Oktoberfest 2018 is September 14-16 in the big tent just south of the Palatine Metra station. Live music, Family Day, Import and Craft beers, local food vendors, and more! Mark your calendar!
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The Rotary Club of Palatine is a civic service organization that has been active in the Palatine community for over 50 years. We are organized under Rotary International, which began in 1905 in Chicago. The mission of Rotary International is to provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders. Please feel free to join us, or contact us at info@palatinerotary.com.
Meetings
We meet for fun and fellowship at 7:15 every Tuesday morning at the Red Apple Pancake House & Cafe. It's located at 2121 Plum Grove Rd, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 (847) 925-8048. Meetings end around 8:30. In that time we catch up on the week just passed, hear about upcoming events in the community, eat a buffet style breakfast, and listen to a speaker or presentation on club business.
Meeting Schedule
12/24/2024
NO MEETING Merry Christmas!
01/28/2025
Club Business - Classification Talk: Bill
02/25/2025
Club Business - Classification Talk: Liz
03/25/2025
Club Business - Classification Talk: Aleena
Recent
Matt McKee Joins the Club!
Viki Arrives!
LaToya Banks Joins the Club!
Fourth of July Parade 2018
Cindy's Year Begins!
2018 Charity Allocations
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. 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 (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 (W)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 (W)Jonathan Levin (M) South Africa
- 1989 Helena Lindhe (F) Sweden
- 1988 Otacilio Arauza Neto (M) Brazil
- 1988 (W)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 Keyi Kwawasaki (F) Japan
- 1982 (W)Adolf Reffelbusch (M) Brazil
- 1981 (W)Joanne Koehler (F) Australia
- 1980 (W)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
Polio
In 1985 Rotary started its campaign to globally eliminate polio, "PolioPlus". At that time there were approximately
350,000 "wild" cases annually. Last year that number was 22. So far in 2018, there have been 12 cases. Polio is now endemic
to only three countries: Afghanistan, Packistan, and Nigeria. 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:
- • 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
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 in particular, girls will be able to attend school without interruption. In addition to infrastructure, education and habit formation are fundamental parts of this project.
$
60000
to local charities this year
17000
Children getting clean water through our current clean water project
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Exchange Students
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Days until Oktoberfest
Get in Touch
The Rotary Club of Palatine was founded in March 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 Wood Street 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 $60,000 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 over 40 active members. We meet at 7:15 every Tuesday morning at the Red Apple Pancake House & Cafe, located at 2121 Plum Grove Rd, Rolling Meadows, IL 60008 (847) 925-8048. 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