Dr. Feride Rushiti is the Founder and Executive Director of the Kosovo Rehabilitation Center for Trauma (KRCT) which was established by Dr. Rushiti to provide the desperately needed help for individuals, men and women and now children, in their recovery from the 1998-99 genocide.
A leader known throughout Europe and North & South America for her effective advocacy for women across cultures.
Dr. Rushiti has received multiple awards including the US Department of State "Woman of Courage Award" and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize in 2025.
Dr. Rushiti will speak about the work of the KRCT and the important role they play in building a positive future for the children of Kosovo.
This will be an informative and interesting program and will serve as a prelude to the "Minds of Peace" event at the Tebala Event Center later that night. We encourage you to bring a prospective member or guest to join us in person at Memorial Hall or via zoom.
Elise Cadigan will introduce our presenter and act as Rotary Host.
Each year the District Governor visits each club in District 6420 and October 22nd is her chance to visit Rockford Rotary.
District 6420 Governor Tina Curtis helped charter the Rotary Club of Carpentersville-Morning, Illinois (District 6440) in 2009. During her time there, she served as Club Secretary, President-Elect, and two terms as Club President before becoming an Assistant Governor and later a Sector Assistant Governor Chair. In 2016, Tina and her husband, Chip, moved to a small farm in rural Bureau County. Before choosing a new Rotary home, Tina visited five District 6420 clubs before joining the Rotary Club of Walnut. Since then, she has served two terms as Club President, Grants Chair for nine years, and continues to serve as the club's Foundation Chair. Tina also served as the club liaison to the Bureau Valley High School Interact Club after helping charter it during the 2017–18 Rotary year. She later served as Assistant Governor for Area 7 before joining the District Governor line. As District Governor, Tina believes Rotary's greatest strength lies in building relationships, developing leaders, and empowering clubs to create lasting impact in their communities. She is committed to listening first, encouraging collaboration, and supporting every club as they pursue meaningful service, strengthen membership, and create the conditions for peace through their actions.
DG Tina will share some of the goals from Rotary International and also talk about what she sees as the goals for Rockford Rotary.
This is always in interesting and informative program and also a chance to meet the District Governor. Since we are in the discussion phase of our Strategic Plan, we will see how we can incorporate some of Tina's goals into our strategic plan.
We would encourage as many members as possible to show your support for DG Tina and plan on attending this important meeting. We would also encourage members to bring a guest of prospective member to join us in person at Memorial Hall or via Zoom.
President Paul will introduce the District Governor and act as Rotary host.
Rockford Rotary Club is offering a buffet lunch before each Thursday meeting at 11:30 AM.
We will not always have the lunch menu available.
To reserve a lunch, test Elise by Monday at 3:00 PM at (815) 985-8300. Price is $15 each. If you have a guest, reserve a meal, but the guest meal is free.
We are again collecting cereal for the Rock River Valley Pantry. A barrel is at west entrance of Memorial Hall for the rest of October. The next time you are shopping, pick up a couple of boxes of cereal and bring them to a meeting.
Rockford Rotary and Loves Park Rotary are sponsoring the "World's Largest Polio Walk" from 10:00 AM to 12 PM on Octobr 24th at Rock Valley College. We will walk around the recreational path at Rock Valley College. If the weather doesn't cooperate, the walk will be held inside at the RVC Physical Education Center.
The flyer below gives you all of the information you need to either register if you plan to walk or to donate if you can't attend.
If you have any questions, contact Lynn Momberger - lynnmom1@icloud.com or 815-494-0994.
Now that school is back in session it is the time of year when we are looking for volunteers to read with 2nd and 3rd grade students in RPS 205. How exciting that we are now in our 25th year of Rockford Reads! This year we are going bilingual, so we are in need of bilingual volunteers as well. If you have not participated in Rockford Reads before, please consider it now. It is a very rewarding experience to help influence the lives of these students. Volunteers do not need to be Rotarians. If you know of someone who might be interested, let them know about this program.
If you are interested or know of someone, please reach out to Kathy Kwiat-Hess at kathykwiathess@gmail.com.
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