A gentle reminder that you please pay for your lunch, $150 for December, January, and February. You can pay by credit card or send a check to our treasurer, Monica Glenny. If you bring your own lunch, you can opt out by not paying the $150.00. If you have any questions, or if you only want the lunches for a specific month, please tell Bob Canfield, 815-968-7200 or canfilaw@sbcglobal.net .
PDG Elise Cadigan entered the Downtown Rockford Rotary Club in September 1988 sponsored by Dr. Bob Henry & with the classification of “Hospital-Clinic Professional”. In 1991, Elise did a Rotary make-up in Moscow while in Russia with a USA Government People to People Team., led by Rotarian Mike Warner.
She served as the Club’s first woman president in 1999-2000, previously serving as club membership chair and group study exchange chair. She participated in the development of the Club’s signature project-The Rotary Academy (2000-2002), and in the chartering of the Rockford College Rotaract Club & the Rockford School of Medicine Rotaract Club. She is a Rotary Foundation Major Donor level 2, a Bequest Society member.
District 6420 Service: District Youth Exchange/and Peace Fellows Committee, District Governor Nominating Committee (1997-98), District 6420 Conference Chair (1998), Short-term Youth Exchange Committee Chair (2005-2007), District Youth Protection Committee Chair & Youth Protection Officer (2005-2007), District 6420 Group Study Exchange/Vocational Training Team Committees for 16 years. Elise led a District 6420 Vocational Training Team of 6420 Rotary professionals to NebbiTowne, Uganda to improve the medical care of women/children, to create a school library and to create a safer educational environment through Trauma education of teachers and police officers.
Past Community Service: Member Junior League of Rockford, Board of Counselors at Rockford College, Senior Warden of St. Anskars Episcopal Church, Board of Directors United Way of Rock River Valley, Board of Directors Children’s Development Center, Board of Directors Big Brothers/Big Sisters Winnebago County, City of Rockford Head Start Advisory Council, Trustee/ Past President of the Board of the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois.
Current Community Service: Member of the Rockford Woman’s Club (Board of Managers), Deans Council for the University of Illinois College of Medicine/Rockford, Board Directors of the Harlem Community Center, CFNIL Strategic Planning Committee.
Glenn and Elise have been host parents for Rotary long & short-term exchange students, international students of Rockford College, and have hosted GSE team members and team members from the Russian Agricultural Exchange. A graduate of Washburn University (Topeka, Kansas) and the University of Kansas (M.S.W., 1977), Elise has lived in Northern Illinois since 1979, and has maintained a private practice in clinical social work at Glenwood Center since 1980. From 1982-1988, she developed and managed the adolescent inpatient psychiatric & substance abuse treatment programs at Swedish American Hospital. Elise has attended 16 RI conventions, including Singapore, Osaka, and Bangkok.
Thanks go to the Rotarians who braved the cold on Saturday to ring bells for Salvation Army: Mike Donnelly, Wray Howard, Dave Byrnes, Stephanie Bradley, Mary Maxted and Pete and Becky Rundquist!
Our Club has a number of volunteer opportunities, but some very specific needs that have been identified are listed below, along with the contact information for the person leading the effort. Please let them know if you would be willing to help in any of these areas.
The Service Above Self Awards – Program Date, March 13, 2025
There are a number of parts of the whole. This may involve a few meetings to be determined by those who want to be involved.
First, we need a good pool of candidates. According to program rules, candidates must be nominated by a member of the Club. Only a few may be Rotarians themselves. The rest must be from the Rockford community. If you want to help, please talk to the nonprofit organizations with which you are familiar. Who are the outstanding volunteers in their organizations? Let’s see how wide we can cast this net. Try to include both large organizations along with smaller ones.
When we have compiled a good number of applications, there needs to be a committee to review the applications and select the winners. For those who nominate a successful candidate, they will do the introduction at the awards ceremony.
The applications for both individual candidates and the Mary Stuart Carruthers award are available on our website. Look under the Membership tool bar near the top of the home page.
Second, we need to involve the media, not only in covering the event, but also in announcing that the awards are available.
Third, we need volunteers to plan and run the lunch and program on March 13, 2025 which includes many individual elements such as:
Determining & Executing Program Elements. Like last year for the ceremony, Mayor McNamara was invited to attend, say a few words, and hand out the awards.
Getting flowers for each of the award recipients.
Order, proof, and ensure plaques for each recipient are on site the day of the event.
Track of reservations so we have enough food.
Ordering Food and arranging pick up or deliver on March 13, 2025.
Clean-up at the end of the program on March 13, 2025
CONTACT for more info or to take on one of these pieces of this event – Dave Byrnes, david.byrnes941@gmail.com
Each week we will be publishing a message from the Rotary International Foundation. This week's message is:
DOES THE ROTARY FOUNDATION RECOGNIZE ROTARY CLUBS?
Donations to the Foundation are essential to securing and expanding our programs throughout the world. We recognize with gratitude clubs that make extraordinary contributions.
• 100% Paul Harris Fellow Club: These are clubs in which all dues-paying members are Paul Harris Fellows. The club receives a banner. This is a one-time recognition, but the intent is that the club will maintain its status.
• 100% Foundation Giving Club: This banner is given to clubs that have an average of US$100 in per capita giving and in which every dues-paying member donates at least $25 during the year to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, the Endowment, or approved global grants.
• Every Rotarian, Every Year Club: This banner is awarded to clubs that have a minimum Annual Fund contribution of $100 per capita during the year and in which every dues paying member personally contributes at least $25 to the Annual Fund in that time period.
• Top Three Per Capita in Annual Fund Giving: These banners are presented each year to the three clubs in each district with the highest per capita Annual Fund giving.
• 100% Paul Harris Society Club: This banner is awarded to clubs in which every dues paying member contributes at least $1,000 during the year to the Annual Fund, PolioPlus, or an approved global grant.
• 100% Rotary’s Promise Club: These are clubs in which every dues-paying member supports the Endowment with an outright gift of $1,000 or more or a commitment of at least that amount in an estate plan. These clubs receive a certificate upon request.
Will you help our club be recognized by the Foundation this year?
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