The Rotary Club
of Glenside, PA
PO Box 362 Glenside,
PA 19038 (215)657-0488
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Glenside racing great addresses Rotary Club
Ken Montgomery, owner and operator, with his son Ken Jr., of
Montgomery’s Service Center in Glenside, made a presentation to
the Rotary Club of Glenside Jan. 5 at the club’s weekly lunch
meeting at Lulu Country Club in North Hills.
Montgomery
discussed the founding of his family business in Glenside in the
1960s as well as his career as a drag racing driver. In 1997,
Montgomery was inducted into the Super Stock Hall of Fame and in
2005 he was inducted into the NHRA Hall of Fame. From 1970 to
1977, he drove for Chrysler’s drag racing team. Also in 2005,
Montgomery’s Service Center was named the best service station
in Montgomery County by Philadelphia Magazine.
The Rotary Club of Glenside meets for lunch Fridays at noon at Lulu Country Club. For more information about the Rotary Club of Glenside, visit www.rotary7450.org/Glenside.
PHOTO: Glenside Rotary Club President Barbara Nye of North Hills, right, and club member Ed Boerner of Roslyn, left, welcome presenter Ken Montgomery, a Hall-of-Fame drag racing driver and owner of Montgomery’s Service Center in Glenside.
St. Luke School Student Receives Community Service Award
The Rotary Club of Glenside awarded its Community Service Award in December to a student from St. Luke the Evangelist School in Glenside, at one of the club’s weekly luncheon meetings at Lulu Country Club.
St.
Luke sixth-grader Ian Trauffer received a plaque and a savings
bond from the club. One of his teachers, Diane McGreer,
described Ian’s service projects in the community. Ian visits
the homebound. He is a Boy Scout, and does service projects with
the Scouts, including serving as Den Chief and participating in
a food drive. Ian is active in his parish, and serves as an
altar server for two churches. When trick-or-treating, he
collected donations for UNICEF.
The Rotary Club of Glenside gives awards monthly to local students. The club meets for lunch Fridays at noon at Lulu Country Club.
PHOTO: St. Luke School sixth-grader Ian Trauffer, front, receives his plaque and savings bond from Rotary Club of Glenside Student of the Month Chairman Jim Auch, right, as his father, Ed Trauffer, and teacher, Diane McGreer, look on.
Peggy Dolan speaks to Glenside Rotary Club
Peggy Dolan, founder and executive director of the Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund, made a presentation to the Rotary Club of Glenside Oct. 6 at the club’s weekly lunch meeting at Lulu Country Club in North Hills.
Dolan’s
presentation comes as the Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund is
poised to celebrate 30 years of helping families who are caring
for seriously ill children. The fund is named in memory of
Dolan’s daughter, who died as a child from a rare form of
leukemia. Dolan discussed the evolution of the Kelly Anne Dolan
Memorial Fund, and how its mission has had to change over the
years to meet the needs of the families it serves. To mark the
30th anniversary of the founding of the fund – which
is also the 30th anniversary of Kelly Anne Dolan’s
death – a 30th Anniversary Gala is planned for Oct.
22 in the Crystal Tea Room, Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia.
The Rotary Club of Glenside meets for lunch Fridays at noon at
Lulu Country Club.
PHOTO CAPTION: Glenside Rotary Club President Barbara Nye, right, and club member Dan Guyon of Erdenheim welcome presenter Peggy Nolan, founder and executive director of the Kelly Anne Dolan Memorial Fund.
Glenside Rotarians Help Make Car Show a Success
Members
of the Rotary Club of Glenside volunteer their time to make the
13th Annual “Cruizin’ Glenside” Show, held Aug. 5 on
Easton Road in Glenside, a success. Every year at the community
event, Glenside Rotarians help organize and distribute trophies
to the winners.
The “Cruizin’ Glenside” Show was founded by the Greater Glenside Chamber of Commerce as a car show 13 years ago, and now features cars, trucks, motorcycles, military vehicles and helicopters, and musical entertainment. The event is organized and run by the Chamber, with volunteer support from the Rotary Club of Glenside.
Proceeds from the fund-raiser support the Chamber’s Young Entrepreneur Scholarship fund as well as other programs. The scholarship awards one local student a $3,000 scholarship every year.
Abington Invitational another great event
Glenside Rotarian Burt Ritchie is the driving force behind the annual Abington Invitational, a cross-country meet held at Abington High School in September. Burt has been running the invitational for about 14 years, bringing Rotarians out to staff the high school sporting event. This year, the Abington Invitational was held on September 9. About 600 athletes ran in four races.
The Rotary Club
of Glenside meets for lunch Fridays at noon at Lulu Country Club
in North Hills.
Grant Recipient Tells Tales of Trip to Tanzania
Patricia Enright of Glenside made a presentation to the Rotary Club of Glenside July 7, 2006 at the club’s weekly lunch meeting at Lulu Country Club in North Hills.
Enright, president of ROI Performance Solutions in Glenside, spent a month in Tanzania as part of a volunteer group trip to the area. The volunteer program is run through Cross-Cultural Solutions, a non-profit organization that specializes in community development projects. While in Tanzania, Enright worked with the Tanzania Home Economics Association, which helps women and youths through sustainable businesses. She helped improve the operations of THEA’s shop, a gallery where handicrafts are sold. The Rotary Club of Glenside, whose motto is Service Above Self, gave Enright a grant to help underwrite the cost of her trip.
The Rotary Club of Glenside meets for lunch Fridays at noon at Lulu Country Club.
PHOTO CAPTION: Glenside Rotary Club President Barbara
Nye, left, and club member Lyn Church, right, welcome presenter
Patricia Enright, whose recent volunteer visit to Tanzania was
partially underwritten by a grant from the club. In front of the
group is a piece of cloth that Enright brought back from
Tanzania.
Glenside Rotary Clean-Up Event
Members of the Rotary Club of Glenside spend a few hours cleaning up the Rotary Circle on Keswick Avenue in the Keswick Village section of Glenside in June 2006. The Rotary Club of Glenside, whose motto is Service Above Self, maintains the traffic circle year-round, and schedules a spring clean-up day every year.
The
Rotary Club of Glenside meets for lunch Fridays at noon at Lulu Country Club
in North Hills. For more information about the Rotary Club of Glenside,
visit www.rotary7450.org/Glenside.
PHOTO CAPTION: Glenside Rotary Club members, from left, Phil Seltzer of
Wyncote, Donna Adelsberger of Glenside, club President Barbara Nye of North
Hills, Bob Pannepacker of Jenkintown, Marijane Bethard of Willow Grove, Dave
Cooper of Glenside and Lyn Church of Wyncote, clean-up the Rotary Circle on
Keswick Avenue in June.
Chartered May 13, 1952 - Organized April 30, 1952
District 7450
Marty Phillips, District Governor
Karen Strawhacker, Assistant District Governor
Rotary Club of Glenside
Officers 2006-2007
Barbara A. Nye, President
Lyn Church, President- Elect
Raymond Rife, Secretary
Jerry Lieberman, Treasurer
Marijane Bethard, Immediate Past President