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Maywood Proviso Rotary Club Announces the opening of its 2024 Community Grants Cycle

By Tuesday, April 30, 2024


Maywood, Illinois (May 1, 2024) - The Rotary Club of Maywood Proviso Community Grants application cycle opened May 1, 2024  for local nonprofits and education organizations.


 

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2022 - 2023 Rotary International Citation for Membership Development

By Thursday, August 17, 2023
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Congratulations! Your club has earned the Rotary Citation, the most significant award a Rotary club can achieve, for 2022-23. This past year, your club demonstrated a commitment to achieve its goals, which ultimately helps strengthen Rotary and shape our future.

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Give from your heart & donate to those in need.

By Thursday, March 30, 2023

Give from your heart & donate to those in need.

Join Cook County Clerk Karen Yarbrough, the Rotary Club of Maywood-Proviso, City of Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin, City of Chicago Clerk Anna Valencia, and IL Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias - Organ and Tissue Donor Program, to help save lives by donating blood with the Community Blood Center and signing up to be an organ donor.

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Valentine's for Vets

By Wednesday, February 1, 2023

Join the Rotary Club of Maywood Proviso as we send love to our Veterans! 

Each Rotarian is asked to provide at least 5 valentines that you can either create or buy. Include a 
special message to honor the veteran and sign with your name and the Rotary Club of Maywood Proviso.

Please return these cards on February 2nd at Meal of the Day Cafe, 1701 S 1st Ave. 4th Floor Maywood. Our regular meeting time is 12:15pm. 

These valentines will be given to both Hines and Jesse Brown Hospital.



 


Biden Declares January Human Trafficking Awareness Month

By Saturday, January 28, 2023

Human Trafficking Awareness
Saturday, January 28, 2023
By Karen A Yarbrough

A presentation on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 @ 12 noon will examine, contrast and understand the age-old problem of human trafficking. 

We will discuss where this crime against humanity may have started and where we are today in addressing it.

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Annual Veterans Stand Down

By Wednesday, January 18, 2023


Join the Rotary Club of Maywood and the Cook County Clerk's Office to volunteer for the Veteran's Annual Stand Down. This is a wonderful event where we can interact with Vets. A hot meal along with clothing items, blankets, haircuts and social service access is on hand to help.

Click the link to RSVP and join us in this Club Service Project: https://dacdb.com/index.html?EventID=77644419



Please join us!


Maywood Proviso Rotary Club Member is involved in the Pickwick Theater Benefit Screening

By Sunday, January 8, 2023


Orson Welles’ cinematic masterpiece, “Chimes at Midnight” restored in 6K scan from Harry Saltzman’s master negative.

Orson Welles’ film career continues to be very productive considering he passed away in 1985. Four years ago, Netflix completed and broadcast Welles’ last film plus three new documentaries about him have arrived and now, “Chimes at Midnight”, what Welles considered his best film, has been restored in a 6K scan from a master film negative and optical sound track.

After decades of inferior, faded, off-synch 35mm copies, a pristine 6K digital master now exists to fully experience Welles’ artistry and his cinematic craft as a master. This master negative 6K source is known as the “Harry Saltzman Negative” and has not seen since the 1960’s.

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Mix, Mingle & Give

By Edited By Diggs, Johnny EarlMonday, November 28, 2022

The Maywood Chamber of Commerce, the Maywood-Proviso Rotary, Mariella's Banquet Hall, the Maywood Police Department and, host committee invite you to be our guest at the Mix, Mingle & Give holiday event on Tuesday, December 6, 2022 from 5:30 pm -7:30 pm hosted by Loyola University Chicago - Office of Neighborhood Initiatives.

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What exactly is a microaggression?

By Thursday, October 13, 2022

Microaggressions are statements or actions that offend people or make them feel unwelcome by reinforcing negative stereotypes or asserting power dynamics, whether or not that’s intended. This course will help you understand the impact of microaggressions and learn how to respond to them in ways that uphold Rotary’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

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Winter Coat Drive for Homeless Veterans

By Thursday, October 13, 2022

It’s time again to give to those in need! 

The Cook County Clerk's Office is partnering with Rotary District 6450 to assist the Chicago Standdown in this year's Winter Coat Drive for Homeless Veterans. So, please join the Clerk’s Office and wrap your arms around a homeless veteran with a winter coat donation this season! Read more on how you can help below.

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Rotary After Dark “A National Diversity Day Celebration





 

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Leading Voice for Advocacy and Change

By Thursday, August 25, 2022

Xavier Ramey can be described as innovative, impactful, and well-informed on the issues that affect communities of color. As the CEO of Justice Informed LLC., a social impact consulting firm based in Chicago, Ramey provides strategic social impact guidance to multi-billion dollar businesses, advises Fortune 500 executives, and leads Masterclasses to top-ranked graduate programs in business and executive communications. The dynamic Maywood-Proviso Rotary Club member was recently interviewed by Arika Linton in an online news article featured in TBT NEWS (Truth Be Told News). 

Mr. Xavier Ramey, Founder & CEO of Justice Informed LLC.

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New Board Takes the Reins

By Thursday, August 18, 2022

The Maywood-Proviso Rotary Club Installs New Officers.

The Rotary Club Maywood-Proviso installed new officers for the 2022-2023 term. Elected are President, Karen Yarbrough; Secretary, Gabe Fakhouri; Treasurer, Sue Flanagan; Sergeant-At-Arms, Viola Mims; President-Elect, Val Talley and board members, Erica Sanchez, Tikisha Buford and Daisy Harmon Allen. 


 

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Rotary Club of Maywood Proviso Research Project Advances

By Monday, August 1, 2022

The Rotary Club of Maywood Proviso has embarked upon an exciting journey, researching Maywood-Proviso’s almost 100-year history of Rotary through articles, clippings, pictures, and other artifacts at Maywood’s public library.




 

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