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Addison Rotary Meeting Members present:
Guest: Waseen Khan, Chelle O'Connell, Leticia Rodriguez
The meeting opened with song, Pledge, Rotary Motto, prayer and lunch. Matt Delawder announced that he had an Elmhurst Rotary Raffle ticket for any members who would like to split the cost of the $100 ticket. Cal George reminded members of the Chicago Slaughter arena football game on Saturday, May 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and the seating is in the club area, giving access to club facilities, i.e. full service bar, carving table, glass enclosed seating. Members, friends and families are welcome to attend. A sign-up sheet was passed around. Contact Ron Burns for more information (630-213-9450). Bob Watson introduced the speaker for the day, Leticia Rodriquez, an American Family Insurance agent in Addison . Leticia shared information about the DuPage County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce which was incorporated at the end of January, 2008. As a former resident of Addison and as a business owner in Addison , she recognized that many Hispanic businesses were not participating in ACCI meetings. The DuPage County Hispanic Chamber was organized to meet the different needs and to help to overcome the language barriers that can be an issue for Hispanic business owners. The Hispanic Chamber has held two meetings and has 16 members. The next meeting of the group will be held the 2 nd week of April. The organization plans to work to help kids by stressing the importance of education through mentoring and scholarship programs. They will be planning fundraisers and seeking corporate sponsorships to help the organization meet its goals. Anyone interested in participating in the Hispanic Chamber is welcome and encouraged to come to the April meeting. Dr. Steve Humphrey from DuPage High School District 88 will be next week's speaker. The meeting adjourned at 1:10p.m. |