Fellow Morning Star Rotarians:
We are beginning to wind down 2024 and I pray you all have a safe and joyous holiday season. This time of year also affects the "when and where" of our meetings. Of course, there will be no meeting on Thanksgiving Day. Also, we will not meet on January 2nd, but instead, please join us at the home of Mike and Terri Long on Saturday, January 4th for a festive evening together. More details will follow.
On December 19th, join us for our annual Holiday Meeting to be held at The Cathedral Church of the Nativity on the corner of 3rd and Wyandotte Streets. The meeting will be located in Sayre Hall where we will ring in the holidays in our usual MSR style and be entertained by the Liberty High School Chorus. Parking is available at the church with lots accessible from Wyandotte (upper lot) or 3rd Street (lower lot). You may also park at our usual Flatiron lots for a short walk to the Cathedral. The parish hall is accessible from both parking lots with elevator access from the lower lot. The hall is on the same level as the entrance from the upper lot. I look forward to seeing you then. For those planning on attending, please let me know that you are joining us and if you are willing to subsidize LHS students’ breakfast. (link below).
Fall for Bethlehem Morning Star Rotary has been busy with our two big fund raisers, Celtic Classic 5k and Salute the Troops Concert. After the holiday season, we will be putting together a team to help re-envision the Spaghetti Dinner that has been held in honor of the memory of Audrey Rafferty. This event has helped to subsidize an education grant through Lehigh Valley Nurse-Family Partnership. In the past several years, Bethlehem Morning Star Rotary has expanded its efforts in education. We have provided grants for the Antiqua Reading Project, two yearly college scholarships in honor of our own departed Rotarians Ron Searfoss and Ben Tenaglia III, and the above-mentioned Audrey Rafferty scholarship. If you have any ideas or would like to serve on this team, please let me know.
Lastly, for those that use the ClubRunner phone app, some contact information has changed. Please use the circular arrows button to refresh your list.
Happy Holidays,
President