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Change-Over Meeting / New President
Jun 26, 2020 12:00 PM
Kati Labuda will be assuming the gavel as Club President and introducing her board for the coming year. Join us at 11:45 on Friday for a "Year in Review" photos slideshow and then stay tuned for our special change-over program. Zoom invites will be sent to your email shortly.
Wear your Rotary colors on Friday and let's send our warm, positive vibes to the Board members as they start what looks to be a challenging and interesting Rotary year of opening new opportunities.
Chairperson: Don Wieand Invocation: Judy Barberich-Brogan |
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Jul 02, 2020 4:00 PM
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Scholarship Awards
Jul 10, 2020 12:00 PM
The scholarship committee will introduce us to Walaa Jaber from William Allen High School and Batool Salloum from Dieruff High School who have been selected to receive Roger and Louise Mullin Scholarships beginning in the 2020-2021 academic year. Each young woman will receive $3,000 per year for a maximum amount of $12,000 over four years.
Chairperson: Kathy Frazier
Invocation: Barbara Bigelow
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Jul 14, 2020 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Jul 17, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
This is an update on EWB's last trip to Sierra Leone. There will be a short intro on EWB in case some people are not familiar with what we do, but spend most of the talk on the trip.
Tom Power is the project manager for the Sierra Leone project. He’s an electrical engineer by training and has been to Sierra Leone six times. Carl Zvanut is a chemical engineer by training and the current president of the Lehigh Valley Professional Chapter of EWB. He's been to Sierra Leone four times. |
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Jul 22, 2020 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Allentown Rotary Club Virtual Happy Hour
Rotary Opens Opportunities
What opportunities have you experienced from Rotary?
Wednesday July 22, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Virtual Event on Zoom
Grab a cocktail and a snack and Zoom in with fellow Rotarians and friends for a relaxing Happy Hour get together. As it is the beginning of a new Rotary Year, we thought it would be interesting to hear from you about opportunities you have experienced because of Rotary. Do you have a picture of a Rotary event, project, fellowship activity that you would like to share? For newer members, what experiences do you look forward to as a Rotarian?
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Jul 24, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
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Advancements in Alzheimer's Disease Care
Jul 24, 2020 12:00 PM
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Jul 31, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Matt/Tito Bottitta is one of the three originating partners of Upstatement, a Boston-based digital brand and product design studio. It is filled with curious, versatile designers and engineers who imagine, design and build websites, data tools and user experiences for client partners like PBS NewsHour, MIT, Tito's Vodka, the Boston Globe and many others.
Tito will talk about how Upstatement is connecting with doctors on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic to build COVID Protocols and Contact Tracing tools. He will share how they are building these tools with the help of over 50 Brigham and Women’s Hospital physicians, MIT staff and WHO experts. www.Upstatement.com Non-members can Use this link to register for the Zoom Meeting For a preview of his talk, listen to a little of this radio interview - the interviewer is Neil C. Hughes, a #1 best selling author on Amazon, freelance writer, ghostwriter, and British podcaster. |
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Tech & COVID-19: Contact Tracing and Covid Protocols
Jul 31, 2020 12:00 PM
Matt/Tito Bottitta is one of the three originating partners of Upstatement, a Boston-based digital brand and product design studio. It is filled with curious, versatile designers and engineers who imagine, design and build websites, data tools and user experiences for client partners like PBS NewsHour, MIT, Tito's Vodka, the Boston Globe and many others.
Tito will talk about how Upstatement is connecting with doctors on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic to build COVID Protocols and Contact Tracing tools. He will share how they are building these tools with the help of over 50 Brigham and Women’s Hospital physicians, MIT staff and WHO experts. www.Upstatement.com For a preview of his talk, listen to a little of this radio interview - the interviewer is Neil C. Hughes, a #1 best selling author on Amazon, freelance writer, ghostwriter, and British podcaster. Chairperson: Nan Yarrish Invocation: Theresa Podguski |
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Aug 06, 2020 4:00 PM
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Membership Committee Report
Aug 07, 2020 12:00 PM
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Aug 11, 2020 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Aug 12, 2020 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Allentown Rotary Club Virtual Happy Hour
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Kilimanjaro Distillery / Xplorer Spirits
Wednesday August 12, 2020 6:00 PM
Virtual Event on Zoom
Join us for a fun virtual Happy Hour with the Kilimanjaro Distillery, maker of Xplorer Spirits, located in Allentown, PA. Kishor Chokshi, owner, and his daughter, Niky, will give us a virtual tour and information session of their 4,000 sq ft state-of-the-art distillery, their products, and company history. Kishor, who was a Rotarian in Tanzania prior to immigrating to the United States, is offering Rotary Club Members and Happy Hour Guests a SPECIALLY PRICED "Cocktails-to-Go" package. The regular price is $10.00/cocktail. Club members can get 3 cocktails for the price of 2 ($20.00). Kilimanjaro Distillery will donate 10% of all Xplorer Spirits bottle purchases by members during this period to the Meals on Wheels of the Lehigh Valley. (Valid through Aug 31,2020). The following Cocktails are available to-go for this event:
If you want to order the Special "Cocktails-to-Go" package:
If you are interested in attending and NOT a member of the Allentown Rotary Club, you must Register for this Event, by Tuesday, August 11th, in order to receive a Zoom Invite. Register by pressing the Blue Guests button on the upper left side of the event registration screen where it says Online Registration. Members will automatically receive a Zoom Invite. Kishor’s story began in Dar-es-Salaam, where he and his family spent Sundays doing charitable work among underprivileged communities. This first-hand awareness of the value of opportunity, along with his natural curiosity, led him to explore medicine, business, and aviation, obtaining his MD, MBA and pilot’s license. His varied career has found him running distillation and purification facilities, as well as an edible oil production venture. At Kilimanjaro Distillery, he comes full circle, using his love of science to carefully craft small batch spirits in Allentown, where the distillery helps diversify and revitalize the local economy. Niky’s journey has been fueled by a passion for bringing together people of diverse backgrounds to make the world a richer place. She’s explored the nature of connection and collaboration, and its power to drive meaningful change. Her work has led her around the globe and across disciplines, with contributions in global health and social entrepreneurship. Because she knows that every choice one makes impacts people and the environment everywhere, a percentage of all profits from Xplorer Spirits is used to provide clean drinking water to communities in need through the Tanzania Water Project and to the local Meals on Wheels Pennsylvania community. The Chokshi family believes everyone’s life is a unique journey to be savored through genuine experiences and meaningful connections. |
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LV Economic Development Corp Update
Aug 14, 2020 12:00 PM
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My Experience as a Rotary Scholarship Student
Aug 21, 2020 12:00 PM
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Aug 28, 2020 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Allentown Rotary Club Zoom Meeting Friday August 28, 2020 12:00PM Featured Speaker: Bill Diamond, President & CEO SETI Institute What is life? How does it begin? Are we alone? These are some of the questions we ask in our quest to learn about and share the wonders of the universe. The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin and nature of life in the universe and the evolution of intelligence. Founded in 1984 and Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the SETI Institute employs more than 130 scientists, educators, and administrative staff focused on their passion for discovery and passing knowledge along to the world as scientific ambassadors. Please join us as Bill Diamond, President and CEO of the SETI Institute, familiarizes us with the work of the SETI Institute and the important research and future development efforts that will greatly impact us in our quest for understanding life in the universe. If you are interested in attending and NOT a member of the Allentown Rotary Club, you must Register for this Meeting / Presentation by Thursday, August 27th, in order to receive a Zoom Invite. Register by pressing the Blue Guests button on the upper left side of the event registration screen where it says Online Registration. Members will automatically receive a Zoom Invite.
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The SETI Institute (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence)
Aug 28, 2020 12:00 PM
What is life? How does it begin? Are we alone? These are some of the questions we ask in our quest to learn about and share the wonders of the universe. The mission of the SETI Institute is to explore, understand and explain the origin and nature of life in the universe and the evolution of intelligence. Founded in 1984 and Headquartered in Mountain View, California, the SETI Institute employs more than 130 scientists, educators, and administrative staff focused on their passion for discovery and passing knowledge along to the world as scientific ambassadors. Please join us as Bill Diamond familiarizes us with the work of the SETI Institute and the important research and future development efforts that will greatly impact us in our quest for understanding life in the universe. If you are interested in attending and NOT a member of the Allentown Rotary Club, you must Register as a Guest for this Meeting to receive a Zoom Invite. Press this button to register --> REGISTER HERE Bill Diamond is President and CEO of the SETI Institute, which he joined in 2015. He has worked predominantly in applied technologies with over 20 years’ experience in photonics and optical communications, and more than a decade in X-ray and semiconductor processing technologies. His corporate background spans the spectrum from venture-backed start-ups to Fortune 100 multinationals, with responsibilities ranging from R&D, engineering and operations, to sales, marketing, product management, and CEO positions. Most recently, Bill was Vice President of Sales for Oclaro, Inc. where he led the company’s penetration in optical networking of the rapidly evolving Web 2.0 Data Center market. Prior to that, he was Vice President of Product Management for optical amplifiers, ROADM, high bit-rate modules, and micro-optics. Bill held CEO positions at WaveSplitter Technologies, DenseLight Semiconductor, and Xradia, Inc., now part of Zeiss. His photonics background also includes six years with AT&T Bell Laboratory’s Optoelectronics business unit and he served as President of US operations for the Swiss technology company, Comet A.G. Bill holds a B.A. in Physics from Holy Cross College and a Master’s in Business Administration from Georgetown University. He is a past member of the Advisory Board for the McDonough School of Business Administration at Georgetown and is a current member of the Optical Society of America and the International Astronomical Congress. Chairperson: Mike Orbin Invocation: Rolf Schlake |
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Sep 03, 2020 4:00 PM
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Sep 08, 2020 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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District 7430 Governor Visit
Sep 11, 2020
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The US Constitution (9/17 Constitution Day)
Sep 18, 2020 12:00 PM
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Sep 24, 2020 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Allentown Rotary Club Virtual Happy Hour
Show & Tell Something to Fellow Rotarians
(your favorite drink, food, vacation, hobby, accomplishment...)
Thursday September 24, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Virtual Event on Zoom
Grab a cocktail and a snack and Zoom in with fellow Rotarians and friends for a relaxing Happy Hour get together. Here's a time to interact and learn a little more about your fellow Rotarians. Identify some item and/or interest of yours and share it with the members. How many others may also have a similar interest?
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Classification Talk
Sep 25, 2020 12:00 PM
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Sep 26, 2020 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
We are excited to again participate in a Habitat for Humanity Lehigh Valley Build Day! We will be on the site on Saturday, September 26th from 8-2. Please email Lisa Luciano at lluciano@ambk.com and CLICK HERE to sign up here if you can attend: when you look under events, you will find our event on 9/26. You will need to create an account or log in if you have been on before.
The address is 640 Tacoma St, Allentown, PA 18109. They have just started framing the house so we will be likely doing more hammering, etc this time around! I really appreciated the group we had last time and I look forward to another fun group again! We will likely have less in person service opportunities this year and this would be a great way to see some people and give back! They have had groups out for several weeks and I did receive the following from Alli at Habitat: **************************************************** Here are the COVID protocols we are following: COVID-19 Volunteer Safety Requirements Due to the current COVID-19 Pandemic, we have implemented the following safety procedures to keep our staff and volunteers safe during this time: VOLUNTEER GROUPS ARE LIMITED TO 10 PEOPLE MAX. Masks are required on site at all times. We are requiring volunteers to bring their own face covering. You will be asked to leave the work site if you do not have one. Maintain social distancing. Current guidelines require individuals to remain 6 feet apart. Wash your hands and use hand sanitizer. Wash stations and hand sanitizer will be provided at every site. We encourage everyone to take a break and wash hands every hour. Bring your own water bottles, along with your own lunch bags and coolers. During this time, Habitat is requiring all volunteers to bring their own water bottles on site. We will not be providing communal coolers with ice at this time. When finished using hand tools, please wipe down with provided cleaners. *If you are unwell, please stay home. Anyone presenting with symptoms will be asked to leave the job site immediately. Please email Lisa Luciano with any questions or concerns! I look forward to seeing the group on 9/26/20! Thanks, Lisa Lisa Luciano, lluciano@ambk.com |
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Oct 01, 2020 4:00 PM
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Club Foundation Annual Meeting
Oct 02, 2020 12:00 PM
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ABE Airport New Developments
Oct 09, 2020 12:00 PM
Matt is the current Chairman of the Lehigh Valley International Airport Board of Governors. He also serves on the Board of Trustees at the Swain School. For the past seven years he has worked at the Lehigh Valley Economic Development Corporation (LVDEC) where he is Vice President of Business Attraction, Retention and Expansion and is responsible for attracting business investment and jobs to the Lehigh Valley and managing a team of marketing and development professionals dedicated to increasing awareness of the region’s opportunities. Prior to joining LVEDC, Matt worked with Allentown Economic Development Corporation to build that organization’s capacity, including launching Lehigh Valley’s first coworking space and helping found the Hive 4A makerspace. Before entering the field of economic development, Matt worked in out-of-home media in Panama. Matt completed a BS in International Business from College of Charleston and his IMBA from University of South Carolina. Matt grew up in East Stroudsburg and Boulder, Colorado, and now lives in Allentown with his wife and two daughters. He enjoys running marathons and learning new languages, currently working on Chinese and Arabic. Chairperson: Rolf Schlake Invocation: Nan Yarrish |
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Oct 13, 2020 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Oct 22, 2020 6:00 PM - 7:33 PM
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Election Forecast
Oct 23, 2020 12:00 PM
Dr. Christopher P. Borick is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion. He is a nationally recognized public opinion researcher who has conducted over 350 large-scale public opinion surveys during the past quarter century. The results of these surveys have appeared in numerous periodicals including The Wall St Journal, New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Washington Post. He has also provided analysis for the BBC, National Public Radio, PBS, MSNBC, CBS News and NBC Nightly News and had his survey results aired on, CNN, FOX News and C-Span. During his career he has conducted surveys for a variety of government agencies and organizations including the Center for Disease Control, PBS, The Wisconsin Department of Commerce, the Oneida Indian Nation, The U.S. Department of Labor, and Habitat for Humanity. He is co director of the National Surveys on Energy and the Environment (NSEE) and currently conducts surveys for the Morning Call newspaper in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He has served as President of both the Wisconsin Political Science Association and the Pennsylvania Political Science Association. Chairperson: Nan Yarrish Invocation: Theresa Podguski "Friends of Rotary" are welcome - email the SMILE editor or contact an Allentown Rotarian to request your Zoom invite. |
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C-SPAN TV Network
Oct 30, 2020 12:00 PM
Doug Hemmig will present how C-SPAN's programming provides a window into Washington, giving us access to leaders, elected officials, and policy makers as they deal with various issues facing our nation — from the coronavirus pandemic to the volatile economy, as well as the upcoming presidential election. He will share how C-SPAN's nonpartisan, non-biased mission covers the American political process, and the many ways our TV, online, and radio resources can help us stay informed about the federal government. Doug Hemmig has been at C-SPAN for over 21 years and is currently a member of its community relations team. He spends his time representing C-SPAN to a wide variety of communities all over the country and sharing how C-SPAN’s resources and content can be a valuable way to follow what is going on in Washington. He loves his job because of the important mission of the network and the dedicated colleagues he works with every day. Chairperson: Ibi Balog Invocation: Barb Bottitta |
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Nov 05, 2020 4:00 PM
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Classification Talk
Nov 06, 2020 12:00 PM
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Nov 10, 2020 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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Homelessness in the Lehigh Valley
Nov 13, 2020 12:00 PM
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Nov 19, 2020 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Allentown Rotary Club Virtual Happy Hour
Rotary Thanksgiving
(What is your favorite Thanksgiving food or drink?
How will you celebrate Thanksgiving this year? in years past?)
Thursday November 19, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Virtual Event on Zoom
Grab a cocktail and a Thanksgiving snack and Zoom in with fellow Rotarians and friends for a relaxing Happy Hour get together. The following week will be Thanksgiving. Share some stories of your Thanksgiving experiences.
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COVID Economics: Where is the US Economy Headed?
Nov 20, 2020 12:00 PM
Dr. Geoffrey Woglom, Professor of Economics, Emeritus; Amherst College.Degrees Teaching Interests Awards and Honors Chairperson: Ken Kirshner Invocation: Judy Barberich Brogan
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Dec 03, 2020 4:00 PM
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Classification Talk
Dec 04, 2020 12:00 PM
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Dec 08, 2020 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
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COVID Update and Allentown
Dec 11, 2020 12:00 PM
Vicky Kistler is the Health Director for Allentown, Pennsylvania, the third largest city in Pennsylvania. She has served in this capacity for the past 13 years overseeing personal and environmental health services which includes public health emergency preparedness, maternal child health services, restaurant and daycare licensure and inspection, communicable diisease investigation and control, chronic disease prevention and injury prevention. For 14 years prior, Vicky was the Communicable Disease Manager for the city. Her previous experience includes managing a shelter for the homeless and implementing a pregnancy program that was successful in reducing the number of low birthweight babies born to latinx women. Vicky received her Masters Degree in Education – Community Counseling from Lehigh University and was born and raised in Allentown. Chairperson: Nan Yarrish Invocation: Wally Eldridge |
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Dec 17, 2020 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
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Allentown Rotary Club Virtual Happy Hour
ROTARY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
(What's your favorite holiday tradition, memory, food and beverage?)
Thursday December 17, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Virtual Event on Zoom
Bring your favorite holiday drink and food and join fellow Rotarians and friends for fun and friendship. It has been a trying year, so let's end it by celebrating the good things we cherish. Share some stories with your Rotary family of your favorite holiday traditions, memories, foods, recipes, or beverages. Do you have a picture to share? Bring it with you too.
All members will receive a Zoom Invite. Please share it with your friends. We welcome your participation.
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Allentown Symphony in time of COVID
Dec 18, 2020 12:00 PM
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