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.

Today's speaker was our very own Mike Harvey. His topic: Cybersecurity: Current Threats and How to Protect Yourself, Your Computers, and Your Data. 

Christine Lewis, Executive Director of the Shelter accepts our club's donation from Bob Rammer. W

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Our guest speaker today was Brian Tegtmeyer, Executive Director at DU-COMM.

 

DU-COMM is the other end of calling 911. This intergovernmental agency serves 44 DuPage Police, Fire, and EMS agencies to provide a high level of service in public safety communications from their facility on the DuPage County Campus. In 2018, DU-COMM responded to over 750,000 police and Fire/EMS incidents. , 

 

For additional information visit their website: https://www.ducomm.org/about/

Our guest speaker today was Robert ("Rob") Sperl, Director of Parks and Planning with the Wheaton Park District. The expected year long project will begin in August includes construction of a new band shell, and consolidation of the many statues in the park into a single memorial space.

 

Kaitlyn Wild presents our club's donation  to Laura Flamion, Operations Manager at DuPage Animal Friends (a.k.a. Friends of DuPage County Animal Care & Control Foundation). DuPage Animal Friends is an all-volunteer 501(c)3 charitable organization. Their mission is to strengthen the lifesaving, compassionate and innovative initiatives at the county shelter. It partners with the shelter to understand the needs of our community's animals, providing financial resources and advocacy on their behalf.

 

To learn more, visit their website at https://www.dupageanimalfriends.org/

Today, it was our pleasure to have Luke and Margaret plus their respective parents join us. They are this year's recipients of our scholarship award of $1,000 annually for four years. 

Rob Wilkinson, CEO of the BR Ryall YMCA accepts our donation from Philanthropy Chair Bob Rammer

Our guest speaker today was John Prendiville, City Alderman and candidate to be our next mayor. He presented his qualifications; his views of the financial challenges the city will face in a few years; and how he differs from the other candidate as to how to meet those challenges.