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About us
Rotary members believe that we have a shared responsibility to take action on our world’s most persistent issues. To do that, we provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. We connect passionate people with diverse perspectives to exchange ideas, forge lifelong friendships, and, above all, take action to change the world.
The Rotary Club of Palatine is a civic service organization that has been active in the Palatine community for over 60 years. We are organized under Rotary International, which began in 1905 right here in Chicago. Please feel free to join us, or contact us at info@palatinerotary.com.
Our latest endeavor: In 2024 we became the sponsor of Scouting America Pack and Troop 209! Troop 209 has been serving families in the Palatine area since 1964, the same year we were chartered! More information is available on their website at https://bsatroop209palatine.com, and on Facebook, Instagram , and YouTube. They also have a Cub Scout pack for younger kids (Kindergarten through 5th grade) and a Venturing Crew for young men and women ages 14 through 20. We are very proud to sponsor this wonderful group! Follow the Rugged Road!
Meetings
Meetings
We meet for fun and fellowship at 7:30 every Tuesday morning at Annie's Restaurant and Pancake House. It's located at 154 W Northwest Highway (847) 485-7744. Meetings end around 8:45. In that time we catch up on the week just passed, hear about upcoming events in the community, share a buffet style breakfast, and listen to a speaker or conduct club business. If you'd like to visit, please contact us by email info@palatinerotary.com or just stop by Annie's.
Meeting Schedule
12/24/2024
Unofficial breakfast at Annie's
12/31/2024
Unofficial breakfast at Annie's
01/07/2025
Mike Thompson - AARP - Tax-Aide (the program to help seniors prepare their tax returns, etc.)
01/14/2025
Regular Club Meeting
Recent
Kris Salyards and Pres Melissa Gardner
District 6440 Governor Suzanne Gibson visits the Club!
Visit from Members of Club Rotario de la Mixteca
Dr. Kelly Kloker from ATI Physical Therapy
Julie Clark, our District Governor, came to visit our Club!
Andrew Calhoun joined our Club!
Anna Marquardt told us about Fellowship Housing
We Planted Trees and Placed Benches
Exchange Students
The Rotary Club of Palatine has hosted Exchange students for most of our history. Each exchange student spends approximately 11 months in Palatine, attending High School and living with 2 or 3 host families. This is often a life-changing experience, both for the student and the families that host them. The Rotary Student Exchange is different from other student exchange programs in that:
- • The students attend weekly Rotary meetings
- • There is support from the entire Rotary club, from the Rotary District, and from Rotary International
- • The students stay with us for 11 months, not just for the school year
The Club also supports local students interested in living in a foreign country as an outbound exchange student. It can be a very enriching experience for everybody involved. If you are interested in participating, please contact us.
Exchange Student History
Exchange students usually arrive in August or September and stay until July of the following year. This list of exchange students shows their year of arrival:
- 2018 Viki Janotková (F) Slovakia
- 2016 Emma Gerstenkorn (F) Germany
- 2015 Anna Del Magno (F) Italy
- 2014 Via Gaytan (outbound) (F) Colombia
- 2014 Anne-Charlotte Ritouret (F) France
- 2013 Don Wattanakul (M) Thailand
- 2012 Narra Julia de Souza (F) Brazil
- 2011 Annika Meuser (F) Germany
- 2010 Neielly Volpe (F) Brazil
- 2009 Alejandra Aguero (F) Paraguay
- 2008 Pasit (Gup) Sopajaree (M) Thailand
- 2007 Benjamin Thomsen (M) Germany
- 2006 Nayra Prado Valerio (F) Brazil
- 2005 Olga Linden Perez-Gavilan (F) Mexico
- 2003 Christian Loy (M) Germany
- 2002 Katsuko Mima (F) Japan
- 2001 Natasha Luzkova (F) Russi
- 2000 Danielle Hartman (F) Zimbabwe
- 1998 Anne Hunke (F) Germany
- 1997 Vanessa Castilho (F) Brazil
- 1996 Catherine Bouleau (F) France
- 1995 Thomas Christoffersen (M) Denmark
- 1994 Hector Farjat (M) Mexico
- 1993 Sacchan Matsumoto (F) Japan
- 1992 Thomas Ferrard (M) Belgium
- 1991 Catherine Dvergsdal (F) Norway
- 1990 Prajna Pinky Desai (F) India
- 1990 Jonathan Levin (M) South Africa
- 1989 Helena Lindhe (F) Sweden
- 1988 Otacilio Arauza Neto (M) Brazil
- 1988 Juan Pabon (M) Colombia
- 1987 Ulrika Broback (F) Sweden
- 1986 Akiko Maeda (F) Japan
- 1985 Camilla Sigvartsen (F) Denmark
- 1984 Jose Velasco (M) Colombia
- 1983 Kati Tammilehto (F) Finland
- 1982 Keiji Iwawaki (M) Japan
- 1982 Adolf Reffelbusch (M) Brazil
- 1981 Joanne Koehler (F) Australia
- 1980 Richard Downer (M) New Zealand
- 1978 Hanno Hock (F) Germany
- 1977 Annika Sarvela (F) Finlan
- 1976 William Francino (M) Brazil
- 1976 Enrique Garcia (M) Mexico
- 1971 Geeta Goel (F) India
- 1967 Dan Oisson (M) Sweden
- 1967 Cesar Alberto Martinez (M) Argentina
Winter students arrive in January and stay through December of the same year.
Polio
In 1985 Rotary started its "PolioPlus" campaign to globally eliminate polio. At that time there were approximately
350,000 "wild" cases annually. Last year that number was 6, though the number for 2022 will be higher. Polio is now endemic
to only two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan. Several other organizations have joined this effort,
including the World Health Organization, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UNICEF, and the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation. Because of this:
Click here to open a 2022 Kaiser Health News article on recent Polio updates in a new tab.
- • 16 million people are walking who would otherwise have been paralyzed
- • A polio-free world will save $40 - $50 billion in health costs over the next 20 years
- • Polio can follow smallpox as the second human disease eliminated from the world
- • More than 2.5 billion children have received the oral polio vaccine
- • Rotarians have contributed over $1.7 billion to eliminate polio
- • We are this close to eliminating polio!
Click here to open a 2022 Kaiser Health News article on recent Polio updates in a new tab.
Clean Water
Our current project is bringing clean water and WASH stations (water, sanitation, and hygiene) to 16,000 to 18,000 children in 48 schools in Sacatepequez, Guatemala. The total budget is over $500,000, $425,000 of which is coming from the Rotary Foundation. The project is being driven by the Rotary Club of Barrington and Club Rotario Guatemala Sur. Twenty six other clubs are also participating. As a Global Grant, there are strict requirements for sustainability, to ensure that clean water will continue to flow for years and years after completion.
As a result of this project kids will stay healther and school attendance will rise, especially for girls. In addition to infrastructure, education and habit formation are fundamental parts of this project.
$
76000
to local charities at our February 8, 2023 presentation ceremony at Cotillion Banquets
17000
Children getting clean water through our current clean water project
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Exchange Students
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It's just a parking lot now, but on the third weekend in September it will be Oktoberfest Central! With a large heated tent, beer tent, food tents, and large open air gathering area with tables and chairs, it's a great way to relax in German Beer Garden style! Need an address for your GPS? Try 170 W Slade St, Palatine, IL.
Close to Metra, and lots of free parking at the 5-story municipal parking deck and several other nearby lots. Lots are free after 5PM Friday and on Saturday and Sunday, though overnight parking is not allowed.
The Rotary Club of Palatine was founded on March 2, 1964 to support the people of the Village of Palatine and to promote international understanding and friendship. We have supported many local projects over the years, including the Firefighter's Memorial, the Towne Square Gazebo, the accessible playground at the Salt Creek Park district, Rotary Plaza at Palatine and Plum Grove Road, the trees and benches along Wood Street, and many others. We support a broad spectrum of local charities that aid those in need in Palatine and surrounding communities.
Most recently we have been producing the Palatine Oktoberfest event in downtown Palatine. This event is the primary fundraiser for the club. But it is more than that. It is an event that brings together people from the village and surrounding communities, of all ages and backgrounds. It's a family-friendly event (Family day is Saturday). Last year we raised funds allowing us to contribute $71,500 to local charities, in addtion to national and international projects.
We formed a 501(c)3 non-profit organization - The Rotary Club of Palatine Foundation. It is through this foundation that we collect Oktoberfest revenues and make contributions to local charities. The Foundation also supports national and international charitable projects. Because it is a non-profit charitable organization, your donations to it may be deductable (please contact a tax professional for specific advice).
International projects include clean water and soy milk projects in Guatemala, ShelterBox emergency rescue systems for wherever they're required, and literacy and school support in Africa, Haiti, Jamaica and India. We are a part of Rotary International, which has for decades been involved in the eradication of Polio worldwide. While Polio was eradicated in the United States and Western Europe in the 1950s, it is still endemic in several nations. Our hope is that by eradicating it world-wide, this crippling disease will join Smallpox as a blight that no longer threatens people anywhere.
Our club has around 35 active members. We meet at 7:30 every Tuesday morning at Annie's Restaurant and Pancake House, located at 154 W Northwest Highway (847) 485-7744. Please feel free to join us, or contact us at info@palatinerotary.com.
Contacts
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- Address
- PO Box 412
- Palatine, IL
- 60078
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- info@palatinerotary.com
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- ClubRunner
- http://portal.clubrunner.ca/2399
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- District 6440
- https://www.rotary6440.org/
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- Rotary Plaza Community Sign Message Request - Managed by the Village
- https://bit.ly/2qL5DpJ