Last hidden column for tag filter | |
---|---|
Aug. 26, 2022 12:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
|
|
|
|
Community & Adult Education
Sep. 21, 2022
MONTHLY THEME: September’s Rotary theme is Basic Education and Literacy. Our Presenter for Sept 21 will be Susan Clauser from Keystone, speaking about Community and adult education (ESL, Literacy, GED etc) in our communities here. Susan also works with students (and community) in career pathways, career link Susan Clauser has been employed by IVOC/Keystone Opportunity Center for 29 years. Her roles with the agency have included ESL and citizenship preparation instructor, volunteer tutor trainer, Citizenship Coordinator, and Adult Education Director (2009-present). She currently serves as the Title II Representative on the Montgomery County Workforce Development Board. |
|
|
|
Polio Plus
Oct. 12, 2022
Carol Ferguson, the Polio Plus Coordinator for our District, will be our virtual presenter. She is a polio survivor. With a team of volunteers they launched a Network that serves others in 2014. Working with and becoming a part of the Rotary Family has been the best part of their work. Carol appreciates our hybrid/online option, and loves 7 am. Carol spoke to us last year, but since then, there have been new developments in the battle against polio. Carol will bring us up to date, answer questions, and encourage participation in Rotary’s efforts to eradicate polio. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rotary Foundation
Dec. 21, 2022
|
|
Interesting Facts from our Local History
Jan. 04, 2023
Walt Johnson attended Collegeville-Trappe High School and received a B.S. from Ursinus College and later attended Ohio State University where he achieved a Master's Degree in Mathematics. He taught for 25 years at Indian Valley Junior High School and then 13 years at the Souderton Area High School. He also was an Associate Professor at Ursinus College in the Education Department for 5 years. After retiring from being a math teacher, he became inteested in the local history of the area and currently is very much involved in the Skippack Historical Society, serving as historian and Chairman of "Washington's Encampment", a living history event held in the the village of Skippack.
|
|
|
|
The August Festival (car show)
Jan. 18, 2023
Bob serves as the Show Field Chair for Das Awkscht Fescht, a car show and community celebration in its 60th year. He also serves on the Finance and Legal Committee of HANWASH, a Rotary-related program that brings potable water to Haiti. He is a director for the Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles. Bob works for the Development Committee of the Reading Musical Foundation. You likely know him as the District Governor for Rotary District 7430 during the 2021-2022 Rotary year. Bob is an attorney practicing in southeastern Pennsylvania. He enjoyed a “big law” career in structured finance and government consulting for many years, and now emphasizes business and estate planning. Bob regularly publishes legal articles with the Business Law Sections of the American Bar Association and Pennsylvania Bar Association and with many other business organizations. He has served as President or as a director on the boards of five non-profit organizations. Bob has been an active member of the Kutztown Rotary Club since 1986 and was President during the 1993-1994 Rotary year. He serves or served District 7430 as District Governor, Parliamentarian, Assistant Governor, Annual Fund Chair, and Committee member on the International Service, DEI and Environmental Sustainability Committees. He is Department of State certified in the Student Exchange Program. He teaches for the Rotary Leadership Institute. He is also a member of the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Rotary Action Group and the International Fellowship of Motorcycling Rotarians. Bob thanks his wife, Florita, for serving with him in Rotary. . |
|
Orgelkids {working pipe organ)
Jan. 25, 2023
Since 1997 Vincent M. Ryan has been Minister of Music at Advent Lutheran Church in Harleysville, PA, where he directs the church’s varied ensembles. He has vast experience accompanying solo instrumentalists, voice, mixed ensembles, and choirs of all levels, including the Gospel Choir of Wittenberg, Germany. In 2016, he participated in the premier Orgelfestwoche (organ festival week) in Wittenberg, and has returned annually. In 2019, he sang with the Adam Rener Schola Cantorum in Strasbourg, France. He is the organist for the Lancaster-Franconia Choral Singers directed by Ralph Alderfer, and the Souderton Alumni Men's Chorus directed by Jon Leight. Mr. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in piano and Master of Arts degree in organ from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). His teachers included James Staples (piano), Carol Teti (organ), James Dearing and James Jordan (choral conducting). In 1995, he was the recipient of the Twila A. Hoover Organ Scholarship. He has returned many times to IUP as a guest organist and pianist. About Orgelkids: The pipe-organ is a beautiful instrument with a lot of things to discover. Of course there is organ music in all kinds of styles. But the technique with which the sound is made is also very interesting. And let’s not forget the history of the organ as part of cultural heritage. Orgelkids is a real instrument: a pipe organ that you build and play. It's interactive and hands-on. Participants will enjoy teambuilding, history, archeology, science, organizational skills, tactile, and music. |
|
Classification Talk
Feb. 08, 2023
|
|
Franconia Township Sewer Dept.
Feb. 15, 2023
George Witmayer is currently the Executive Director of Fanconia Sewer Authority, having started in that position in 2005. Prior to that he worked as an environment, health and safety consultant both independently and with the firm Penn Environmental and Remediation. His early career was Environmental Director for Moyer Packing Company (24 years). He graduated from Perkiomen Valley High School and North Montco Technical School where he studied chemical technology. He has an AS in engineering from Montgomery County Ccommunity College and a BS in Business Management from Eastern University. Aside from his vocation, he is currently Consistory President for Heidelberg UCC in Schwenksville, elected auditor and member of the Finance Committe for Salford Township, Vice Chairman of North Penn Water Authority, and Program Chair and member of the Board of Cradle of Liberty Council, Boy Scouts of America. He is also a Paul Harris Fellow. In his spare time...he has no spare time. |
|
|