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Addison Rotary Meeting Members present:
Guests: John Petrik The meeting opened with the Pledge, Rotary Motto, prayer and lunch. Cal George made the following announcements: The Installation dinner can be held at Solace 601 on either June 20 or June 27. Cal will make the arrangements for Friday, June 20. There will be a choice of four dinners: chicken, pasta, tilapia or pork. The Mystery Dinner Theater event was held on Tuesday, May 27. The dinner was delicious and a good time was had by all. May 31 Salt Creek Clean Up Day - Meet at 8am on Saturday at Salt Creek Park (Elizabeth Dr. east of Addison Rd. in Wood Dale). George Ellefsen and Bob Smith will be at Cricket Creek Forest Preserve (Fullerton Ave. east of Villa Ave. in Addison) preparing the post clean-up picnic. Cathy Olivi introduced the speaker for the day, John Petrik of DeVry University. John spoke to the club about the Addison Business Education Partnership Council which has been in operation in Addison for the past five years. The group meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30am at Lullo's Century 21 office, east of Jewel in Green Meadow. The Council began with the Addison Chamber of Commerce and Industry working to establish partnerships with educational organizations in town---District 4, Addison Trail High School, Driscoll High School, Technology Center of DuPage, College of DuPage and DeVry University. Some of the programs council members have become involved with include the mentoring program, Junior Acheivement, Parent University, ATHS' Education Fair and Career Week, job shadowing and the Parent Outreach program. From the college side, this organization work to help provide connections for employment between students and businesses. John welcome Rotarians to attend the Council's next meeting on Wednesday, June 4 at 7:30am. The Council doesn't meet in July. Due to the growth in the number of attendees, meetings will be moved to National Bank of Commerce when the monthly meetings resume in August. Meeting adjourned at 1:10p.m. |