Addison Rotary Meeting
March 12 , 2008

Members present:

Ron Burns Tony Cimino George Ellefsen

Cal George
Tom Geraghty Scott Helton Don Hendricks Phil Jimenez
Diane Junokas Jim Krage Sohila Parsi Bill Schaub
Bob Smith Gary Sinagra Bob Watson  

Guests: Bill Brewer, Jerry Grote, Karen Lesniak

Meeting opened at with Pledge, Rotary motto, prayer and lunch.

District 6450 Workshop on March 19 will be attended by Cal George, Tony Cimino, Don Hendricks, and Bob Smith. Bob Watson may be attending as well. Any other Rotarians who wish to attend are welcome to do so.

Officers will meet at 11:30am before the March 19 meeting.

The March 19 meeting will be a working lunch. Dictionaries have been purchased and are being donated to 575 District 4, St. Joseph and St. Philip students and we will be placing stickers inside the books.

Bill Brewer shared information about the Salt Creek clean up project scheduled with the Interact Club students on Saturday, May 31. Approximately 25 students will participate in the event which is expected to run from 9:00am - 2:00pm. George Ellefsen will coordinate the picnic lunch at the end of the day. Jorge DeLeon will do a scouting trip on the segment of creek that it slated for cleaning. He will also conduct a training session to teach students how to canoe.

George Ellefsen announced an Itasca Lions cocktail party/raffle night. He passed around a raffle ticket for members who were willing to join together to purchase one.

Karen Lesniak, Marketing Director for NEDSRA (North East DuPage Special Recreation Association) thanked the Rotary for their financial support. NEDSRA, which is composed of 11 member partners-8 park districts and 3 villages-provides community-based recreation for people of all ages with special needs. Programs offered include day camps, travel programs, day trips, social clubs and more. NEDSRA offers age-appropriate programs and works to meet individual needs by taking typical park district activities and moderating them for their clientele. NEDSRA emphasizes andith people's abilities, rather than focusing on their disabilities. A program that NEDSRA is currently working to develop further is beep baseball. The sport provides adaptive equipment which allows the visually impaired to play baseball. Funding is being sought, since the cost for two beep baseball bases is $800.

The meeting adjourned at 1:13p.m.