The February 22nd Meeting will be a Club Assembly and Brainstorming on how to strengthen our club.  There will be no scheduled Committee meetings in February.

     We would encourage all of our members to attend and share your ideas on how to strengthen our club.  If you have attended any meetings recently you will see that our attendance is getting better but we have not gotten back to our pre-COVID attendance figures.  A wise old Rotarian once told me that once you stop attending weekly Rotary meetings, it is hard to get back into a regular schedule again.  Part of our problem was that Memorial Hall was shut down for so long and we have not recovered from that absence.  

     The other service club I belong to meets at the Hoffman House and they were only shut down for a few weeks, so we were able to start meeting again and our weekly attendance recovered quickly because members did not have time to get out of the habit of regular weekly meetings.

     So please attend either in person at Memorial Hall or via Zoom (818 6271 6717 - password 713380) and share your ideas to strengthen our club.

 

     Hannah Warren was our presenter at our February 15th meeting and her topic was "Newest Research in the Successful Treatment of Mental Illness".  She shared with us her personal experience of implementing metabolic treatments to put her bipolar 1 disorder into remission.  She also discussed the science of metabolic psychiatry.

     Thank you, Hannah, for sharing such personal details of your life.

     If anyone would like to learn more about metabolic psychiatry, Hannah will be happy to discuss it with you ( jhoolefashion@gmail.com ).    

 

We have doubled the District Governors goal for our club!!!   

 

Let’s keep it going!!!

 

     Pete Rundquist

     President 

     815-985-3976 

 

        

 

     At our February 8th meeting, our District Foundation Chair, Kathy Kwiat-Hess filled in for Rockford Rotary's Foundation Chair, Bob Canfield who was in Florida in making a Paul Harris presentation.

     She presented Paul Von Driska with his Paul Harris + 1 pin which means that Paul has contributed at least $2,000 to the Rotary International Foundation.

     As Bob and Kathy have mentioned in the past, getting a Paul Harris Fellow is just the beginning of the journey.  After the initial Paul Harris Fellow is achieved, then each additional $1,000 contributed to the RI Foundation results in a Paul Harris +1, $3,000 = Paul Harris +2, etc.

     Congratulations to Paul on his continuing support of the RI Foundation.  

                        

02-29-24 - No Meeting

                - 5:00 PM Rotary Social - Prairie Street Brewing Company

      

03-07-24 - "Rockford Concerns - Finding Solutions"

                  Mayor Tom McNamara

                  Host- Pete Rundquist

 

03-14-24 - "Murder & Mayhem in Rockford"

                  Kathi Kresol

                  Hoat - Dave Byrnes

 

03-21-24 - Committee Meetings

 

03-28-24 - "Drugs in Our City - Are There Any Solutions?"

                  Dr. Ray Garcia

                  Host - Elise Cadigan

 

04-04-24 - "Plans for Our Future"

                  State Senator Steve Stadleman

                  Host - Mary Ann Norwood

 

04-11-24 - "Students Speak Up"

                  Rotary Academy 

                  Host - Linda Johnson

 

04-18-24 - "Earth Day - Protecting our Earth"

                  Josh Franks, Natural Resource Conservation Service

                  Host - TBD

 

04-25-24 - "Honoring Our Students"

                  High School Recognition

                  Host - Helen Hill

 

05-02-24 - "Rockford Rocks Sports"

                  Meet the Peaches

                  Host - Steve Malliet

 

05-09-24 - Committee Meetings

 

05-16-24 - "Rockford Rocks Sports"

                  Meet the Ice Hogs

                  Host - Steve Malliet

 

05-23-24 - "Rockford Rocks Sports'

                  Meet the Rivets

                  Host - Steve Malliet

 

05-30-24 - No Meeting

                  5:00 - Social

 

06-06-24 - "Rockford Rotary Welcomes Our Youth Exchange"

                  Ciara Staly

                  Host - TBD

 

06-13-24 - "The Norwegian - Starting a New Business in Rockford"

                  Emly Hurd

                  Host - TBD

 

06-20-24 - "Calm, Intelligent Helpers"

                  Bruce Erickson, 17th Judicial Circuit Therapy Dogs

                  Host - Jim Coffey

 

06-27-24 - "Order of the Shelf"

                  "Vetting, Selecting, Electing Our President"

                  Host - Eric Moe

                                 

 

 

     Starting with our September 7th meeting, we will be having lunches at our noon meetings.  We will be starting with a package from Beef-A-Roo.  It will consist of a Wrap, salad, chips, cookie, and a soda or water.  There will bea variety of meats in the wraps.  This is a work in progress and things may change.  Lunches will start on September 7, 2023 and will be available at 11:45 AM the day of the meeting.

     PLEASE.  If you plan to bring a guest, PLEASE let us know 3 days in advance so we can make arrangements for food.  It will be your responsibility to cover the cost at $12.50 per meal.

 

     Thanks

     Pete Rundquist - runky907@comcast.net

     President, Rockford Rotary