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

District 6440 Histories 2005
fundraiser. Raffle at Bunker Hill Country Club raised over $1,000.
1981-83 - Contributions to Northwest Suburban Council Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Niles Township
Sheltered Workshop, Ballard School, Maine/Niles Special Education Summer Camp, Maine/Niles
Special Education Olympics, World Affairs scholarship, two Niles Township vocational scholarships,
United Way of Skokie Valley, Morton Grove Park Dist. July 4th celebration, and Niles Park Dist.
camping program. Service senior citizens luncheon yearly to about 200-250 seniors of the Niles or
Morton Grove communities. Yearly fundraisers include: District 219 theatre ticket sales, “Stepping Out”
booklet sales, pizza sales in conjunction with the Explorer Scouts, and Community “Flea Market”.
1985-86 - Jamaican Blue Mountain project main project included sending tools to help cottage industries
get started.
1987 - Donated $500 for installation of emergency lights in windows of residents of Morton Grove.
1987-1988 - Reached goal of $24,000 towards PolioPlus; provided initial funding for community Dental
Assistance for the elderly. Contributed to: World Community Project-computer study in Egypt, Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts, American Cancer Society, Orchard Mental Health Center Sheltered Workshop,
Niles West HS band Fiesta Bowl trip, Maine Twp. HS Operation Snowball (anti-drug and alcohol
program), and Skokie Valley United Way.
1988-1989 - Sponsored and furnished Help Alert lights to elderly in Niles-Morton Grove; initiated
monthly draw fundraiser; art show fundraiser; continued support of previous organizations.
1989-90 - Tried to establish matching overseas club to furnish dental equipment and continued support
of previous organizations.
Youth exchange activity:
Over the years has sponsored four exchange students including one from the Island of Tasmania.
Club no longer exists.
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Rotary Club of North Chicago Chartered March 12, 1929
The North Chicago Rotary Club was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Waukegan and had 28 charter
members. In the opening years, the club helped finance and guide two high school students, initiated a
“Boy’s Week,” and provided aid for a crippled child. During the depression year’s members brought
their own “brown bag” to meetings.
The second decade the club organized a free dental clinic and provided a Halloween party for children.
Members sold War Bonds and sponsored a local USO. They organized a Lake County Grade School
Basketball Clinic and Tournament, sponsored a student at Boy’s State Camp, and provided a scholarship
for a local college student.
In the 50’s the club sent three under-privileged boys to summer camp, instituted a $250 annual
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