUIP OF THE WEEK:

From Vlasta Sneberger, You might be from Illinois if….”you drive through a raging blizzard at 65 mph without flinching. “

Bulletin – June 9, 2009Posted by admin on June 12th, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Deb Sitz and Pat Makris has a Vocational Project that need your help. They need pre Kindergarten books for a package that they are giving to pre-schoolers. The package will have a Tee Shirt with Rotary on it, and reading tips. Drop the books off at the Children Center or bring them to Al’s as a collection point. Thanks for the Service above Self!

June 24th - Rotaract Initial Meeting at Morton College, 7:45 am

From District News:

June 28th District Governor Installation

From Rotary International:

More than 25,000 Rotarians and volunteers from 35 districts worldwide rolled up their sleeves to improve their communities as part of Rotarians At Work Day.

Started in 2006 by the late Bob Watson, past governor of District 5340 (California, USA), Rotarians At Work Day happens the last Saturday in April each year and challenges clubs around the world to carry out hands-on service efforts in their community.

QUIP OF THE WEEK:

Heard on an answering machine. “My wife and I had words, but I didn’t get to use mine.”

Rotaract ClubPosted by admin on May 28th, 2009

Bulletin – May 26, 2009Posted by admin on May 27th, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Our Service above Self awards went to Tatiana Nunez, Becky Jurado, Elizabeth Soto, Ramiro Herrera, Brenda

Marquez, Chris Valadez, Luis Cossio, and Vanessa Moreno.

Their teachers were present and spoke on behalf of the students. Great presentation!

June 24th – Solutions for Care Dinner at Riverside Golf Club
June 30th – Installation Luncheon.

From District News:

June 28th District Governor Installation

Matching Grants Meeting June 6, 2009. All grants applications need to be submitted by June 1, 2009

From Rotary International:

Community Service When clubs complete effective service projects, they improve the community, bring people together, and reflect well on Rotary. When Rotary is viewed as a positive force in the community, its membership strengthens and grows, adding to the

organization’s ability to serve worldwide.

QUIP OF THE WEEK:

Marion Barry, the Mayor of Washington DC on popularity, “I am clearly more popular than Reagan. I am in my third term. Where’s Reagan? Gone after two! Defeated by George Bush and Michael Dukakis no less.”

Cicero Rotary on FacebookPosted by admin on May 25th, 2009

The Cicero Rotary can now be found on Facebook. If you’re a member feel free to add us as a friend! Click here to view our Facebook page.

Bulletin – May 19, 2009Posted by admin on May 20th, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

We have eight students and a teacher or two coming on the 26th for Service above Self awards presentation.

June 24th – Solutions for Care Dinner at Riverside Golf Club
June 30th – Installation Luncheon.

From District News:

June 28th District Governor Installation

From Rotary International:

Vocational Service, one of Rotary’s Avenues of Service, encourages Rotarians to serve others through their professions and to practice high ethical standards. Rotarians, as business leaders, share skills and expertise through their vocations and inspire others in the process.

Observed each October, Vocational Service Month spotlights Rotary club projects related to this avenue, offering an opportunity for clubs and districts to use their professional skills in service projects.

QUIP OF THE WEEK:

Q: Why is Snow White always getting mad at the seven dwarves?

A: Because of the way they always greet her, “Hi ho, hi ho, hi ho.”

Bulletin – May 12, 2009Posted by admin on May 19th, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Pat Makris thanked everyone for their participation in the Children’s Center Dinner.

John Usmial thanked everyone for their participation in the PAV YMCA Teeter Award Dinner.

June 24th – Solutions for Care Dinner at Riverside Golf Club
June 30th – Installation Luncheon.

From District News:

June 28th District Governor Installation

From Rotary International:

Tents and shelters will be popping up all over England and beyond in support of ShelterBox, as the organization founded by Rotarian Tom Henderson launches Big Green Box Week 18-25 May.

ShelterBox is asking Rotarians to help promote the organization’s disaster relief work by holding a dinner party, organizing an auction, or pitching a tent in their yards, among other ideas. A photo competition throughout the week will award prizes to the best picture in a variety of categories, including the most innovative shelter, unusual place to pitch a tent, or most people gathered in a tent.

Big Green Box Week coincides with the launch of ShelterBox’s new partnership with the Scout Association, a move to expand the organization’s reach and help it meet its goal of assisting 500,000 people a year by 2015. Supported by Rotary clubs around the world, ShelterBox has helped more than 800,000 people in 57 countries since its inception in 2000.

Rotarians have been a part of ShelterBox from the beginning. Henderson, a civil engineer and former search-and-rescue diver for the British Royal Navy, founded the organization with the Rotary Club of Helston-Lizard, Cornwall, in 2000. Since then, more than 7,000 clubs have helped send boxes to disaster areas. Henderson will be a speaker at the 2009 RI Convention in Birmingham, 21-24 June.

QUIP OF THE WEEK:

Hollywood motto. You’re only young once, but you can be immature forever.

Bulletin – May 5, 2009Posted by admin on May 8th, 2009

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

May 5th – Children Center Dinner
May 7th – Hispanic Chamber Dinner
May 8th – PAV YMCA Teeter Award Dinner
June 24th – Solutions for Care Dinner at Riverside Golf Club
June 30th – Installation Luncheon.

From District News:

June 28th District Governor Installation

New Membership Announcement:

This is the second of two official postings on new membership:

The Board of the Rotary Club of Cicero has approved the following individual for membership in the club.

Name: Dennis Raleigh Classification: Town Services (Trustee)

Business Address: 4949 W Cermak Road, Cicero, IL 60804 Home Address: 3424 So 55th Court, Cicero IL

60804 Business Phone: 708-656-3600 Residence Phone: 630-329-2226

E-Mail: Littleguytoo@aol.com Sponsor: Rosa Ibarra

Welcome, Dennis! Dennis is a second time around Rotarian.

QUIP OF THE WEEK:

“It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.”

…Governor George W. Bush