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2021 Classic 5000 On Saturday, April 10, 2021, the Rotary Club of River Cities will hold our Annual Classic 5000. This time, of course, the event will be streamed virtually in order to ensure everyone's continued wellness in the face of the pandemic. The event will be held virtually from 7 pm to 8 pm. |
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Random Acts of Kindness 2020Thousands of Rotarians around the world participated in "Random Acts of Kindness Day".
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2019 Classic 5000 236 of our closest friends helped the Mount Prospect - Prospect Heights Rotary Club raise over $14,000 on February 6, 2019! Congratulations to these seven lucky folks! |
River Trails Condominium FireThe horrible fire at the River Trails Condominiums on July 18 displaced dozens of families. The best, most immediate ways to help those families are below.  |
Mt Prospect - Prospect Hts Rotary Responds to PH FireRotary Club of Mount Prospect - Prospect Heights is donating $1500 to aid the victims of the River Trails Condominium fire on July 18. Donations are being made to the American Red Cross, School District 21's Katie Samsel Foundation, and to the District 214 Foundation. For further information, please visit the City of Prospect Heights website. |
2017 Classic 5000 photos |
Next Wednesday - 'Nuff Said |
January 23, 2017 Meeting Ben Pohl was our speaker today. More importantly, Fred Pfeifer was our photographer! Even he can't make Conrad look good, though. Still, it's better than anything I can do... |
2016 Serenading Strings Check out the photos from our annual December holiday luncheon. As always the Serenading Strings from the McArthur Middle School were excellent.
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November 21, 2016 Meeting |
November 14, 2016 Meeting Mount Prospect Village Manager enjoyed receiving his Rotary cookbook AND his Rotary shopping sack for all the groceries he'll need to buy! |
Make a Difference Day 2016 Kathy, Jen and Christina standing by our lollipop tree during the Halloween FunFair at Rielly Elementary School. |
October 24, 2016 MeetingSomehow I missed taking photos at this meeting so I thought watching a hedgehog getting a belly rub would make a nice substitute.
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October 10, 2016 Meeting Tony Livernois gave us some tips on how to be a better speaker. He missed a critical bit of advice for Bret - less is more. Please, Bret - less is more!
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August 15, 2016 Meeting District Governor Rick Rivkin talked about the Power of One - One Rotarian, One Club, One District, One Rotary. Someone asked a question afterwards about how no one ever seems to hang out after meetings anymore. Everyone seemed to agree that they need to get back to the office, especially if they were going to make to the horse track later - it was Come One Come All day!
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August 8, 2016 MeetingToday we dedicated to Club business. Check out the calendar for some fun upcoming events!
I know there were happy dollars, but I didn't take notes :( The only one I can remember is Bret being happy that his son's two baseball leagues are wrapping up this week which should allow him to eat dinner before 9pm.
Rodney was happy about something. But then again, he always is, isn't he?
Oh yea! Brian was happy that his landlord was indicted for bank fraud. Sounds cruel, but Brian is forced to switch offices to a new building after the landlord jacked up his rent by 250%. I guess the fraud wasn't that successful?
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July 18, 2016 Meeting Lekan Ahmed and Bret |
July 5, 2016 Meeting A motlier bunch there never was. Believe me, the shade is a blessing. |
June 20, 2016 Meeting Rod is the first recipient of our new swag bag! |
June 13, 2016 Meeting The unpostable photo has been posted! |
June 6, 2016 Meeting Dawn Bluemke from Black Diamond Charities talked about her work providing kids with school supplies and veterans with career skills. |
May 16, 2016 Meeting.jpg) Jim Zawlocki and Bret answering questions about scams and frauds. Well, Jim is, at least. |
May 9, 2016 Meeting Bret, Alan, Mike and of course Bane. Bane's always playing! Then again, the bad guys may not like the game he plays... |
April 25, 2016 Meeting Long lost member Jennifer Brennan returned to talk about all the great things going on at Harper's Learning and Career Center in Prospect Heights. |
April 18, 2016 Meeting Brian with Agnes Wojnarski and Dana Sievertson from the Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission |
March 28, 2016 Meeting Keary Bramwell overcame a few technology glitches to give a great presentation on zSpace and STEAM kits at the Mount Prospect Public Library! |
March 21, 2016 MeetingAldona Salska hopes the Rotary International cookbook has a good pierogi recipe!
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March 14, 2016 CPA Conrad and IRS guy Harry Fitzsimmons with a cookbook. Or are they cooking the books? Hmmmmm |
Gambling with a Heart - MP/PH Rotary March Madness |
March 7, 2016 Meeting "Just what a librarian needs - another book!" - Conrad May to Beth Klein, Youth Program Coordinator at the Prospect Heights Public Library District. Actually, anyone can use a new cookbook!
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February 29, 2016 Meeting Jeff Langguth made Conrad a happy man with his overview of the newly redesigned Mount Prospect Golf Course! |
February 22, 2016 Meeting Erin Brooks, Executive Director of the District 214 Education Foundation (left) with club Conrad May and what appears to be the worlds largest pocket protector. |
February 8, 2015 Meeting Division I Football Umpire Brett Dencker was our speaker today. Being a ref is hard work, but none of us realized just how hard it is. |
Classic 5000 |
January 18, 2016 Meeting Tracy Crawford is the Executive Director of the Northwest Special Recreation Association. The NWSRA provides outstanding opportunities through recreation for children and adults with disabilities. |
January 11, 2015 Meeting Mariyana Spyropoulos is the President of the Board of the Municipal Water Reclamation District. |
January 4, 2016 Meeting Andy Ullman from the Des Plaines club talked about how his club's plans to sponsor a refugee family this spring. |
December 7, 2015 Meeting |
November 30, 2015 Meeting Ashley Richardson had an eggcelent presentation today! |
November 9, 2015 Meeting District Foundation Chair Mike Ericson talked about how our contributions to the Foundation come back to benefit our community 3 fold and helps other clubs world wide as well. Also check out our cool new club banner!
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November 2, 2015 Meeting Karen Kaplan was our speaker today and she shared the remarkable, heartbreaking story of her father as well as her own journey towards forgiveness. She is the author of Decendents of Rajgrod: Learning to Forgive. |
October 19, 2015 Hersey Principal Gordon Sisson knows more about buildnig security and student safety than any of us. Sadly, it is an all-too-important aspect of his job these days. |
September 28, 2015 Meeting Sadly, not a very good speaker photo. On the 'bright side' has Conrad ever looked better? M'thinks not!Where's Fred when you need him?
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September 21, 2015.jpg) Nathan Hayes is the Director of the Major Case Assistance Team, or MCAT. MCAT conentrates and shares the investigative expertise of officers from twenty-three agencies in twenty municipalities in Cook County. |
September 14, 2015 Meeting Rebecca Rosario is one of two victim's advocates working with the Prospect Heights Police Department. Her ability to speak Spanish and her partner's Polish fluency allow them to work with most of the community in their most comfortable language. |
August 31, 2015 Meeting Betsy Skidinski promotes Alzheimer's awareness and works to raise funds to find its cure.
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August 24, 2015 Meeting Bret and his cache of geocaching equipment
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August 17, 2015 Meeting  Conrad showing off the $1,500 matching grantfrom District for Operation Warm!
Conrad with our speaker Joe Rosner. Hard to imagine
that just a few minutes earlier, they were
at each other's throats!
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August 10, 2015 Dale, Wendy and Rod teamed up for a great presentation on DI's annual conference in Brazil. |
August 3, 2015 Meeting Of course we forgot to take pictures on the day least likely to break the camera.Congratulations and good luck to all of our scholarship winners!
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Juy 27, 2015 Meeting Chelsa Laliberte is from Live4Lali, a non-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of the growing drug abuse epidemic. |
July 20, 2015 Meeting - part 1 No speaker today as we took advantage of the great weather to take photos of the Kentucky Coffee Tree we recently donated to the River Trails Park District's Rob Roy Golf Course.Click through to see more great pics!
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July 20, 2015 Meeting - part 2.jpg) Off to see the tree!Click through for more great pictures.
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July 13, 2015 Meeting District Governor Rodney Adams is back home already! I guess 'boomerang children' doesn't mean just college kids!
 Conrad awarding Wendy a well-deserved plaque recognizing her two years as Club President!
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Pictures to brighten your day Wendy and Conrad getting ready to ride in the Prospect Heights 4th of July Parade in a very sweet ride! |
June 22, 2015 Meeting District Governor Ellen Young Presenting Wendy and our club with the District's Presidential Citation
 Tom Pope, River Trails Park District Director of Parks knows a great deal about the Kentucky Coffee Tree! |
June 15, 2015 Meeting New Prospect Heights City Manager Joe Wade is eager to tackle the challenges facing the city. |
June 8, 2015 Meeting
Our speaker today was Joe Vertone, Joe is a 24 year veteran and currently assigned to a Federal task force with the DEA. Joe talked about his work disrupting drug availability in Chicago and suburbs and how the task force operates with suburban, state and federal officials.
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June 1, 2015 Meeting |
May 18, 2015 Meeting  Past District Governor Mike Yesnerand Club President Wendy Morgan
Kathy Nowicki, Alex Todd
Wendy Morgan and Bret Fahnstrom
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May 4, 2015 Meeting
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April 27, 2015 Meeting Frank Novak is one of the teachers of Prospect's app development class. The year-long elective leads students from the basics of coding to designing and building iPhone apps that are used by businesses. |
April 20, 2015 Meeting Our speakers today were Luke Pavone, Lynn Thompson and Doug Berg from the Student Services department at Prospect High School. But the truly special guest was Junie, the therapy dog who calls Prospect High her home. |
April 13, 2015 Meeting We had a very successful District Annual Conference with seven members attending! As always, a big highlight is seeing the enthusiasm from the various Interact Clubs from throughout the District. |
March 30, 2015 Meeting.jpg) Our speakers (and guests) today were Tracey Crawford and Julie Clasen from the Northwest Special Recreation Association (NWSRA). SRAs were established in Illinois in 1969. Of the 35 SRAs in Illinois, the NWSRA is the largest, bringing together 17 park districts to provide a full range of services to children and adults with disabilities. |
March 23, 2015 Meeting Suleyman Girit, District 2420 Foundation Chair from Istanbul exchanges flags with Wendy
 Prospect Heights Mayor Nick Helmer and Wendy
 Golf historian Charlie Toss and Wendy
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March 16, 2015 Meeting Anne Wall from HandsOn Suburban Chicago (HandsOn) was our speaker today. HandsOn recruits volunteers and matches them with projects in 44 communities throughout the Chicago area. Anne's work focuses on helping corporations give back to their communities. |
March 9, 2015 Meeting Conrad gives new member Tom Moriarity his Rotary pin!
 Jorie Ouimet and Danielle Strauss from Link Together with Conrad
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February 23, 2015 Meeting Jon Eilering with members of Mount Prospect's Sister City Commission, including Mayor Arlene Juracek and past Mayor Skip Farley. |
February 9, 2015 Meeting Fred Pfifer is a regular guest of our club and frequent speaker as well. "Droning" is something that can typically be applied to his talks, but this time he switched things up and used the word as a noun instead of a verb! |
2015 Classic 5000! The lucky final Ten! (Yes, there are only 7 pictured, but some were representing more than one ticket).
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January 26, 2015 Meeting Rotarian Brian Wegzryn may be our longest tenured member, but he sure looked like a 10 year old boy meeting Dez Clark!
Club President Wendy Morgan-Adams pins Dez Clark with our District's 50 Year Anniversary pin.
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January 12, 2015 Meeting
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January 5, 2015 Meeting Our speakers today were Kathi Grummel and Terry Younglove from the Northwest Community Hospital Foundation. The hospital is a 501c3 non-profit organization which is relatively rare for a hospital these days. It’s also independently operated, which is even more rare. The hospital’s status gives them the freedom to establish new services that might not initially be profitable. |
November 17, 2014 Meeting.jpg) Our speaker today was Julie Kane from Mount Prospect's Human Services Department. Julie supervises a staff of ten people (including an intern) and they are all busy, all the time. The department offers a range of services, but they focus mainly on nursing and social services. |
November 3, 2014 Meeting Our speaker today was Rod McKenzie of Higher Up Ministries. Rod and his wife Jan have been working with youth in the area since 1986. Their ministry grew to the point where they felt the need to work with the entire community rather than keeping their focus on young adults (though that is still a major facet of their work). |
October 27, 2015 Meeting Tom Zander was our speaker. Tom and his wife own Picket Fence Realty. Tom has over 25 years’ experience in real estate and spoke to us about how the Great Recession impacted home prices and whether the next few years will bring a rebound. |
October 20, 2014 meetingOur speaker today was Phil Zaleski from the Illinois Fire Safety Alliance. The Alliance, though not well known has had a major impact on Illinois. Chief among them, they were instrumental in passing the legislation mandating smoke detectors in all buildings. Their daily focus is to raise awareness of and education about fire safety. They have pamphlets, classes, camps and conferences for people of all ages addressing any possible topic. |
October 6, 2014 Meeting
Our speaker today was Bill Durkin, a motivational speaker and author of Strive to Survive Today. Bill talked about how people fail to thrive in today’s world, despite having an incredible range of advantages that previous generations couldn’t dream of. He cited a lack of positivity as the principle cause. |
September 22, 2014 Meeting Alice Bisanz Johnson was our speaker. Alice is the School Liaison Librarian at the Prospect Heights Public Library as well as the Library’s volunteer coordinator. The Library’s motto for its volunteers “You’re needed, You’re Wanted, You’re Welcomed” really shines through when you look at the statistics. |
September 15, 2014 Meeting We were happy and proud to host Ellen Young, our District Governor today! Ellen is a member of the Lincolnshire Morning Star Club and she shared with us how her small club was able to marshal the full resources of Rotary to establish two computer labs in the Dominican Republic. The initiative for the project came from Ellen’s daughter who saw the need first hand while doing volunteer work. It was inspiring to hear how quickly and efficiently Rotary can dedicate funds at the the point of need. |
September 8, 2014 Meeting
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Meeting August 25, 2014We had several guests today. Past District Governor Bill Ferriera of the Long Grove Club joined us along with Brandy Rybak from Wendy Morgan’s law firm and Joe Mulae, owner of Tri-Tower Printing. |
Meeting August 18, 2014Chris Schoenherr was our speaker again today. Chris visited us back in March to talk about the Prospect Heights Public Library’s 3D printer. Today, Chris talked about two services designed for patrons on the go. |
Meeting July 28, 2014
We had a guest visiting from Bulgaria today. Georgi Buchkov is visiting his daughter, but is also planning a permanent move to Mount Prospect himself. He has visited us before and we were very happy to see him again.
The Club presented $300.00 to the Prospect Heights Park District
This was also the first week where we have our monthly board meetings at our weekly meetings. As a result we didn’t have an outside speaker. Also as a result, attendance at the board meeting reached a record high!
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Meeting July 21, 2014 |
President Wendy at District Governor's Installation.jpg) Club President Wendy Morgan sings "America the Beautiful" at District Governor Ellen Young installation. Lincolnshire Morning Star also inducted Stan Roelker, as their club president during the event.
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Club Meeting 05/05/14 Jorie & Danielle from Omni Youth Services provided an energetic and interesting presentation of their organization, goals and programs. They also talked about their work with our local communities, high schools and you |
Meeting - April 7, 2014.jpg) Today we had Cameron Monti, a lawyer, author, and law professor specializing on Illinois’ medical marijuana laws and the concealed carrying of weapons in Illinois. |
Meeting - March 31, 2014Our speakers were Terri Campbell from the Prospect Heights Public Library and Anne Shaughnessy from the Mount Prospect Public Library.
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Meeting - March 24, 2014Our spea
 ker was Mary Allen from the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC) who gave us an overview of the Agency and its mission to reduce the amount and toxicity of our refuse. |
MP-PH Rotary Picks Next President |
Daily Herald Article July 29th 2013 |
Visiting another Rotary Club's Installation Dinner There is nothing more exciting than visiting another Rotary Club, while in another country. |
Meet the Incoming RI President Incoming Club President Wendy Morgan had the opportunity to spend a little time with incoming Rotary International President Ron Burton and his wife, at the 2013 Northbrook installation. |
Welcome Christina Ferraro, our newest Rotarian!
Israel was one of the most interesting speakers we've had in a very long time. Thanks to Brian for bringing him in and talking to us!
Jan Gibson has had several remarkable careers - from life guard to entrepreneur, to library board president. Serving as General Manager of the Genesee Theater is just the latest! 
Our speaker today was Jennifer Brennan from the 
