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May 17th 50th Anniversary Dinner at Whitford Country Club

Student of the Month Third Wednesday of school months (except as noted): (Great Valley High School)

December 2007 Student

Exchange Student Vera at the airport

Checkout our recent Project - click here

Rotary Seminar at Villanova -Rotary Magic Website


Club Officers

President: Dave Ellis (07-08)
President Elect: Gordon Laabs
Secretary:Dan McMonigle
Treasurer:  
Ed Bauer
Sgt at Arms: Joe Kane

Immediate Past President: BJ Barrett (06-07)
Board of Directors
Club Service:
Dan McMonigle
Community Service:

Vocational Service: Lynn Moran

International Service: Dave Ellis

Other Committees

Gundaker Foundation: Joe Kane
Rotary Foundation: Lynn Moran

World Community Service:
Dan McMonigle
Program Chair: all members

Membership:Bill Mehnert

Public Relations:  Lou Deering
Administration Shannon Mick
Service Projects
Web Page: Gene Mitchell

Our ADG:


Coming Programs

May 14 Vera, our exchange student will be speaking about her year abroad and RYLA.

May 21

May 28

June 11 Dan McMonigle:

June 18 Dick Fritz: EBay Auction

June 25 Evening meeting and Induction of new officers


If you have a program, please contact the scheduled member and either switch dates or give them the program.


Club News:

Have you asked anyone to come to breakfast on Wednesday? Have you passed out any Be My Guest cards? Our club is looking for new members: Professionals, Managesr, or Owners of a business should contact us.Ask for Gene Mitchell at 610-590-0451

Dictionary Project - all 350 + of them.distributed to Graet Valley Elementary School children in the 3rd grade.

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The Exton/Frazer organizes the Annual Exton/Frazer Rotary and GVBL 5K Run held September 23rd.Click for PDF

We are organizing a Rotoract Club at Immaculata University. More details coming soon.

Our club has "mouse pads" that will also be used for speaker's gifts and other special occassions. Members can purchase additional pads for $3 each. Not only do they tell Rotary's 4 Way Test, but they advertise Rotary and what we are about.

 

 
We are a small but very active club. Here are our Projects: 

    Exton Frazer Rotary sponsors Great Valley Little League Team (last 5 years)- Click for pictures 

    Rotary Club of Exton Frazer sponsors the: Great Valley High School Interact Club 

    We are organizing a Rotoract Club at Immaculata

    We give a $500 scholarship award to graduates at Great Valley High School.

    We print the Great Valley High School Sports calender with the Rotary 4 Way Test on it.

    We sponsor Student of the Month at Great Valley High School

    We collect stamps and eyeglasses. Stamps bring money to Rotary and Eyeglasses are given to needy in third world countries.

    Fund Raisers:

    Oct : We sell Holiday Wreaths $30 for delivery in November, The best you will find - from New England. Ask any member about the quality and freshness and how long they last. 
    May: Flower Sale Saturday before Mothers Day.
    Last year: Lincoln Financial Field Snackbar: We operated a booth and we got a percentage donated to our club.
 
 

Board Meetings:  Held monthly after the regular breakfast meeting. All members are welcome.

General Rotary Information:
What is Rotary:
| Object of Rotary | 4 Way TestDeclarations of Rotarians in Business and ProfessionRotary's 4 Avenues of Service
Community Service | International Service | Vocational Service | Club Service | Rotary Foundation | Gundaker Foundation | RotaPlast | Gift of Life | Other Rotary Programs


3 Main Reasons to Belong to Rotary: Fellowship, Networking, and "Service above Self"
If you are a business owner, manager, or professional, contact us to see if you qualify for membership.
Why Should You Be A Rotarian
| Membership Process | Classifications | Attendance | Making Up a Missed Meeting

Click for Information about our Club:
Guy Gundaker Fellows | Paul Harris Fellows | Charter Members | Club History | Past Projects | Other Club Activities | Constitution | ByLaws | Fund Raising Activities | Operating Expenses | Club Dues | Corporate Donations | Exchange Students | Scholarships | Group Study Exchange | We Collect Eye Glasses and Stamps | Program Ideas for Program Chairman | Classification Talk

 

Archives of Past Projects and Pictures

Phoenixville Community Medical Project: The Clinic $1000 donation (recently completed)

"Mothers of Multiples" Handicap Playground in Downingtown (completed)

5 years ago: we completed an International project with Alexandria, Egypt's Rotary Club providing funds for their Dialysis Lab. s

Christmas party pictures

Joe Kane awarded a Paul Harris Fellow - Click for Picture

President Dan Delivers Baseball Gloves while on vacation

Road Cleanup Award

District Award for Gundaker

District Governor's Citation-Award-Press Release

Awards Presented to Bee Net

Computer Sales: In the past, we sold used computers as well as donate them to non profits

Goose Creek Duck Race with WEGO Rotary: see pictures - click here

Let us not forget our Sr Citizen Past Members that have had to drop out due to health reasons: Norma Smith, Joe Ferdinand


Past Meeting Programs:

Past Programs June 2000-Aug 2003)

Past Programs Sept 2003-Dec 2005
Jan 4 Student of the month & Club Assembly
Jan 11 "Helping Create Lifestyle Changes": Linda S. Jassmond Lanfear, Certified Personal Trainer
Jan 18 Joan Toenniessen ADG
Jan 25 Fritz: Elder Option Planner - Jannet Derrington

Feb 1 Student of the Month, Induction of new members, & Club Assembly

Feb 8 (Guiltman) Kathy Collier, Director of the Partnership for Healthy Youth

Feb 15 Ellis: "Dictionary Project" http://dictionaryproject.org/ Mark Michelman from NE Sunrisers Club, District 7450 Literacy Chair 2005 - 2006

Feb 22 "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sciatica-What it is and how to shake it without Surgery" Speaker: Gene Mitchell (also: Fairwell to Karen)

Mar 1 Student of the Mont & Club Assembly
Mar 8 Deering - Mandy Krasovec, Regional Marketing Manger - HeartCam
Mar 15 Gupta - Lizbeth Daniels, Director of the University Scholars Program at Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School will discuss her program and their interest in an Interact Club.
Mar 22 Kane Jane Williams, our District Rotaract Coordinator, will present an exciting, informative, and very useful talk on Rotaract clubs around the world.

Mar 29 McMonigle: Lori Snyder, Vice President for Development will discuss the Pennsylvania Leadership Charter School. This is the parent organization of the University Scholars Program
Apr 5 Student of the Month & Club Assembly
Apr 12 Membership Developement: Speaker: Marty Phillips - Potential new members welcome
Apr 19 Congressman Jim Gerlach: on his recent trip to Iraq and Afghanistan
Apr 26 Compliance Training Partners: Preventing Sexual Harrassment in the Workplace.
May 3 Student of the Month & Club Assembly
May 10 (Scott): Keith Choper, Vice Chairman, West Whiteland Township
May 17 Joint meeting with West Chester Sunrise at West Chester - GSE team visitng from Mexico
Date TBA The Challenger Little League Team for disabled children - Bob Worrell
May 24 RYLA Louise Vitiello, Ed. D., (Grants Administrator, Chester Community Charter School)

May 31 Axel Trautman: Farewell message

Jun 7 Student of the Month & Club Assembly
Jun 14 Charles Streitwieser on Rotary Foundation

June 21 Induction of new officers

June 28 Jun 28: Government Wiretapping and Phone Records - Spyware - Gene Mitchell

July 5: A Prepared Place, West Chester Rotary's project in Kenya with a matching Grant from the Rotary Foundation for $20,000. Speaker: Charles Lyddane

July 12 Louise Vitiello Burroughs, Ed.D, Chairperson RYLA Committee, RYLA

July 19: Linda Messer, Outbound GSE Team Leader

July 26 Phillies Game will replace morning meeting

Date - TBA: Nicole Comasky: on "Being an Exchange Student"s
Aug 2 Arthur Klein, AG. Official visit

Aug 9 (Armany) Nicole Comasky, Outbound Exchange Student

Aug 16 (Barratt, BJ)

Aug 23

Aug 30 (Deering) Roger Whitacre:Identity Protection.

Sept 6

Sept 13 (Bauer) Andrew Aramany - Classification Talk

Sept 20 (Ellis)

Sept 27 (Gupta)

Oct 4 Student of the Month & Club Assembly

Oct 11 (no show) Daniel Montes: GSE trip to Israel this past Spring

Oct 18 (Laabs) Mr. Casey Lafferty will be discussing "The Effectiveness of Neighborhood Redevelopment Through the Vehicle of a Profit Motive"

Oct 25 (McMonigle) Installion: 2 new members - PDG Bob Lankin doing the honors

Nov 1 Student of the Month & Club Assembly

Nov 8 (Mehnert)

Nov 15 Carly Hicks: Rotary exchange student last year and went to Belgium

Nov 22 Daniel Montes: GSE trip to Israel this past Spring

Nov 29 (Moran): Carina Luiza Jock, Exchange Student from Brazil

Dec 6 Student of the Month & Club Assembly

Dec 13 Bob Nelson, Director of the Delaware County Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Dec 20 ?

Dec 27 ?

Jan 3 ?

Jan 10 Gene Marks, the "penny pincher" columnist for the Philadelphia Business Journal

Jan 17 Victor Goldberg, Vice Chairman, SCORE (Counselors to America's Small Business).

Jan 24 Louis Dobio, Jr. of the Kimmel & Silverman Lemon Law Clinic. The topic is "Lemon Law".

Jan 31 Bryan Toder, Certified Hynotist

Feb 7 Student of the Month
2-14 Bangalore Malliskarjuna
2-21 Bryan Boyd
2-28 Cheryl Lewis-Digian
March 7 Student of the Month

3-14 Dan McMonigle;
3-21 Ed Bauer - Thom Stecher, Motivational Speaker
3-28 Shannon Hicks
April 4 Student of the Month
4-11 Christian Cottone
4-18 Dave Ellis
4-25 Rob Morgan,Private Client Portfolio Strategist for Janney
May 2 Stundent of the Month
5-9 Joint Meeting at West Chester Sunrise with Visiting Group Study Exchange at Holiday Inn, Rt 202 just below Bypass end
5-16
5-23 Bill Mehnert: Kathleen Collier - Community Mobilization Coordinator - on Great Valley Community Partnership for Healthy Youth
5-30
June 6 Student of the Month
6-13 Installation of New Officers - Details to follow
6-20 Carina Jock, Our Exchange Student: Farewell Address
6-27
July 11 Club Assembly
July 18 TBA
July 25
August 1st, Nicole Comasky Returning Outbound Student - Speaking on her year in Ecuador.
August 8th, Charlotte Comasky - Outbound Studnet speaking on her impending studies in Argentina
Aug 15 Jay Townsend Our AG - speaking on Platoon Partners - a program in supportof the troops overseas
August 22nd The Dictionary Project
August 29th Habitat for Humanity.

Sept 5 No Meeting - Picnic Saturday to replace meeting Sept 12 = pending
Sept 19 Claude Schoenberg - Claude is a practicing attorney and will give us some of his
insight into the Law as it pertains to employer employee relations Sept 26 Understanding the Radio Spectrum, HDTV, and new Wireless Internet Services

Oct 3 Club Assembly
Oct 10 Pam Gupta: Evelyn Dudas - Scuba Diving
Oct 17 Student of the Month & Dan
Oct 24 Shannon - exchange student Vera Sverdlyk
Oct 31 Vasanth Prablu, Central Chester County Rotarian on Rotoplast
Nov 7 Bill - membership meeting
Nov 14 Chris
Nov 21 Student of the month and Chris Cottone
Nov 28 Pam: Marjorie Johnson - "stress management"

Dec 5 Kathy Stocker - Chester County Hospital Volunteer program
Dec 12 Gordon Laabs promises an interesting and simulating program
Dec 16 Christmas party at Shannon's - more to follow
Dec 19 Student of the Month
The Christmas party is Sunday, Dec 16th at Shannon's and replaces the Dec 26th meeting which is listed as No Meeting
Dec 26 No Meetng
Jan 2 Club Assembly
Jan 9th Official Visit - District Governor Russ DeFuria
Jan 16 Ambassadorial Scholar Asako Yoshino, from Japan as the speaker/student of the month

Jan 30 Terry Woodman, East Whiteland Township Manager on what's going on in the township
Feb 6 Carol Metzker: Rotary Friendship program and her personal experience in Ghana with her daughter

Feb 13 Bud Bruton, Projects of the "Board of the Veterans Viet Nam Restoration Project"

Feb 20th Student of the month

Feb 27th Gene Mitchell: Emergency Communications

March 5th( Lynn) Phil McFadden, co-owner of Home Instead Senior Services in West Chester. He is speaking about alternative care solutions for seniors

March 12 Dan McMonigle

March 19 Student of the Month

March 26th Julia

April 2 Leaders from Interact to share with us what they have done this year

April 9 Vietnam Restoration Project presentation by Bud Bruton

April 16 Joint meeting with West Chester Sunrise Rotary at the Holiday Inn in West Chester as we recognizer the Group Study Exchange team from Italy

April 23

April 30

May 7th. Home Instead owner, Bob Fanelli, THE 40-70 Rule.on how to talk to your parents about estate planning, etc.

 

 

 

Student of the Month for May 06 Matt Macchione

Student of the Month for April 06 Michelle Kenney

Student of the Month for February 06: Fiona Devotta Click for Picture.

Student of the Month for March 06. MOLLY BEYER Click for Picture.

 

 




 
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