Rotary Club President Jim Stanton,
2007-2008-2009
There will be a strong effort to further Jim Stanton’s
Literacy Project, both on a local level and international level.
Details to follow as Jim’s new term of office unfolds.
To date, several books from our club have been sent to a school
in South America. Other projects are also planned for the coming
Rotary year.
(note to website visitors ….
The Rotary presidential term of office, a 1 year sojourn extends
from July 1st. through June 30th., annually).
Our Club has partnered with PLATOON
PARTNERS and has adopted a platoon serving in Iraq
and is presently receiving packages of much needed goods and
items to make life a little more comfortable, given the circumstances
under which this platoon faces in this time of war. Club President
Jim Stanton has received communications from the platoon leader
thanking our club for our ongoing support.
Our club has contributed $ generously
to the Rotary Foundation. This committee is headed by our club
member and past assistant district governor Chuck Killian.
Our club also supported the GUNDAKER FOUNDATION
scholarship fund raising effort, spearheaded by club member
Joseph Cymbor.
ShelterBox USA
received $1,000 from our club for the purchase of one box which
will provide emergency long-term shelter, warmth and dignity
to homeless victims of disaster.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
(Northeast Philadelphia):
Local Charitable Gift: Our charitable committee voted to purchase
a $400 refrigerator given to a family located in Kensington,
PA. The refrigerator is now in use in their home.
Local financial support for Center
For Families and Relationships (CFAR), a local family
counseling service located in Northeast Philadelphia.
Local financial support for Aid
For Friends, a charitable non-profit organization which provides
seven FREE home-cooked dinners weekly to the home-bound elderly
in Northeast Philadelphia.
Local financial support for Calcutta House, a refuge where those
with AIDS (Auto-immune-disease syndrome) can seek support and
care. A Northeast Philadelphia outreach service.
OUR CLUB AT WORK…2006-2007
Rotary Club President John Osgood
SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS: Money raised into the thousands of dollars
during year 2006-07, are ‘ear-marked’ to be rewarded
in the form of scholarships to young students June, 2007.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: LITERACY
PROJECT: Our club members generously purchased 50 children’s
books written in Spanish to be sent to the Centro Educativo
La Minga. This is a building that some very poor children are
building to be their very own school in Ecuador. Wed did this
as part of our recognition of International Literacy Day, Friday
which was on September 8th., 2006. Club-member Jim Stanton spear-headed
this project. Please note that Jim Stanton is not only District
7450’s Literacy Project Chairman, he is also President-Elect,
2007-2008.
PUBLIC RELATIONS: THREE(3) ROTARY
STREET SIGNS HAVE BEEN PLACED AT THREE STRATEGIC LOCATIONS IN
NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA, THANKS TO THE HELP OF PHILADLEPHIA COUNCILMAN
JACK KELLY. LOCATIONS: OFF THE EXIT RAMP OF THE TACONY-PALMYRA
BRIDGE INTO NORTHEAST PHILADELPHIA; GRANT AVENUE AND ROOSEVELT
BOULEVARD HEADING EAST; AND SOUTHBOUND INTO NORTHEAST PHILADEPHIA
AT FRANKFORD AVENUE NEAR KNIGHTS ROAD. Public relations chairman:
Paul Bogosian
COMMUNITY SERVICE: LITERACY PROJECT: Our club will
engage itself in a Dictionary purchasing drive, where these
books will be distributed to 3rd. graders at the local Bridesburg
Elementary School. Inside each dictionary will be a label imprinted
with the Rotary logo wheel, “The Four Way Test”,
and each individual child’s name. Again, District Literacy
Project Chairman, Jim Stanton heads this project. To date (10/06),
our club has donated well over 200
dictionaries.
CLUB PRESIDENT JOHN OSGOOD,
ACCOMPLISHED ONE OF OUR CLUB-SERVICE GOALS OF ACQUIRING 501c3
TAX EXEMPT STATUS FOR FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS INTO THE ROTARY
FOUNDATION. John Osgood spent the last few years along with
legal advisors getting the paperwork in order for our club to
finally reach this status.
Our club raised $31,500 for the
Rotary Foundation. Our club-member Chuck Killian conducted this
club service and district 7450 service project to an impressive
collection of funds which will help our humanitarian world-wide
Rotarian projects, in typically great Rotarian fashion with
Chuck Killian leading the way.
Our club raised $3,450 for the
GUNDAKER FOUNDATION. Monies will be used for Student-Exchange
Programs, and provide scholarships for Graduate and Undergraduate
Students.
July 1, 2005 thru June 30, 2006
Rotary Club Past President Paul Bogosian
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Thanks to our club member
Jim Stanton, who heads the Literacy Committee, our club has
reached its pledged goal of $300, sufficient funds to buy 300
dictionaries which have been donated to the First Philadelphia
Charter School For Literacy, for distribution to its students.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Did you know that our club purchased $450
of baseball tickets for the July 20th. Philadelphia Phillies
vs. Los Angeles Dodgers game? The tickets were donated to the
local Bridesburg Boys and Girls Club, and to also the Frankford
Northeast Boys Club.
COMMUNITY SERVICE: Our club recognized Mr. Paul Andris for his
Community Service, on January 24th., 2006. Mr. Andris performs
generously (non-salaried) with regard to his time and energy
with the Burholme Civic Association and Town Watch. He is also
the President of the volunteer group: City of Philadelphia Police
Radio Advisory Board. Northeast Philadelphia is a safer place,
thanks to Paul Andris, a retired Naval Officer. Mr. Andris has
served our community unselfishly. We thank him for his years
of service.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Our club supports the SPECIAL OLYMPICS OF PENNSYLVANIA,
and recently made a contribution to their cause.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Our club supports the SETTLEMENT MUSIC SCHOOLS (SMS)
with a contribution in their efforts to teach serious music
and ballet to their students via tuition aid. Consider the SMS
our area’s mini-Juilliard School of Music. Top rated professional
musicians teach at 6 area schools. Our club supports the arts.
The Northeast Philadelphia branch of the SMS school is nearby
our club’s location. Their Christmas Concert 2005 presentation
was a smashing success. We had an 8 piece Jazz Band under the
direction of Mr. Eric Apelt, and also two ballerinas dancing
excerpts from the “Nutcracker”. The ballet department
at the school is headed by Ms. Olga Blumenkrantz. The Northeast
Philadelphia Settlement School’s director is Mr. Bill
Peters. We should consider this school one of our community’s
sources of artistic young treasures.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Our club supports AID FOR FRIENDS, which delivers
food to home-bound senior citizens.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Our club supports “CFAR’, Center for Families
and Relationships, a local Northeast Philadelphia family
counselling service.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Our Club donated $100 to the COMMUNITY CARE CENTER OF
THE NORTHEAST (PHILADELPHIA REGION). This organization
dispatches Home Health Aides (real people), to the homes of
the infirmed, providing physical, emotional and spiritual support.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Our club is proud to sponsor 2 High School Juniors from Nazareth
Academy High School in Northeast Philadelphia, to attend the
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA), at the
Freedoms Foundation in Valley Forge, February 24,25, & 26th.,
2006. The curriculum/agenda include several personal development
skills and experiences, which include Leadership Skills, Decision
Making, Character Building, and Motivation for Life Success
to name a few. Who knows, maybe even a Rotary Club President,
some day. Our club is pleased to participate in programs for
youth development. The two students are: Lauren Abejo and Jacquelyn
Gilbert. Who knows; they may become future Rotarians.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Our club made a $1,000 contribution to Holy Family University,
designated for the Northeast Philadelphia Rotary Scholarship.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:
Our club serves as a food bank. We collect donated non-perishables
for distribution to local community charity organizations.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:Our
club has a food-bank, which collects non-perishable foods which
is distributed to various local neighborhood organizations for
distribution to individuals in need.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:Our
club awarded college Scholarship Grants to 14 deserving senior
students from 7 local Northeast Philadelphia area high schools
(Frankford, Lincoln, Nazareth Academy, Father Judge, Arch Bishop
Ryan, North Catholic and St. Hubert’s). Grants ranged
from $300 to $700. Distribution total: $5,000.
COMMUNITY SERVICE::
Our club made a donation to help send young Drayton Murry to
attend the Zoo Camp at the Philadelphia Zoo. He is a very deserving
and alert 3rd. grader from one of the most disadvantaged neighborhoods
in Philadelphia. We are happy to help make this a memorable
summer for Drayton.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:Our
club honored several outstanding students athletes, coaches,
and Unsung heroes of Northeast Philadelphia at our annual SPORTS
AWARD BANQUET. Awards of vocational grants and scholarships
to students from our community totaled over $10,000.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:–
VOCATIONAL SERVICE: Our club awarded financial grants to 4 Vocational
School students to help further their career goals. Members
Vincent Marzulli and Joseph Cymbor were the key players among
our membership who made this possible.
ROTARY FOUNDATION:
AMBASSADORIAL SCHOLAR CANDIDATE FOR THE ROTARY FOUNDATION IS
LEAH LOWTHORP. SHE WAS SELECTED AS THE BEST FROM A GROUP OF
SIX CANDIDATES BY THE DISTRICT 7450 COMMITTEE. SHE IS ORIGINALLY
FROM CALIFORNIA. SHE IS A DOCTORAL STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF PENNSYLVANIA, IN ANTHROPOLOGY/FOLKLORE. Studies will include
journeys to southern India, and France, 2006-07, where there
are special programs in her fields of interest. The Rotary Foundation
funds the scholarship in an effort to appoint an unofficial
Ambassador, to help further world peace and understanding, thanks
to ROTARY! We appreciate our club secretary, Stu Schwarzer for
playing a major role in this project.
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE:
Our club has purchased a grove of trees as part of the Armenia
Tree Project – Trees of Hope. So far, approximately 90
thousand trees will be planted to help re-nourish the once fertile
lands of Armenia. Our club has partnered with the Edge Hill
and Glen Riddle Rotary Clubs in this endeavor. So far, collectively,
3 groves of trees have been donated to the country of Armenia.
For more information on how to help, please feel free to contact
the club president, Paul Bogosian.
NATIONAL SERVICE:
Our club has raised $2,157 for the Hurricane Katrina Relief
project. $1,500 was donated by “N & N” Heating
& Air-Conditioning Supply Company, located in Northeast
Philadelphia, thanks to our club member Russ Urzi who is affiliated
with “N&N” Heating & Air. Also, the First
Philadelphia Charter School for Literacy, thanks to our member
Jim Stanton and through donations from students in their “Nickles
For New Orleans” project raised approximately $300. All
donations along with club-member donations, were received by
Joe Cymbor, our club Treasurer, who turned the funds over to
our district’s Gundaker Foundation, which has distributed
funds to Rotary Clubs in the local geographic hurricane-areas
in-and-around New Orleans, as well as surrounding counties and
states. Collectively, our Rotary regional district, which is
comprised of about 54 Rotary Clubs, has raised approximately
$54,000.
