HOLIDAY BRASS AND PERCUSSION
Presented by the Elgin Symphony
St. Anne Church
120 Ela Street, Barrington, IL
Sunday, December 3, 3-4:30PM
If you would like to attend one of our upcoming zoom or in person meetings please e-mail us at info@barringtonrotary.org with your request. We will send you a current list of meeting times, dates, upcoming Guest Speakers and a Zoom link/Hybrid with instructions
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU ATTEND!
BRC Co- Presidents
Pat Boquist & Joe Connelly
GUESTS: ON NOV 16TH
Lisa Decatur Smith - Healing Traditions, Barrington and Friend of Suzanne Gibson
Elizabeth McGrath – Prior BBRC Member
Emily Petway – Founder/ Executive Director, GiveNKind
No meeting scheduled for November 23 Thanksgiving Day and on November 30 we have a Service Day for Barrington Giving Day. More information is located in Clubrunner under Events
CO-PRESIDENTS' ANNOUNCEMENTS:
On December 7th at our Thursday morning meeting our Guest Speaker will be
Kyle Kick with B STRONG
KYLE KICK WITH JEANNE HANSON
Co-Presidents Pat Boquist and Joe Connelly reviewed the following:
Kudos were offered to Paul Berlin for his work on setting up the financial chart of accounts and the monthly financial statements, as well as the dues invoicing, and the Zelle payment option. Invoices have now been received and those members that chose to pay in advance will have their accounts reconciled with the billing. Members were encouraged to use Zelle when possible; it has been tested to work effectively.
The Board agreed to wait for a formal proposal on the appropriate levels of financial reserves our Club should be keeping. The Financial Committee will present their recommendations. This effort will help us manage any unspent budgeted dollars.
The first Fund Raising Committee meeting will take place on Zoom on Monday, November 20 at 5PM. Everyone is encouraged to participate. A November 16 Email was sent by Pat Boquist with log in details.
Joe Connelly shared that over 30K meals were packed at the Barrington, Bartlett, Batavia and Elgin Clubs’ meal packaging event that he attended. Always a “good feel” effort when volunteering.
The most recent issue of Barrington Quintessential featuring Barrington Giving Day and Dori Hough includes quotes from Steve Hollis as well as an article about CR member Craig Winkelman, District 220 Superintendent. Jeanne Hanson is responsible for the segments describing the merger of the Breakfast and Noon Rotary Clubs.
The Board has accepted for nomination Kris Young and Todd Sholeen for the 2024-25 Co-Presidency term. An Email will be sent to all members announcing these candidates and the plan to have the membership vote at our December 7 in person/Zoom meeting.
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Steve Hollis announced the Barrington Giving Day plans including a set up event November 30 with volunteer shifts from 9-11AM, 10-12PM and 1-3PM. This will include sorting the various donations that have come in. The location is at an open space in the South Barrington Arboretum next to the Loft. Additional details are available in Events in CR.
Mary Holcomb, our long-distance member, offered that her family was settling in to life in Kansas City, learning to wear Red and Yellow on game day. She has remained engaged in the BRC International Committee and grant planning, while welcoming a new grandchild and tutoring a Pakistani woman who is working toward her US citizenship.
Suzanne Gibson encouraged everyone to join in the presentations that will be featuring the Program of Scale and Global Grant efforts involving our Club along with several others. Suzanne will be sending an Email on November 16 with log in details regarding the call set for November 17, 12PM (Program of Scale) and the RI Headquarters presentation on November 21 at 9AM.(Global Grant) The Program of Scale builds on an already implemented Global Grant investing an additional $2M from the 6440 and 6450 Districts to uplift maternal and child care in Uganda. The Global Grant presentation hopes to educate contributors on the Namutumba,, Uganda grant that has been fully funded in support of women’s economic development and maternal/ child care. Suzanne also shared that we are just days away from having the Guatemalan Lab Tech School and Lab grant approved for funding, with a target opening date of January 14, 2024.
Julie Wilkins indicated that she is working with Bill Kelly on a Friendship Exchange with India. The goal is to host 12-16 Indian Rotarians in the July-August 2024 timeframe with a potential trip to India in 2025.
Jennifer Lucas reminded everyone of the November 18 Vegetarian Cooking and Dinner planned. Unfortunately, this was cancelled as the chef, Carol Hannagan, got COVID!
Pat Boquist wanted everyone to check out the Barrington Giving Day CR sign up for Saturday, December 9, where the Rotary historically helps distribute the bags of items the Giving Day families have chosen.
Kris Young added that there is a CR sign up for Wreaths Across America on December 16 recognizing our veterans’ graves.
Lew Parks wanted all to acknowledge that our Rotary friend, Marie Bolchazy, has again contributed $3K as a BRC sponsor.
SPEAKER/ PRESENTATION: Emily Petway, Founder and Executive Director of GiveNKind
Emily Petway’s experience as a teacher in Atlanta led her to create the GiveNKind organization which reaches out to the community for usable items that are no longer needed and/or for inventory that would otherwise end up in the landfill. Her region of operations now includes the area from Rockford to Zion to Joliet. She has a paid staff of four and over 250 volunteers that help organize donations and operate the retail efforts.
GiveNKind is in its fifth year growing in Chicagoland and focusing on items that could be resold at a modest price, allowing people and organizations to shop with dignity. The new site is now in Buffalo Grove selling $6.8M YTD. There are over 500 partner organization-donors that include such businesses as Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walgreens that provide clothing, personal care items, pet care items and toys. The purchases are made by organizations that support gun violence prevention, refugees and the homeless, as an example. Fees cover the essential fixed costs of GiveNKind, and there is very little of the inventory that is wasted or never finds a home. A new truck even allows for pick-ups and delivery on a small scale.
Emily closed by thanking the BRC volunteers that have helped organize inventory over time.
Julie Wilkins announced she and her husband will close on a new Grayslake home on December 13. She still plans to stay in BRC.
Elizabeth McGrath hopes to become the Executive Director of a non-profit organization that supports high-functioning, developmentally challenged adults. She has been part of the organization for many years.
Terry Cullum thanked Lew Parks, her driver, while she recovered from surgery, and generally thanked everyone that remembered Veterans Day as the holiday has special meaning to her family.
Jack Caldwell wanted to recognize the contributions of the women in the BRC, acknowledging all that has changed since women became part of the organization.
RAFFLE:
With 24 marbles and a pot of $285, Lew Parks won the $10 and reinvested it. Virginia Menzimer tried for the pot, but it wasn’t meant to be.
NEXT MEETING:
We will NOT be meeting on Thanksgiving Thursday nor the following November 30, as that is our Service week. Our next breakfast meeting will be on December 7, 1000 Hart Road, Suite 300, Barrington, IL. Kyle Kick of BStrong will be presenting.
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