Rotary Club of Downers Grove

It’s amazing what comes from Rotary GroveFest. Want to meet our newest member?
Meet Patrick Doyle!

Patrick spent 20+ years in Chicago’s hospitality industry. He was the Director of Operations for a restaurant group with 5 locations. Several years ago, he made a career change to focus on his family and start a partnership with a local insurance agency by opening a new office in Downers Grove.

Rotary GroveFest drew him to our club. Patrick is excited to be part of such a service-focused group of leaders. In his spare time, he enjoys golfing, fishing, cycling and dining out. Be sure to introduce yourself to Patrick and thank him for becoming our newest member.

Patrick Doyle left, and President Richard Lam, right.

What a life changing experience with Jeff Molby, Chemo Riders, a fellow Rotarian from Caro Michigan.

Cancer treatment often requires a ton of transportation which is a huge burden on patients and their support systems. The American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery program has been helping with this problem for over 40 years. Road to Recovery works like Uber except the driver is a volunteer and the goal is to save a life.

Since the pandemic, it has been incredibly short on drivers. Jeff is a semi-retired empty-nester who took it upon himself to raise the alarm. He showed the community how they can help their neighbors in need by recruiting drivers to get people to their appointments, recruiting sponsors to help with program overhead (support, dispatching, background checks, etc), recruiting cyclists to become the local voice for this cause and recruiting fans to spread the word and cheer everyone on.

Jeff Molby is a Rotarian from Caro, Michigan, where he's been volunteering for the American Cancer Society through Relay For Life for the last few years. He's also a minimalist who loves to travel, so in October, he sold everything and set off on a two-year bike tour around the country in order to help people get to their chemo appointments.

We couldn’t be happier! President Richard Lam, presented to member and Baked Apple family representative Nick Doulas, with our plaque that reads "Rotary Meets Here". Nick will proudly display it at the front door of The Baked Apple!

Congratulations to Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital on a very successful procedure. And Congratulations to Dr’s. Ethan Kosova and Hazem Alhawasli.

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Cardiologists Dr. Ethan Kosova and Dr. Hazem Alhawasli performed Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital’s first successful TriClip procedure last month. The TriClip is a minimally invasive procedure used to treat patients with a severely leaky heart valve on the right of the heart. Until earlier this year, there were no minimally invasive procedures approved. It’s expected to become a common practice over the next several years.

Learn more about the Advocate Heart Institute: https://bit.ly/3trHhoi

Our next Done In A Day: Feed My Starving Children - Saturday, August 17

It’s another worthwhile event and fun. This is a great family event – everyone 5 years old and over can attend and help. We can’t wait!

https://www.fmsc.org/

Feed My Starving Children · 555 Exchange Ct, Aurora, IL 60504 4.9 ★ · Non-profit organization

Paul Harris Fellow Achievements!

Paul Harris Fellow achievements keep coming for our club members!

Mike Davenport PHF +2
Barb Webster PHF +5
Sean Durkin PHF +2

Congratulations!

Our club continues to match your Rotary Direct Annual fund contributions, 5 to 1. Every six months our Foundation Chair, Kim Morton, applies the match for anyone making monthly contributions between $10 - $25.

With a vision, Nancy was determined to make a change. We had the honor of hearing all about Watts of Love.

Nancy Economou, Founder & CEO, along with Mary Barton, Director of Development presented on Watts of Love last week.

Light gives hope, creates opportunity, and increases safety. Watts of Love uses solar lighting as one of the strongest tools available to break the cycle of poverty. Watts of Love is a non-profit that empowers the most vulnerable people in the developing world to lift themselves out of poverty through its financial literacy program and patented solar light.

Dean Smith presenting a donation check to Watt's of Love's Nancy Economou and Mary Barton.

Big shout out to my newest top fans! 💎

Diane O'Flaherty Coyle, Dean Malone, Barb LaBuda Nelson, Glenn Williams

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community,

With Downers Grove Now – We are happy that we just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

With Downers Grove Now – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

Big shout out to our most engaged top fans! 💎

Diane O'Flaherty Coyle, Dean Malone, Barb LaBuda Nelson, Glenn Williams

Drop a comment to welcome them to our community.

Want to be a firefighter or paramedic? If you’re interested in a great place to work, it’s time to get your application in.

The Village is now recruiting Firefighter/Paramedics. Applications must be submitted by August 29, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.
Apply here: https://bit.ly/4c2K5sY
Downers Grove Professional Firefighters Association

Are you coming Tuesday night to Fishel Park with a donation?

It’s all about growing….We are ecstatic to introduce our newest member, Kim Moustas. Kim is a dedicated and a passionate real estate agent with Keller Williams Experience in Downers Grove. She heads the Kim Moustis Group and is especially passionate about helping senior citizens.

Kim has her Senior Real Estate Specialist designation and truly loves to help seniors sell their homes when they feel they are ready to make the next move in their life. Kim’s background is not only in real estate but in providing health care at home to seniors as a physical therapist in the past. It has allowed Kim to form relationships with seniors and form a solid understanding of the unique needs of senior citizens. Kim recently completed 21 years as a real estate professional and, throughout that time, has focused much of her energy to helping families and seniors to feel comfortable, excited, and confident when buying or selling their homes.

Kim is married to Rotary Club, member John Moustis.

Please welcome Kim Moustis to our Rotary Club! (pictured with our President, Richard Lam)

Goodness pays off. We don’t need the recognition but it’s always good to know our continuous work is appreciated. Thank you Villages in Partnership.

Here’s an idea. Jump on Amazon (Prime Days) and order some things. It’s too easy. Then bring to Fishel Park on Tuesday. It’s as easy as that.

Now here’s a novel idea for you. Jump on Amazon (Prime Days), and order a few of these items and have them delivered to your home in a day. Don’t need to shop yourself. It’s so easy. And then bring them on Tuesday night to Fishel Park and we’ll take it from there.

We are asking for your help. The Rotary Club of Downers Grove is in need of Back to School items to be donated to the People's Resource Center. Make it easy and order on Amazon today…it’s Prime Day. You can donate these items to us at the July 23rd Tuesday Night Concert in the Park. We will have a table there so please bring a donation and a chair to enjoy the free concert in Fishel Park, featuring "One Night Band". THANK YOU IN ADVANCE!

Tonight we bid a fond farewell to our outgoing president Harry McCabe, and welcome in Richard Lam as our new 2024-2025 President. Harry did a stellar job and we want to thank him for his leadership and share his last year’s fun and productivity.

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Volunteers, we thank you all…We couldn’t have done what we did at Rotary GroveFest this year without letting you know how tremendous it was. We need to thank the over 800 volunteers who gave their time and hard work to make this the success we had.

In our past 12 months, proceeds from Rotary GroveFest have contributed to us donating over $184,000 the past 12 months, mainly consisting of $75000 in scholarships, $27000 local Not for Profit organizations, $43000 in community grants and contributions, and over $33000 supporting our International Water Well Project in Malawi Africa.