Today, our guest speaker was Joe Podlasek, CEO of the Trickster Cultural Center in Schaumburg, IL [https://www.tricksterculturalcenter.org/]

 

Today, our guest speaker was Dr. Richard Jorgensen. DuPage County Coroner. 

Today. our guest speaker was John Rutledge, club member and city councilman. He was joined by Mike Dzugan, City Manager

Today, our guest speaker was Nancy Dorsman, Outreach Coordinator with the Humanitarian Service Project. 

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