Rotary's Pancake Breakfast Hit Findraising Goal

If you missed the Rotary pancake breakfast, the Sunday morning of the Backlot Bash, you missed a wonderful opportunity to network with many of Skokie’s leaders. The Rotary Club of Skokie Valley members represent professional men and women from private business to school administrators and Village managers.

Michelle Tuft, Superintendent of Recreation & Facilities of the Skokie Park District and President of the Rotary Club of Skokie Valley, said that 410 breakfasts were served and over six-thousand-dollars was raised.

This year, Randy Miles from the Village Inn, and a Rotarian, served his special Bloody Marys and Mimosas as an eye-opener.

Funds raised at the Pancake Breakfast help local Rotary charities like, THE ARC, A Just Harvest Soup Kitchen, Niles Township Food Pantry, American Cancer Society, USO of Illinois, The TalkingFarm, Metropolitan Family Service, Oakton Community College, End Polio Now,Orchard Village, Golf Marine Park District, Summer Foundation, Chicago Honor Ride, Building Together, DECA, Skokie NorthShore Hospital, VITA and more locally and internationally.

The Rotary meets every Tuesday at 12:15 at McCormick & Schmick’s Restaurant at Old Orchard Shopping Center. The meetings are short and productive often including a guest speaker with topics pertaining to members’ primary business or their Rotary involvement.

For information on joining Rotary, visit the Rotary website at http://www.skokierotary.org or on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/SkokieValleyRotary