District Governor Challenges Joliet Rotary Club to change the world! At the August 25 meeting, the Joliet Rotary Club had the honor of hosting the District Governor Osei David Andrews-Hutchinson.
District Governor Andrews-Hutchinson oversees District 6450, which includes Joliet and is commonly known as the birthplace district of Rotary International.
During his remarks, Andrews-Hutchinson reported on the success of one of Rotary’s core missions, to eradicate polio worldwide.
“Our new campaign is ‘we are this close’ to ending polio worldwide,” he said, holding his thumb and forefinger close together. “We have only two countries that are afflicted with polio in the world. That is some great work of Rotarians.”
Andrews-Hutchinson also spoke of the new slogan for the 2015-2016 Rotary year, “Be a Gift to the World”. He challenged each member with two goals.
“You need to find out what your passion is and how it fits in with the Rotary mission,” he said. “We need to challenge each Rotarian to share his or her gift with the club. We need to invite our members to join in and change the world.”
He also spoke about the goal of keeping the club and its mission relevant to its members. He asked each club member to think about the relevance of Rotary to its members and the community. This is how you maintain the success, he said.
“The Joliet Rotary Club is the largest in our district and I am impressed with the successes you have shown,” said Andrews-Hutchinson. “It is important you share these successes and enable your members to feel like they are part of something big. If we work together we can change the world. Look what we have already done.”
Joliet Rotarians are encouraged to nominate individuals 65-years-old and older, who without fanfare, often go "beyond the call of duty" to contribute to their community. Please consider nominating a community volunteer for the Rotary Club of Joliet Silver Eagle Award (deadline September 29, 2015). Forms will be available at Rotary meetings or on the website.
If questions, contact Dan Kuska or one of the Silver Eagle Award committee members - Chris Balaban, Rabbi Charles Rubovits, Ann O'Neill or Sister Mary Frances Seeley. Completed nominations can be sent todjkuska613@gmail.com Please put Silver Eagle Award in subject line. You may also return completed forms to any committee member at a weekly Rotary meeting, up to the deadline of September 29, 2015.
Joliet Rotarians are encouraged to register to help with the Northern Illinois Food Bank Mobile Food Pantry that the Joliet Rotary Club is sponsoring on Saturday Sept. 12th, from 3:00 to 5:00 pm at Laraway School, 275 W. Laraway Rd., Joliet. Rotarians can volunteer for the entire 2 hours, or 1 hour slots. To volunteer or get more information, email Corina Mosqueda-Ventura at Corina.Ventura@bmo.com or call 630-750-1595.
The Welfare Committee is beginning the process of disbursing the funds raised last year by the Sergeants At Arms, Diane Habiger and Jackie McTee. These funds are traditionally given to local social agencies with monetary requests between $500 and $1000. If you wish to submit a request all that is needed is a brief description of what the funds would be used for, which Rotarian is sponsoring the request, and the amount requested.
Don't forget! The application for members to nominate a potential new Joliet Rotary Club member, is available in the DOWNLOAD FILES section of the e-Wheel newsletter and the Joliet Rotary Club website at www.jolietrotary.com