University YMCA received a check for $14,129 from the Cannon Memorial Grant Committee. The funds will be used to upgrade the restrooms for ADA compliance
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District 7020 in the Caribbean is the district in charge of facilitating Rotary's efforts. A six-member team of Rotarians who arrived in Haiti on a humanitarian mission just 45 minutes before the quake struck are ok. They were scheduled to stay a week but certainly their immediate mission has changed somewhat.
ShelterBox has dispatched 500 containers of supplies to Haiti -- sufficient to provide shelter and other equipment for 5,000 to 6,000 people. Also, 110 Aquaboxes are being delivered to Haiti to provide safe water.
Crisis Nursery Director, Stephanie Record, accepted the Club's cup donation of $370 and said they will use the funds to purchase new cribs for the nursery.
Congratulations to two new Paul Harris Fellow:
Ted Gonsiorowski and Thomas Graves.
Also, Congratulations to Lin Warfel and Bob Atkins.
Lin is now a Paul Harris Fellow+4 and Bob Atkins is now a Paul Harris+1
Congratulations to our newest Bequest Society members Ed Krol and Stan Rankin as well as our Paul Harris +5 Fellows John Ady, John Calderon and Steve Hamburg. Special recognition to our Paul Harris +2 Fellow Terry O'Neill and our newest PHF +1 Bob Atkins, Dean Cavey, Pat Kovar, Bud Leister, Harold Moe and Mella Roderick. Thanks for your tremendous support.
Turkmenistan: The club has received a thank you from the 570 students who benefited from Champaign Rotary's support of the Turkmenistan Junior Achievement program.
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President Joan presented Bill Stallman the Rotarian of the Year award. He
is the first Champaign Rotarian to receive the award twice—the first
time in 1990. Bill was honored for his hard work and reliability. Not only
does he make sure we have greeters, invocators and introducers every
week, he also handles the cashier responsibilities and makes sure our
"lunch money" is handled properly.
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President Joan presented Bethany Hearn the Robert Eisner, Jr. New
Member Rotarian of the Year award. "Bethany jumped right in whenever
she saw a need" the perfect Rotarian right out of the box," President
Joan told the Club. Congratulations Bethany!
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Dave Bernthal presented a check for $25,000 from the Joseph H. Cannon Memorial Grant Trust Funds to Rotarian Bobbie Herakovich, Executive Director of the Champaign Park District. The grant will be used to support improvements to Skelton Park, at the corner of Washington Street and First Street. The history of the property is very interesting. Art Skelton's father owned a house on the property, and when he died, it went to his caretaker. After the caretaker died, the property went to the City of Champaign, which in turn gave it to the Park District. The Park was named and dedicated to the Skelton family a couple of years ago, and a little work was done on it. This grant will help the Park District build a plaza and memorial plaque and add some flowers and trees. You will be hearing more about this later, as the Park District may come back to Rotary members for the tree part of the project.
Dave Bernthal presented a check for $6,200 from the Joseph H. Cannon Memorial Grant Trust Funds to Andre Arrington, Executive Director of the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club. The grant will be used to upgrade the Computer Lab in time for Summer Camp. Last week employees from Comcast painted the room, so it is ready for the new computers to be purchased with this Rotary grant-the computers were 8 years old, and as we all know, that means they were basically unusable.
Elizabeth announced that the Club has collected a total of $7,767 to date for the campaign. If you have not given yet, please write a check to Rotary Foundation and note "Polio" on the check. Elizabeth told those gathered, "We'll keep taking donations if you keep giving".
Dave Bernthal presented a check for $6,000 to Rotarian Tim Manard from the Joseph H. Cannon Memorial Grant Trust Funds. The money donation will be used to upgrade the computer network at the Boy Scout headquarters. Tim told the Club that he and the Scout headquarters staff are excited about getting a network overhaul that will allow them to update the way they serve the Scouts and Scout leadership.
Vicki Harber-Wheeler, Regional Operating Officer, Girl Scouts of Central Illinois Champaign Regional Service Center, received a Joseph H. Cannon Memorial Grant Trust Funds check for $5,700 from committee chair Dave Burnthal. The donation will be used for the GS project "Baby, think it over". The 'babies" are computerized full-care dolls that help teach young people what motherhood, or fatherhood, or even the job of babysitter is really all about.
Past President David Bernthal, chair of the Champaign Rotary Joseph H. Cannon Memorial Grants, presented a check for $15,600 to Stephanie Edwards, Children's Services Manager of the Champaign Public Library, to be used for the "A Gift for Your Baby" project. The project gives out 3,000 packets a year to new mothers at the local hospitals as one way to promote literacy.
Joseph H. Cannon Memorial Grant Trust Funds are typically solicited during the months of July and August each year. The committee meets once the application submission period is closed, to review the potential applicants. Cannon Grants are $5,000+, and come from interest earned on the trust, which is approximately $75,000 a year. The grants are selected by the committee, which recommends them to WGRC, Inc. for final approval.
Congratulations to the following recipients of this year's Cannon Grants. Presentations to the organizations will be made at Champaign Rotary meetings throughout the rest of the year.
The Rotary Club of Champaign, for the Skelton Park project $25,000
The Girl Scouts of Central Illinois, for equipment for "Baby Think It Over" program $5700
The Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club, to upgrade the teen computer lab $6,200
The Developmental Services Center, to update the client computer labs $8,000
The Boy Scouts of America Prairielands Council, to upgrade the network at the headquarters $6,000
The Champaign Public Library, for a program aimed at newborns and their families $15,600
The Habitat for Humanity, for improvements to the ReStore $8,500
Eileen Gebbie from Habitat for Humanity thanked Champaign Rotary for the check for $8,500, presented to her by Past President Dave Bernthal, Chair of the Cannon Committee. The funds will be used for capital improvements at the Habitat Restore, which will in turn help raise funds for Habitat projects.
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