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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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.



 

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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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!

August is National Back to School Month - By Commissioner Dennis Deer

BACK-TO-SCHOOL FACTS GUARANTEED TO MAKE YOU SMARTER

-Didaskaleinophobia, an acute fear of going to school, affects approximately 2.4 percent of children.

-Parents in 16th-century Denmark started sending their kids to school with an apple because teachers weren’t making enough money to buy food.

-On average, families spend $700 on school supplies every year — which means the school supply industry makes approximately $80 billion annually from these sales.

-Including college, approximately 78 million students go back to school every fall.

-Pencils can also be used in zero gravity, upside down, or even underwater!

-Before pencil erasers were invented, a common way to get rid of pencil markings was with a rolled-up piece of white bread!

-If your pencil sharpener gets dull, you can wrap your pencil in aluminum foil and it will sharpen the blades for you.

-Let's get our children prepared for a successful school year!

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.




 

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





Each first Saturday of the month, through 2023, you will find Rotarians and community residents at work reviewing the archives, searching through boxes, film, and other artifacts. To date, we have located the very first picture of those who established our club, the first black woman President of the Rotary Club of Maywood Proviso and minutes from many meetings. (Rotary did not admit women until 1989. The Council on Legislation voted to admit women into Rotary clubs worldwide. It remains a watershed moment in the history of Rotary)

“We are excited to engage in this very worthwhile project, commented President Karen Yarbrough. While we are expressly seeking our history, the history of what was occurring throughout Proviso, Chicago and the United States is peppered throughout the clippings.” We invite anyone who enjoys research projects and the desire to learn about the Proviso area to join us in our searches. Additionally, we will, during 2024 be planning a wonderful gala to celebrate our 100 years. A time capsule will also be filled with items to be unveiled one hundred years from 2024.”
 

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