President’s Corner

Check in here to get the latest word on our major accomplishments, upcoming events, and your opportunities to participate and contribute from our Men’s Club President Bob Goldwin.

March Lox Box Madness!

Wow, here we are in March. After the first two weeks, it will become a relatively quiet month for the Men’s Club, but these first two weeks are busy. Here is a recap of our first week of  March. On March 2nd we completed our yearly Lox Box fundraiser. Once again, this was a very successful effort led by our Ways and Means Vice President Gary Solomon. If you bump into Gary, give him a hearty good job!  The Men’s Club sold and donated over 1,400 tasty lox boxes. Our deliveries were as close as Northbrook, but our drivers’ territories went to Gurnee (no, Six Flags was not open, so no ride on the Eagle) to the north and Chicago to the south. Our donations go to two very deserving and important organizations, The Ark and The Council for Jewish Elderly (CJE).

The weekend after Lox Box, Men’s Club will return to our annual volunteer duty at the Beth Shalom Purim Carnival. We always have so much fun preparing and serving the scrumptious food and beverages and watching our congregation’s children run around and play at the carnival. Truly, is there anything better?

Once we finish at the Purim Carnival, we will help transform Rosner Hall into a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres room as we prepare to host the FJMC Man and Youth of the Year Celebration. It promises to be a fun and most likely sentimental time for all.  We are so pleased with our two amazing recipients: Man of the Year Jerry Agrest and Youth of the Year Eve Brown.

Whew…..that was a lot for the first two weeks of March, but it’s what we love to do at the Beth Shalom Men’s Club. Once these two weeks are complete, we will take a couple of weeks to recover, but then we will be right back at it as we prepare for our Men’s Club Shabbat on Saturday, May 3rd! Please join us as we recognize our 2025 Kavod Honoree (name to be released soon) and join the clergy and our own amazing Men’s Club choir in a wonderful, spiritual, and meaningful Men’s Club Shabbat service.

Wrapping up the month, the Men’s Club has elected our new slate of Board and Executive Committee members. It has been my honor to serve as President of this wonderful organization, but I am thrilled to announce that Ron Rabinowtiz will be taking over as President when my term ends in June. The Men’s Club is in great hands, and our future is strong.  Don’t worry, I am not gone yet!  I still have a couple more of these great articles to write for you!

Thank you again for your support of Men’s Club – I hope you’re getting ready for an awesome spring!

Bob Goldwin