Fun Photos!

This page includes a set of miscellaneous pictures... just for fun.

Happy 1st Anniversary to Us!

The Rotary Club of Naperville/Downtown celebrates its first full year of official existence, and recognizes fourteen Paul Harris Fellows.


Past President Gary Baumgartner demonstrates the proper way to roll up and store our brand-new Club banners as current President Stephanie Penick looks on.	Stephanie takes a closer look at our banner.

Pat Merryweather, Vice President of the Rotary Club of Naperville, updated our club on their Upendo Village, Kenya, project.	Nicki Scott, Vice President of the Rotary Club of Naperville/Sunrise, gave an overview of her club's educational project in Tikondane, Zambia.

The featured speaker was Naperville Sunrise Rotarian Rick Quackenbush (right), who recounted his recent trip to Nigeria as part of Rotary's PolioPlus Immunization Day.	District Gov Art Davis congratulated our Club on its first year, and went on to present fourteen new Paul Harris Fellowship Awards!

District Governor Art Davis is surrounded by new Paul Harris Fellows.

On Halloween, Club members got a treat by ascending to the top of Moser Tower.

The Millennium Carillon provides spectacular views of Naperville.

(Photos courtesy of Fred McEwen.)

The tower is an impressive sight itself:

Club members and guests on the stairs to the viewing platform:

Left to right:

Kenn Miller, Nancy Quigley, Gary Baumgartner, Ron Nyberg, Patty Powers,

Brand Bobosky, Jeff Knuckles, Allie DeBoer, and Pat Benton.

An impromptu lesson on playing the carillon:

Club members and guests inspect the inner working of the bell tower:

Visiting Rotarian Sean Daley has a copy of his book signed by author/humorist Conor Cunneen.

We are always glad to have Rotarians from other clubs visit us!

Ed Fey, Bev Eigenberg, Barb Dwyer, Allie DeBoer and Ken Dvorak are all smiles after

listening to Conor Cunneen tell the Club "Why Ireland Never Invaded America,"

the subject of his business advice book. Good advice was never so humorously delivered!

From left, Club Members Nick Ryan, Brian Fry, Erin Christianson, and Gary Baumgartner

admire the medal Erin received for running his first marathon.

Brian also completed the LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon this year, despite the heat.

Congrats to both!

Members of the Rotary Club of Naperville/Downtown

International Service Committee plan strategies

during a special meeting with members of the

Gear Up Foundation at Quigley's Irish Pub.

Allison DeBoer surrenders to the call of Rotary at a recent club meeting.

Club members Stephanie Penick, Allison DeBoer, Nancy Quigley, Karen Helm along with Gloria Baumgartner (Gary's wife) attended Art's Safari at the Brookfield Zoo when Art Davis was installed as District 6450 Governor.

Below is a set of photos from the first year, as the club was forming.

Program with Naperville Historian Peg Yonker.
	Joe Lichter is "assisting" Peg with a Native American song.
	Allie DeBoer watches as Peg signs a copy of her new book, Lone Feather and the Settlers.
	Rotarians line up to get their copies of Peg's book signed. Peg's husband, Norris, monitors the activity.
	Book signing in progress.
	Stephanie and Karen enjoy some conversation after the meeting.