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NEW SCHEDULE! Please refer to the Speaker Section for meeting information. Due to COVID, Jan, 2022 will be Zoom Meetings ONLY on Mondays - 12:05 to 12:50 pm. Feb 2022 Meetings: An Evening Networking, One Zoom, 2 in-Person.

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100 Care Kits for the Homeless

Celebrating 100 years of service as of May 22, 2022!. In honor of this milestone - we completed 100 Care Kits for the Homeless. Each kit had gloves, hat, socks, hand sanitizer, mask, and many other personal care products. Pictures are from the December 13, 2021 meeting where kits were assembled. Before Christmas, these were distributed in the community by social agencies in Elgin. Thank you to all the members and volunteers who helped make this happen.

World Polio Day - Oct 24 2021

Posted on Oct 11, 2021

Here's a link to the article in the Herald released jointly with the Breakfast Rotary Club:

Working toward a Polio Free World - We are this close!

https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20211004/

__________________________________ An Afghan health worker gives a vaccination to a child during a 2018 polio campaign in the old part of Kabul, Afghanistan. Local Rotary clubs will be marking World Polio Day on Sunday, Oct. 24, to raise funds and awareness on eradicating polio.

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Rotary 5000 - Let'em Roll

UPDATE:

Thank you EVERYONE for helping us raise over $10,500 which will go toward Scholarships, Youth Programs, Literacy and Community Projects!

PS Virtual Fundraisers are not as fun as In-Person. We miss seeing everyone's smiling faces. Looking forward to the next one.

Our Annual Fundraiser

to support Scholarships, Literacy Programs, and many Projects in your Community !

Reverse Raffle with $5,000 in cash prizes, Live Auction, Special Guest and more! This will be held on Zoom, 6pm to 7:30 pm on Friday, April 16, 2021.

Make a Donation here: http://www.Rotary5000.org

Celebrating 99 Years of Service above Self.

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Hope for the Holidays

https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20201218/rotary-club-of-elgins-literacy-project-benefits-thousands-of-children?fbclid=IwAR0-tO8PAOvrIRMqUQbaQbgq9Qx7SmrFCjivrNK_qyILIOPNBvSKxMbtakg

Thanks to everyone who made this possible! Here's a link to the Daily Herald article.

Books, Books, Books!

We embarked on a Literacy Project that we never expected to be so HUGE thanks to the generous assistance from Bernie's Books!

The Rotary Club of Elgin provided about 18,000 books, games, puzzles, and interactive electronic books to the Hope for the Holidays Christmas Gift Program through Elgin's Salvation Army and Community Crisis Center.

More books, totaling over 2,200 were given to: Centro de Informacion, Fox Valley Christian Action, Marklund School & Residences, TLC Pregnancy, Gail Borden Public Library's "Welcome Baby" Program, the YWCA, Good Shepherd Preschool, Literacy Connection, Second Baptist Church, and South Elgin Police Department.

As Wiggles the Bookworm says "Just Pick Up a Book and Read"!

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A Final Update to Our 2020 Charitable Projects Fundraiser UPDATE

UPDATE - PLEASE NOTE:

Friday, March 13th at 5:30 pm (This date turned out to be very bad luck! Canceled due to COVID!) After several interim attempts, this even was rescheduled to June 26, 2020 (wait, isn't 13x 2 = 26) via Zoom. On June 26, we experienced a Horrible Storm and Intermittent Loss of Internet Connectivity. BUT - We got through it!

FINAL UPDATE: We gave away the $5,000 in prize money. Congrats to the Winners! Thank you to Terry Dunning who weathered his first ever virtual live auction! We raised over $10,000 to be used for scholarships and other community charitable projects.

AWARDS:

The Highly Coveted Past President's Award: Steven Maske

Rookie Rotarian of the Year: Kyla Brittain

Community Service Award: Heather Montenegro

Rotarian of the Year: Dave Considine

We REALLY appreciate your support that this time as we work to support the community during this stay-at-home situation. We are all in this together! You can donate using the links here on the home page.

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Special Senior Deliver!

June 17, 2020 marked our last Senior Delivery. Working with Salvation Army, we provided personal care items and food/drink supplies to about 150 seniors.

As COVID-19 stay-at-home orders expired, this need became less essential. We will continue to monitor the situation and be prepared to be of assistance should the need arise again. In the meantime, THANK YOU to everyone who assisted. Whether they donated money, time, delivery assistance, or made phone calls. You were truly people of action!

May 20 2020 Senior Home Goods Delivery

https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-salvation-army-senior-donations-st-0522-20200521-zakc44slgfeadl4zzfgjk5buwa-story.html?fbclid=IwAR0VhXTjwJL3Gw7S5tAeiuPOeYE1GJQsDoL02xSpRSk_7vp_oulB3vECDzM

Rotary continues to be people of action. Another home delivery with so many great home pantry items! Elgin Police Department provided a flyer on Senior Scams and clip-on book lights! Thanks to Salvation Army, Bear Family Foundation and their volunteers!

Senior Home Delivery

Posted on May 08, 2020

Thank you Rotarians, Kiwanians, and Senior Service Volunteers! We had over 50 drivers. They delivered boxes of food from Food For Greater Elgin to over 130 of our senior neighbors who are abiding by the stay-at-home order. And, with absolute minimal contact for their safety and ours! All boxes were on their way within an hour. This was our 3rd delivery project. And, thanks to our Captain Heather - the most organized person we know!

Pictured: (from Left) Peggy -Senior Services, Cindi and Laurie - Co-President Elects, Capt. Heather - Rotarian and Salvation Army, Mike Montgomery - Food For Greater Elgin.

Article from the Daily Herald

Posted on May 03, 2020

We are always happy to welcome new members! Contact us: elginrotary@gmail.com or PM on Facebook

Here's the link to an article with our current projects as well as our long history of serving the community:

https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200501/how-rotary-club-of-elgin-serves-the-community?fbclid=IwAR2M-CKDbBItVUe96X57h4r6UU9CaCeGcCuf5fr3-0B8oQnBU41v9Qw9mHM

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Another Great Day!

On April 24, 2020 -

Another successful project! Boxes and bags of food were packed, stacked, mapped and tracked. They found their way to 100 seniors' homes. Thanks to everyone who helped out! It was a heart-warming collaboration between Senior Service, The Salvation Army, Rotary Club of Elgin, Elgin Breakfast Rotary, and Kiwanis. If you didn't get to see the ballerina hippo - you certainly missed out!

Thank you to everyone who participated.

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HUGE SUCCESS!

Posted on Apr 05, 2020

On April 3, 2020 - Rotary Club of Elgin helped sponsor and volunteer so 70 Seniors would have doorstep delivery of home goods (yes, even TP!), and an abundant supply of fresh and non-perishable groceries. We worked with The Salvation Army and Senior Services as well as volunteers from the Breakfast Rotary Club, Elgin Kiwanis Club, and Senior Services. Thanks everyone!

A special shout out to Captain Heather (the one with the clipboard) who was the glue that held it all together and made it run so smoothly!

This was mentioned yesterday in an NBC News Show.
Another is planned for April 24, 2020. We are all in this together!

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Welcome Steve & Thank You to Dave

Posted on Jul 24, 2019

Rotary's Year runs from July 1 to June 30

This year, the Club welcomes Steve Maske as our New President! Thanks for stepping into this leadership role.

The Club also recognizes Dave Burisek as our Past President. It is said that "Past President" is the most coveted title in a Rotary Club. Dave is the only person in our club to have repeated in the role of President. We are deeply indebted to Dave for taking on this task for 2 of the last 3 years.

Are you interested in the Community? Are you interested in making a difference? Consider joining Rotary!

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Our Annual Fundraiser:

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Rotary 5000 – Funding the Future

FRIDAY, April 4, 2019 From 6:00 pm until “Pass Go Collect $5,000!”

Holiday Inn & Suites 405 Airport Road, Elgin – (Near Rt 31 & I-90)

Tickets are $50 in advance, $55 at the door. $450 for a table of 10.

Festivities include: A $5,000 Prize Reverse Raffle (Only 125 tickets will be sold), Live Auction, Cash Bar, Music and Heavy hors d’ oeuvres.

All Proceeds will fund community needs, including vocational scholarships,
support for the local food pantries, literacy programs and
many other charitable programs in your community.

Link to purchase Raffle Tickets, Event Tickets: http://www.Rotary5000.org (live link to the left)

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Rotary Promotes Peace

Posted on Nov 05, 2018

Our Club sponsored and decorated this tree for Ecker Center For Mental Health's Festival of Trees. It will be auctioned off November 10 at their fundraiser.

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Elgin Rotary Meets President Riseley's Challenge

The Rotary Club of Elgin in partnership with the City of Elgin has planted three brand new trees in our community. Our club is excited to be part of Rotary International President Ian Riseley’s challenge to beautify our community and have a positive impact on our environment by planting trees.

Friendship Exchange from India visits the Rotary Club of Elgin

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Posted by Laurie Bitter

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HOW CAN I HELP OUT OR BECOME A MEMBER?

Would you like to volunteer to help us out on one of our projects? Or maybe become a member?

You can E-mail or phone: President Brian Borkowicz or one of our Membership Chairs. You can e-mail by "rolling over" their names on this webpage. Or send an email to elginrotary@gmail.com

Or, Come join us for lunch and see how much fun we have. We hope to see you soon!

Want to see what we do? Take a look at "Stories" tab as well as the membership link at the top right of this page under "Downloads"

ROTARY 5000

Posted by Rhonda Huber on Feb 28, 2013