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Joe Kosner

Published on: 3/31/2021

Hannah and Andolph Rincon have turned in their applications for membership.
We have also received applications from Monica Tovar and Claudia Torres who will be joining our club as we gather enough applications for a LatinX satellite club.

New Apllication

Joe Kosner

Published on: 2/23/2021

Curtis Spivey from Good Morning Aurora has turned in his application for membership. If you have any questions please reach out to Joe Kosner or Tom Clark

Meeting Notes 2-26-2020

Published on: 2/26/2020

Guest Speaker Elizabeth Loving Bucket of Love

meeting Notes 2-19-2020

Published on: 2/19/2020

Guest Speaker Joe King Physical Therapy Advantage

Meeting Notes 2-12-2020

Published on: 2/12/2020

Guest Speaker Linda Kemp from Aurora Noon Club

Meeting Notes 2-5-2020

Published on: 2/5/2020

Guest Speaker Candace Thier LITE

New Member Application

Published on: 12/18/2019

Michael Stengle of Sequoia Construction has applied to be a member. If you have any questions about his membership please speak to Tom Clark.

Guest Speaker Rebecca Einhaus Hesed House

Published on: 8/7/2019

We welcomed new in-bound Ivan from Venezuela

New Member Application Received

Published on: 5/14/2019

Steven Joffe from Judd Lofchie and Associates has applied for membership in the commercial real estate field.

New Member Application Received

Published on: 5/14/2019

Olivia Vera has sent in her application for membership. She is the accounting field.

Meeting Notes 5/8/2019

Published on: 5/14/2019

Franklin Rivera spoke way over most people when he mentioned Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. It was a great presentation though for the rest of us.

New Member Application Received

Published on: 1/24/2019

Heather Kuziel Application

Meeting December 5

Published on: 12/11/2018

New Member Induction

October 31 Meeting Notes

Published on: 11/1/2018

Guest Speaker Charlie Zine

October 24 Meeting Notes

Published on: 10/24/2018

Lots of events coming up and Mary Wilkinson Food Pantry was our guest speaker

Meeting Notes 10-17-2018

Published on: 10/17/2018

Joel grabbed the gavel and all hell broke loose. Not really but the speaker from AID was great!

September Meeting Notes

Published on: 9/26/2018

New Member Ryan Ivemeyer
A 50/50 Winner
Noah Presentation
and more...

Meeting Notes 8/30/2018

Published on: 8/30/2018

Guest Speaker Memory Farm
Former In-bound returns for a visit

New Member Application received

Published on: 8/28/2018

Ryan Ivemeyer, a realtor with Century 21 Affiliated has submitted his application for membership. If any member has questions about his application please see Tom Clark or Joe Kosner of the membership committee.

Meeting Notes 8-22-2018

Published on: 8/23/2018

Guest Speaker District Governor Pedro Cavallos Candau

Meeting Notes March 7 and 14 2018

Published on: 3/15/2018

Karen Olsen won the 50/50 again on March 7th so we started back to $0 for the 15th.

Guest Speakers were
March 7th Carolyn Mullas Lutheran Social Services of IL
They are the oldest foster home organization in IL having started 150 years ago. That is just 1 of many services they offer.
March 14th Dan Hedge West Aurora Backpack Food Program
A start up non-profit through the NI Food Bank will offer backpacks of food for kids in need in the District 129 grade schools.

Foundation Meeting March 19th 7am at Provena Mercy Medical Center in the downstairs cafeteria

Just getting caught up on the site and future posts will be a little more detailed. Sorry for the long absence

Meeting Notes 8/30/2017

Published on: 9/6/2017

Victoria is back and we welcomed Smaranda and Pong, our new in-bounds.
Salvation Army stopped in as our guest speakers.

Meeting Notes 4/26/2017

Published on: 4/26/2017

Guest Speaker Cynthia Wade Do-Over.Me

Meeting Notes 4/19/2017

Published on: 4/19/2017

Guest Speaker Caroline Olinger Seniors Helping Seniors

Meeting Notes April 12th 2017

Published on: 4/18/2017

We honored Michelle Meyer with Paul Harris Fellowship Award

Meeting March 29

Published on: 3/29/2017

Meeting notes form Wednesday March 29th 2017

Todays Meeting Notes

Published on: 3/22/2017

Jim Pilmer was our guest speaker from Fox Valley Park District

Meeting Notes 3/15/2017

Published on: 3/15/2017

Been a while since I updated the meetings and I will try to be more consistent.

Meeting Notes 8/24/2016

Published on: 8/24/2016

Haley Olson was our guest speaker and our new inbounds,
Chloe from France and Patricia from Austria came to their first meeting.

Newest Members

Published on: 8/11/2016

New Members

District Governor Visit

Published on: 8/11/2016

District Governor Ron Broida Visit

Meeting Notes 4/13/2016

Published on: 4/20/2016

The meeting was hosted by Mutual Ground, one of the local charities supported by Aurora Sunrise Rotary Club.

Meeting Notes 4/20/2016

Published on: 4/20/2016

District Governor Osei joined us and spoke about this year’s theme “Being a Gift to the World”

Meeting Notes 3/30/2016

Published on: 4/6/2016

Bob Evanosky presented his business Aspen Lane Wine Company in Aurora along with their mission to raise funds for organizations focused on helping people with disabilities.

Meeting Notes 4/6/2016

Published on: 4/6/2016

Tim Strueber gave his classification talk and discussed a project of his to build an outdoor broadband Wi-Fi network for the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation encompassing parts of North and South Dakota.

Meeting Notes 3/23/16

Published on: 3/23/2016

Vernon LaVia gave a presentation about the christening of the USS Illinois Submarine and three new members were inducted.

Meeting Notes 3/16/2016

Published on: 3/16/2016

The Executive Director at Hesed House, Ryan Dowd, gave a presentation and answered questions about the programs and assistance offered to the community by Hesed House in Aurora. We also had visitors from Rotary District 9110 in Nigeria who joined us for the meeting.

Meeting Notes 3/9/2016

Published on: 3/9/2016

We heard a presentation about Aunt Mary’s Storybook which is a program that helps incarcerated parents record a book for their children to listen to.

Meeting Notes 1/6/2016

Published on: 1/6/2016

Chris Olson shared a presentation from his recent trip to Uganda with updates on the Luwero Water Project to build sustainable wells in Uganda.

Meeting Notes 11/04/2015

Published on: 11/4/2015

Past district governor Pat Merryweather gave a presentation about Rotary district projects and programs. These included the current status and goals of the polio eradication program as well as global grants and scholarships funded by the Rotary Foundation.

Meeting Notes 10/28/2015

Published on: 10/28/2015

Menelek Shah spoke about the power of ideas and the need to transition from old to new ideas as society changes. He also discussed the need for mentoring youth to provide them with a means of advancing their own well-being as well as for the improvement of our society in general. Menelek is a police officer at NIU and also a life coach and speaker.

Meeting Notes 10/21/2015

Published on: 10/21/2015

Eric Dhom and Eric Moch of Aurora Family Counseling Service presented their Big Brothers Big Sisters program.

Meeting Notes 9/23/2015

Published on: 9/23/2015

Bill Price gave his classification presentation. He discussed his travels with his family early in life that led him to a career in law. Bill also spoke about his practice Growth Law and the nature of the work he does there.

Meeting Notes 9/16/2015

Published on: 9/17/2015

Dan Howard gave his classification presentation. He discussed his career in Information Technology as well as his family and hobbies.

Meeting Notes 9/9/2015

Published on: 9/9/2015

Mera stopped back to give an update on the new Montgomery club and spoke about her trip to Sao Paulo Brazil this summer for the 2015 Rotary International convention.

Meeting Notes 8-12-2015

Published on: 8/18/2015

Our new inbound student has arrived.
Rich & Richelle Howard were here to tell us about their ministry work in Rowanda and the Congo

May Meeting Updates

Published on: 6/3/2015

New Club, new members, guests and much more!

June 3rd Meeting Notes

Published on: 6/3/2015

Next meeting June 10th we will be at
Old Second Bank 37 S River St Aurora

The students are coming home, the students are packing up!

Meeting Notes March & April

Published on: 4/15/2015

Here are some meeting notes to get you caught up.

Meeting Updates 2-25 & 3-4

Published on: 3/10/2015

Sorry I got a little behind so here is an update on our exciting meetings!

Meeting Notes 2/11/2015

Published on: 2/11/2015

Wine and Chocolate Update
50/50 is growing to over $400.

Meeting Notes 1/28/2015

Published on: 2/10/2015

LASO from Aurora University joined us and we debriefed on the Wine and Chocolate Experience.

Meeting Notes 2/4/2015

Published on: 2/10/2015

It was a great meeting but turn out was low because people were still shoveling out.

December Meetings

Published on: 1/8/2015

Many exciting things happened in December so check them out.

Meeting Notes 1-7-2015

Published on: 1/8/2015

Young Hearts For Life presented and we also had a few guests.

Meeting Notes November 11, 2014

Published on: 11/13/2014

We would like to thank all veterans for their sacrifice to protect our freedoms. They truly have put service above self and some paid the ultimate sacrifice. May God bless them and their families.

Meeting October 28

Published on: 10/31/2014

No guest speaker this week but plenty of guests

Meeting Notes 10-15-2014

Published on: 10/17/2014

Lorenz told us all about Switzerland

Joel finally let someone look for the Joker

Lots of guests

Meeting Notes October 8 2014

Published on: 10/10/2014

Laura shred with us about her country, Columbia

Many, many guests this morning as we meet some of the 2015-2016 outbound candidates

Birthday's X 3

Meeting Notes October 1 2014

Published on: 10/1/2014

Triple Threat Mentoring was our guest speaker

More updates from Laura and Lorenz

Elections were held to fill our 2 open positions

September 17th Meeting Notes

Published on: 9/21/2014

A 1997 Exchange Student Returns
Getting Ready For Festival of Lights
Laura and Lorenz Updates

Meeting Notes 9/10/2014

Published on: 9/10/2014

Laura and Lorenz updates
Important dates
Rich Gartelman classification talk
More of Joel's hair insecurities

Meeting Notes 9/3/2014

Published on: 9/3/2014

Strange bald quotes from Joel
Sue DeBolt guest speaker
Laura and Lorenz update
Plus much more

Meeting Notes 8/27/2014

Published on: 9/2/2014

We welcomed Laura Romero from Columbia today.

Jim Housch joined us as guest of Dr. Jack

50/50 update

More planning for next year.

General Meeting

Published on: 8/20/2014

Today we were introduced to Lorenz from Switzerland, held a Club Assembly to plan for next year and the future direction of the club.
The Oswego club stopped in to tell us about Chukkers For Charity
Paul Harris Fellows were recognized.

Supporting Mutual Ground

Published on: 7/21/2014

New kitchen equipment and furniture for Mutual Ground was provided through a grant with the Rotary Foundation.

Adam Wirtz - New Sunrise Rotary Applicant!

Published on: 9/12/2013

Adam Wirtz membership applicant

Jack Sharratt Applied for Sunrise Club Membership

Published on: 12/12/2012

Jack Sharratt has applied to be a member of Aurora Sunrise Rotary after transferring from the Batavia Rotary Club. Any objections should be directed to the Club Board of Directors.

Alex Hasan Joins Aurora Sunrise Rotary!

Published on: 11/1/2012

New Member Alex (Ashraf) Hasan

New Membership Application!

Published on: 10/10/2012

Potential member has applied to ASRC

Charities We Support 2011-2012

Published on: 8/20/2012

Sunrise Rotary gave away thousands to some very worthy causes.

In-Bound Returns

Published on: 4/11/2012

Eva returns for a visit.