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Club Events
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Board Meeting
JTHS Dist. Conference Room
Feb 16, 2012 07:30 AM
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Board Meeting
JTHS Dist. Conference Room
Mar 15, 2012 07:30 AM
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Board Meeting
JTHS Dist. Conference Room
Apr 19, 2012 07:30 AM
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Board Meeting
JTHS Dist. Conference Room
May 17, 2012 07:30 AM
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Board Meeting
JTHS Dist. Conference Room
Jun 21, 2012 07:30 AM
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Service Above Self
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We meet Tuesdays at 12:00 PM
Renaissance Center
214 N Ottawa St.
Joliet, IL 60432
United States
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| Posted by Anastasia Tuskey on Jan 17, 2012
The Rotary Club of Joliet has chosen three finalist for its 2012 Service Recipient award. (Download summary here.)
Club members heard first-hand from each of them at last Tuesday's meeting. After the presentations, members were emailed online voting instructions from Bill Jenkins, to select who will be the recipient of up to $10,000 in Rotary Raffle proceeds. | | Posted by Lisa Morel Las on Jan 14, 2012
After receiving eleven applications for very worthwhile projects, Past President Mike Murray announces the three finalists for the Rotary Raffle Project:Our Lady of Angels: new medication carts St. Vincent dePaul Thrift Shop: new tile floor Will Grundy Medical Center: paint interior of the clinic Club members can download and read a description of the projects (click here) and will hear first hand from each of them at Tuesday's meeting. After the presentations, members will vote on whom will be the recipient of up to $10,000 in Rotary Raffle proceeds. | | Posted by Lisa Morel Las on Dec 22, 2011
Rotarian John Spesia is pleased to report that the Malawi Clean Water Project is completed!The project began after Joliet Rotarian Doug Spesia's death in 2010. A memorial fund was started to construct the Douglas Spesia Centre in Thyolo, Malawi. The village was in need of a clean water source because water-related illnesses such as cholera and typhoid, are common due to the lack of access to clean water. Recognizing this need, the Joliet Rotary Club stepped in to help. On July 21, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Joliet Rotary Club approved funding to construct a deep well at the site of the Douglas Spesia Centre to provide clean water for the people of Thyolo. 
Below is the letter from Fr. Philip thanking the Joliet Rotary Club for the well that we constructed in Likwakwanda, Malawi. Following are photos of the construction, Fr. Philip and some villagers at the well: | | Posted on Dec 11, 2011
Three community leaders were welcomed to the Joliet Rotary Club as new members recently, after being brought forth for introduction by their sponsors. In the photo from the left, new Joliet Rotarians include: Carol Andrews, Head of the Joliet Montessori School (sponsor Russ Slinkard); Jim Mullins, President/CEO of UCP Illinois Prairieland (sponsor Brett Mitchell); and Dr. Charles Coleman, Superintendent of Joliet Public School District 86 (sponsor Russ Slinkard). 
| | Posted by Roxane Geraci
Prior to his presentation on The Sound and the Symbol, Joliet Rotarian Dr. Robert Kase, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Saint Francis partnered with guitarist Jeff Jaskowiak, USF Director of Digital Audio and Recording Arts to provide great music throughout the meeting. (Click here to see the Powerpoint presentation.)
A lifetime educator, Kase is also an international trumpet artist that has heralded high acclaims from around the world. His performances have taken him on solo tours of Sweden, Norway, England, Germany, France, Russia, Switzerland, Canada, and across the USA. 
As a recording artist Kase has performed on more than 200 recording projects including four solo jazz recordings with his own quintet. He appears regularly at International Jazz Festivals and as trumpet soloist with symphony orchestras and concert bands | | Posted by Roxane Geraci on Dec 04, 2011
The Holiday Cheer Committee would like to thank all Joliet Rotarians for their ongoing generosity and support of the food and necessities collection program.
Also thank you to the all great volunteers who’ve come together to ensure the program’s success.
 Holiday Cheer committee members Tom Grotovsky and Laurie Rambo enjoy themselves as they help out with the weekly collection. | | Posted by Roxane Geraci on Nov 06, 2011
Joliet Rotary Welfare Committee Chair John Spesia presented a check to Christine Bzdon and Victoria Collett of the Child Care Resource and Referral (CCR&R) agency to help purchase winter coats for over 100 children from 3-to-5-years-old.
| | Posted by John Spesia
After Joliet Rotarian Doug Spesia's death in 2010, a memorial fund was started to construct the Douglas Spesia Centre in Thyolo, Malawi. In Malawi, water-related illnesses, including cholera and typhoid, are common due to the lack of access to clean water. The village of Thyolo was in need of a clean water source. Recognizing this need, the Joliet Rotary Club stepped in to help. On July 21, 2011, the Board of Directors of the Joliet Rotary Club approved funding to construct a deep well at the site of the Douglas Spesia Centre to provide clean water for the people of Thyolo. Peter Nkata, President of the Blantyre, Malawi Rotary Club discusses his Club's involvement in Malawi and role in the deep well construction project. Click here to view transcript of Mr. Nkata's comments
Fr. Philip Mbeta discusses the importance of having a clean water source near the Centre. Click here to view transcript of Fr. Philip's comments.
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Speakers
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Jan 31, 2012
History of the Werden Buck Boys and Girls Club
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Feb 07, 2012
Vilaseca Day Care Center
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Feb 14, 2012
BenchMark Project: Collaboration Between Joliet Township High School and ChicagoLand Speedway
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Feb 21, 2012
History of the March of Dimes
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Feb 28, 2012
The Sesquecentennial of the Civil War: Abraham Lincoln in 1862
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Mar 06, 2012
TBD
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Mar 13, 2012
Rotary Youth Leadership
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Mar 20, 2012
TBD
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Mar 27, 2012
TBD
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