Today, our guests were the student members of Show Choir under the direction of Kassie Krause. 

Today, our guest speakers were Andrew and Tonya Parravano, proprietors of Andrew's Garden, 131 W. Wesley St., Wheaton.

Today, our guest speaker was club member Katie Sivak, Director - Organizational Engagement and Community Health with the B. R. Ryall YMCA of Northwestern DuPage County. 

 

 

Today, our guest speakers from Wheaton-Warrenville School District 200 were Dr. Chris Silagi, Asst. Supt,-Student Services, and club member Dr. Charlie Kyle, Asst. Supt.-Administration.  

Today, our guest speakers were Jen Bystry and Pamela Paulson from Bridge Communities. The mission of Bridge Communities is to transition homeless families to self-sufficiency by working with partners to provide mentoring, housing, and supportive services. Through the help of their program partners and supporters, Bridge Communities provides free transitional housing to 137 homeless DuPage County families each year. 

 

The faces of homelessness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ACTgP43ocQ.

 

Information about Bridge can be found on their website: https://www.bridgecommunities.org/index.html 

 

 

Donka provides computer training and job readiness services to persons with physical, visual, and limited learning disabilities. To learn more, visit their website: https://donkainc.org/

 

Our club is proud to have been a supporter of Donka's mission since 1991. Today, Leanne Vos, Executive Director at Donka (on the left) was our guest speaker, and Kaitlyn Wild (right), club Philanthropy Chair,  presented our current donation. 

Today, our guest speaker was Scott McKay with the DuPage County Clerk's Election Division. There is a shortage of election judges, and Scott addressed the requirements and training involved in becoming a judge. Illinois Statutes require Judges' to complete training courses and pass a written examination in each two-year appointment period. A school of instruction and training session is conducted for this purpose. Prospective judges of election will receive a handbook and a home study review test prior to the school of instruction. All Judges must attend and satisfactorily complete the course or complete the online training & testing offered before each election in order to receive extra compensation for each election served

Long just a dream, today the playground was formally dedicated. Our club, together with many individuals and community organizations were pulled together by the PTA to make it a reality. 

Veggie Fest held in Danada South adjacent to the Sensory Garden Playground attracted some 30,000 visitors, and provided an amazing opportunity to promote awareness of the Playground. Having a sand box at the booth proved to be a magnet for kids and their parents.  

Today, our guest speaker  was Judy Miltner, Director of Marketing & Sales

 

Today, our guest speaker was John Blumberg. 

 

John believes that core values are the most untapped and impactful strategy in the hands of every leader … more precisely in their core. John’s intense focus on leadership eventually led to his belief that it is imperative for leaders to be intensely focused on core values. John is convinced that, for far too long, we have been working on everything but the right thing. He believes surface-level solutions will never deliver the natural alignment, authentic engagement and genuine service so needed in today’s marketplace. He has no doubt it is only at the intersection of personal and organizational core values that we will find long-term possibilities delivered in short order.