The Rotary Club of Naperville/Downtown meets at David's of Jefferson Hill restaurant, located in downtown Naperville at 43 East Jefferson Avenue.
The Club meets officially from 4:44 to 5:45 p.m. every Wednesday. Make-ups are $20. Light refreshments, libations and fellowship are served up from about 4:35 to 5 p.m., with club announcements, introductions, and a short program immediately following. All programs are scheduled for 20-30 minutes.
Note: For the past meeting schedule, click here.
June 2009
| Date | Time | Description |
| 6/24/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Kenn Miller will introduce Chief Mark Puknaitis of the Naperville Fire Department.
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July 2009
| Date | Time | Description |
| 7/1/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club Assembly |
| 7/8/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Stephanie Penick will present our speaker, Sister Jeanne of St. Patrick's Residence in Naperville.
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| 7/15/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Kenn Miller will introduce Herman White, Ph.D., a scientist from Fermi Lab. Dr. White is also vice chair on board of trustees of North Central College. Dr. White will highlight the current activities at Fermi Lab and the historical impact of the facility on the Fox Valley community.
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| 7/19/2009 | 5:05PM |
DuPage Dragons Baseball Game Come join our fundraiser for our College of DuPage scholarship fund. Enjoy a baseball game at the ballpark at Benedictine University in Lisle. Tickets are just $6.00, of which $3.00 goes towards the scholarship fund. Contact the DuPage Dragons for tickets:
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| 7/22/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Stephanie Penick will present our speaker, Rick Hitchcock, Chairman of the Naperville Riverwalk Commission, who will give us an update on the Riverwalk improvements.
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| 7/29/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club Assembly |
August 2009
| Date | Time | Description |
| 8/5/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Amy Weber of Community Career Center will be our guest speaker. Presented by Barb Dwyer. |
| 8/12/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: TBD |
| 8/19/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Brian Fry has invited Kelly Masterson of Heartland Blood Centers to be our speaker.
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| 8/26/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Our guest, Varsha Pancholi, will be talking about the IDS (India Development Service) Save-A-Mother program. The program aims to minimize suffering and death associated with pregnancy and child birth. IDS works in partnership with local NGOs in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, which has one of the highest maternal mortality rates in the world. Many other regions in India and rest of the world are in a similar situation where this program can be replicated. Presented by Tony Chirico.
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September 2009
| Date | Time | Description |
| 9/2/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club Assembly |
| 9/9/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Nick Ryan will present Mike Vickery, the Director for the Institute for Community. Mike will speak about "The Relational Baseball Diamond: Acceptance, Affirmation, Accountability, and Community." |
| 9/16/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant
Program: TBD |
| 9/23/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: TBD |
| 9/30/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Kenn Miller has invited Kirsten Strand, Director of Community 4:12, to speak on the East Aurora school program (where Karen Helm volunteers) and the East Aurora Gift Mart, where residents can buy toys and gifts for their families at $2 each, which will be held at Bardwell & Brady Elementary Schools. |
For more photos and information, visit our Fun Photo page, or our Past Programs page!
| Date | Time | Description |
| 6/17/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant
Installation of 2009-10 officers & directors.
Special Guest Speaker: Sister Florence Muia, the foundress of Upendo Village in Naivasha, Kenya, a project supported by many Rotary clubs, including ours. |
| 6/10/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: John Buckley, Bryan Ogg and Jennifer Bridge of Naper Settlement gave a presentation on the archeological dig at Joe Naper's property. Presented by Ron Nyberg. More photos here.
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| 6/3/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club Assembly -- Approval of Allocations, Membership Proposal |
| 6/3/2009 | 3:30PM |
Board Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Review of Allocations |
| 5/27/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Patti Powers arranged for Tim Penick to talk about wines and his experiences in the hospitality business that are leading to his becoming a Sommelier. Penick has served at a number of upscale restaurants including Charlie Trotters, Moto and N9ne Steakhouse in Chicago. He currently is on the wine and service staff at SugarToad at CityGate. A tasty presentation! |
| 5/20/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Tony Chirico presented Deb Carr of NCO, who told us about NCO's youth and transitional housing and other services for young people with real needs. |
| 5/13/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Ray McGury presented Brad Wilson, Director of Recreation of the Naperville Park District, as our guest speaker. Special: Stephanie Penick led Club members in an instrumental version of "It's A Grand Old Flag" |
| 5/6/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club Assembly -- Quiz Night Fun! |
| 4/29/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Our guests were students from Waubonsie High School who undertook a business management project benefiting The Wish Upon A Star Foundation. The students showed how they organized, planned, and executed their business plan to raise funds for the charity. Thanks to Rotarian Jason Altenbern, Community Relations Coordinator Indian Prairie School District 204, for offering the program to our club. |
| 4/22/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Bev Eigenberg arranged for Monika Pandya from Almost Home Kids, formerly CoACH Care Center to introduce us to the specialized healthcare services including massage therapy available for medically fragile children in a unique home-like facility right here in Naperville. www.almosthomekids.org
Monika (left) with Ron Nyberg and Bev Eigenberg |
| 4/15/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Pam Darling treated club members to a massage for stress relief on Tax Day.
Nancy Quigley won the draw for a free massage. |
| 4/8/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Pastor Mark Borgetti, from Our Savior's Lutheran Church, talked about the Celebration Clinic which is a free medical and personal care clinic for local families in financial need sponsored by the Church. Presented by Barb Dwyer.
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| 4/1/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club Assembly (Strategic planning meeting) |
| 3/25/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Nancy Quigley introduced Naperville Emergency Preparedness Coordinator Dave Szablewski, who told us many of the ways that Naperville plans for and prepares for natural (and unnatural) disasters. |
| 3/18/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Barb Dwyer presented our speaker, Karen Kuchar of DuPage Family Shelter Service. |
| 3/11/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club member (and DuPage County judge) Neal Cerne presented his colleague, Judge Dan Guerin, who spoke about recent changes in Illinois DUI laws, as well as trends he sees sitting in traffic court. |
| 3/4/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club Assembly -- Grant recipients were on hand to accept there donations, and to tell us about their programs.
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| 2/25/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: John Yost, speaking about wind power. Presented by Pat Benton |
| 2/18/2009 | 6:00PM Note: Special time! |
Club Meeting: Annual Paul Harris Dinner Location - David's Restaurant
Guest Speaker -- Author Gary Moore, the featured author of Naperville Reads 2009. Paul Harris Awards were presented.
See more photos on our photo page. |
| 2/11/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Ray McGury introduced Dave Wentz of the Naperville Exchange Club, who presented the Healing Fields project being planned for Veterans' Day 2009. |
| 2/4/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club Assembly |
| 1/28/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Karen Jarzick, prevention coordinator for NCO, was our guest speaker. Presented by Tony Chirico. |
| 1/21/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant
A Pub Quiz for members and guests. |
| 1/14/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Dave VanVoorne, Director of Public Works for the City of Naperville. Dave talked about what DPW does, the new City facility for DPW, and answered questions from the group. |
| 1/7/2009 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant Program: Club Assembly -- Allocations approved |
| 1/7/2009 | 3:30PM |
Board Meeting: Location - David's Restaurant
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| 12/31/2008 |
NO MEETING -- New Year's Eve
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| 12/24/2008 |
NO MEETING -- Christmas Eve
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| 12/17/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Guest Katie Corrigan described her adventures in Western Australia researching dolphins and chasing rays and turtles.
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| 12/10/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Christmas Carolers from North Central College.
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| 12/3/2008 |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Doug Krieger, newly-appointed City Manager, and formerly the Finance Director, for the City of Naperville, spoke to our Club about the City's budget process and challenges facing the City during this budget cycle.
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| 11/26/2008 |
NO MEETING -- HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
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| 11/19/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Kenn Miller welcomed our guest speaker, Betty Grogan of VITAS Innovative Hospice Care. VITAS is a growing family of hospices providing the highest quality human services, products and case management to terminally ill and other appropriate patients and their families. |
| 11/12/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Ron Nyberg invited Eldon Hatch, a long-time resident of Naperville and a some-time portrayer of Joe Naper, who gave his perspectives on Naperville history, and anecdotes about the Sesquicentennial Celebration. |
| 11/5/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Club Assembly. "Giving Day" -- Representatives from many of the groups that our Club supported with grants this year were present to briefly describe their activities and explain how our grants are helping. |
| 10/29/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Nancy Quigley introduced Soraya McLaughlin of the Naperville Fire Department who educated us about fire prevention and safety. |
| 10/22/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Tony Chirico invited NCO Youth and Family Services Counseling Coordinators Angela Michalak and Kari Lata to give a brief review of their work with NCO. Also attending was Ron Hume, NCO's Executive Director.
Scholarship recipients from Waubonsee Community College were present to introduce themselves, and thank the Club for the scholarships awarded. |
| 10/15/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Darlene Senger, a member of the Naperville City Council and a candidate for Illinois state representative, gave us an update on the Canadian National Railroad's proposed acquisition of the EJ&E Railroad, which runs along the western perimeter of the City. CN projects rail traffic to increase from 15.7 to 42.3 trains per day on the rail segment that runs along Naperville’s western boundary. Judy Ellertson from Rotary Sunrise also let us know about the upcoming Mystery Night Event, sponsored by her club. |
| 10/8/2008 | 6:00 - 7:00PM (Special Time & Place!) |
Club Meeting: Location - Quigley's Irish Pub, Naperville A special "Quiz Night at Quigley's." A good turnout of Rotarians and guests enjoyed a bit of trivia and the hospitality of Quigley's Irish Pub. Perhaps it will become a semi-annual event!
In a close competition, the winning team was "The Rotary Ringers," followed by "Side of Frys," Barb's Boys," "The Garden Plots," and "The PG's." A trophy for the winning team is on order. |
| 10/1/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Club Assembly. Membership, and how to increase it, was discussed. |
| 9/24/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Club member Pat Benton and guest Rotarian Barb Knuckles introduced Namgyel Dorji, a North
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| 9/17/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud
Two Rotary scholarship recipients from the College of DuPage were present and thanked the Club. One student is planning to be an educator, and the other a nurse. A representative of COD also thanked the Club for the scholarships the Club awarded to students at COD.
Rotarian (and Judge) Neal Cerne then gave us a bit of insight into his duties as a Judge, and profiled the types of cases he is seeing in his first assignment, Traffic Court.
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| 9/10/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Nick Ryan introduced Kirsten Strand, director of on Community 4:12. Community 4:12 brings compassion, social justice, and community development ministries to under-resourced communities in Aurora and Joliet. Keep track of Community 4:12's efforts in East Aurora. |
| 9/10/2008 | 6:00PM |
Board Meeting: Location - Rosebud
Focus on membership issues, that will be discussed at the next Club Assembly. |
| 9/3/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Speaker: Marijo Rozycki Marijo spoke about her work with "Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos," or Little Brothers & Sisters Orphanage, in the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and other countries in which she has worked. For more information, visit www.nph.org |
| 8/27/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Steve Pagram, a visiting Rotarian from Australia, filled in as our speaker, and gave a wonderful account of his backpacking trip across China and Russia. Thank you, Steve! |
| 8/20/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Location - Rosebud Club Assembly. Updates from each of our club committees. Our first meeting at Rosebud! |
| 8/13/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Tessa's Restaurant Barb Dwyer arranged for professional animal trainer Bill Hoffman, and his special guest, Mindy the white-faced, ring-tailed Capuchin monkey, to entertain us! Bill told of his career as a trainer and organ grinder! Mindy was very cute, and kindly posed for photos with her many admirers, including Barb, below.
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| 8/13/2008 | 6:00PM |
Board Meeting: Tessa's Restaurant
Monthly Board of Directors meeting. |
| 8/6/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Bev Eigenberg introduced Dr. Raj Shah of the Johnston R. Bowman Health Center of Rush University Medical Center, who gave a very informative talk on the topic of Alzheimer's and related memory diseases.
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| 7/30/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Club Member Karen Helm arranged a wine tasting through Tessa's Restaurant. Club members learned a lot about varietals and wine selection. |
| 7/23/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Tessa's Restaurant District Governor Michael Slevnik (below left) visited the Club to talk about his plans for District 6450 for the 2008-09 year.
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| 7/16/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Bev Frier and board members from Omnia Performing Arts presented their concept plan for a performing arts center, parking garage, and related development along Fifth Avenue near the train station. |
| 7/9/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Stephanie Penick introduced a man of many talents, Naperville City Carillonneur Tim Sleep, who presented "Bells, Bells, Bells, Another Jewel In The Naperville Crown." Sleep is a member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. |
| 7/2/2008 | 4:44PM |
Club Meeting: Club Assembly |
To see the meeting schedules for 2006, 2007, and the first half of 2008, click here.
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