The Langhorne Rotary Club was chartered June 1, 1961. The Club is one of more than 31,000 Rotary Clubs located in 167 countries with approximately 1.2 million members. Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders that provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards in all vocations, and helps build goodwill and peace in the world. The Object of Rotary is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise. 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 the past two years we have supported the Heart’s Apart program at McGuire AFB that supports families of Air Force Personnel on deployment. 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 4th 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. The Rotary Club of Langhorne now has 29 members, men and woman, who continue the ideals of Rotary in and attempt to follow the Rotary Motto of Service above Self, just as those members of the Langhorne Rotary did 45 years ago. We look forward to the new leadership in 2009-2010, under our new president Mark Arrington, as we attempt to follow the theme of this year “The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands” Many men and woman of our community have been part of Rotary through the years, contributing time, and resources, to better our community and world, which is a better place because of their dedication. 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, Rotary would not have lasted for 46 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 Cathy Bray at
Our clubs will be BIGGER, BETTER & BOLDER --RI President, Ray Klinginsmith
AUGUST 26, 2010
Assistant DG, Tim Birch, joins us to share our district strategic plan and a RI President Ray Klinginsmith video and provides us with some food-for-thought (pun intended!!).
Member update today is from Jen Deeny.
UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS
September 2 5-minute update from Kathy Harr; Program on Greece from Jim MacPartlin September 8 Board Meeting (all are welcome), St. James Episcopal September 9 5-minute update by Gene Hieber; Chris Blaydon shares highlights from his trip to Scotland September 16 5-minute update from Mary Holterhoff; program from Dave Carson October 30 Langhorne Harvest Day
*Member up-date – Please let Mark know if you will be unable to attend this date.
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS
HARVEST DAY: Please start collecting gift items for baskets that we will raffle during Harvest Day on Saturday, October 30. Items include gift certificates to restaurants, salons, etc., bottles of wine, jewelry, sports collectibles, food items, and just about anything you can think of! Please bring your items to our lunch meetings. We hope to have the Neshaminy Interact Club run the Purple Pinkie fundraiser again since it was such a big hit last year.
DISTRICT GOVERNOR VISIT: DG Joan Batory sends her regrets that she is unable to be with us today. We are trying to reschedule her visit in September
CLUB LONG-RANGE PLAN: Cheryl is looking for volunteers to participate in a planning process for the Club. Last chance today to let Cheryl know of your interest.
BELLA TORI BRUNCH TICKETS Please see Dave Davis to purchase brunch tickets for your own use or to give as gifts. The club earns $5 for each ticket sold. BECAUSE YOU ASKED: Ron Daggett reports The Monday Blues Jazz Orchestra will be playing on Sunday, September 12th from 3:30 to 7:30 pm at the Lions Park in Bristol, PA. The Lions Park is located behind the Bristol Riverside Theatre.
DISTRICT ANNOUNCEMENTS
DISTRICT CONFERENCE: You should have received an email by now for Oktoberfest 2010 on October 8-10, 2010. We strongly encourage attendance as it is a wonderful opportunity to learn more about Rotary, hear about best practices, and share ideas; not to mention a great time for fellowship!
CONGRATULATIONS to all of our Rotary Club members who raised more than $8000 for the Rotary Foundation by selling tickets to “Rotary Night at the Phillies”. What a wonderful way to support this keystone Rotary program while having fun and experiencing fellowship. Every club receives credit towards their 2010-2011 Rotary Foundation goal as well.
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS Mary Holterhoff – August 1 Kathy Horwatt – August 3 Jennifer Deeny – August 10 Kathy Harr – August 19
COMMUNITY EVENTS
LANGHORNE BOROUGH BUSINESS ASSOCIATION PRESENTS: - Tuesdays – Farmers Market at the American Legion: 3:00 pm. - Concerts in the park –every other Wednesday at 7 p.m.
LOCAL ROTARY MEETINGS
BENSALEM: Michael’s, Street Road, Tues. 12:15 BRISTOL: Anthony’s on the Delaware, 1457 Radcliff St, Bristol - Wed., 12:15 FEASTERVILLE: Suburban Diner, Feasterville, Tues., 8:00 am LEVITTOWN-FAIRLESS HILLS: Garden of Eatin’ at Woodbourne Rd and Oxford Valley Rd. across from the Walgreen’s. Tues.,7:30 am. NEWTOWN: Temperance House, Wed., 12:15 SHADY BROOK: Shady Brook Club House, Wednesday, 8:15AM.
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