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Helping Haiti -  |
A
great club is all about energy
Yes, I am back - and with new energy. In fact, energy
is a new theme, a new focus for me in Rotary. You
can tell the difference between great clubs and others
the moment you come in contact with them by their
energy. Whether it is the first time you view the
club web page, the first time you walk in to a club
meeting or when you have the opportunity to ask a
member, "What is it like to be a member of this
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2010
PETS: Pictures and "Testimonials
from our Presidents-elect”
The
Thorndale Rotary
Club recently organized a “Scotch
Tasting Night.”
Proceeds from the tasting, which was a great success
with over 60 attendees, will be made to local and
international Rotary initiatives, as well as the
Jay Edge Memorial
Scholarship.
Enjoying
themselves at the fundraiser are, pictured from
left to right, Coatesville
Rotary member Mark McGill, Thorndale
Rotary members Bob Rigg, and Bill
Keen
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Rotary
“War on Polio” Highlighted Above The
Philadelphia Skyline!
Rotary’s remarkable
battle to eradicate polio worldwide was highlighted
on the PECO Crown Lights display towering over center
city Philadelphia on Tuesday, February 23, 2010.
Atop the PECO building was a motion ad that evening
which became part of the international Rotary public
relations effort to highlight the “End Polio
Now” campaign in cities all around the world.
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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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the whole story
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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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