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District 6490
Rotary Newsletter
September 2010
What‘s Inside
Governor‘s message……………….…..2
Governor‘s visits dwindling…….……..2
C-U area Kids Against Hunger …...…...3
Gilman sponsors its first pageant.….…..3
B-N Sunrise ‗bagging it‘ Oct. 1….…….4
RYLA a camp for teenagers…….……..5
Normal golf outing……………….……5
B-N Sunset Club recognized…….……. 6
Per capita giving leaders………….…....6
Is your club a STAR CLUB?..................6
Rotarians at Cubs/Cards game…………6
Grants help dental mission to Jamaica…7
What is the Rotary Foundation?..............8
Arcola‘s 10th annual golf outing…….….8
Effingham Sunrise ‗Street cookout‘……9
Pontiac sponsors Citizen of the Year…..10
Champaign West planning bags tourney.10
Champaign Exchange student arrives….10
Marshall Rotary, Interact clean up……..10
Secretary‘s monthly report……………..11
Secretary‘s monthly report……………11
Champaign Rotary awards $60,000 in grants During the past year, the Cham-paign Rotary Club‘s nonprofit foun-
dation, WGRC Inc., has been respon-
sible for awarding $60,069 in Cannon grants to six organizations.
The grants and their recipients
were:
1- $5,480 to Frances Nelson Health Center for purchase of "Fetal
Dopplers"
2- $5,460 to Girl Scouts of Cen-tral Illinois for "Safety First equip-
ment and training."
3- $7,500 to Crisis Nursery for a "security system" – the grant
represented one-half of the requested
amount.
4-$14,129 to University YMCA
for "building upgrades (restrooms and
elevator) to comply with American
Disability Act requirements" 5- $15,000 to Don Moyer Boys
and Girls Club for a one-time non-
restricted grant after a like amount
was granted for "equipment Upgrades to control energy costs," but could not
be used for its restricted purposes and
was returned. In light of the unusual circumstances, a one-time nonre-
stricted grant of equal amount was
made to the boys and girls club.
6- $12,500 to Cunningham Child-ren's Home for purchase of a "trans-
port van."
Here's a general summary of what Cannon grants are all about, provided
by Pat Kovar of the Champaign club
and president of WGRC Inc. for 2009-2010.:
1) Joseph H. Cannon left a sizable
estate that included significant funds
directed toward support of charitable purposes.
2) Champaign Rotary Club is one of
three organizations that have acted, for many, many years now, as stewards of
the funds for charitable purposes.
3) Funds entrusted for stewardship by the Rotary club are held in the
name of WGRC, Inc., the nonprofit
foundation affiliated with Champaign
Rotary Club. 4) Champaign Rotary Club conducts
an annual solicitation of proposals for
funding (specific details can be found under the "downloads" section at the
lower right side of Champaign Rota-
ry's main web page --
www.champaignrotary.org)
5) A standing club committee -- the
Cannon Committee -- reviews pro-
posals received each year 6) Following its review, the Can-
non Committee makes recommenda-
tions for specific grant funding and
submits those recommendations for approval, and distribution, by the
board of WGRC, Inc. -- again, the
Rotary club's affiliated nonprofit foundation.
7) Annual funding for available
Cannon grants is communicated to
the Cannon Committee by WGRC early in the review process and that
annual funding is based on projected
earnings of the Cannon Trust in any given year.
So, for the most recent year (2009-
2010), six Cannon grants were
awarded.
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SEPTEMBER Sept. 7
7 a.m. – Effingham Sunrise
Noon – Casey
Sept. 8
Noon – Champaign West
5 p.m. – B-N Sunset
Sept. 9: Noon – Bloomington
Sept. 14:
Noon – Danville Downtown
5 p.m. – Hoopeston
Sept. 15: Noon – Robinson
Sept. 16: Noon – Mount Pulaski
Sept. 20: Noon - Shelbyville
Sept. 21: Noon – Charleston
Sept. 22: Noon – Lincoln
Sept. 27: Noon - Champaign
Sept. 28: Noon – Urbana
Sept. 29:
6:30 a.m. – Roanoke
Noon – Metamora/
Germantown Hills
OCTOBER Oct. 5: Noon – Vandalia
Oct. 6 – Noon - Pana
Oct. 12: Noon – Tuscola
Oct. 13: Noon – Normal
Oct. 19: Noon - Eureka
Rotary International District 6490 Newsletter
Governor 2010-11
Ray Ropp
2650 Ropp Road
Normal, IL. 61761
Newsletter editor
Bill Wills
2404 Clarkson Lane
Bloomington, IL. 61704
District Website
www.rotary6490.org
Rotary International Website
www.rotary.org
Online make-up
www.rotaryeclubone.org
Ray Ropp
From the governor‘s desk
September has arrived. The Cardinals are blowing their
lead in the NL Central. There is fear that the Illini football
team won‘t show up to play ball on Saturdays. Vacations
are over and kids have started school. It is time for Rota-
ract and Interact clubs to start a new club year with the
help of Rotarians.
The relationships we develop with high school and col-
lege students create an interest to become Rotarians in the
future.
Plan now to select students to attend RYLA and apply
for Rotary Exchange opportunities.
I hope all clubs will send two high school students to the
public speaking , discussion contest at the District Confe-
rence April 15 and 16.
Remember, the key to the future success of Rotary , our
communities, and our country is with these kids. Let‘s help
guide them in the right direction and inspire them to be all
that they can be.
Don‘t forget that District Simplified Grants are due to
Debbie Hirschi by Oct. 15. Email: [email protected]. If
you have interested, qualified members in your club who
would like to interview for district governor, be sure your
club nominates them and sends their resume to PDG Jay
Stortzum by Nov. 12. Email: [email protected].
Have a great Rotary year!
DG RAY
I‘ve encouraged clubs to start new Inte-
ract and Rotaract clubs that have the po-
tential for many benefits. By developing
close relationships, Rotarians and stu-
dents can share knowledge and expertise
-- and labor on joint service projects and
fundraisers benefitting both organiza-
tions.
Begin planning now for Rotary
International Conventions For those of you who like to make long-range travel
plans, these are possible sites of future Rotary Interna-
tional Conventions: 2011 - New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 21-25 May
2012 - Bangkok, Thailand
2013 - Lisbon, Portugal
2014 - Sydney, Australia
2015 - Sao Paulo, Brazil
2016 - Seoul, Korea
(Source: The Heartbeat: Rotary Heart of America News,
Zones 30 & 31)
Deadline for next newsletter: Sept. 30
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Over 160 volunteers unite
in Kids Against Hunger By Larry Johnson
Champaign-Urbana Sunrise
Rotary Club
Over 160 volunteers
representing 16 service organ-
izations participated in our
food packaging event, Kids
Against Hunger, on August 7th in the Urbana Middle
School Cafetorium.
Sixteen work stations were
set up, with 10 people per
station working in assembly
line format, with each person
doing a specific task. Run-
ners moved from table to ta-
ble replenishing food product
throughout the event. Ap-
plause and cheers were heard
at each table when a box was filled and ready for loading
on a pallet. Everyone
seemed to be enjoying them-
selves, taking pride in their
task, realizing their work will
result in feeding the many
going hungry in our local
communities.
The youngest participant
was the 3 year old son of a
member of Champaign-Urbana Sunrise Rotary, the
oldest to my knowledge an
83-year-old member of First
United Methodist Church,
downtown Champaign. Fifty-five thousand meals
were packaged in a little over
2 hours. Distribution of these
meals by Eastern Illinois
Foodbank began over a week
ago and continue to be distri-
buted to the hungry.
It was great to be a part of
this event, watching partici-
pants working together, many
of whom did not take a break. What I like about this,
besides the obvious
of feeding those in
need, is the camara-
derie which develops
during the packaging process. It is a true
community service
event. All who parti-
cipated should feel
proud of what they
accomplished. We
are fortunate and
blessed that we do
not have to wonder
from where our next
meal is coming. For the
many who wonder/ask this
question of themselves of-
ten, at least for awhile will
have a respite from this, and,
hopefully, feel a sense of
relief and lessened stress in
their lives.
Judy Johnson, wife of C-U Sunrise Rotarian Larry John-
son (the two who brought the idea to Champaign-Urbana)
was busy sealing rice packets.
Pushing and tugging pallets
of food were, from left,
Chuck Reifsteck, Larry John-
son and Lou Simpson of C-U
Sunrise. Steve Popper of the
Rotary Club of Naples, FL.,
is in background.
Sara Hlinka helped C-U Sunrise Rota-
rians Jack Kamerer and Oktay Baran.
Gilman Rotary sponsors pageant
For the first time, the Gil-
man Rotary Club sponsored
the Prince and Princess Pa-
geant for the Gilman Old
Boy‘s and Girl‘s Reunion.
Princess Maggie Thorne
and Prince Connor Price
were selected from among
18 girls and 12 boys ages 5
through 9.
The reunion, the longest
running reunion of its kind
in Illinois, is held every 5
years.
During the reunion, the
Gilman Rotary Club had a
bratwurst stand to raise
money to help support the
club‘s exchange student and
for other community
projects, according to Club
President Darlene McGe-
hee, who is pictured inter-
viewing contestant Adelyn
Scharp.
30 children, ages 5-9 lined up for the pageant judging
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Bloomington-Normal Sunrise gearing up
to surpass $15,500 to food bank last year
Sunrise founding member Steve Parker handles the tongs
while David Keiser of Midwest Food Bank checks things out.
The Food Bank received $15,500 from the fund-raiser.
B-N Sunrise members took a break
from building boxes for this year‘s
―bags‖ tournament on Oct. 1 in down-
town Bloomington.
By Rhonda Massie
Bloomington-Normal Sunrise
Rotary Club
On Friday, October 1,
Bloomington-Normal Sunrise
Rotary will hold its second
annual Brats & Bags fundrais-
er to benefit Midwest Food
Bank. In the event‘s 2009
debut, the Sunrise club served
up more than 1,300 lunches
and filled its 64-team tourna-
ment bracket. The success of
this inaugural Brats & Bags
event allowed the club to do-
nate $15,500 to Midwest Food
Bank.
In addition to the lunches
and entry fees for bags (you
know, those little bean bags
you toss through holes in
boards), the club secured
tournament sponsorships –
which are still available for
this year‘s event – and made
money off of beer sales.
On October 1, the day‘s
festivities will kick off with a
bratwurst lunch from 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. on the square in
Downtown Bloomington. For
$6 in advance or $7 the day of
the event, attendees will re-
ceive a bratwurst, chips, beve-
rage and a cookie from
Kelly‘s Café & Bakery. Deli-
very is available to any ad-
dress where at least 10
lunches are being delivered.
Lunch tickets may be pur-
chased from any member of
B-N Sunrise Rotary or at the
following businesses: Specs
Around Town, Fox & Hounds
Hair Studio and Day Spa,
Kelly‘s Bakery & Café, PIP
Printing and Jack Lewis Fine
Jewelry.
Following lunch there
will be a 128-team, double
elimination bags tourna-
ment, also on the square in
Downtown Bloomington.
The tournament will begin
at 3:30 p.m., and prizes will
be awarded to the winners
in the amounts of: $600 for
first place; $300 for second
place; and $100 for third
place.
Beer and food will be
available.
Payment of $50 for each
bags team registered is due
at the time the entry is
submitted. Participants may
enter the tournament and
pay online at
www.bnsunriserotary.org.
Registration forms may
also be mailed with a check
made payable to B-N Su-
nrise Rotary. To secure a
printable registration form,
please visit
www.bnsunriserotary.org.
Mail the form with pay-
ment to Rhonda Massie,
105 Kreitzer Ave., Bloo-
mington, IL, 61701. The
deadline to register a team
is September 24.
For more information,
please contact Rhonda
Massie at rmas-
[email protected] or via
phone at (309) 829-7799.
Midwest Food Bank:
Midwest Food Bank is a
faith-based, non-
denominational, nonprofit
501(c)(3) organization. It
was started in 2003 when
the David Kieser family
began providing food to
those in need out of a
building on their
family farm.
MFB began by
serving about 10
food pantries in
McLean County.
Today, the food
bank serves ap-
proximately 500
organizations
across the Mid-
west. These days,
the food distri-
buted by MFB
tional food drives, and
from individual donations
of both food and money.
each month reaches more
than 100,000 mouths and is
valued at more than $1 mil-
lion.
By utilizing a committed
army of volunteers, nearly all
monetary contributions made
to the food bank go directly
toward program expenses.
MFB has a small staff, and
operations would not be
possible without assistance
from hundreds of committed
volunteers and donations of
food from food manufactur-
ers, distributors, grocers,
community and organiza-
Every baseball team could
use a man who plays every
position superbly, never
strikes out and never makes
an error – but there‘s no
way to make him lay down
his hot dog and come out of
the grandstand.
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RYLA – A Growing Experience By PDG Chris Scherer District Chair of Rotaract, In-
teract and Early Act Committee
We all know a teenager (15, 16, 17 or 18) we wish we could
help achieve more. They are
already showing great leader-
ship skills in their local high
school, but they need a little
nudge to expand their world.
Why not send them to Rotary
Youth Leadership Awards
(RYLA) retreat?
RYLA emphasizes leader-ship, citizenship and personal
growth, and aims to:
1. Demonstrate Rotary's
respect and concern for youth;
2. Provide an effective
training experience for selected
youth and potential leaders;
3. Encourage leadership of
youth by youth;
4. Recognize publicly
young people who are render-ing service to their communi-
ties.
This fiscal year‘s weekend
extravaganza is scheduled for
April 15-17 at 4-H Memorial
camp near Monticello.
The conference schedule is
packed with workshops and
discussions on such topics as
volunteerism, problem solving,
conflict resolution, public
speaking and even a rock wall to climb and a challenge course
as well as team projects. And of
course there is loads of good
food, evening dances and
games and the opportunity to
meet many new friends from
throughout East Central Illi-
nois.
The cost is only $165 per
camper and your club can send
as many students as they desire. The district committee asks,
however, that if this is the first
year you are sending students
they be sophomores. If a stu-
dent has previously attended at
least one other year of RYLA
they are eligible to return this
year as a junior or senior.
Even if you can‘t find a
young per-son to spon-
sor perhaps
you or
another
member of
your club
would like to
assist with
the program.
We despe-
rately need
adult counselors even if you
can only give a few hours or an
overnight. Another possibility
is for a Rotaracter from the
club you sponsor come as a
counselor.
Last year, only 21 clubs sent
young people to RYLA. Was
your club among them?
Perhaps your club would
like a program on RYLA. The committee will arrange an
alumni speaker, providing you
give us two or three dates you
would like to hear from them.
Please send names and con-
tact information for potential
committee member or camp
counselors to PDG Chris
Scherer,
408 Burk-
wood Ct. West, Ur-
bana 61801
or an email
to scherer-
om or to the
program
director
Tina Ma-
nuel at ma-
[email protected]. And
watch the District web site at
―rotary 6490.org‖ for registra-
tion materials and look under
―RYLA‖ in the left column of
the homepage.
For more information, go to the Rotary International Web
site at ―Rotary.org‖ and look
under Students and Youth.
Normal Rotary Club Golf Outing Hosting 4 B-N Rotary Clubs Sept. 15 Hazy Hills Golf Course, north of Hudson, IL. Registration begins at 11 a.m. Putting and chipping contest, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Team and individual assignments at noon. Shotgun start 1 p.m.with 4- person scramble.
Dinner 5:30 p.m. Golf/cart/ putting & chipping contest, $30; dinner, $20; Contact Rob Glover at (309) 665-0500.
(2010 RYLA Photos by
PDG Jay Stortzum,
Vandalia Rotary Club)
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2009-2010
STAR CLUBS Arcola Sunrise (2-star) B-N Sunset (3-star)
Champaign West (2-
star)
C-U Illini after 5 (3-
star)
Clinton
Gilman (2-star)
Hoopeston (3-star)
Lincoln
Litchfield (3-star)
Mahomet (3-star)
Marshall (2-star)
Monticello (3-star)
Newton (2-star)
Pontiac (2-star)
Tuscola
Note: 2-star, 3-star in-dicates they have been
recognized as star clubs
for that number of con-
secutive years.
Annual
giving
per capita
leaders
2009-2010
#1--Bloomington-
Normal Sunset
$209.41
#2—Champaign-
Urbana Illini After
Five $179.33
#3—Litchfield
$171.36
Is your club a Star Club?
To meet the Rotary Foun-
dation‘s goal for every Rota-
rian to give $100 every year,
District 6490 launched the
Star Club Designation Pro-
gram at the beginning of the
2007-2008 Rotary year.
Star Club‘s contribute an
average of $100 per member
annually to the International
Rotary Foundation. The
hope is that each Rotarian
will give $100 a year, but the
Star Club designation is based
on a club average per mem-
ber.
For a club to receive the
Star Club designation and be
recognized at the April 15-16
Annual District Conference at
the Marriott Hotel in Uptown
Normal, clubs must turn in
their Annual Fund contribu-
tions by March 31. Clubs that
meet their goals by June 30 –
the end of the district‘s fiscal
year – will also be recognized
by the district governors dur-
ing annual club visits.
Clubs can add more stars
each year. Clubs that continue
to show full support for the
Foundation‘s Annual Pro-
grams Fund will be classified
as a 2 Star Club, 3 Star Club,
4 Star Club, 5 Star Club, etc.
15 clubs within District
6490 became Star Clubs
Bloomington-Normal Sunset Rotary
Club President Neal Shah received ban-
ners from PDG Jay Stortzum for his
club becoming a $100 per capita club
with 100% member participation and
being a 100% Sustaining Member Club
in 2008-09. (Photo by Bob Weldon)
(Photo from Mattoon club‘s newsletter)
Rotary Day at Cubs/Cards game
(Photo by Meng Horng, Bloomington Rotary Club)
DG Suzanne Love
Smith of the Peoria
North Rotary Club hap-
pened to be singled out
when the above picture
was taken, but all Rota-
rians were recognized
at the August 14 Car-
dinals/Cub game in St.
Louis.
Rotarians reported
having a great time – or
at least those rooting for
the Cubs, who won 3-2.
It was a rather warm
day, but Darrell Richey
of the Mattoon Rotary
Club (in picture at right
with beverage in hand)
was was among the many Rota-
rians from District 6490 who
found a way to keep cool.
Thought
for the
month
“You needn’t love your enemy,
but if you refrain from telling
lies about him,
you are doing well enough.”
~ Edward W. Howe
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Matching grants help set up a Jamaica dental clinic
By Dr. Richard Davidson
Tuscola Rotary Club
The Jamaica Dental Mis-
sion is a mission directed by
Dr. Dwight McLeod who
grew up in Jamaica and at-
tended the Kew Park All
Age School in Westmorel-
and parish of Jamaica.
Dr. McLeod‘s life has tak-
en him from the Kew Park
School of 150 students, kin-
dergarden thourgh 8th
grade, to the USA , finish
college, graduate from Den-
tal school, finish a specialty
degree in periodontics and
eventually become the head
of periodontics at Southern
Illinois School of Dental
Medicine. It has been his
passion to develop a mission
trip back to his former com-
munity and school to give
back. He has done that
every year in July for the last
11 years. COMMUNITY
SERVICE
Rotary has been involved
from the JDM inception as
Jamaica Rotary clubs Mon-
tego Bay and Savanna La
Mar have supported the JDM
group. District 6490‘s in-
volvement began 5 years ago
when Dr. Richard Davidson,
a Tuscola Rotarian, returned
after accompanying his
daughters, Dr. Madalyn and
RDH Mallory, on the mis-
sion trip. JDM is designed
around the 3rd
and 4th
year
dental students from SIU
that volunteer to travel at
their own expense to take
part in this humanitarian
international project. This
year 72 volunteers traveled
through the JDM, including
33 SIU dental students, 3 den-
tal hygienists, 2 dental assis-
tant, 3 volunteers, 7 general
dentists , 11 dental specialists,
3 SIU pharmacy faculty, 8
SIU pharmacy students.
VOCATIONAL SERVICE
I have worked with the Dis-
grants and have two more
that are pending funding
from Rotary Foundation.
The matching grants JDM
has received have purchased
mobile dental equipment
and supplies in support of
the health aspect of the grant.
The grants have purchased
computers, printers, books,
school supplies in support of
the literacy aspect of the grant.
The pending grants, if funded,
will address the storage for all
the equipment, supplies, and
future needs for JDM by pur-
chasing 2 shipping containers
for the clinics and one grant
includes a water project to
upgrade the Kew Park School
water system. INTERNA-
TIONAL SERVICE
The concept of the matching
grants ends up bringing Rota-
rians and our 4 Rotary avenues
of service together to accom-
plish humanitarian projects
such as Jamaica Dental Mis-
sion. With the partnering of the
following Rotary Clubs Tusco-
la, Arcola, Villa Grove, New-
ton, East Alton, Highland, Dis-
trict 6490 & 6460 in Illinois
and Montego Bay East, Sa-
vanna La Mar in Jamaica, Dis-
trict 7020 and The Rotary
Foundation and JDM this
project crosses all our AVE-
NUES of SERVICE. CLUB
SERVICE
World
Community
Service
Site of Jamaica dental clinic Technician with mobile equipment
trict 6490‘s World Com-
munity Service committee
to write matching grants in
support of this Internation-
al Service project. With the
excellent WCS
committee, JDM has re-
ceived two matching
Clinic Director Dr. Dwight McLeod, at left,
with Savanna, LaMarr and Tuscola Rotarians.
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What is the Rotary Foundation? By Surinder Sethi
District 6490 Director of
Foundation & International
Service
The Rotary Foundation
(TRF) of Rotary Internation-
al is a not-for-profit corpora-
tion that promotes world
understanding and peace
through international huma-
nitarian, educational and
cultural exchange programs.
TRF is supported solely by
voluntary contributions from
Rotarians and friends of the
Foundation who share its
vision of a better world. The
contribution to TRF is tax
exempt in USA and in most
other countries. Your con-
tributions make it possible to
run various educational and
humanitarian programs to
accomplish the object of
Rotary. TRF programs can-
not be run without your con-
tributions.
Rotarians, who are in-
volved, or once you get in-
volved, in TRF programs
will realize that The Rotary
Foundation is unique. It
addresses all of the greatest
educational and humanita-
rian needs. Its world reach is
greater than the United Na-
tions. We can go where politi-
cians and religious groups
cannot and we can mobilize
our people-to-people contacts.
You may have read articles in
the Rotarian magazine which
support the above cited uni-
queness.
Almost all programs of TRF
are international in nature. The
programs are broadly divided
in three categories: A – Educa-
tional, B- Humanitarian and
C- Polio Eradication.
A. Educational programs
include:
Group Study Exchange pro-
vides a unique cultural and
vocational exchange opportu-
nity for young professionals.
Ambassadorial Scholarships
provide opportunities for stu-
dents to study abroad and
serve as ambassadors of
goodwill.
Rotary Centers for Inter-
national Studies provide
opportunities for fellows to
study international relations
and peace and conflict reso-
lution. (Phased Out)
Rotary Grants for Univer-
sity Teachers provide op-
portunities for higher educa-
tion faculty to teach at col-
leges and universities in
developing countries.
(Phased Out)
Rotary Peace and Conflict
Studies Program provides
a course in peace studies,
conflict resolution, and
mediation aimed at profes-
sionals.
B. Humanitarian Pro-
gram includes:
Matching Grants support
international service
projects involving Rotary
clubs or districts in two or
more countries .
Volunteer Service Grants
subsidize travel for humanita-
rian service in Rotary coun-
tries. (Phased out temporarily)
District Simplified Grants
support short-term humanita-
rian projects that benefit the
community.
Health, Hunger, and Hu-
manity Grants (3-H) fund
long-term, self-help and gras-
sroots development projects.
(Phased Out temporarily)
C. Polio Eradication:
This is a special TRF pro-
gram to eradicate polio from
the globe. The world will be
polio free when there is no
polio case anywhere in the
world for three consecutive
years. More than 2 billion
children have received oral
polio vaccine since 1985. We
are very close to the polio
eradication. Only a few coun-
tries still have polio cases.
We will cover each program
defined above and the funding
in detail in future newsletters.
First of four-part series
about Rotary Foundation
Arcola’s 10th
annual golf outing Sept. 18
By Chris Slack
The Arcola Rotary Club‘s
10th annual golf outing is
quickly approaching. Tee
time is 10:30 a.m. Saturday,
September 18, at Kaskaskia
Country Club. Rotarians are
encouraged to support the golf outing in some way —
either by entering a four-
some, serving as a sponsor,
working during the day of
the outing or donating prizes
that will be given away.
Thanks to the support we
received from Rotarians and the community as a whole,
last year‘s outing produced
the highest net profit since
the event was started in
2001. Let‘s make this year‘s
an even bigger success.
Proceeds from the golf
outing go toward the Se-
niors of the
Month/Seniors of the
Year program at Arcola
High School and other
local projects. Many Ro-
tarians should have re-ceived an entry form and
sponsor sheet; if you ha-
ven‘t, contact committee
members Gary Philippi,
Mike Arthur, Chris Slack
or Bill Wagoner.
The cost per golfer is $50,
which includes a complemen-
tary prize at the time of check-
in, 18 holes of golf with cart
and a dinner afterward. If you don‘t play golf, please consid-
er helping in other ways. The
golf outing is an outstanding
way to raise funds for the club
while also providing an op-
portunity for some fun on the
links.
Coming in October
Where Rotary Foundation
Support Comes From
9
From Income Tax.
Small organizations re-
quired to file Form 990-N
simply need to go to the
IRS website, supply the
eight information items
called for on the form, and
electronically file it by Oct.
15. That will bring them
back into compliance. Un-
der the VCP, tax-exempt
organizations eligible to
file Form 990-EZ must file
their delinquent annual
information returns by Oc-
tober 15 and pay a com-
pliance fee. Details about
the VCP are on the IRS
website, along with fre-
quently asked questions.
The relief is not available
to larger organizations re-
quired to file the Form 990
or to private foundations
that file the Form 990-PF.
The IRS will keep to-
day‘s list of at-risk organi-
zations on IRS.gov until
Oct. 15, 2010. Organiza-
tions that have not filed the
required information re-
turns by that date will have
their tax-exempt status re-
voked, and the IRS will
publish a list of these re-
voked organizations in ear-
ly 2011. Donors who con-
tribute to at-risk organiza-
tions are protected until the
final revocation list is pub-
lished.
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 made two im-
portant changes affecting
tax-exempt organizations,
effective the beginning of
2007. First, it mandated
that all tax-exempt organi-
zations, other than churches
and church-related organi-
zations, must file an annual
Small nonprofit organi-
zations at risk of losing
their tax-exempt status
because they failed to file
required returns for 2007,
2008 and 2009 can pre-
serve their status by filing
returns by Oct. 15, under
a one-time relief program,
according to the Internal
Revenue Service.
The IRS posted on a
special page of IRS.gov
the names and last-known
addresses of these at-risk
organizations, along with
guidance about how to
come back into com-
pliance. The organiza-
tions on the list have re-
turn due dates between
May 17 and Oct. 15,
2010, but the IRS has no
record that they filed the
required returns for any of
the past three years. ―We
are doing everything we
can to help organizations
comply with the law and
keep their valuable tax
exemption,‖ IRS Com-
missioner Doug Shulman
said. ―So if you do not
have your filings up to
date, now‘s the time to
take action and get back
on track.‖
Two types of relief are
available for small exempt
organizations – a filing
extension for the smallest
organizations required to
file Form 990-N, Elec-
tronic Notice (e-Postcard),
and a voluntary com-
pliance program (VCP)
for small organizations
eligible to file Form 990-
EZ, Short Form Return of
Organization Exempt
return with the IRS. The
Form 990-N was created
for small tax-exempt
organizations that had
not previously had a fil-
ing requirement. Second,
the law also required that any tax-exempt organiza-
tion that fails to file for
three consecutive years
automatically loses its
federal tax-exempt status.
The IRS conducted an
extensive outreach effort about this new legal re-
quirement but, even so,
many organizations have
not filed returns on time.
If an organization loses its
exemption, it will have to
reapply with the IRS to
regain its tax-exempt sta-
tus. Any income received
between the revocation
date and renewed exemp-
tion may be taxable.
Oct. 15 deadline for nonprofits to preserve tax-exempt status
By Tracy Berberich
President, Effingham
Sunrise Rotary Club The Effingham Sunrise
Rotary will host its 10th
Annual ―On the Street
Cookout‖ on Sunday, Sep-
tember 19, from 10:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. at 221 West
Jefferson Avenue, Effing-
ham, Illinois. Tickets are
$7.50 for adults and $4.50
for children 12 and under.
The meal consist of BBQ
chicken, pork loin and all
the fixings. The cookout
even has a top secret spe-
cial spray for the chicken --
making each serving finger
lickin‘ good!
This event was originally
started in 2001 with two
goals in mind-- to raise
funds to support communi-
ty programs and to unify
the club. The Effingham
Sunrise Rotarians have
worked together to adver-
tise, promote, sell tickets,
set up, cook, serve, clean
up and then use the dona-
tions for great causes.
Starting in 2005, the club
added a drive-thru pick up
lane. The drive-thru is so
popular that it now accounts
for over half of the meals
served!
The success of the ―On the
Street Cookout‖ has inspired
a Sweethearts‘ Brunch,
which is held near Valen-
tine‘s Day of each year.
Over the years, the two
events have raised over
$50,000 for the programs
that Effingham Sunrise Rota-
ry supports.
In addition to the financial
success of the events, the
bond created among mem-
bers while working together
has been tremendous. One
new member said, ―Working
with my fellow Rotarians
has made my relationships
grow with other members
because it showed me that
we all share a common pas-
sion to serve our communi-
ty.‖
Please contact Jerry Jansen
at 217-343-3915 for more
information or to obtain
tickets.
Effingham Sunrise gears up for 10th
annual ‗On the Street Cookout‘
10
Dates to Remember
Nov. 29 – Pre-PETS in Ef-
fingham, 6 p.m..
Nov. 30 – Pre-PETS in Bloo-
mington, 6 p.m.
Dec. 6 – Pre-PETS in Cham-
paign, 6 p.m.
Dec. 7 – Pre-PETS in Decatur,
6 p.m.
March 11-12: Land of Lin-
coln PETS.
April 15-16: Annual District
Conference at Marriott Hotel,
Normal, IL.
May 21-25 – RI International
Convention in New Orleans.
Pontiac sponsors ‗Rotary
Citizen of the Year‘
Carol Howells was
named Tuesday, Aug. 31,
as the Pontiac Rotary
Club‘s Citizen of the Year.
Howells, at right with
club President Mark Dono-
van, was honored at a lun-
cheon at the Pontiac Elks
Club, where 76 people
were in attendance.
In nominating Howells,
Kristin Mehlberg said,
―Pontiac is rich with out-
standing citizens – but Car-
ol Howells stands out
above all. Through Carol‘s
volunteer service within the
community, she has truly
shown what it means to be
a citizen committed to
helping improve the qualify
of life for all.‖
Among those in atten-
dance was Angwara Kek-
huay Chaiyadecha – ―Ang‖
for short – who arrived in
Pontiac Sunday as a Youth
Exchange Student after a
23-hour flight from Thailand.
She is pictured above.
(Photos by Linda Schneeman)
Marshall Rotarian Joe Schroeder was
joined by Marshall High School Inte-
ract Club Students Brianna Murphy
and Erika Kuhn in cleaning roadways
near Marshall earlier this year.
Marshall
Rotarian
Julia
Meehling
helped fill
the bags
with road-
side trash.
Marshall Rotarians, Interact
members clean roadways Chowing
down on
pig
while
prepping
for bags By Jennifer Greene
Champaign West Rotary
Club Summer continues to
find Champaign West
Rotarians on the go!
Planning is in full
swing for the Don Moyer
Boys and Girls Club
Bags Tournament, pre-
sented by Champaign
West Rotary. Mark your
calendars for Saturday,
October 9 for this fun
filled, family friendly event in downtown
Champaign.
Volunteers participated
in an organization even-
ing at the Goodwill
Store. Items were
prepped in order to get
them ready for the
Goodwill sales floor!
Speaking of straighten-
ing things up…we also spent a morning cleaning
at the Habitat for Hu-
manity Restore.
The club hosted its
inaugural ―Do Business
With and Through a Ro-
tarian‖ event. These
events allow Rotarians to
deepen relationships
while expanding their
networks and cultivate
business connections. Please stay tuned to see
how other clubs can ben-
efit in the future.
We proved that our
club isn‘t all work and
no play by having a little
fun at Dave Ruzic‘s ―Pig
Roast & Fireworks‖ par-
ty.
Champaign Rotary Club‘s
Youth Exchange Student, Au-
gustin Aguayo, at right, of
Mexico was welcomed by his
host family, the John Calderons
when he arrived at Cham-
paign‘s Willard Airport. (Pho-
tos by Scott Anderson)
11
NOT MEMBERSHIP ATTENDANCE
REP- Member Count July YTD %
Club Name ORTING 01-Jul-
10
31-Jul-
10
+/- +/- % Last
Year July YTD
Arcola Sunrise
30 31 -2 1 3.33% 72.67% 70.00% 70.00% $0 Arthur
24 22 0 -2 -8.33% 69.58% 78.00% 78.00% $0
Atlanta NR 18 18 0 0 0.0% 66.33% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Bloomington 83 81 -1 -2 -2.41% 64.93% 74.85% 74.85% $1,315 B-N Sunrise 0 92 1 92 0.0% 68.00% 68.00% 68.00% $0 B-N Sunset 22 23 1 1 4.55% 83.08% 76.00% 76.00% $0 Blue Mound
0 13 0 13 0.0% 75.68% 56.40% 56.40% $0
Casey NR 0 13 0 13 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Champaign
166 167 1 1 0.60% 65.46% 72.22% 72.22% $950
Champaign West
153 151 -2 -2 -1.31% 78.36% 75.44% 75.44% $500 C-U Sunrise 46 45 -1 -1 -2.17% 77.07% 79.40% 79.40% $0 Charleston 76 76 0 0 0.0% 55.75% 56.00% 56.00% $0 Clinton 37 34 -3 -3 -8.11% 62.03% 66.40% 66.40% $0 C-U Illini After 5 18 18 0 0 0.0% 93.17% 97.60% 97.60% $1355 Danville
112 105 0 -7 -6.25% 52.42% 47.00% 47.00% $0
Danville Downtown NR 0 12 0 12 0.0% 60.00% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Danville Sunrise NR 27 27 3 0 0.0% 63.25% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Decatur NR 126 126 1 0 0.0% 37.9% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Decatur Metropolitan NR 13 12 -1 0 0.0% 71% 0.0% 0.0% $299 Effingham Noon 104 105 1 1 0.96% 50.42% 50.00% 50.00% $0 Effingham Sunrise 59 60 1 1 1.69% 65.52% 66.67% 66.67% $0 Eureka NR 0 49 -1 49 0.0% 63.00% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Fairbury
42 42 0 0 0.0% 62.23% 53.23% 53.23% $0
Forsyth Sunrise
14 15 1 1 7.14% 85.58% 85.00% 85.00% $0 Gibson City
28 54 0 26 92.86% 44.83% 48.00% 48.00% $0
Gilman
15 15 0 0 0.0% 81.42% 85.00% 85.00% $1950 Hillsboro 28 28 0 0 0.0% 41.67% 42.00% 42.00% $0 Hoopeston 19 19 0 0 0.0% 61.66% 51.32% 51.32% $0 Lincoln 61 63 2 2 3.28% 70.35% 72.13% 72.13% $50 Litchfield NR 29 29 -2 0 0.0% 75.42% 0.0% 0.0% -$300 Mahomet NR 28 29 1 0 0.0% 83.1% 0.0% 0.0% $1714.40 Marshall
22 22 1 0 0.0% 74.75% 77.00% 77.00% $0
Mattoon NR 71 71 -3 0 0.0% 65.41% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Met.-Germantown Hills
28 30 2 2 7.14% 68.60% 70.59% 70.59% $0
Monticello 80 80 2 0 0.0% 68.68% 70.00% 70.00% $0 Mount Pulaski 12 11 -1 -1 -8.33% 55.75% 53.00% 53.00% $0 Newton 38 37 -1 -1 -2.63% 71.72% 76.36% 76.36% $0
Nokomis 14 12 0 -2 -14.29% 68.67% 81.00% 81.00% $0 Normal
87 90 3 3 3.45% 72.67% 66.00% 66.00% $2000
Pana
19 19 0 0 0.0% 60.02% 72.36% 72.36% $0 Paris NR 40 40 0 0 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Paxton NR 0 19 0 19 0.0% 53.73% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Pontiac 42 42 0 0 0.0% 62.63% 58.00% 58.00% $1000 Rantoul 38 38 0 0 0.0% 64.57% 62.90% 62.90% $0 Roanoke NR 0 24 0 24 0.0% 70.50% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Robinson 19 20 1 1 5.26% 62.42% 53.00% 53.00% $0 Savoy NR 0 36 0 36 0.0% 78.41% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Shelbyville
33 33 0 0 0.0% 72.67% 78.00% 78.00% $0
Sullivan NR 34 34 0 0 0.0% 54.92% 0.0% 0.0% $0 Tuscola
38 37 -1 -1 -2.63% 72.42% 68.00% 68.00% $0
Urbana NR 0 100 1 100 0.0% 52.86% 0.0% 0.0% $300 Vandalia 40 40 0 0 0.0% 64.42% 70.00% 70.00% $0 Villa Grove NR 21 21 0 0 0.0% 67.50% 0.0% 0.0% $0
Secretary‘s Report for July
YTD
TO
R.I.
SUMMARY 2054 2430 4 376 1.39% 63.61% 45.79% 45.79% $11,133.40
New
Rotarians
Reported
Champaign West
Justin Seno
Mahomet
Heather Roark
Metamora-
Germantown
Hills
Boggie Bolski
Christiana Bolski
Monticello
Frank Thomas
Carl Vestal
Normal
Mark Comadena
Ann Haugo
Dick Folse
Rotarian
Deaths
None reported
In July