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          WEEK OF 
      MARCH 21, 2024
Betty Isaacs
President
2023-2024

MSR Weather Policy

MORNING MEETINGS ONLY

If the Bethlehem Area School District (BASD) CLOSES schools, then the Morning Star Rotary meeting will be held ZOOM only, not In-person.

If BASD just DELAYS school opening, our meeting will be HELD AS USUAL (Zoom & In-person), unless notification e-mailed for a Zoom format for all.

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Check online: BASDSCHOOLS.ORG/WEATHER or WFMZ.COM/WEATHER/STORMCENTER

Based on BASD assessments, a decision to delay the start of school or to close school is made by 5 AM!

Meeting Responsibilities
March 21, 2024
 
SET-UP/BREAKDOWN
Searfoss, Jean
 
GREETER
Burnett, Susan
 
SGT @ ARMS
Metzler, Robin C.
 
50/50
Milet, Lynn
 
INVOCATION, PLEDGE & 4 WAY TEST
Long, Mike
 
INTRODUCTIONS
 
ZOOM COORDINATOR
Kolepp, Janet
 
 
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             February 2024
Meetings & Events
LIVE/HYBRID CLUB MEETING
Flatiron Building - 5th Floor Community Room
Mar. 28, 2024
7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
FIRST THURSDAY "HAPPY HOUR" SOCIAL
Artisan Wine & Cheese Cellars
Apr. 04, 2024
5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
 
JANET SIPPLE "CELEBRATION OF LIFE"
Moravian University Foy Hall/Payne Art Gallery
Apr. 05, 2024
2:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
 
MSR BOARD MEETING
ZOOM
Apr. 10, 2024
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
 
LIVE CLUB MEETING
Traditions of Hanover
Apr. 11, 2024
7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
MONOCACY CLEAN UP PROJECT
Apr. 13, 2024
 
LIVE/HYBRID CLUB MEETING
Flatiron Building - 5th Floor Community Room
Apr. 18, 2024
7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
LIVE/HYBRID CLUB MEETING
Flatiron Building - 5th Floor Community Room
Apr. 25, 2024
7:15 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.
 
DISTRICT 7430 CONFERENCE
Wind Creek Hotel and Casino
Apr. 26, 2024 – Apr. 28, 2024
 
MSR BOARD MEETING
ZOOM
May 08, 2024
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
 
AUDREY RAFFERTY MEMORIAL SPAGHETTI DINNER
Advent Moravian Church
May 10, 2024
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
 
MSR BOARD MEETING
ZOOM
Jun. 12, 2024
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
 
MSR BOARD MEETING
ZOOM
Jul. 10, 2024
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
 
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Speakers
Mar 28, 2024
4-Way Test
Apr 11, 2024
Annual visit to Traditions
Apr 18, 2024
K9 Kop Project
Apr 25, 2024
Kenya Connect
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Photo Albums
Kivutini School District Project
Salute the Troops Concert 2023
2023 Celtic Classic 5K Race
Executives & Directors
President
 
President Elect
 
Treasurer
 
Secretary
 
Immediate Past President
 
Director
 
Director
 
Director
 
Director
 
Director
 
Director
 
Sergeant-at-Arms
 
Webmaster/Meeting Technology
 
Hybrid Meeting Coordinator
 
Bulletin Editor
 
Meeting /Speaker Coordinator
 
Meeting/Catering Coordinator
 
Grants - Local/Global
 
Rotary Foundation
 
Public Image
 
Camp Neidig
 
STEM-YEA
 
Youth Exchange
 
Rotaplast
 
Rotary Anniversaries
Join Date
Sheila Seifert
March 14, 2005
19 years
 
Jean Searfoss
March 15, 1994
30 years
 
Shawn Bariana
March 21, 2013
11 years
 
Justin Hartrum
March 25, 2012
12 years
 
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THIS WEEK'S MEETING INFORMATION
Please join the Rotary Club of Bethlehem Morning Star this Thursday, March 21, 2024, for our Live/Hybrid Meeting. Our meet & greet starts at 7:15am with the regular meeting starting at 7:30am.
 
Our speakers will be students from Lehigh University presenting a program on Sustainability.
 
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:
 
Topic: Bethlehem Morning Star Hybrid Meeting
Time: Mar 21, 2024 07:15 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)       
       
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85744230490?pwd=Rll0UUd2YmpEbkJmcE5udGZ6Y3ljZz09

Meeting ID: 857 4423 0490
Passcode: MSRotary
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THIS WEEK'S SPEAKER
BETHLEHEM EMERGENCY SHELTERING
Rotary encourages conversations to foster understanding within and across cultures. Bethlehem Emergency Sheltering Director of Volunteers Maria Shior gave us some insight at our March 14th meeting into the lives of our street neighbors that come to the warming shelter each winter and the growing need for a year-round emergency shelter.
 
Our Rotary members are passionate about providing sustainable solutions to poverty, which is why we support the Bethlehem Emergency Shelter both financially and as volunteers. #PeopleOfAction
 
 
4 WAY SPEECH CONTEST
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY AWARD
 
 
 
CONGRATULATIONS
 SUSAN!
Morning Star Rotary's own Susan Burnett was honored with the "2024 Rotary International Women’s Day Rotarian Award" for her exemplary humanitarian service work, both locally and globally, by the Emmaus Rotary Club at their club meeting on Thursday, March 7, 2024.  Numerous MSR Rotarians were present to honor Susan as she accepted this award. In addition to receiving a Paul Harris +3 Pin and a crystal plaque, Susan was recognized with a proclamation from the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.  Congratulations Susan on receiving these well deserved accolades. 
 
 
Click "Read More" to view the testimonial from Gilbert Mato of the Rotary Club of Isiolo, Kenya.
 
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ROTARY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE

THIS SATURDAY!!!

DATE: March 23, 2024

TIME: 7:30 AM – 1:00 PM

LOCATION:  DeSales University                         

Gambet Hall

2755 Station Avenue

Center Valley, PA 18034

Registration: https://www.rlinea.org/

 
Morning Star Rotary will reimburse any member attending RLI.
 
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MONOCACY CREEK STREAM CLEAN-UP
Message from Rick Morrissey..
 
       
 
Our Bethlehem Morning Star Rotary Club, in partnership with the Monocacy Creek Watershed Association of Bethlehem, is once again organizing a stream clean-up for one of the ‘jewels’ of Bethlehem - the historic Monocacy Creek.  
 
This year’s clean-up will be on Saturday April 13, and will again start at the Burnside Plantation.  The key details are as follows:
 
Where - Burnside Plantation 
When - Saturday, April 13, 2024
Time - 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM 
 
Parking - At Burnside Plantation and Moravian College's Sports Medicine building adjacent to Burnside
 
We will work downstream, and if enough folks come out we will also work upstream towards Illick’s Mill.
STEM-YEA FUNDRAISING GALA
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
 
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