ColleenWalsh, a financial advisor with Edward Jones in Glenview, in conjunction withmembers of the Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise, invite the public to presentationto prepare themselves for key life decisions: financial planning, estateplanning, tax strategies and the benefits of pre-planning end of life matters. In addition to Colleen Walsh, speakers will be Attorney Anita Hemanifrom The Firm of Per K. Hanson, Accountant Jay Greenstein from Weiss andCompany LLP, and Caryl Scott of the N.H. Scott & Hanekamp Funeral Home. Thisfree seminar will be held at the Glenview Public Library at 1930 Glenview Roadin Glenview on Wednesday evening, January 25, 2012 at 7 pm. For moreinformation, please contact Colleen Walsh at 847-501-4219.

Foundedin Chicago over 100 years ago, Rotary is a world-wide, non-denominationalservice organization. The Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise is active in a widevariety of community and international service projects and is affiliated withRotary International to advance numerous humanitarian projects, including thedrive to eradicate polio worldwide.  The clubmeets weekly at the Glenview Park Golf Club Café at 800 Shermer Road inGlenview.  The meetings begin at 7 AM andfeature weekly speakers. Members of the public interested in service are welcometo attend. 

Forfurther information regarding Rotary and club membership in the Rotary Club ofGlenview Sunrise, visit the club website at www.rotaryglenviewsunrise.org.

The program speakers for the Thursday morning, November 10,2011 Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise weekly breakfast meeting were Kim Hand andHeather Resnick.  Kim Hand is the SeniorServices Coordinator for the Village of Glenview and Heather Resnick is a CaregiverSpecialist at the North Shore Senior Center. Their program reviewed the mission of the North Shore Senior Center tofoster independence and well-being of older adults, to enhance their dignityand self respect, and promote their participation in and contribution towardall aspects of community life.   TheNorth Shore Senior Center was incorporated in 1956 as a not-for-profitorganization and is accredited and certified by several agencies including theIllinois Department of Mental Health. The Center currently is staffed by 100 professional and 700 volunteersand its multi-purpose facility performing in-home services and extensiveon-site programs for seniors, their caregivers and families.  The local Center is at 161 Northfield Road inNorthfield, Illinois.  For moreinformation visit the organization online at www.nssc.org  or call 847.784.6400.

Our program speaker for Thursday, October 12, 2011 was Sue Walsh, R.N, founder and President of the orgaization Little by Little.  Sue discussed Little by Little's charitable work providing medical assistance to the people of Haiti and her book, "Walking in Broken Shoes A Nurse's Account of Haiti and the Earthquake" .  Sue informed the club of the challenges faced by aid organizations in trying to function in the grinding poverty of this beleaguered nation.   

District Governor Carlos Frum of Northbrook will make his official visit to our club on August 4th.  We will learn more about the activities and goals of our Rotary district as well as Rotary International.

Northern Illinois Rotary Clubs Seeking

Young Professionals for Vocational Study Exchange trip to Taiwan

All  expenses paid by Rotary for month long trip of a lifetime

July 3, 2011 Glenview, IL  The Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrisejoins  Rotarians ofnortheastern Illinois in seeking outstanding young professional and businessmen and women to participate as a members of a vocational study program tovisit northern Taiwan for four weeks from March 17 to April 16, 2012.  The Group Study Exchange (GSE) program issponsored by The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International.

Applicants for this program must be at least 25 and no more than 40 years of age prior to the departure date.  They must work or live within the boundaries of Rotary District 6440, which encompasses the north, west, and northwest ofChicago (not including the City of Chicago). District 6440 includes Lake County, eastern McHenry and Kane Counties and northern Cook and DuPage counties.  An applicant may not be aRotarian or an immediate relative of a  Rotarian, must be a USA citizen, and must have been employed full-time in a recognized business or  profession for at least two years at the time of applying and plan to remain in the business orprofession well after the conclusion of the exchange.

The GSE program strives to improve international understanding by enabling people from different countries to learn from each other on a personal level. While abroad, team members will stay with Rotarian families to observe the hosts’ way of life, as well as study the nation’s economic, social and cultural characteristics through discussions and travel throughout the Rotary district. During the visit, the team members will spend a minimum of five days with their professional or business counterparts. Round trip transportation costs are paid by The Rotary Foundation. Housing, meals and travel during the visit are provided by the host Rotary district.

The Group Study Exchange will be held inpartnership with Rotary District 3480 in northern Taiwan, and encompasses theTaipei metropolitan area, the capital city.

Application forms and more information are available from the Rotary International Website: www.Rotary.org;or Rotary District 6440 Website:  www.rotary6440.org;or by contacting the Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise International Committee Chair Linda Diekman at lmdiekman@sbcglobal.net.  Completed applications which includes two endorsements, one from  the applicant’s local Rotary Club and the other fromthe applicant’s employer as well as an essay of intent must be completed and returned by 6pm September 17, 2011 to Glenview Sunrise Rotary c/o Linda Diekman, 302 ParkAvenue, Wilmette, IL 60091.

The program speaker for the Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise meeting on Thursday,  July 7, 2011 was Mary Astor Gomez, R.N., M.S.N., A.P.N. of Children's Memorial Hospital and former board member of the Little by Little organization. Mary was accompanied by Mr. Lou Marohn, a parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church in Glenview and a fellow volunteer in the Little by Little program in Haiti. They discussed their most recent trips to Haiti and Little by Little’s ongoing program of providing aid to alleviate the suffering of the Haitian people. Haiti is a 90 minute flight from the coast of Florida and it is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. It is estimated that 80% of its people live in poverty and that the life expectancy is only 53 years. The infant mortality is ten times the U.S. rate and the maternal mortality rate is the highest in the Americas. Only 46% of the population has access to clean water.

Ms. Gomez shared information about recent work being done at Grace Children’s Hospital in Port-au-Prince with an alliance with Illinois State Senator Kwame Raoul, architects and construction leaders from Children's Memorial Hospital building the new Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine Center for Global Health, and the University of Illinois-Champaign. The goal isto help rebuild Grace Children’s Hospital and offer on-going medical educationand support to establish a premier pediatric facility in Port-Au-Prince.

Mr. Marohn shared updates about Little by Little’s recent visits to Haiti. Little by Little’s work in Haiti began with the first visit in 2006 when local Glenview area volunteers provided medical care for people  in the remote mountain village of Gramothe.  Little by Little’s focus in the 2006 visit was to treat infections, intestinal worms, and skin infestations such as scabies and fungus conditions that commonly affected all of the residents of the village. Little by Little provided vitamins, peanut butter, and educated many women about the benefits of breast-feeding. The patients were taught about how to maintain their clean water source and prevent re-infestation of worms and scabies. The initial mission was so successful that the organization returned with a larger group in January 2007 and served more than 1,000 Haitian people in one week. The volunteers were amazed to see how the simple care delivered the prior year had improved the general health of the women and children of the village.

On January 12, 2010 a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti. Centered just outside Port-au-Prince, the quake caused unimaginable damage. At the time of the earthquake, Little By Little’s Team 7 was just completing their week long medical mission trip at Mountain Top Ministries’ (MTM) clinic in Gramothe. Immediately after the earthquake these same 23 volunteers became first responders at a nearby hospital which had very limited supplies, one doctor, and a few nurses.  Those efforts were just the beginning of whatwas to be a humanitarian aid effort of a scale never seen before.  For more information about Little by Little’swork in Haiti please visit the website  http://littlebylittlehaiti.org  

Founded in Chicago over 100 years ago, Rotary is a world-wide, non-denominational service organization. The Rotary Club ofGlenview Sunrise is active in a wide variety of community and international service projects and is affiliated with Rotary International to advance numerous humanitarian projects including the drive to eradicate polio worldwide. The Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise has weekly club meetings at the Glenview Park Golf Club Café at 800 Shermer Road in Glenview. The meetings begin at 7 AM and feature a weekly speaker and members of the public interested in community service are welcome to attend.  For further information regarding Rotary and  club membership in the Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise please visit the club website at www.rotaryglenviewsunrise.org or contact Richard Hill at 847-562-0199.

The program speaker for the June 30, 2011 Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise meeting was the Honorable Thomas Schnoell, General Consul for Austria in Chicago.  Mr. Schnoell holds a law degree and a masters in law and has held official positions for the government of Austria prior to his appointment as Consul General.

In his Rotary program, Mr. Schnoell reviewed the modern history of Austria with particular emphasis on the pre- and post-WW 2 effect on the nation.  He stated that after being occupied during the war, the nation became independent in 1955 and, in the same year, joined the United Nations.  He explained the crucial role Austria played as a neutral nation in the time of the Cold War and that in 1979, the headquarters of the United Nation was moved to Vienna.  Later, in 1995, Austria, with the popular support of its citizens, chose to join the European Union.  The European Union, he defined, was an organization of “special construction” which represents 500 million citizens and grew to 27 countries.  Croatia will become nation 28 in 2012.  He discussed the challenges of nations losing national power to join the EU and the difficulties of dealing with 23 different languages and converting currencies.  He praised the EU for its economic and foreign policy successes which have provided the basis for the longest period of peace in European history.  He emphasized the role of fewer obstacles among EU nations permitting free trade, free movement of people, and for the majority of EU citizens, a common currency.

Members of the Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise cooked and served a meal for local residents at St. Philip Lutheran Church in Glenview on Tuesday, June 28^th.  St. Philip hosts this community meal to provide a friendly, family-style church supper as part of its mission to invite, welcome, and minister to the needs of all people.  The St. Philip Family Suppers are held on the 2^nd and 4^th Tuesdays of each month from 5:30 to 6:30 PM. The Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise, through its Community Service Committee, has participated in the supper on a regular basis.  This Rotary service program was organized by Community Service Committee Chairperson Colleen Walsh, who was assisted in cooking and serving the meal by eight other club members.

At the recent installation dinner, Joel Levin, 2010-11 club president, honored Bunk Hill and Colleen Walsh for their work on the club's behalf.  They shared Rotarian of the Year honors for their work on public relations, social media, membership and community service.  The club is grateful for both Colleen's and Bunk's efforts. 

The Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise participated in the 38^th Annual Glenview Summer Festival which was held along Glenview Road on Saturday, June 25^th.  The Festival is Glenview’s largest consumer and business event and is hosted by the Glenview Chamber of Commerce of which the Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise is a member.  This year the event attracted over 100 vendors consisting of service organizations, businesses, agencies promoting social issues, and food and drink vendors.  The Rotary Club of Glenview Sunrise booth showcased a ShelterBox tent and the materials supplied to families in need by Rotarian donations.  The ShelterBox was arranged through the International Service Committee led by Steve Fiorentino. The Club most recently sent ShelterBoxes to support the people of Haiti after the devastating earthquake.    The event is utilized to promote Rotary and Rotary club membership and also focuses on promotion of the club’s fundraiser, The Chase the Bear Run for Glenview, which will occur this year on Sunday, September 18.  This year, the Vocational Service Committee, headed by Dee Santucci, held a book drive which provided books for sale and assigned the proceeds to the fund drive for the Run. The event was well attended by club members who volunteered their services from 6 am till 5 pm.

On Thursday, June 2, we heard a riveting program presented by Sam Harris, a child survivor of the Holocaust.  Mr. Harris was born on May 13, 1935, in Dublin, Poland and was only four years old when World War II broke out in 1939. As a young child, he survived six years in the Dublin and Czestochowa Nazi concentration camps in Poland.  Under the protection of his older sister, Sam was one of the few Jewish children to survive the camps.  Sam’s parents and four siblings were killed in Treblinka death camp.  He was liberated from the camp by the Russians when he was nine and then lived in orphanages in Poland until he came to the United States in 1948.  After a period living in a foster home in Chicago, Sam was adopted by the Harris family in Northbrook.  During his youth, he joined the Boy Scouts, played sports, and became the senior class president of New Trier High School.

Mr. Harris is a retired insurance executive and a Northbrook Rotarian who is an active member of the community. He is the former President of the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center and speaks extensively on the local and state level about his experiences during the Holocaust.  The museum, located in Skokie, Illinois has a collection of 11,000 evocative objects donated by Midwest Holocaust survivors.  The museum stands as testament to the choice the survivors made of life over loss and hope over heartbreak and stimulates universal questions about human rights.  Mr. Harris is also the author of the book Sammy: Child Survivor of the Holocaust, which is his memoir.