I want to reiterate that it is truly an honor to serve as your President. I am grateful for your confidence, and I look forward to working alongside each of you. My vision this year is centered on “We are better together” and creating lasting change through leadership, fellowship, service, and community impact.
Together We Lead. Together We Serve. Together We Create Lasting Legacies.
As your president, let me highlight that we have something special – a club strengthened by friendship, shared purpose, and a unique blend of seasoned wisdom and fresh perspectives. I want to acknowledge that together, you all help create an environment where experience meets innovation; where every member can contribute, grow, and lead.
This year, I want to help strengthen our culture of stewardship, transparency, and collaboration through a clear leadership structure and membership engagement. Let us support diversity in the communities and projects we support. With the ideas and leadership, we bring to the table, we can create even greater impact.
As Paul Harris once said, “Whatever Rotary may mean to us, to the world it will be known by the results it achieves." Let's achieve great results this year—and do it together as we take the Rotary Club of Newtown to new heights.
Shikha Prashar, MBA, CEPA®
President, Rotary Club of Newtown Service Above Self 🌟
Pedals for Progress - 10/17
Please join the Newtown Rotary Club for our annual Pedals for Progress Service project! On Saturday, October 17th, we will set up in the parking lot across the street from the Olde Church of Saint Andrew located at 135 S. Sycamore Street from 9:00am - 12:00pm. During this time, we will be collecting adult and kids bicycles and portable sewing machines to send to developing countries around the world. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out to our Committee Chair, Dr. Jerry Agasar at drjerry@agasarfamilywellcare.com. We thank you in advance for your donations and spread the word to your friends!!!!
Please join the Newtown Rotary Club for our Lunch Meeting on Wednesday, October 21st from 12:15-1:30PM at the American Legion. During this meeting, we will hear from our Committee Chairs as they share key events and service projects planned for our Club. We will also induct New Members and / or hear Classification Speeches. Lastly, we will celebrate October birthdays with our favorite treat, Bundt Cakes from "Nothing Bundt Cakes"! Please bring $16 for lunch and get ready for a great meeting!
Please join us for the Newtown Rotary Club's 1st Annual Children’s Fall Fest will take place Saturday, October 24, 2026, from 11:15 AM–1:00 PM at Brian Gregg Park, immediately following the Newtown Halloween Parade award ceremony. It promises an afternoon of fall fun, music, treats, and family memories while supporting a community-focused Rotary initiative. Since we are running the event, we will need volunteers to help with the activities as needed so please sign up below! This is Shari Donahue's brilliant idea so let's support her and our Club!
Book Club meeting to be held on Sunday, October 25th from 3:00-500pm! Our October pick, "Empty Mansions",tells the true story of Huguette Clark, an intensely private heiress who inherited one of America’s great fortunes but lived in near-total seclusion. Though she owned lavish, long-unoccupied mansions, she spent her final decades in a modest hospital room while giving away millions to caregivers, friends, and institutions. The book explores her eccentric life, complicated family legacy, and the mystery surrounding the handling of her vast wealth. Locations details coming shortly and all are welcome whether you've read the book for not!
Join the Newtown Rotary Club for Camaraderie for a Cause, a fundraiser benefiting NOVA—Network of Victim Assistance on Thursday, October 29th!
Gather with friends and neighbors at MaGerk’s in Langhorne, PA, from 5:30–7:00 PM for good company and a meaningful cause. Together, we can support NOVA’s work helping victims and strengthening our community. Please bring a $10 donation and a bunch of your friends and prepare to have a great time!
Please join us for our Fall Food Drive to benefit Wrightstown Food Pantry! The event will take place on Saturday, November 7th at McCaffrey's from 9:00am-3:00pm and then a team will immediately transport the food to the pantry from 3:30-4:00pm. This is a cherished Service Project for our Club under Shari Donahue's leadership so please sign up and volunteer!. It's a lot of fun and makes such a huge difference in our community!
The Newtown Rotary Club was proud to participate in Newtown, PA’s annual Market Day! It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with neighbors, support our community, and share the positive impact we make together. Market Day gave us the chance to share some of the work closest to our hearts: collecting food and serving meals for people in need, supporting students through leadership programs and school supplies, and raising funds for local nonprofits, supporting our Veterans, and emergency medical services.
Thank you to everyone who stopped by to learn about our projects and ways to get involved. We’re proud to serve this community! Thanks to the wonderful volunteers we have who showed up and did us proud!
Rotarians Welcoming our DG!!!
The Newtown Rotary Club was very excited to welcome our District Governor, Jeremiah Sensenig as our special guest during the October 7th Lunch Meeting. He spoke to our Club about his vision and priorities for the coming year with a special emphasis on dialing up "community engagement" which is perfectly aligned with our strategy as a Club. Jeremiah brought some great energy and fun sense of humor to his remarks we and greatly appreciated the gift of his time and perspective! We also heard from the chairs of our upcoming events to generate excitement: Francis Lusardi (Plane Pull Fundraiser on 10/10); Jerry Agasar and Alan Schultz (Pedals for Progress on 10/17); Shari Donahue (Children's Fall Fest on 10/24) while our Asst. DG Kyle Davis was on hand to introduce Jeremiah. It was a jammed packed meeting for sure, we have some great things on the horizon to make a difference in our community!
Rotarians Pulling Planes!!!
Our Newtown Rotary Club joined an incredible community of supporters for the Special Olympics Plane Pull fundraiser on Saturday, October 10th at the Lehigh Valley Airport! Our team dug in and worked together to pull a 80-Ton FEDEX jet down the runway, cheered on by an enthusiastic crowd. Thank you to everyone who pulled, volunteered, encouraged the teams, and helped raise support for Special Olympics athletes. It was a powerful display of teamwork and community spirit in support of inclusion and opportunity! A very special thanks to Francis Lusardi for his vision and leadership to bring this fundraising initiative to life! Thanks to him, the team and the generosity of the Newtown Rotary Club, we were able to donate $2,500 to the Special Olympics. We are proud to have made a positive impact for a very important cause. Service Above Self indeed!
Special Olympics Plane Pull!
Rotarians Fostering Hope!!!
The Newtown Rotary Club held a "Cigar Dinner" fundraiser to benefit Fostering Hope's annual Christmas Drive. Thanks to the participants as this event, we raised just shy of $2,000 for Christmas gifts for Lower Bucks County teenagers experiencing foster care. We are so grateful for the support of our friends at the Newtown and Trenton Rotary Clubs, to Robert Martinez for two of the cigars and Ned’s Cigar Shop for the 3rd. The event took place at Vecchia Osteria so of course we enjoyed their wonderful hospitality as well. Thanks to everyone who participated in this fine example of Service Above Self!
Newtown Rotary Giving Summary!
Our Newtown Rotary Club!!!
Who wouldn't want to join a Club full of this fun loving group!!??
It was a wonderful opportunity to connect with neighbors, support our community, and share the positive impact we make together. 
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