The Rotary Club of Langhorne was formed as early as April 20, 1960 through the efforts of the Bristol Rotary Club. The Rotary Club of Langhorne began as a provisional club on May 23, 1961. There were 22 charter members. The first president was John H. Wintersteen, who had been a member of the Bristol Rotary Club. Lewis Layton was the first treasurer. The Charter Night was held on June 1, 1961 at the Warrington Country Club with 300 people in attendance. The first “Banner” was published September 19th, 1961. The first installation and “ladies” night was at Glen Lake on June 28, 1962. In 1986 Rotarian Lewis T. Layton compiled a history of the club from 1960 to 1986. An update has been produced for the second 25 years and both books will be available at the 50th anniversary celebration. The club continues to support the work of the local organization, Quilts for Kids, founded by Linda Arye, one of our members, which has become known world wide for its work providing quilts made by volunteers to children and adults in hospitals. We also support volunteer programs at Wood Services. We have been involved in the Adopt a Highway for a number of years on Bellevue and Richardson Avenues and volunteer at the Red Cross Homeless Shelter. For several years we have supported the Heart’s Apart program at McGuire AFB that supports families of Air Force Personnel on deployment. In the last three years we have brought families to Langhorne to participate in the Memorial Day Parade. Each month from October to May the club honors a Student of the Month. For six of the months the student is from the Neshaminy High School and in November and February a student from the Bucks County Technical High School is recognized. As a result of a generous grant from the estate of Walter Styers and our own fundraising the club awards scholarships to a number of seniors from local high schools each June. The club has continued to support programs to encourage literacy. The club continues to be involved in a program to provide classroom books in local schools. Last year the club gave each 3rd grader in the Neshaminy School district a personal copy of a dictionary. We have also arranged for Spanish/English dictionaries to be taken to Costa Rico. In 2010-2011 the club completed a project in Panama, with assistance from a grant from the Rotary Foundation. A well was dug to provide clean water to a school in David, Panama. On June 1, 2011 we are pleased to host a dinner, invite members, former Rotarians and friends to a 50th Anniversary celebration. We thank Cheryl Kauffman, our 2010-2011 President, Larry Langhans our celebration chairman and all those who made this evening possible. We particularly thank all those men and woman who have served as president through the years. Being president is a very difficult and demanding job. Without the willingness to serve and the work of the Board of Directors and dedicated members, the Langhorne Rotary would not have lasted for 50 years. We invite you to join us for lunch any Thursday at 12:15 for our various programs and fellowship at the Bella Tori, on Bellevue Avenue in Langhorne. The Club has weekly luncheon meetings on Thursday at 12:15 PM at Bella Tori at the Mansion, 321 South Bellevue Avenue in Langhorne. Visitors are invited. For information call 215-752 3140 or 215-752-3281. For information about programs or interested in being a speaker in our club contact Mark Anderson at 215-02-1770 or Arrington@Verizon.net
Young Ladies, members of the Interact Club at the Neshaminy High School, helping at the Martin Luther King Pasta Buffet, January 16th to raise funds for Polio Eradication.
Members of the Langhorne Rotary Serving at the dinner
Dave Carson, President, Brad Johnson, Student of the Month for January, and Bob Mueller, Assistant Principal Neshaminy High School
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