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Jun 12, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Jun 15, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Julie Ogwapat, East Africa Chair for Young African Leaders The Young African Leaders Initiative (commonly referred to as 'YALI") was launched by the U.S. Government as a signature effort to invest in the next generation of African leaders. There are four Regional Leadership Centers across the continent, in Ghana, Senegal, South Africa, and Kenya. These Centers serve as regional hubs to encourage transformational learning and enhancing leadership skills. The YALI Regional Leadership Centers are a project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in close partnership with the MasterCard Foundation. Each Center is managed under a public/private partnership. The YALI Regional Leadership Center East Africa, located at Kenyatta University in Nairobi, serves 14 countries in East and Central Africa. The Center is overseen by Deloitte East Africa and is supported by a growing number of African and international public and private partners. The YALI Regional Leadership Center East Africa is more than a location for learning or a venue for collaboration; it is a philosophy, a forward-leaning culture of diversity that invites dreaming and thinking differently to define and realize one’s potential. Selected participants will engage in leadership training across three tracks of study: (1) Business and Entrepreneurship, (2) Civic Leadership, and (3) Public Management in a 4-week residential format with a focus on individual and team leadership skills, innovation, creative learning, and communication. The program's emphasis is on interactive and experiential learning which fosters each participant's ability to contribute both individually and in teams. Company detailsWebsiteHeadquartersNairobi Company typeNonprofit Company size11-50 employees SpecialtiesLeadership Training, Public Management, Business & Entrepreneurship, and Civic Leadership |
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Jun 16, 2018 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
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Jun 22, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
How does the Allentown Rotary Foundation help our community?
Come and hear about all the worthwhile programs in our community that are supported by your Allentown Rotary Foundation. This year, the Community Service grants committee reviewed 19 applications and selected six to receive awards. The recipients are Community Bike Works, Center for Humanistic Change, Civic Theatre of Allentown, the Fe Foundation, the Community Action Committee of the Lehigh Valley’s Sixth Street Shelter, and Union Terrace Elementary School.You will have a chance to meet representatives of the recipient organizations who will offer a brief review of their programs. And last year’s recipients will also be on hand to tell us about the success of their grants.
Chair - Judy Barberich-Brogan Invocator - Nan Yarrish
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Jun 26, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
Sex Trafficking
It’s happening here in the Lehigh Valley. It’s happening now.
This informational session will provide attendees with general awareness of sexual exploitation occurring in the Lehigh Valley. Our guest speakers will explain the harm of demand for commercial sex and motivate us to take action that will prevent harm to vulnerable people. Tuesday June 26, 2018 5:00 wine/cheese reception Program 5:30 to 6:30 pm Gerry Foran
President Bethlehem Rotary
forangf.gmail.com@clubrunner.
Moravian College
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Jun 29, 2018 6:30 PM
Join Us In Celebrating A Successful Year of Service and Friendship Parking is available at the corner of 23rd & Gordon Street Cost $45pp To register email marcellaschick@gmail.com with the subject line: Changeover with the names of attendees and entrée selections: Beef Tenderloin, Baked Salmon or Roasted Vegetable and Quinoa Cake with Garlic Aquafaba.Send payment to: Barbara Bigelow, 229 North 27th Street, Allentown, PA 18104
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Jul 10, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Jul 13, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Jul 19, 2018 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
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Jul 20, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
MARCI, BARB, DON & LOU - Toronto RI Conf HIghlights “The absence of tension is not peace” - Xavier Ramsey, CEO of @JusticeInformed . #rotary18 https://wakelet.com/wake/d8af2e98-d1db-439a-9eb0-456078eda754 Invocator - Judy Barberich-Brogan |
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Jul 27, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Jul 31, 2018 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Bring your spouse, your children, your grandkids, your neighbors. Join us for a fun evening of Rotary fellowship, miniature golf and ice cream.
We'll start the evening by choosing from two courses at Putt-U in Center Valley, Rt 309. The Blue Course is challenging with all the elements of nature: water, sand, stone - actually lots of water. The Red Course has a unique layout with several par 5 holes.
After golf we'll gather for ice cream to compare scores and trades exaggerations about our golf skills. There is Leiby's ice cream right at Putt-U and the Inside Scoop in Coopersburg for a more varied menu of iced concessions. Based on the smiles we generated at the Udder Bar earlier this year, we're expecting a big turn out for summer golf AND some more delicious ice cream. Please register at the link below. If you plan to bring guests, let us know in the comment section.
We will each pay our own way ($5.00 for golf) plus the cost of ice cream.
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Aug 03, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Aug 06, 2018 4:45 PM - 6:15 PM
Rotary members are asked to volunteer to help serve dinner on Monday, August 6, 2018, from 5 to 6:30 pm to the Allentown children participating in Romper Day at the J. Birney Crum (ASD) Stadium. Rain date is Tuesday, August 7, same times. E-mail Don Wieand to register.
Not sure what Romper Day is? For over 100 years, children from the East Side, West End, Center City -- all areas of Allentown -- have gathered to participate in dances, games, and musical routines. Area residents fondly remember getting tangled up in the Maypole dance or racing against each other in the 50 yard dash. Many Romper Day alumni come back to watch their own children or grandchildren play games and dance at the annual event! |
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Aug 10, 2018 12:02 PM - 1:00 PM
The Allentown Band is celebrating its 190th year in 2018 and over the last hundred years only three men have served as its conductor. Ron Demkee joined the Allentown Band in 1964 as the featured tuba soloist, and was elected conductor in 1977. He earned his bachelor's and master's degrees in music education at West Chester University, and after graduate work at Lehigh University, was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music by Muhlenberg College.
He taught instrumental music for 32 years and conducted the Freedom High School Patriot Band, its orchestra and numerous other instrumental ensembles from the time the school opened in 1967 until 1997. He also taught at Muhlenberg and Moravian colleges until retiring in 2015. Mr. Demkee has played principal Tuba in the Allentown Symphony Orchestra since 1980, and has served as associate conductor since 1983.
Under Ron’s direction the Allentown Band has recorded 29 volumes of “Our Band Heritage” series. The Allentown Band, America’s oldest civilian concert band since 1828 averages forty-five performances annually. Under Demkee’s leadership, the band has taken four European trips, performed at Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center.
Ron and his wife, Joan have been married since 1967 and have two children, both public school teachers.
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Aug 14, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Aug 16, 2018 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Aug 17, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Diane Scott / Diane Wittry; Chair - Ibi Balog Invocator - Barb Bigelow On August 17, 2018 the Rotary program speakers will be Diane Wittry Music Director and Diane Scott Interim Executive Director of the Allentown Symphony Association, who will give an update on new developments at the organization.
MISSION
The mission of the Allentown Symphony Association is to provide a first-class symphony orchestra and Hall, quality performing arts, and cultural education in partnership with the community.
HISTORY
ALLENTOWN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
With passion and finesse, the Allentown Symphony with Music Director & Conductor, Diane Wittry, plays time-honored masterworks, newly commissioned world premieres, and unusual and intriguing repertoire, including works by prominent new composers. Each year, the ASO performs more than 20 classical, pops, educational, and family concerts. In 2014, the orchestra received the national American Prize for “orchestral excellence.”
Exciting world-class artists that have performed with the ASO include Midori, Emanuel Ax, Richard Stoltzman, Garrick Ohlsson, Angela Meade, and Peter Serkin, as well as jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling, saxophonist Branford Marsalis, and Broadway vocalist Christiane Noll. The orchestra’s classical trained musicians include players from the major urban centers of New York, Baltimore-D.C., and Philadelphia.
The ASO has received music commissioning grants from the National Endowment of the Arts, and from the League of American Orchestras in support of its El Sistema-inspired program for at-risk youth. The Symphony Association also annually hosts the National Schadt String Competition which attracts top young performers from all over the world.
Music Director Diane Wittry, a California native who has worked with Michael Tilson Thomas among others, is known for her innovating programming style, using video, dancers, subtitles and other visuals that give her concerts a sense of occasion. She has been a stellar advocate for music education outreach for all ages and skill levels. Lehigh Valley native Ron Demkee serves as the Symphony’s Associate Conductor, directing the Pops Series. The two previous ASO conductors were Donald Voorhees, the distinguished conductor of the studio orchestra for NBC’s Emmy-award-winning The Bell Telephone Hour and William Smith, assistant Conductor to the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormandy.
Presenting exciting concerts for all, the Allentown Symphony is only one of a handful of American orchestras to own its own acoustically superb concert hall, Miller Symphony Hall. As it has for the last 65 years, the Allentown Symphony will continue its pursuit of excellence with passion, keeping alive the legacy of masterworks while bringing the works of modern masters to the concert stage for you and all of the community.
MILLER SYMPHONY HALL One of Pennsylvania's Most Beautiful Concert Halls Serving as a cultural destination for the greater Lehigh Valley and beyond, Miller Symphony Hall is the Lehigh Valley’s premier Performing Arts Center. It began its life in the 1800s as a large, three-story central marketplace. The building was converted to a theatre in 1899 by the renowned architect J.B. McElfatrick and renamed the Lyric. Today it is one of only a dozen of 200 McElfatrick prized ‘beaux arts’ theatres that have survived. Once the home of vaudeville, burlesque and Broadway-bound theatricals, its stage has showcased the comedy of Bob Hope, George Burns and Gracie Allen, the magical voices of Johnny Mathis, Tony Bennett and Placido Domingo, the stirring marches of the Allentown Band and the musical perfection of the Allentown Symphony Orchestra. In 1953, with the help of Call-Chronicle newpaper owners Sam and Donald Miller, the Lyric was purchased by the Allentown Symphony Association (established in 1951) as a permanent home for its symphony orchestra, and re-christened Symphony Hall. Since 1990, $12 million has been raised by the Allentown Symphony Association from public and private sources to improve the Hall and turn it into the leading performance venue it is today. Renovations to this historic theatre continue to this day with more plans for future projects. Most recently, the Balcony Level was refurbished with wider, cushioned seating so patrons can better enjoy its superb acoustics. Recently renamed Miller Symphony Hall in honor of the family who saved it and who continue to support it today, the Hall has helped catalyze the redevelopment of Allentown’s urban core. As a fully-fledged performing arts center, it serves as a performance space for the Allentown Symphony Orchestra and a range of artistically diverse programs that help create a vibrant community for all of us. Allentown Symphony wins The American Prize in orchestral performance ttp://www.mcall.com/entertainment/arts/mc-ent-allentown-symphony-orchestra-american-prize-20180802-story.html |
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Aug 24, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Presenter - Erin Puskar ; Chair - Nan Yarrish; Invocator - Theresa Podguski Erin Puskar, originally from Whitehall, Pennsylvania, earned her BFA in Dance Education (’15) and her MS in Performing Arts Leadership and Management (’16) from Shenandoah University in Winchester, Virginia. Erin began dancing at age four at Steps In Time Academy for Dance Studies, where she danced and competed with Inner Rhythms Dance Company. She graduated from the Lehigh Charter High School for the Arts in Bethlehem, PA with a concentration in dance. Throughout high school, she also studied with the Pennsylvania Youth Ballet, with whom she performed numerous roles in The Nutcracker and other classical productions. Erin continued to dance in numerous main stage concerts and musical theater productions throughout her college career. Since graduating, Erin has served various communities in Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, and Pennsylvania through dance education. She has choreographed for musicals and show choirs, has taught at musical theater and dance intensives, and has served as a year-long dance instructor for various ages in various styles of dance. She also served as an artist-in-residence at the Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum in Winchester, Virginia in Summer 2016.
Erin has a passion for traveling, and her experiences abroad have helped to shape her as a person and artist. In 2013, Erin traveled to Nepal with Shenandoah’s Global Citizenship Project. In 2014, she participated in La Bella Vita, a three-week dance intensive in Livorno, Italy, where she was able to teach dance, take various classes, and perform. In Spring 2016, she studied dance and musical theater at Balettakademien in Sweden. Erin was also a semi-finalist for a 2017-2018 Fulbright U.S. Student Grant in Dance at the National Taiwan University of the Arts in Taipei, Taiwan.
In August 2017, Erin moved to New York City to fully pursue her performance career, and soon after booked a job as a singer/dancer for Norwegian Cruise Line, which took her to China and Japan for six months. Erin recently finished her second season as an actor/dance captain for Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre where she performed Newsies, West Side Story, and Mamma Mia. This Fall, she will continue performing with Norwegian Cruise Line, which will take her to explore the Caribbean and Mexican Riviera.
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Aug 31, 2018
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Sep 07, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Sep 11, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Sep 14, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The speaker’s full name for ouir 9/14 meeting is:
We are so excited for the opportunity to speak at your meeting! We believe that our information will greatly empower and encourage the community to take action against human trafficking as it is unfortunately very prevalent in the Lehigh Valley.
Our mission is to, through collaboration, education, and advocacy, empower survivors and encourage the community to take action in the anti-trafficking movement. We officially became a non-profit in 2016 and our main focuses are on empowering and encouraging survivors through our recently developed Outreach Program, which is a referral program in which we help survivors find the appropriate resources that they need and we also provide an outreach worker to assist them through this process. Additionally, we focus on community education and awareness as we believe that by educating the community, we can encourage people to take action and help us fight against trafficking, in the anti-trafficking movement.
Thank you again for this wonderful opportunity to come and speak at your meeting! Our speaker, Tashina Khabbaz is thrilled to be coming and we believe that this presentation will be an impactful and educative experience.
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Sep 15, 2018
Follow-up to Damien Brown's talk to our Rotary Club - World Food Festival will be Sat, 9/15. For photos and more details visit |
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Sep 15, 2018 10:00 AM - 1:30 PM
Volunteers needed to help serve lunch and to ride with the students (helmets required). If riding, meet at CBW madison st at 10 AM then we can have a road ride down to the Rotary fountain at 7th and Hamilton, eat their then continue to ride until we reach back to CBW.
On weekends there are usually anywhere from 6-9 riders.
As for lunches we usually make turkey or ham sandwiches along with fruit and a drink (Water/Gatorade) -- Looking forward to this ride!
http://www.communitybikeworks.org/home.html
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Sep 20, 2018 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM
New members and Next Gen members will gather at Marci's house for burgers, brats and picnic fare. Bring your questions and ideas re: meetings, service projets, events, membership and communications. We'll have updated membership handbooks on hand for anyone who hasn't received one. Where: 922 N. 26th Street in Allentown. RSVP: email to marcellaschick@gmail.com
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Sep 21, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Insights from our Next Generation of Rotarians
Sep 28, 2018 12:00 PM
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Oct 04, 2018 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM
The Fleetwood Rotary is cooking up something special this fall. Please join us the evening of Thursday, October 4th at the Fleetwood Rotary 10th Annual Gourmet Gala for a fun night out, sampling food from the finest restaurants in the area and to personally meet the chefs. Attached is a flyer that you can forward to your fellow Rotarians and guests.
The evening will be complete with music, elegant food, and a live and silent auction. The auctions will include Hawaii stay, beach trip, rafting/tubing adventure, and many more bid items. The Gala will be held at the premier Berks County golf club, Moselem Springs Golf Club, located at Eagle Rd, Fleetwood, PA 19522. Business attire or feel free to dress up.
The Gala supports the
We look forward to seeing you at the Gala!
Gary Eberly President- Fleetwood Rotary Club
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Oct 05, 2018 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
The Foundation's annual meeting will be held on October 5, 2018 at the regularly scheduled ARC club meeting. Don Bernhard and Ibi Balog will stand for election at the October meeting. The revided Foundation bylaws will be reviewed and up for approval vote as well. Please make every effort to attend and vote. ============ The Annual Meeting of the Allentown Rotary Club Foundation (the Foundation) shall be held Friday, October 5, 2018 at 12:00 o’clock noon at the Bell Hall restaurant, 612 Hamilton Street, Allentown, PA 18101.
The purpose of the meeting is to:
1. Elect
3. Amend the By-laws of the Foundation as follows:
a. Prohibit voting by proxy.
b. Permit the Foundation Secretary to be an ex-officio voting member of the Board.
c. Permit the Foundation Treasurer to be an ex-officio voting member of the Board.
d. Amend the names of the Community Service and Scholarship Committees of the Foundation.
4. Inform the membership of the Foundation’s preceding year's activities and the status of the Foundation’s accounts and finances.
5. Inform the membership of the financial needs of the Foundation and the means to improve those finances.
6. Consider such other matters, consistent with the Foundation By-laws, as may come before the meeting.
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Allentown Rotary Foundation Election & Report
Oct 05, 2018 12:00 PM
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Oct 09, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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ARC "Assembly"
Oct 12, 2018 12:00 PM
Speaker, Chair and Invocator - Kati LaBuda Scribe: Steve McGorry Club assemblies help all club members to stay current on what is being planned and to have the opportunity for input. Kati LaBuda will offer an update on the events being planned for members and prospective members. Don Wieand and John Hannis will provide an update on the calendar of service projects.
It will also be a time to share the program calendar with attendees. All three committees will benefit from seeking input and tapping the connections of members for their respective projects.
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Oct 13, 2018 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Dear District 7430 Rotarians,
Sign up before September 20 to avoid the price increase! Saturday, October 6, DelVal University, Doylestown, PA, 8-9AM Registration, 9:30AM start Saturday, October 13, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Schnecksville, PA, 8-9AM Registration, 9:30AMstart All Proceeds will be donated to Polio Plus and every Dollar Raised will be TRIPLED by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. To sign up for the race, or learn more, visit the website at www.purplepinkie.net. You can either register online or mail in the registration form available on the website. You don’t need to run to participate. Most people walk! It will be a fun event. Bring your family and friends. We will have awards for the race winners and also many drawings for door prizes, so both runners and walkers will be winners. We will also have great food! We will have members of the Pennsylvania Polio Survivors Network at both events to talk to participants about their experiences with polio. Sign up Early to avoid the Cost Increase: The cost to participate is $25 ($15 if 17 and under) (includes tech T-shirt) before Sep 20. After September 20 and on race day, the cost is $35 ($25 if 17 and under) (tech T-shirt only while supplies last). Come on out and have a great time for a great cause! Ask Others to Sponsor You: Help us raise much more money for Polio Plus by asking Rotarians and friends who can't attend to sponsor you. Sponsor sheets and details are available on the Purple Pinkie website. Any Rotarian that sponsors a runner/walker will get credit towards their Paul Harris. Special prize basket for largest group running or walking together: Interact Clubs, Rotary Clubs, families, other organizations, sports teams. If you have the largest number of folks walking or running in either Purple Pinkie event, you will receive a special prize basket for all to share! Those who walk or run together will eliminate Polio together! Questions: E-mail the Race Directors Doylestown race: Kevin Crail (crailsrunning@gmail.com) Schnecksville Race: John Scott (JonhScottL@msn.com). Lets make this years events, the most successful yet! |
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Oct 19, 2018
D7430 World Polio Day Celebration
“Why Zero Matters” Dinner
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Congressional Candidate for PA 7th District
Oct 19, 2018 12:00 PM
Please contact Barb Bigelow in advance to confirm attendance at this meeting - the room will be limited to 55 people max. In anticipation of this meeting, click here to visit Martry's website & view his position on major issues. |
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Oct 20, 2018 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM
NOW is the time to make your decision to become better educated about world-wide Rotary. If you have any wish to maximize your Rotary club membership, especially if you are new to your club, RLI makes it easy. Attend the October 20th 2018 Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) training at DeSales University in Center Valley, PA.
Any Rotarian, newcomer and “old timer” alike, who attends a day of
RLI programs becomes a more valuable, and more dedicated,
member of your Rotary club.
Please register NOW for Part I, II, III, and if you have graduated you may register for the Post Graduate Course.
$ 50.00 reimbursement per attendee regardless of which level is being taken!
For additional information and to register visit
For other information please feel free to call or e-mail Len Gieseler, District Chair, at 610-323-2201 or lengieseler@
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Oct 20, 2018 3:30 PM - 7:00 PM
Dinner starts at 4pm - volunteers should be at Asbury Methodist Church by 3:30 to get instructions and assignments.
Rescue Mission / Asbury Methodist
1533 SPRINGHOUSE RD ALLENTOWN, PA United States of America 18104 |
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Oct 20, 2018 3:30 PM - 7:30 PM
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Oct 24, 2018 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
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Oct 25, 2018 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
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Congressional Candidate for PA 7th District
Oct 26, 2018 12:00 PM
Chair: Ken Kirshner Invocator: Nan Yarrish Scribe: Steve McGorry Members should contact Barb Bigelow in advance to confirm attendance at this meeting - the room will be limited to 55 people max. In anticipation of this meeting, check out https://wildforcongress.com/issues to view Susan's position on major issues. |
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Classification Talk
Nov 02, 2018 12:00 PM
Tom has been a member of the ARC since April. He is the husband of long-time member and past President Judy Barberich-Brogan.
We'll learn about Tom's experiences as an Albright College political science professor and (best of all) his personal interests and community involvements.
Chair: Marci Schick Invocator: Chris Bauder Scribe: TBD |
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Rotary Friendship Exchange
Nov 09, 2018 12:00 PM
Chair & Scribe: Lou Bottitta Invocator: Nan Yarrish Gary and Dee have participated in 7 Rotary Friendship Exchanges (RFEs) and led the Sept RFE to Northeast England. They will describe their experiences while explaining the overall goals and structure of Rotary RFEs. The British Rotarians will be here in early May 2019, in time for the District Conference that is being held in downtown Allentown, May 3-5. |
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Nov 13, 2018 9:00 AM - 11:00 PM
Anyone who wishes to volunteer should contact Larry Campbell at glcampbell320@msn.com or 610-730-8449. Also, if there is a particular school preference, please so indicate since a lot of members do the same school year after year. New volunteers should know that Larry will send them an instruction sheet so they will know exactly what to do. It takes only a couple of hours (about 9:00 to 11:00 AM) and is a very heart-warming and rewarding experience. |
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Nov 13, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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What's new at Cedar Crest and Why
Nov 16, 2018 12:00 PM
*** DESPITE YESTERDAY"S SNOW, WE ARE CONFIRMED FOR TODAY. SEE YOU AT NOON AT BELL HALL *** Dr. Meade has been a member of the Cedar Crest faculty since 1993. Before her appointment to Interim President last year, she was the College’s Provost for a five-year period. Previously, she was the Acting Provost and Chair of Cedar Crest’s Department of Humanities. Read more at Cedar Crest College President Chair: Barbara Bigelow Invocator: Chris Bauder Scribe: Frank Whelhan |
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Toxic and Invasive Plants
Nov 30, 2018 12:00 PM
Chairman: Judy Belaires Invocator: Wally Eldridge Scribe: TBD Title: Plant specimens, Giant Hogweed, and Looking Towards a Sustainable Future
Dr. Niesenbaum and his students use historical data from specimens in the Muhlenberg College Herbarium to assess the fate of or threats to locally rare plants, and to determine causes of extinction. This historical approach has great potential for examining the effects of habitat loss, invasive plants, and climate change on rare plants. This work will be presented within the context of recent invasions by the highly toxic plant Giant Hogweed or Heracleum mantegazzianum with regard to understanding the invasion and management approaches.
Dr. Niesenbaum will also speak more broadly about sustainability as his book Sustainable Solutions: Problem Solving for Current and Future Generations will be published by Oxford University Press in late 2018. This book offers a combination of history, policy, science and-perhaps most important in these troubling times-a message of hope. You will come away not only with optimism for the future but also with recipes and a roadmap for how to make and reach a better tomorrow |
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Dec 06, 2018 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
NETWORKING EVENT Join members and guests of the Allentown Rotary Club for wine and light hors d'oeuvres at Gallery840. The gallery is hosting a Holiday Artists Market featuring fine art and handmade crafts by local artists. This same evening beginning at 4 pm is the Downtown Allentown Tree Lighting Celebration. There will be music, dancing, horse-drawn carriages and more at the PPL Center. When you've had enough, you'll find us where it's warm at Gallery840. We'll step outside to watch when the tree is lit! Co-owner Wendy Stoudt will share her goals for community enegagement. She aims to “feed your creative side” by inviting you to acquire artwork, organize painting parties and participate in solo or group art exhibits. Gallery840 also offers artist lectures and workshops.
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Classification Talk
Dec 07, 2018 12:00 PM
Lou's talk will include some humor, some tech, some acronyms (SHP, ASHCC, HEI, etc.), maybe some Dickens and Emerson quotes and a few travel tales too. Thanks for reading this week's SMILE! Here's a humorous, musical video "reward" - Chair: Marci Schick Invocator: Kati LaBuda |
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Dec 08, 2018 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Volunteer Bell Ringers Needed! One hour shifts at Lehigh Valley Mall. We'd like to have volunteers per shift. 10 am - Mike Orbin & Harry Crapser 11 - Barb & Lou Bottitta noon - Jay Geiger & grandson? 1 pm - Wally Eldridge & ? 2 pm - NEED 2 VOLUNTEERS 3 pm - John Hannis & ? 4 - 6 pm - Dieruff Interact Club members |
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Dec 11, 2018 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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