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Sponsorships Available for the 2022 Economic Update
 
Become a Sponsor for this rare and timely event featuring Charles Evans, President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, presented by the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Rotary Club Foundation. Sponsors and their guests gain insights into the Federal Reserve policy on interest rates, employment, inflation and economic growth in a question-and-answer format. The Economic Breakfast brings together local business owners, professionals, and community leaders. Your support benefits the many causes of the Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Rotary Club Foundation, a 501(c)(3) public foundation. For more details on sponsorship opportunities and an order form go to the 2022 Rotary Economic Breakfast Info and Order Form.
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All Seasons for Giving
 
From July through December 2021, your Local Rotary Club awarded $17,903 in cash, coats, and books. As we celebrate the new year, we also celebrate organizations making positive impacts in our and other communities. To join us in contributing to causes like these, please go to https://lflbrotary.org/page/donate.
 
$5760 of warm winter coats to school children (still underway)
$4043 to the NCCP Family Care Closet Food Pantry
$3000 to ShelterBox for Disaster Recovery initiatives
$1400 to Deer Path Middle School’s 8th Grade Service Project
$1000 (and 59 coats) to Midwest Veterans Closet
$1000 to Feed my Starving Children
$1000 to the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
$500 to the Lake Forest High School Madrigals
$200 worth of Children’s books for our local literacy project
Rotary Delivers Warm Winter Coats
 
To keep kids warm, the Rotary Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff began distributing winter coats on November 2nd. This season, we anticipate donating around 411 coats. We made the first delivery of 131 coats to Neustro Center of Highwood, North Chicago Community Partners (NCCP), and Waukegan Public Schools. The next set will be delivered to schools Tuesday, November 16th. Over the past 12 years, the Rotary Club of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff has distributed over 6,000 new winter coats.
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For World Polio Day, Let’s End Polio.
 
Over the past 35 years, Rotary has vaccinated 3 billion children in 122 countries from polio, a paralyzing and potentially deadly infectious disease. Even a member of our Rotary Club of Lake Forest – Lake Bluff and his wife helped immunize children in India against polio. Working with key partners, we’ve reduced polio cases by 99.9 percent. We need to stay vigilant, even though it has been a long time since the US housed polio patients in iron lungs (pictured).
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From LF-LB to India - Rotary Rolls out a Mobile Medical Van
 
 
In a demonstration of Rotary’s global reach, your local Rotary Clubs worked with the Rotary Club of Davangere South in India to donate a Mobile Medical Van. India is estimated to have the second highest number of hemophilia cases with an estimated 80% of Indians with this serious blood disorder going undiagnosed [India Healthworld, April 2019]. The Karnataka Hemophilia Society will use this Rotary Hemophilia Van to bring diagnostic tools to remote areas.
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DPM students raise $5000 for Camp Kesem
Thank you to the 8th graders at Deer Path Middle School (DPM) for continuing to hold their annual Community Service Day - even in a pandemic. They raised over $5000 for Camp Kesem! We appreciate being a sponsor of this important event. And we look forward to seeing the impact these students' commitment to service will have on our community in the years to come!
 
 
 
Forest & Bluff Magazine features LF-LB Rotary
The October 2021 issue of Forest & Bluff magazine published an article 'Service Above Self' highlighting our Lake Forest - Lake Bluff Rotary Club. Pages 38-39 introduce Rotary, our club, our weekly meetings, our global network, our foundation, our causes and service projects. Quotes from members Fred Jackson, John Barth, Zhuming Smith, and Sunny Lu drive home the spirit of fellowship and service in the club! Members of the community are encouraged to join us for a breakfast by emailing us at info@LFLBRotary.org. Thank you to Mary Kelly for submitting the story. To see the latest issues of Forest & Bluff, go to https://jwcdaily.com/forestbluffmagazine/.
 
 
Kevin Stevens outlines goals for our Rotary district
 
It was a pleasure to have Kevin Stevens join us at breakfast at the end of September. He discussed the district and global grant process. Kevin also outlined key initiatives and goals including growing clubs and membership, updating technology used by clubs, and improving our visibility within the community. Kevin is our Rotary District Governor (DG), the primary link between our district and other districts in the region and beyond. He serves on many boards as an advocate for literacy, education, career development, and veterans' causes.
 
Community celebrates 2021 Lake Forest Day
Great job on the parade, Lake Forest! Our club is proud to both help coordinate spots along the parade route as well as participate as an entry. If you were in the Lake Forest Day parade, you probably interacted with a Rotarian and may not have known it. Other Rotarians walked and drove the parade route under the Rotary banner. Thank you to the American Legion for hosting the successful event!
 
Melvina Lube shares her Rotary experiences
It was a pleasure to have Melvina Lube join us at breakfast last week. She shared her experiences in Rotary including hosting exchange students, traveling to South Africa and Cuba, and attending international conferences. Melvina is our Rotary Assistant/Area Governor (AG), the primary link between NE Illinois district leadership and individual clubs like ours.
 
Club welcomes new president, John Barth
Thank you to last year's Rotary Club of Lake Forest - Lake Bluff 2020-2021 board members: Dick, Jerry, Larry, John H, JJ, John B, Mark, Steve, and Tom (pictured) as well as Sonia, Art, John L, Marc, and David. Thank you to John Hancir for leading the club through this challenging past year! What a beautiful evening celebrating them and the induction of John Barth as the new 2021-2022 club president.
 
Dick, Jerry, Larry, John H, JJ, John B, Mark, Steve, and Tom stand in front of a white and Lake Forest green party tent.
LF-LB Rotary donated trees and cleared buckthorn
The Rotary Club of Lake Forest - Lake Bluff donated funds to the Lake Bluff Open Lands Association (LBOLA) for a number of trees. Club members Rick, Steve, JJ, Tom, Bill Summers, Bill Shepherd, and Mark (pictured) as well as Sunny donated their time to help clear buckthorn. Thank you to LBOLA for coordinating the event and providing support with power tools and expertise.
 
Congratulations to the 8th grade graduates!
Congratulations to the 2021 Deer Path Middle School Graduates! Thank you for your work on Community Service Day. We appreciated being a donor to this important initiative. Always remember that helping others is a lifeway commitment!
 
Thank You, The APT 8th Grade Committee sends a heartfelt thanks to all who volunteered their time, talent and generosity to our 8th grade Community Service Day, ...Fest and Graduation Day. OUR FABULOUS COMMUNITY DONORS: Lake Forest - Lake Bluff Rotary Club, Forest Orthodontics, Kiddles, CROYA and Rick Day, Lake Forest Police DepartmentClass of 2021, Deer Path Middle School in a logo, Class of 2021 8th Grade Graduation June 1, 2021, Deerpath Middle School
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President's Message

John Barth

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Since 1959, this Club and its public charitable arm, the "Lake Forest-Lake Bluff Rotary Club Foundation" have donated more than $1 million to causes in our community. One of our signature projects is "Operation Warm", which  has provided more than 5,000 winter coats to children in our local communities.  We also have a strong Literacy Program for young kids where our members provide books and read to kids at an early age. Mentoring youths in the community is another project currently in the works, helping them prepare for the job market and their future ahead. We support local organizations, food pantries, we pack and send food packets overseas, we support our environment through litter clean-up, planting trees and innumerable humanitarian projects both here and overseas. We are people of action, problem solvers. We live by our motto, Service About Self.  
 
Join the Rotary family with your ideas and together we will make a difference. Complete the application form on this site and come to one of our weekly meetings. We look forward to meeting you.
 
Sincerely,
 
John Barth
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