MORNING STAR ROTARY BULLETIN - MAY 15, 2025 (May 09, 2025)

May 15, 2025

SET-UP/BREAKDOWN

Searfoss, Jean

GREETER

Kolepp, Tom

SGT @ ARMS

Metzler, Robin C.

50/50

Conn, Sarabel

INVOCATION, PLEDGE & 4 WAY TEST

Kolepp, Tom

INTRODUCTIONS

Hartzell, Tom

MEETING TECHNOLOGY

Seifert, Rod

ZOOM COORDINATOR

Kolepp, Janet

May 15, 2025

Learning, Connections & More!

Connect, Learn, and Empower

May 22, 2025

Lauren Geldon

Blue Zones Bethlehem

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What is Rotary? LIVE/HYBRID MEETING
Flatiron Building - 5th Floor Community Room
May 15, 2025 7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

Community Connections LIVE/HYBRID MEETING
Flatiron Building - 5th Floor Community Room
May 22, 2025 7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.

TAKE A BREAK! No Meeting

May 29, 2025

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May 2025

Rotary Magazine

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District 7430

May Newsletter

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May Monthly Message

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Zone 28 & 30 Newsletter

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"World Immunization Week"

April 2025

President

Rodney Conn

President Elect

Rodney Conn

Treasurer

Jean Searfoss

Secretary

Val Walk

Immediate Past President

Betty Isaacs

Director

Jennifer Cunningham

Director

Tom Hartzell

Director

Robin C. Metzler

Director

Enid Jackson

Director

Holly Sachdev

Director

Ginny Wolkoff

Sergeant-at-Arms

Robin C. Metzler

Webmaster/Meeting Technology/Bulletin Editor

Rod Seifert

Hybrid Meeting Coordinator

Janet Kolepp

Hybrid Meeting Coordinator

Shawn Bariana

Meeting Speaker Coordinator

Janet Kolepp

Meeting Speaker Coordinator

Shawn Bariana

Meeting/Catering Coordinator

Sheila Seifert

Grants - Local/Global

Susan Burnett

Rotary Foundation

Tom Hartzell

Membership

Betty Isaacs

Public Image

Shawn Bariana

Youth Services

Jennifer Cunningham

Join Date

Sean Fitzpatrick

May 1, 2012

13 years

Glenn Baumer

May 22, 2007

18 years

Lee Ann Baumer

May 22, 2007

18 years

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THIS WEEK'S MEETING INFORMATION

Posted by Val Walk

Please join Bethlehem Morning Star Rotary this Thursday, May 15, 2025 for our Live/Hybrid Meeting. Our meet & greet starts at 7:15am with the regular meeting starting at 7:30am.

PLEASE NOTE THE NEW ZOOM LINK BELOW!

Our Program will be: Learning, Connections & More!

Bethlehem recently formalized a sister city relationship with Patillas, Puerto Rico. This partnership aims to strengthen ties between the two communities through various initiatives, including cultural celebrations and exchange programs. Executive Director Raymond Santiago from the Hispanic Center will be joining to share more about this opportunity.

Whether you're a seasoned Rotarian or a new member, The Rotary Learning Center has something valuable for everyone. Tom & Janet Kolepp will share the valuable resource we have as members of Rotary.

Don't miss this opportunity to connect, learn, and empower each other.

You will have the option of joining us IN PERSON or via ZOOM. Please see Option details below:

IN PERSON LOCATION DETAILS:

The Flat Iron Building (5th floor)

301 Broadway, Bethlehem, PA 18015

Metered street parking is available on Broadway and on 4th Street. Meters begin at 8AM. Additional parking is available in the tenant parking lot along 4th & Wyandotte Streets and the Cathedral Church parking lot.

ZOOM Detail:

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88026590381?pwd=mhINrq1DDYYViGzORuMFAWx3qd7R6N.1

Meeting ID: 880 2659 0381

Passcode: 069323

THIS WEEK'S SPEAKERS

ANTEK VISITS IRON PIGS

Posted by Janet Kolepp

Our Rotary Youth Exchange student, Antek, attended an Iron Pigs baseball game this week with Morning Star Rotarians, Tom & Janet Kolepp. Despite the cool weather, he had an enjoyable time, including ballpark favorites hot dogs and popcorn.

THE ACTION CONTINUES!

At our May 8, 2025 meeting, the Morning Star Rotary "Women of Action" Team provided our members with an update on our ongoing grant projects in Kenya, which began almost three years ago after initial seeds were previously planted by MSR Rotarian Wendy Ellsworth. Team members Janet Kolepp, Susan Burnett, and Wendy Ellsworth presented an overview, update, and future plans on Morning Star Rotary's involvement in various grant projects in Kenya.

CLICK HERE to view project pictures and presentation.

Global Grant: Improving Maternal and Child Health by Modernizing the Ngaremara Level 2 Health Dispensary in Isiolo

Global Grant: Empowering Kambi Garba Pastoralists: Farming Center of Excellence for Sustainable Livelihoods

Kivutini Primary School Project

Phase 1 - The Rotary Foundation ∞ Bethlehem Morning Star & Members ∞ Machakos Rotary BeTheGood Fund (formerly Saucon RC Foundation)

Phase 2 - The Rotary Foundation ∞ Bethlehem Morning Star & Members ∞ Kutztown ∞ Nazareth Bethlehem ∞ Doylestown ∞ BeTheGood Fund

Global Grant: Kivutini School Sanitation and Menstrual Health Initiative

YOUTH SERVICES OPPORTUNITIES

Posted by Jennifer Cunningham

Antek, our Exchange Student, will be speaking at the Bethlehem Downtown Rotary's lunch on Wednesday, May 14th at 12:00 PM at Prime Steakhouse - we are all invited!

Antek's host family has a full house May 27 - June 1 and thought it'd be a great opportunity for Antek to hang out with another American family. Can anyone welcome Antek to their home for these few days? Please contact Jennifer if interested.

Camp Neidig's BBQ and end-of-camp show is at the camp in Douglassville on Monday, June 16th at 6:00 PM. Buy your ticket here

TREES!

Posted by Jennifer Cunningham

For everyone - even if you can't plant one of the tree saplings that MSR Rotarian Taylor Breinich from Bartlett Tree Experts gifted our members, post a picture on your Facebook page of yourself with your yard's native trees. Make sure you include the tag #MSRTrees and a couple of sentences.

STEM-YEA - DONATIONS NEEDED

**Message form Jane A. Meckes, Nazareth Rotary, District 7430 STEM-YEA Committee

Hi Everyone. Our district committee is busy planning for the upcoming STEMYEA program at Kutztown University. I am on the committee and in charge of gathering materials. I have created two ways that Rotarians in our District can help provide items that are needed. First is an "Amazon Wish List" if you would like to purchase materials that we need. Any items purchased would be sent directly to me. Second is a recycled material list. You can help us out at no cost to you! All you have to do is save the materials on the list and bring them to a meeting or event anytime. I already have a bin started for the items I have been collecting.

Here is the link for the Amazon Wish List: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/35ZTJILB1ZGV7

Anything that you could provide would be gratefully appreciated.

Message from Rod Seifert: Donated recycled items can be given to me at any upcoming meeting. I will be happy to deliver them to Jane.

THIS MONTH'S RI THEME

2025-2026 RI PRESIDENTIAL MESSAGE

Rotary President-elect Mário César Martins de Camargo revealed the 2025-2026 presidential message, Unite for Good on February10, 2025. "Rotary members are #PeopleOfAction. We don't wait for change to happen; we make it happen. And what do people of action do? We unite for good."

THE ROTARY FOUNDATION