On June 26, 2025 Morning Star Rotary held its annual Changeover Ceremony honoring our current President, Rodney Conn and welcoming our incoming Officers and Board of Directors for the 2025-2026 Rotary year. Thank you to all the former Presidents who attended and participated in the traditional "Passing of the Gavel".
Congratulations President Rodney on your service to the club this past year and best wishes for the second year of your Presidency.
At our June 26, 2025 meeting, MSR Foundation Chair Tom Hartzell presented Mike Long with his PHS+8 pin recognizing his ongoing support of the Rotary Foundation. Congratulations and thank you Mike for your support.
Morning Star Rotary welcomed our Rotary Short-Term Exchange Student, Achille D. (left) from Pontoise, France, to our meeting on June 26, 2025. Achille is being hosted by the family of Morning Star Rotarian Bruce Whitehouse. Bruce's son Zach will be going to France to be with Achille's family in a few weeks. Welcome Achille!
As part of our district grant, Morning Star Rotary sponsored Kenya Connect to bring a mobile library to the Kivutini School in Kenya twice a month. These are pictures from the first visit.
Morning Star Rotary is thrilled to celebrate a story of transformation from Kivutini School in Kenya—where the gift of literacy is reaching young minds, one mobile library visit at a time. Thanks to a dedicated grant from The Rotary Foundation, the mobile library program of Kenya Connect.
Together with the unwavering support of these amazing Rotary Clubs, this dream became a reality:
Bethlehem Downtown Rotary Club
Kutztown Rotary Club
Rotary Club of Doylestown
Rotary Club Of Nazareth
Rotary Club of Machakos
This isn’t just about books—it’s about building confidence, sparking imagination, and unlocking opportunity for students who deserve the world. Gratitude to every partner, volunteer, and donor who helped write this beautiful new chapter. Together, we’re truly changing lives.
From Kenya Connect:"It's a wonderful Wednesday to celebrate a new member of our school library program. Thanks to the Morning Star Rotary of Bethlehem, 158 learners at Kivutini Primary School are now part of our mobile library program. It was all smiles and excitement as learners enjoyed and acted out the read aloud story and checked out books!"
Morning Star Rotary Treasurer Val Walk has emailed the club’s 2025-26 club dues invoice to active members.
If you haven’t seen it, please check your junk/spam folder, and contact me if you need the invoice resent.
By June 30, please pay either...
$250 for the full Rotary year 7/1/25-6/30/26 – or –
$125 for the first six months 7/1/25-12/31/25
Payment method options include:
Check payable to Morning Star Rotary. Give to me at a meeting, or mail it to my attention at 1409 Bogie Ave, Wescosville, PA 18106
Cash. Give to Jean at a meeting.
Debit or Credit card. On www.morningstarrotary.com, log in, then scroll down to Site Pages on the left, and click Pay Dues Online Here. The club uses PayPal to collect it, but you do NOT need a PayPal account; Your debit or credit card is fine. The estimated PayPal fee is added to the dues amount.
Zelle. Several members requested a way to pay electronically without a fee. The club now has Zelle; send the amount to ID jean.searfoss@gmail.com , and identify yourself please.
Your prompt cooperation will be appreciated. The club will pay Rotary International and Rotary District 7430 in July, and active members as of 6/30/25 are in the headcount for those invoices to the club.
Francesco Arezzo, a member of the Rotary Club of Ragusa, Italy, has been selected by the Board of Directors to become Rotary International’s president for 2025-26. Arezzo will become president on July 1, 2025.
