April, 2006 My Fellow Rotarians - Rotary's Global History Fellowship

District 6440 Histories 2005
develop a women’s clinic in Ghanna. Sponsored inbound and outbound youth exchange. Sent 3
students to RYLA. Provided $3,000 in scholarships for local youth. Membership at this time 31
members
2005-06 - Club President John Kador said he considers Youth Exchange to be a very bright
accomplishment for Geneva Rotary. Five students engaged in Youth Exchange. Edmund Falandysz from
Poland was our inbound student, and we had four outbound students: Mary Bach, Gregor Hamilton and
Rachel Walker are in Brazil; and Julie Allen is our other outbound student—she is in Venezuela. We
have a traditional year-end Holiday celebration for about 150 developmentally disabled adults, and it
was extremely well received. The projects involves buying individual presents for each attendee as well
as a nice meal and professional entertainment. We’re very proud of that. The District rewarded us with a
District Simplified Grant, so we’re proud of that and grateful for that. Next month, we’re having a
Group Study Exchange team from Japan. They’ll be in the district for 6 weeks and with us for one week.
We’ve set up a nice program for them. We’re very pleased that we added 7 new members in my tenure
and we’re at 35 now.
2005-06 was one our greatest with Youth exchange. We placed a Brazilian 18 year old male in Batavia
High School and he recruited 5 outbounds youth exchange students. Due to their age four went to Brazil
and one, Mark Allen’s daughter, went to Venezuela. We just completed hosting Edmund Falandysz
from Poland. His father was the president of Poland’s lawyer during the break up with Russia.
GRC received awards for net growth and International Service for District 6440. This is the first year
that we sent a container full of tents, pots and pans, water for 10 to Indonesia. We included Alice
Gustafson 4 th grade elementary school in with the fund raising. It was a blast.
We hosted for one week the GSE team from Japan. The 4 non-Rotarians were English teachers from
Osaka.
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Rotary Club of Glen Ellyn Chartered Sept. 24, 1943
History:
The Rotary Club of Glen Ellyn was sponsored by the Oak Park Rotary Club and chartered in 1943. In
1954 the Glen Ellyn Club sponsored the West Chicago Club, and in 1957 the Rotary of Glen Ellyn
sponsored the Wheaton Club.
Over the past 50 years, the Glen Ellyn Club has held noontime meetings at several locations. The Club
now meets every Thursday at 12:10 p.m. at the Glen Oak Country Club. Rotary Club of Glen Ellyn
speakers have included U.S. and State Senators and Representatives; State, County, and Village heads;
foreign consuls; judges; local TV personalities; nationally known scientists; race car drivers; musicians;
local high school student groups; and many more.
Rotary Club of Glen Ellyn started fundraising in 1965. 1988 was the start of our annual Citrus sale,
which produces average net sales of $24,000. The Citrus sale is our major fundraiser followed by Big
Wheel Night which is a banquet for 100 plus individuals at $150 per person with net proceeds of $7,500.
Funds raised have been used for local scholarships, currently $16,000 per year for needy graduates of
our two high schools. Since 1965 the Club has given $300,000 to 150 students with dozens of
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