Our second "First Thursdays @ 5:30" was held on the Patio at Blue Thursday evening, October 6. Members enjoyed fellowship and we have a solid lead for a possible new member.
November's "First Thursdays @ 5:30" will be Thursday, November 3, at Corked on Main Street in Bethlehem - Please mark your calendar!
This week our own Marianne Aronson will talk to us on "Tea for Two" or "Tea for You". Plan to come and hear Marianne wax eloquent on one of her favorite topics.
The Nominating Committee is 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:
The higher the general average of intelligence, all things else being equal,
the less the disposition to be meddlesome, critical, and overbearing. Paul Harris
Concert chair Gary Hartney asks for your help to make this year's event a great success once again!
Who?
The Allentown Band will entertain Rotarians, friends, family, veterans, students and the general public
What?
An excellent concert by the oldest municipal band in the country, featuring patriotic and related songs.
When?
Sunday, Nov. 13 at 3:00 pm
Where?
Northeast Middle School Auditorium
1170 Fernwood St., Bethlehem
(Parking very close, and easy access)
Why?
To benefit Victory House of the Lehigh Valley and other Morning Star Rotary charities. Many of those served by Victory House are Veterans.
How can you help?
Be or find a SPONSOR - ad in the concert program book. Deadline for ads is Oct. 27.
Become a PATRON (listing in the concert program book) or recognize an active or veteran member of the Armed Services with an “IN HONOR OF” listing. (See the attached form or get it at meetings, or from Downloads on the club home page.)
BUY (or sell) the TICKETS (or more!) which given to each member by chair Gary Hartney. Adult ticket price remains $10. (If you can't use yours, consider donating them for Victory House residents to attend.)
POST CONCERT FLYERS in grocery stores and anywhere else potential concert-goers might see them!
Help the day of the concert with taking tickets, ushering, etc.
Enjoy the concert with family and friends!
The flyer plus the form for Sponsors/Patrons/"In Honor Of" listings are attached, and are available in downloads on our homepage. Hard copies are also available at club meetings.
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.
With funding from a Rotary Foundation Global Grant, Rotarians from six countries have worked to fulfill the basic needs of 50 street children in Addis Ababa over two years. The youths also received vocational training in woodworking, metalworking, and bricklaying, which they applied by helping to build 24 latrines for families in need. The host Rotary Club of Addis Ababa Entoto partnered with the Belgian non-profits Caprioolkinderen and Siddartha Development Ethiopia, which have teamed up on similar programs since 2002, providing food, shelter, and basic education to 300 children.
Every Rotarian, Every Year – Nourishing bodies and minds.
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
