Sue Capobianco, Chief Marketing Officer at Morningstar Senior Living in Nazareth, was our speaker last week. Sue talked about the Changing Face of Retirement.
The lifespan of retirement has increased in recent decades from 10 years to 30 years. Social Security & pensions account for a lower percent of retirement income. Healthcare costs are now 2-3x the inflation rate.
Retirement Living Options include:
1) Living with adult children
2) Staying at home
3) 55+ Communities and
4) Life Plan Communities.
The cost of Assisted Living here in the Lehigh Valley is between $5,000 - $8,500 monthly and Nursing Home costs are between $10,000 - $13,000 monthly.
Thank you Sue for this enlightening presentation.
Next week we will be holding our First Thursdays @ 5:30 at Blue on Easton Ave. Please invite prospective members to join us.
Thank you to the Race Committee and everyone who came out to volunteer. It makes me proud to be a Rotarian.
The Nominating Committee will begin preparations for identifying candidates for the Board of Directors and Officers. Anyone wishing to step up to a leadership role in helping the Club progress, please contact any committee member. You will enrich the club and your own experiences as a Rotarian. Besides, we have FUN!
Motivational Quote of the week:
There is a fountain of youth, it is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap into this source, you truly have defeated age.
This is a 7430 District Event. So far there are 26 Rotary Clubs sponsoring the event. Please join us to raise funds to !!!!!
Join with the Pennsylvania Polio Survivor’s Network as we participate in the Purple Pinkie Run/Walk. Polio Survivors all over the globe are truly grateful to the efforts of Rotary International’s efforts to eradicate this terrible disease. 80% + of Polio survivors are affected not once but twice from the effects of this disease. Post-Polio Syndrome disables us once again as our muscles lose additional strength as a result of the damage done by the original illness. We are hoping to meet Rotarians from all over the district on October 22nd, and say “Thank You”. To learn more about the Pennsylvania Polio Survivors Network, click on the following link:http://www.papolionetwork.org/end-polio-now-rotary-international.html
If you are planning to participate, sign up now to avoid the price increase on October 8. Every Dollar Raised will be TRIPLED by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
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!
The cost to participate is $25 ($15 if under 18) (includes tech T-shirt) before Oct 7. After October 7 and on race day, the cost is $30 ($25 if under 18) (tech T-shirt only while supplies last). Come on out and have a great time for a great cause!
Special prize basket for largest group running or walking together: Interact Clubs, Rotary Clubs, families, other organizations, Engineers without Borders, sports teams. If you have the largest number of folks walking or running in the Purple Pinkie on Oct. 22 you will receive a special prize basket for all to share! Those who walk or run together will eliminate Polio together!
Make a donation to Polio Plus: If you can’t attend that day, you can make a donation to Polio Plus by mailing it in with the attached registration form. Just fill in the additional donation amount, note that you are not attending, and mail the check and form as described on the form. All donations from Rotarians to the race will be credited directly to their Rotary Foundation account for Paul Harris Fellow credit.
We are planning to have a polio survivor who has Post-Polio Syndrome, talk about living with the results of having had Polio. She will focus on the importance of the world-wide commitment by Rotary International to eradicate this terrible disease.
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 attached registration form.
Questions: E-mail the Race Director Herb Klotz, at herbk@ptd.net .
Without question, the one thing we ALL share is the prayer that with world-wide vaccination, death and disability from the Polio Virus will soon be gone . . . Forever.
We are pleased to announce thatKym Volp, MBA, B.Ed, RN, will be the honored lecturer at the 10th Annual Janet A. Sipple Lectureship to be held on Wednesday October 19, 2016, at Moravian College’s Foy Hall, starting at 5:00PM.
Kym works in acute public hospital service management (Toowoomba, Queensland) and in clinical governance consultancy (Australia-wide) with the country’s premier health service accreditation agency.
Kym will discuss “Nursing on the Frontline in Australia.” Kym’s roles sustain her currency in professional practice, health system safety applications, health policies and leadership development.
We hope that you will be able to attend and support this event!
Please advise Ron Searfoss of your plans to attend. As is our custom, we would invite you to fellowship with Rotarians following the event – tentative location The Brick.
Location: Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell.
Starting at 8:30 am with registration beginning at 7:30 am. Continental breakfast and lunch included.
The sessions are designed to be informational, practical and inspirational. A wonderful Rotary educational opportunity 'outside your club box'
Grant Management Training will follow lunch and go until 3pm.
It is important that Each Club be represented. Foundation Chairs, Club Presidents, Presidents-elect, officers and new members should plan to attend and learn how critical The Rotary Foundation is to the work we do and how it can help your club and members achieve their dreams.
NOTE: MORNING STAR WILL REIMBURSE YOUR TUITION UPON SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THE SEMINAR!
Have YOU signed up yet for the Rotary Leadership Institute
Bucks County Community College Newtown PA 18940
Don't miss YOUR opportunity to expand your knowledge of Rotary this Fall at this Rotary Leadership Institute site near us!
Dear Rotarian,
On November 12 we will have an RLI opportunity in ‘our own backyard!’
If you haven't done so already, NOW is the time to register for one of the wonderful RLI sessions scheduled next month.
You will come back to your club more enthusiastic and knowledgeable about Rotary -- and ready to put what you have learned to the test.
So, if you have taken Part I or Part II, why not register for the Rotary Leadership Institute for Part III?
If you are new to Rotary, you can meet Rotarians from all over the Northeast and learn about how you can make a difference in your club, in your community and in the world through service projects and the Rotary Foundation.
Even Faculty, RLI Officers and Site Chairs and RLI Graduates can expand their horizons by taking this year's Graduate Course on "Effective Public Speaking." Please check with the website to make sure the Graduate Course is being given at the location nearest you. This year's Graduate Class is on Effective Public Speaking.
If you would like more details or have questions please contact our own AG Janet Kolepp who is the District RLI chair.
Please check the website, as there may be other sites near your District that you will find on the website at www.rlinea.org..(If you don't see a site or date listed, please check our website)
Please note that the deadline to register is ten days before the RLI takes place.
Deadline to Register November 2, 2016
There must be at least eight people registered by that time for each class (six for Graduate Classes) in order to offer the course.
The Annual Fund is the primary source of unrestricted support for the programs of
The Rotary Foundation. It funds programs in more than 180 countries on seven
continents.
From digging clean water wells for villages in Africa to teaching basic
literacy skill to children in Latin America, during any given moment in a day,
thousands of Rotarians volunteer their time and expertise to ensure that all
contributions given to the Annual Fund are spent wisely on quality Rotary projects.
Only if Every Rotarian makes a gift to the Annual Fund Every Year, will we be able to
continue to do the great work of our Rotary Foundation.
RI President John F. Germ chose Rotary Serving Humanity as his theme for 2016-17. Noting Rotary’s unique ability to bring together committed professionals to achieve remarkable goals, Germ believes that “now is the time to capitalize on our success: as we complete the eradication of polio, and catapult Rotary forward to be an even greater force for good in the world.”
Club Information
Welcome to our Club!
Service Above Self
Thursdays
7:10 am Meet and Greet
7:30 Meeting Starts
Moravian Village
526 Wood Street
(Across from the Post Office)
Bethlehem,
PA 18018 United States
