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

District 6440 Histories 2005
and Job Shadow Day. We developed a program to encourage all our members to become Paul Harris
Fellows.
1994-95 – Carole Medal was President. This was the year the Atrium restaurant informed us we could
no longer meet there on Monday. The Holiday Inn welcomed us back to a newly remodeled facility
with better service and food. We resurrected the community leadership awards and honored Mayor Carl
Couve as Community Leader of the Year. The Rolling Meadows Police Department was honored for
their visionary leadership in creation of the Police Neighborhood Resource Center.
1995-96 – Phil Burns was President. During this year we increased income, added three members, and
started some new practices, which continue today.
1996-97 – Amy Charlesworth was President. The club celebrated its 25 th anniversary this year by
hosting current and former members as well as Past District Governors to a dinner. District Governor
Karen Kline gave the keynote. We sponsored a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar, Amy Doering, to
represent us in France. We also had one of our applicants chosen for the GSE Team. We had a record
two applications for vocational scholarship. Along with the usual social activities, we added a family
event this year, “Chili Willie” a pot luck featuring chili as the entrée. The club donated over $8,000 to
various worthy community causes.
1997-98 – Jim Turi was President.
1998-99 – Karen Milligan was President.
1999-2000 – Matt Hill was President. The Rotary Club reflected on all of the little fundraisers we did
throughout the year and made a decision to hold one big fundraiser per year to collect funds that would
support our entire annual budget of granting six scholarships totaling $3,200, provide monetary
donations in the amount of $10,000 to local non-profit organizations, assist in an International Project
averaging $2,000, continue our commitment to the community with $2,000 for Rotary Park
improvements and payments, support Rotary Foundation with $2,500 for the continuation of Foundation
Programs and the one-off donations.
2000-01 – Jim Hayden and Mark Nannini were Presidents. This was a transition year for Rotary. We
went from meeting at the Denny’s to moving to the Sheraton Hotel. We also experimented with a
breakfast meeting vs. the lunch and changed the meeting day from Wednesday to Monday. Mark took
over as president into Jim’s term. The push was to get membership over the magic number of 20.
Rotary was present to celebrate the city’s 45 th anniversary at the all city picnic. Rotary participated in
fundraising through the city auction. Club donated the entrance signs with Rotary Wheel to the city.
Fundraising for Rotary Park began with construction later in the year. Donated over $8,000 to local
charities. Ambassadorial Scholar, Victoria Rio, develops plan to build school in West Africa.
2001-02 – Mark Nannini was President. This was a very fun year. This year we had an event every
month. This year we won a Literacy Award from the District, thanks to the celebration of Dr. Seuss’
birthday. During the year, we lost Al Yuen (8/29/01), a charter member with perfect attendance and a
true representation of a Rotarian. We renamed the vocational scholarship in his honor. Rotary Park was
dedicated, and we began the “Adopt a Highway” program. We donated over $7,000 to local charities.
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