Jan 31 Morning Star Bulletin (Jan 31, 2018)

FEB 1 FIRST THURSDAY

FIRST THURSDAY - ROTARY MEANS BUSINESS

INVITE COLLEAGUES, FRIENDS AND FAMILY!

BUSINESS TO BUSINESS MIXER - BRING YOUR BUSINESS CARDS!

ARTISAN WINE & CHEESE CELLAR 5:30 PM

"MINI-MEETING" AT 6:00 PM

$10 Per Person except potential members. Great hors d'oeuvres! Cash bar.

All are welcome for fellowship and to learn more about Morning Star Rotary!

Mark your calendars for FEBRUARY 1st!

REPLACES MORNING MEETING

DA VINCI SCIENCE CITY

Our program last Thursday featured Lin Erickson, Executive Director of the Da Vinci Science Center in Easton. Lin gave us excellent insight into the fantastic new Science Center being constructed in downtown Easton. The Fact Sheet provides a great summary. This will be a wonderful educational experience for all ages!

FOUNDATION COMMITTEE SEMINAR

Posted on Jan 31, 2018

MSR Committee Foundation Chair, PP Sue Burnett, along with committee members, conducted a Rotary Foundation Educational Seminar last Saturday.

The focus was on bringing new members up to speed and any other members wishing to avail themselves of this learning opportunity or refresher as the case may be.

New members in attendance included Sarabel and Rodney Conn, Carl Kolepp and John Oesmann.

Foundation and Committee support consisted of Charlotte Hartmann-Hansen, Steve Bajan, Tom Hartzel, and Ron & Jean Searfoss.

Many topics were covered and there was a good deal of interactive discussions.

Special thanks goes to Steve Bajan for providing the venue, Saucon Mutual Insurance, his company.

Great job everyone!

Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering

Posted on Jan 29, 2018

Morning Star Rotarians did it again! We volunteered to work at the Bethlehem Emergency Shelter on January 29-30. This was a significant undertaking -- we registered, fed (dinner and breakfast) 76 guests at the Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering at the Christ UCC Church.

Many thanks to the following who worked so hard to make this a success: Lynn Milet planned delicious meals, did all the shopping and delivered the food. Rod and Sarabel Conn were on hand -- special thanks to Rod who serves on the Board of the BES and guided us with proper procedures. Rick Santee and Janet Sipple (and her visiting friend from South Carolina) deftly handled registering all the guests. Ron & Jean Searfoss, Janet & Tom Kolepp, Rick Morrissey, Mike Long, Dee Elliott & Dave, Jess Elliott, served dinner and did all the clean-up. John & Carrie Oesmann did yeomans service staying over night. Carl Kolepp and Ron Helmuth arrived at 5:00 AM to serve breakfast and clean up.

Many thanks to everyone. This was a successful first effort and now we need to decide if we will be doing it again!

Ginny

Volunteers to serve dinner and Make A Difference!

OUTREACH FOOD PROJECT SAVE THE DATE!!!

SAVE THE DATE SATURDAY MARCH 10 - OUTREACH FOOD PROJECT

Please save the date for our Second Outreach Food Project.

In March of 2017, all 5 Area 2 Rotary Clubs came together in a collective effort at Moravian College to package 20,000 meals for the food insecure people of our communities.

For this year we have raised the bar - we have successfully achieved a matching District Grant for $5,000 allowing us a total of $10,000. We will be able to provide 40,000 meals to help in our communities.

Each Rotary Club receives a proportionate share of meals which they then determine how the meals are distributed throughout their club communities.

Save the date because we will need many hands - both Rotary and family, friends, colleagues, all ages welcome, to accomplish this project.

This is a truly HANDS-ON PROJECT we always hear Rotarians asking for. The 5 Area 2 Clubs include Bethlehem Downtown, Bethlehem Morning Star, Easton, Nazareth and Saucon/Center Valley.

More information will be forthcoming including how you can be a part of this Make A Difference Project to help our communities.

Thank you.

CAMP NEIDIG STUDENT REFERRALS

Posted by Rick Morrissey on Jan 17, 2018

Student referrals for Camp Neidig WANTED!!!

As many of our members already know, each year our club sponsors four high school juniors to participate in the four day leadership development program which is our district's Camp Neidig event. Rotary District 7430 welcomes you to Camp Neidig, celebrating its 69th year of inspiring tomorrow's leaders in 2018! Preparations are under way for Camp Neidig 2018. Before starting this year's recruitment process in our Bethlehem area high schools, we would like to extend this sponsorship opportunity to interested sons and daughters of our club members.

Camp Neidig is a well-established youth development program dating back to 1950, and annually serves approximately 150 students from 80 high schools in our southeastern Pennsylvania region of district 7430. The program begins on Friday, June 15, and concludes on Monday, June 18.

For more information, please visit www.campneidig.com or feel free to contact Rick Morrissey at rpmorrissey16@yahoo.com for a direct contact for students or parents with questions in reference to applying for Camp Neidig. Tour our site to see what makes this camp one of the best leadership experiences for high school students in Eastern Pennsylvania!