Rotary Day of Wellness and Service
We want to make our District Conference a shared experience, despite the fact it will be mostly virtual. To get us out, active and together, we are encouraging every Club, by itself or working with other Clubs, to plan either a wellness or a service event for Saturday, May 22nd. (Activities can also be scheduled for the following day, Sunday, May 23.)
It has been a stressful year year, thanks to COVID, and the idea of this day is to do something for us (wellness) or for others (service) in a safe, socially-distant manner. Rotaractors, Interactors, family members and other non-Rotarians can be invited to join. During the virtual part of the District Conference, we will share your photos and video clips of the many activities that take place that weekend.
The goal is to have hundreds of our Rotarians, Rotaractors, Interactors, and friends of Rotary active on service and wellness events at the same time.
To encourage participation, we are offering $100 per Club (including Rotaract and Interact clubs) to pay for any costs associated with your activity that weekend. Clubs are welcome to collaborate.
A request from the Public Image committee - please designate someone in your club to take photos and videos of your project. Once they have captured the event, please upload/download them your pictures/videos to this dropbox along with a Word.doc about the event, how many attended, club name and a description of the event. Go here for the Dropbox for Pictures and Videos
Once we get your materials, we will put together a special video of the district wide event for the District conference.
Please provide DG Chuck with the details of your event (time, place, description, contact person) by April 30, 2021 (new deadline).
Rotary Day of Wellness and Service
Here are Day of Wellness & Service projects planned by our Clubs:
Aurora - May 22 - "Coffee & Yoga" - yoga in the park at Lincoln Park in Aurora.
Bradley-Bourbonnais / Rotary 609 - May 22 - "Paddle or Pedal" - kayak or bike ride
Chicago Citywide Service - May 22 - Hike & Cleanup - Northerly Island, Chicago
Chicago Heights / Park Forest - "Stroll & Roll" - benefiting New Star Service
Chicago Lakeview - May 22 - "Rise & Stride" benefiting Rise Against Hunger - Donate
Chicago Northwest - 5K run
Chicago Rotaract
Chicago Southeast - May 22 - Volunteering at food pantry - Windsor Park Lutheran Church
Darien & Downers Grove - May 22 - 9:00 am - Walk & cleanup & yoga - McCollum Park, Downers Grove
Elmhurst - Gardening with residents of Greencastle Home, Elmhurst
Hinsdale - May 15 - 10:00 am - Bikes for Military Kids
Naperville - 5/16 to 5/23 - "Week of Wellness & Service" - several service projects, blood drive (5/23)
Naperville Downtown - 5/22 - Operation Pollination planting
Oak Forest - 5/23 - Community Garden speaker - local naturalist
Oak Lawn Healthcare - 5/23 - Ronald McDonald House (Oak Lawn) - planting of pollinator plants
Oak Park / River Forest - 5/22 - Walk and Cleanup with Interact Club - Fullerton Woods (River Grove, IL) - 9:00 am - noon; box lunch follows. Register in advance - bookgramma@gmail.com
Orland Park - Walk & Cleanup - Orland Grasslands - 8:00 am - noon
Paul Harris Memorial - 5/22 - cleanup
Paul & Jean Harris Home - 5/23 - cleanup of grounds - Comely Bank
Romeoville - 5/22 - 8:00 am - cleanup of O'Hara Woods Preserve with Interact Club
Rotary/One (Chicago) - 5/23 - kayak river/lake cleanup
Woodridge - 5/23 - 10:00 am - Outdoor yoga class - the Pavilion at Woodridge Park District Athletic Recreation Center