Members present:

Matt Delawder	George Ellefsen	Cal George	Tom Geraghty
Scott Helton	Don Hendricks	Diane Junokas	Lydia Martinez
Bill Schaub	Gary Sinagra	Bob Smith	Bob Watson
Don Weiss

Guests: Dave Bellis and Emily Stern from Rebuilding Together Aurora, Chelle O'Connell

Meeting was opened with the Pledge, Rotary motto, America , prayer and lunch.

Cal George made the following announcements:

There will be no meeting on Christmas Eve, December 24.
There will be a meeting on New Years Eve, December 31, at Mario's or Solace 601. Location will be determined and announced later.

Citrus sale will start next week and will run through the first week in December. Fruit will be stored in Bob Smith 's warehouse.

Mayor's Ball raffle tickets must be returned to George Ellefsen as soon as possible.

35 th Anniversary/Christmas outing is on December 12 at Pheasant Run. Dinner is at 5:45. “A Christmas Story” will follow. Contact Don Hendricks to reserve a spot.

Rotarians are invited to attend presentations by Author Catherine Ryan Hyde on Tuesday, November 11 at 10am at Addison Trail High School or at 7:00pm at Village Hall (evening reception requires pre-registration at the Library). This is part of the Addison Reads community reading program where all community members were invited to read her book Pay It Forward . Addison Rotary was one of the community sponsors of Addison Reads.

George Ellefsen reminded the group that the Rotary is a sponsor of ATHS' Presidential Classroom program, but that a donation was not sent to ATHS last year. Don Hendricks made a motion, seconded by George, to donate $2000 to the Presidential Classroom project when the funds become available. Motion carried.

Bob Watson won the weekly raffle. Bob is also celebrating his first anniversary, so the group sang ‘Happy Anniversary' to him and asked that he share our best wishes with his wife.

Bob Smith introduced guest speakers Dave Bellis and Emily Stern from Rebuilding Together Aurora, a volunteer organization dedicated to helping low-income homeowners through home renovation and repair. Last year the organization worked on 26 houses in Aurora , replacing roofs, pipes, floors and other major home repairs for a total project cost of $130,000. People with an average household income of $20,000 can apply for help with home repairs. Rebuilding Together used approximately 500 volunteers in Aurora last year. Emily is the first paid staff member for the Aurora organization which she became involved through AmeriCorps. AmeriCorps began in 1993 during the Clinton administration will the goal of alleviating poverty in the U.S. Rebuilding Together Aurora is seeking partnerships, financial or volunteer and would be happy to take any interested parties around Aurora to show them the things the organization has accomplished.

Mayor Hartwig will be our speaker next Wednesday.

Meeting adjourned at 1:28 p.m.