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

District 6440 Histories 2005
through private and corporate donations for this project; the boat was purchased and is in use on the
lake.
2004-2005 - Nancy Burton, President. Contributed another $1,000 towards an Immunization Day for the
Wauconda Schools. This has become an annual project. Donated $500 to the Family Child Foundation, a
local organization that provides backpack and school supplies for the needy children. Donated $500 to
the District for Haiti Hurricane relief. The United Partnership for a Better Community, to which many of
our Rotary members belong, was honored to receive the Governor’s Home Town Award on behalf of
the Village of Wauconda. Partnered with Rotary club of Evanston with a $500 donation to provide
mosquito nets for Uganda. One major challenge for the Wauconda Rotary Club has been membership or
the lack of members. The club's membership is between 16-18 members. After 13 years of being a
breakfast club, the club made a decision in January this year to change from a breakfast club that met at
7:00 a.m. to go to lunchtime club with meetings at 11:30 a.m. One of the major reasons for this change
was to have the ability to recruit more members. This change occurred as of January 2005. Our club
looks forward to our new challenge of spreading the Rotary word and having more community members
become involved.
2005-2006 – Mike Wahl, President. Applied for and received a $1,000 Simplified Grant from the
District. This was used along with club funds for the purchase of a $4,500 trailer to be used by
Wauconda CERT: Citizens Emergency Response Team. If there is a community emergency such as
tornados, floods, airplane crashes etc, this team responds to that emergency and all of their equipment
and supplies are stored in that trailer. Continued our partnership with Evanston Rotary for another year
on the mosquito net project in Uganda with another $500 donation.
For a small club we are very proud of the community service projects we are able to support. The
following list is a few of our major accomplishments - Founding member of the United Partners for a
Better Community (this community organization went on to win the Governor's Home Town Award in
2004); provide financial scholarships for local high school students; financial support to the
Wauconda/Island Lake Food Pantry; provided the Northern Illinois Special Recreation Association
financial support to construct the Arthur G. Farley Fishing Pier along with purchasing of a handicap
accessible pontoon boat; co-sponsor of the Wauconda Park District' annual egg hunt; assist the
Wauconda Township in providing food to needy families during the holiday season; contributed funds
for Wauconda High School students to attend the National Blind Sports Program; and contributed
financially to the Wauconda Library to provide various materials to aid in their literacy campaign.
International Projects - Continue to support the Polio Plus program; contributed funds for medical
supplies to Mexico, a needy school in India and for Kosovo Disaster Relief; and ten percent of all
fundraisers are contributed to the Rotary Foundation for World Service Projects.
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Rotary Club of Waukegan Chartered Nov. 1, 1916
1919 - Contributed $500 to institute program of medical assistance for crippled children. Sums were
contributed annually until 1940 when financing was taken over by the Community Chest. Transported
children from their homes to Masonic Temple for treatment and to Shrine Hospital in Chicago until it
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