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Rotary Club of Chicago Southeast 2008-2009 in Review www.rccse.org
Coming off of “The High”of Erecting Chicago’s first
Rotary Clock Tower“Rotary Island” (87th and Stony Island Ave.)
June 30, 2008
RCCSE Representation atBud Biliken Day Parade
(Chicago’s Back-To-School celebration - Nation’s 2nd largest parade)
RotarianDeborah BrownNBC UniversalFacilitated our involvement
in Parade
Whole-Person Literacy:Dictionary Project
(Joint Project with Financial & Near South)Raised over $5,000
to distribute over 3,000 dictionaries to 3rd graders in over 50 South-side schools
Rotarian Marvin Walker, Smokin’ Joe Products
Dictionary Project Mastermind
Whole-Person Literacy:Dictionary Project
(Joint Project with Financial & Near South)
Rotarian Dr. Earl FredrickDistributing Dictionaries
Rotarian Dr. Michael Phillips
Distributing Dictionaries
Whole-Person Literacy:Dictionary Project
(Joint Project with Financial & Near South)
Whole-Person Literacy:Dictionary Project
(Joint Project with Financial & Near South)
Whole-Person Literacy:Dictionary Project
(Joint Project with Financial & Near South)Rotarian Keith Cross
and Rotarian Osei with Powell School Principal
Whole-Person Literacy:Dictionary Project
(Joint Project with Financial & Near South)
Whole-Person Literacy:Dictionary Project
(Joint Project with Financial & Near South)Rotarian Bob White,
PADGwith BSICS Principal
Whole-Person Literacy:Tutoring for Tomorrow
Whole-Person Literacy:Tutoring for Tomorrow
Whole-Person Literacy:Youth Leadership Development
RCCSE sponsored 2 Chicago High
School Students to attend the RYLA camp in October, 2008
RCCSE Holiday Gift Drivewith Grundy County, IL
RCCSE Members made 3 trips to
Grundy County, IL to get toys and bikes to donate
RCCSE Holiday Gift Drivewith Grundy County, IL
Church Gift Giveaway made possible from
RCCSE Gift Drive
RCCSE Holiday Gift Drivewith Grundy County, IL
RCCSE Holiday Gift Drivewith Grundy County, IL
RCCSE partnered with Ald. Fredrenna Lyle’s Office to provide gifts to
needy community
residents in the 6th Ward of
Chicago
RCCSE Holiday Gift Drivewith Grundy County, IL
Donation of gifts to the Riverdale
Police Department for distribution to
needy community residents
RCCSE Holiday Gift Drivewith Grundy County, IL
Rotarian Dr. Michael Phillips’ Medical Office Gift Giveaway
RCCSE Holiday Gift Drivewith Grundy County, IL
Don Nash Community Center staff help unload
gifts
RCCSE Bike DonationsCourtesy of Grundy County, IL
Northern Trust Bank’s
Lana McCarroll, in the Northern Trust Bank’s parking lot, site of Bike Giveaway
RCCSE Bike DonationsCourtesy of Grundy County, IL
Representatives from Clara’s
House Charities
picking up bikes to give to
children
RCCSE Bike DonationsCourtesy of Grundy County, IL
Representative from
Better Boys Foundation picking up bikes for
refurbishing and
distribution
RCCSE Bike DonationsCourtesy of Grundy County, IL
Luella McLaurin,
representative from
Concerned Citizens of Burnside, picking up bikes for
community members
RCCSE Bike DonationsCourtesy of Grundy County, IL
Representatives Rotary Club of Park Forest
picking up bikes for their community in
the south suburbs
RCCSE Bike DonationsCourtesy of Grundy County, IL
Representatives from
Alderman Fredrenna
Lyle’s Office picking up bikes for
community distribution
COME JOIN US!
www.rccse.org Rotary Club of Chicago
Southeast
Meet the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Thursdays evenings
Northern Trust Bank7801 S. State Street(773) 468-2246
