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Anyone interested in attending the next quarterly meeting or to answer
questions contact Jim Stanton at: jstanton@firstphiladelphiacharter.org

Click here for brief two-page flier on ideas your clubs can use to celebrate literacy
Rotary District 7450 Seeking Topnotch World Peace Fellowship Candidates

Applications for the prestigious Rotary World Peace Fellowships for study in 2011-2012 are now online at www.rotary.org . Up to 60 World Peace Fellowships for master’s degree studies and up to 50 Rotary World Peace Fellowships for certificate program professional development study will eventually be awarded on a world-competitive basis.

New Record Set By Philadelphia Rotary In Completing Its Largest Fall Literacy Campaign Ever!!       
At the November 5th club meeting of The Rotary Club of Philadelphia, Marcia Schulman, Project Manager of the Philadelphia High School Leadership Project, and Dr, George P. White, Professor and the Director for Developing Urban Educational Leaders at the Lehigh University School of Education, reported on the Philadelphia School District's High School Leadership Project. The Project is aimed at preparing experienced Philadelphia high school teachers to take on the challenging task of principal at one of Philadelphia's high schools. Ms. Schulman and Dr. White are shown with books that they autographed as guest speakers. The books will be donated to the Philadelphia Family Court as part of The Rotary Club of Philadelphia's literacy initiative.

Bill Decker, a member of The Rotary Club of Philadelphia, and one of approximately 135 global members of the ShelterBox Response Team, was called into action in Mid-October to respond to the devastation wrought by typhoon Pepeng in a mountainous section of the north central Philippines main island of Luzon.

Philadelphia Rotary Literacy project - Click here to see how one Rotary Club is helping out.

(L) Some of the members who affixed "Donated by the Rotary Club of Philadelphia" labels onto more than 2000 "gift" dictionaries, thesauruses and atlases for students on Friday, October 23, were (L-R):
Mayumi Kusunose (former Ambassador Scholar); Frank Hollick; Joe Batory; Seong Kong; Matthew Tae; Susie Swisher; Katie Baye; Ellen Williams; and, Kristina Harshany.

Rotary club of Exton Frazer Literacy Project -

(R) The third grade teachers at Kathryn D. Markley elementary school along with Shannon Mick, Rotarian, Dave Ellis, Rotarian and Doug Meyer, Rotarian.
Contact Dave Ellis or Shannon Mick for more information >> Hicksandmick@hotmail.com - 610-524-4277

Published 11/2 - Short but powerful summary of Rotary’s remarkable PoiloPlus effort.     -Joe Batory