Welcome to our Club!

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Wednesdays at 11:30 AM
Miramar Bistro
301 Waukegan Avenue
Highwood, IL 60040
United States of America
Phone:
(847) 432-1500
Contact Mary Beth at hphwrotary@gmail.com if you plan on attending.
  Join us and we celebrate the resilience of Highland Park and honor our first responders!
To become an Event Sponsor -
contact Michael Babian at 847-432-5570
ShelterBox Donation February 2023

Additional Donations Encouraged to Benefit More Victims 

HIGHLAND PARK/HIGHWOOD, IL (February 20, 2023): The Highland Park/Highwood Rotary Club Board of Directors authorized a donation of $5,000 for five ShelterBoxes for the people impacted in Turkey and Syria due to recent earthquakes. The Rotary/Shelterbox partnership began in 2012 and remains the only disaster relief charity.

Each Shelterbox costs $1,000, and they can provide safe shelter, clean water, cooking supplies, and more for a family for weeks or even months. “

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If you would like more information and/or would like to attend a meeting, please call 847-432-1500 (Dahlmann Properties). 
Our mailing address is:
Rotary Club of Highland Park/Highwood
PO Box 42
Highland Park, IL 60035
 
 

 

Rotary Club of Highland Park/Highwood Invites Vocational Career Students to Apply for $1,500 Scholarships
 
Highland Park, IL (December 15, 2022) – The Rotary Club of Highland Park/Highwood invites local students pursuing vocational or trade careers and working toward an associate degree, diploma or certificate to apply for $1,500 Career and Technical Education scholarships.   Rotary encourages education and will grant 15 scholarships this spring to students living in Chicago’s north, northwest and many western suburbs.
Career examples are auto mechanics, administrative assistants, heating/ventilating/air conditioning tech., computer tech., paralegal, pharmacy tech., human services, law enforcement, elder care and many other fields.
 
Candidates must be sponsored by their local Rotary club and show good high school grades in relevant subjects, work experience in their chosen field, volunteer work in their chosen field, good extracurricular activities, character recommendations and more.  Rotary clubs will screen applicants and sponsor one or two students each to the suburban Rotary selection committee.  That committee will interview and screen applicants further to help determine the vocational scholarship winners.
Information and the application form are at https://rotary6440.org/sitepage/vocational-service
Students must submit their application to their local Rotary club by early March. 
Speakers
Mary Beth Bretzlauf
Apr 05, 2023 11:30 AM
The Path that Beckons - Celebrating Poetry Month
Becky Frese, Community Engagement Manager
Apr 12, 2023 11:30 AM
Habitat for Humanity Lake County
Jeff Haydon & Patrick Gipson
Apr 19, 2023 11:30 AM
Ravinia Festival 2023
EVENING MEETING w/INTERACT @HPHS
Apr 26, 2023 6:00 PM
Donna Gulley, Shelter Box
May 10, 2023 11:30 AM
Club Executives & Directors
President
President Elect
Immediate Past President
Secretary
Treasurer/Finance
Membership Chair
Membership Co-Chair
Public Image
Rotary Foundation
Director Community Service
Director Youth Service
Director Club Service
Director International Service
Youth/Interact Liaison
Program/Greeter Chair
Virtual Meeting Coordinator
 
Ongoing Club Service

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DID YOU KNOW?
These are the top five reasons people like you joined Rotary:
                                   
                                        1) Serving the local community (1st by a wide margin)
                                        2) Enjoyed weekly meetings
                                        3) maintaining/developing friendships
                                        4) Serving the international community
                                        5) Networking professionally
 
                              Know anyone else like that? Bring them to lunch!
 
 

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