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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


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.

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 .... read the whole story


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.


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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Fifth-grade students at Lower Southampton Elementary School get a look inside a ShelterBox tent during a presentation by ShelterBox Response Team member Bill Decker at the school Tuesday. ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity that provides emergency shelter and supplies to those in need. - Matt Stanley/Staff Photographer ... ...


  • 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 ... ...

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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