A press conference is scheduled at noon at Memorial Hall.  Chairs will be setup, so we want as many Rockford Rotarians as possible to attend and show our support for the two Global Scholars.  There will be a few district representatives there including, Craig DeVrieze who is coordinating the conference, Laura Davis who is chair of the Scholarship Committee, DG Melissa McCormick, and DRFC Laura Kann.

     The press conference is highlighting the two Global Scholars sponsored by the District who are outbound this year.

     Kiki Fisher is from Hononegah High School and Bradley University will be attending the University of Crete Medical School in Greece to pursue a Master of Science in Forensic Medicine, Anthropology, and Imaging.

     Mohammed Salem is from Auburn High School and will be attending the University of Oxford in England to pursue a Master of Science in Health System Evaluation and Improvement.

     We encourage our members to attend the press conference and then go to our regular meeting which will be committee meetings.  Committee chairs will notify their members if a meeting will be held.  As always lunches will be available for $12.  Give your lunch money to Monica. 

 

     We have renamed out old "Vocational Talk" programs to "Getting to Know Our Members" and our first one this year featured Brian Martin who is a Sergeant with the Rockford Park District Police.  He told us about his childhood, the various stages of his career and his love for the University of Iowa.  He also enjoys refereeing and coaching youth sports.  He and his wife regularly attend our socials because as Brian put it "she is the social butterfly".  The only thing he failed to mention was that his 4th grade teacher at Rolling Green was Connie Coffey.

 

 

     Due to scheduling conflicts with our own social hour, we will be joining the District 6420 Happy Hour this month. 

 

     WHO: Any local Rotarians and their guest(s)

 

     WHERE: The G.O.A.T. Pub & Grill, 1428 N. Main St. Rockford

 

     WHEN:  Thursday, September 25th

 

     TIME:  5:30 - 7:00 PM 

 

Pete "Social Chair" Rundquist

September Lunches 

 

Helen, Becky, and Pete have agreed to serve lunches from Beef-A-Roo for $12/week for the SHORT TERM while we develop a more permanent solution.

 

Jim Coffey, Secretary  

 

We are again collecting cereal for the Rock River Valley Pantry.  A barrel is at Memorial Hall for the rest of September.  The next time you are shopping, pick up a couple of boxes of cereal and bring them to a meeting.