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Rotarians
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February 23, 2010
The Rotary Club of
Bensalem celebrates Rotary International’s
105th anniversary. At the meeting, Catherine Hackman
described the program that she started where she
and volunteers collect and distribute needed supplies
for injured soldiers at the Walter Reed Medical
Center. Bensalem Rotarias were so touched by her
volunteerism and commitment to helping others that
they, (anonymously) gave her a $700.00 scholarship
to assist her in continuing her education toward
a BSN!
A Bensalem member emailed,
"It is midnight and I am in my office at home
and just watched this video with my wife. I am in
tears watching the reaction of these people and
how grateful they are for our help. Am I soft, or
do I just have a pulse? I
am so proud to be a Rotarian ....
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AID
TO HAITI
Rotary Club of Greater
West Chester Sunrise member, Helen
Semus and Judy Mulhollan from Jenners Pond shown with
some of the shoes collected for Haiti. “Sincere
thanks to you, Chris and Ilene for donating your shoes.
This started with just shoes from my house. But with
the help from you all the club members, GWCS
collected a full trunk load of shoes!!! These shoes
are being delivered down to Haiti by Girl Scouts of
America coordinated by the HR director at Jenners
Pond.”
- Helen Semus.
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At
the Rotary Club of
Swarthmore meeting on February 4,
Joy Charlton shared the news that the club has received
a District 7450 Simplified Grant of matching funds
designated for the Chester Upland School of the
Arts (“CUSA”)..
Through donations from this year’s budget
in addition to funds remaining from last year, the
club donated $4000. The Chester
Rotary Club added $300 to the grant
proposal. The District grant matched these funds,
with the result being a total of $8600
to be made available to CUSA for
the purpose of buying books for the creation of
a library.. ...
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- Ulrigue Idal gave
birth to 2 day old Edwige at the Centre D'Ebergement
and is now staying in a ShelterBox tent.
- Tents are being
set up for families in desperate need of shelter.
- Soldiers from the
US Military's 82nd Airborne Division unload ShelterBoxes
in Port au Prince, Haiti ...
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Special
needs students from Wordsworth Academy’s SPIRIT
Program in Ft. Washington, PA., present Karen Strawhacker,
President of the Rotary
Club of Glenside, with a jar filled
with $441.34 which they collected for the victims
of the Haitian earthquake. The money is designated
to purchase a ShelterBox. Pictured left to right
are: Kerry Costello-Null, Glenside Rotarian and
Principal, Wordsworth Academy; Matthew Hawkins,
student; Karen Strawhacker; Christopher Bien, student,
Nicholas Bucelli, student and Lois Di Marzio, teacher. |
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Newly-formed
Rotary District 7450 Public Relations Committee
“This new Public
Relations Committee for District 7450 is an idea
whose time has come,” said Joe Batory. “We
have lots of talented people determined to make
a difference in creating much better understanding
of what Rotary is all about and what it stands for.
We intend to make a difference!” ...
“End Polio Now”
To Be Highlighted Above The Philadelphia Skyline!
Rotary’s remarkable
battle to eradicate polio worldwide is scheduled
to be highlighted on the PECO Crown Lights display
towering over center city Philadelphia on Tuesday,
February 23, 2010. ...
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The
Rotary District 7450 collection of canes, walkers,
crutches, and wheel chairs for the Haitian earthquake
victims is under way. 
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Group
Study Exchange Team from Brazil Set to Arrive in
our District in the Spring of 2011
Rotary District
7450 Governor-elect Joan Batory (left) and Rotary
District 4530 Governor-elect Daltono Umberto de
Souza (right) are shown finalizing details for the
incoming visit by a Group Study Exchange team from
Brazil throughout all of April and early May of
2011. Joan and Daltono met for the first time in
person at the recent International Assembly for
District Governors-elect worldwide that was recently
held in San Diego.
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Jenkintown
Rotarians respond to the Haitian crisis with $6,500.00
to send Shelter Boxes for the homeless. Each box
includes a tent for ten people, privacy partitions,
sleeping mats, mosquito netting, blankets, ponchos
for ten, cook stove, eating utensils, water carriers,
water purification tablets, tools, a shovel, school
supplies. Seventeen Haitian Rotaries will oversee
distribution.
Call Pat Stanton, president, Rotary Club of Jenkintown:
215-576-8433. |
Six
Rotary Ambassador Scholars Studying In Our Area
This Year;
Message from Joe Batory Click
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Rotarians
Witness Chaos In Haiti --
By Ryan Hyland - RI News -- 20 January 2010 |
As
president of the Rotary Club of Houston, it had
been Michelle Bohreer's dream to travel to Haiti
and conduct a service project to improve the lives
of children there.
On 12 January, 45 minutes
into a weeklong trip to Port-au-Prince to do just
that, the dream quickly spiraled into a nightmare.
Bohreer and
a team of five Rotarians from Houston were heading
into Haiti’s capital city to implement a water
project for an orphanage when a powerful earthquake
rocked the area, causing widespread devastation.
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King
of Prussia Rotary President Dave Rebmann
presented Natalie Pastelak of King of Prussia a $1,000
King of Prussia Mall Gift Card. Natalie was the raffle
winner for the $1,000 gift card shopping spree. The
raffle raised over $4,800 for the King of Prussia
Rotary Charitable Foundation. The Foundation provides
donations to several international, national and local
communtiy programs. For 53 years King of Prussia Rotary
has conducted its contribution program in the spirit
of the Rotary motto, "Service
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Cynthia
Ericson Beideman and Gary Beideman hosted another
successful Greater
West Chester Sunrise Rotary Christmas party for
the second year in a row – Gary & Sid
are “Party Central”! All enjoyed the
evening filled with fellowship, dear friends, good
food and togetherness. Many brought family and friends
to join in the fun. We are thankful for another
year with our Rotary Family and look forward to
an awesome 2010.
Idna Corbett, Chris Hasen,
Cynthia Ericson Beideman and Christina Valocchi
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Former child-slaves gather around
a motorbike provided by two Rotary clubs, West
Chester Downtown “Fridays”
and Norwich-St. Edmunds (England), at Bal Vikas
Ashram in India. |
“Rajneesh,”
who conducts raids and child-slave rescues, as well
as keeps operations running smoothly at Bal Vikas
Ashram child-slave rehab center, took the first
spin on a motorbike provided by Rotarians this month.
He traveled to the area of Bhadohi to check on the
health of Asmat, a boy who was a slave in the carpet
industry, and the financial situation of his family.
After Asmat was rescued, he was treated at BVA and
returned to his home, but is currently suffering
from cardiac problems. 
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Presidential-Elect
Dinner Sparkles!!!!!
The dinner and orientation for the 2010-2011 Rotary
President-Elects of Rotary District 7450 on January
11 at The Desmond Hotel and Conference Center provided
a great “kick-off” for the training of
next year’s Rotary Club leaders.
The evening opened with a delightful vocal presentation
from Temple University sophomore music major, Dan
Matarazzo, whom The Philadelphia Daily News recently
referred to as “a teddy bear with a glorious
voice.” Accompanied by Philadelphia teacher
Jennifer Crawford, Dan received a standing ovation
from the attendees. |
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