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Assistant Governor Rick Trivane presents the Rotary International Presidential Citation Award and Literacy Award to President (2009-10) Rosalie Thompson of the Rotary Club of Central Delaware County (Founded 1985). Of the fifty-three Clubs in District 7450, eleven Rotary Clubs received the Literacy Award and Thirty-three Clubs received the Presidential Citation.

Amazing what twelve Rotarians can accomplish when they all pull together. Rotarians do great things. The world needs more Rotarians! Photo by Captain Jose Santiago of the Rotary Club of Chester 8-25-10.>>

<< President Norm Watts of the Rotary Club of Central Delaware County (Founded 1985) welcomes guest speaker Captain Jose Santiago from the Salvation Army and member of the

Rotary Club of Chester. We learned that the Salvation Army is like the wings of a butterfly: A church and a charity. Photo by AG Rick Trivane 8-25-10.

Rotary Club of Thorndale Presents 2nd Scholarship in Jay Edge’s Memory To Coatesville Area High School Graduate Jennifer Teson to Attend Philadelphia University; Scholarship Fundraiser held October 9 Wine Tasting & Auction at Blue Café (Thorndale, PA – August 2010) The Thorndale Rotary Club – which has been serving the communities of Thorndale, Downingtown and Coatesville since 1995 – is pleased to announce that Jennifer Teson is the recipient of the 2nd Jacob Edge Memorial Community Service Rotary Scholarship for the 2009/2010 school year. The $1,000 scholarship will be used by Teson to attend Philadelphia University where she plans to major in Environmental and Conservation Biology.

ShelterBox USA announced Philadelphia Rotarian Bill Decker as the new Chair of the Board of Directors at the close of its fiscal year June 30, where ShelterBox USA experienced a 1,000 percent increase in contributions.

The significant growth of the 10 million dollar organization has helped attract successful businessman, Bill Decker, president of The Hub, a corporate meetings and events company in Philadelphia. Decker will lead the organization to increase visibility of ShelterBox USA and their ability to serve more families affected by disasters worldwide.

“Nonprofits today need to act more like businesses and see the opportunities for growth. Our vision of the organization is to shelter 500,000 people per year. Right now ShelterBox is halfway there, and I am confident that we now have the staff and leadership to reach our goal” said Decker.

Kyra Zogbekor is Rotary District 7450’s newest Ambassador Scholar!
Sponsored by the Eastwick/Philadelphia International Airport Rotary Club, Kyra will be studying at the University of Ghana in Accra, Ghana during the 2010-2011 academic year.

Ambassador Scholar Makoto Kuwabara from Japan received his master’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania in May of 2010. Makoto’s wife, Chihiro and new baby, Manaka, are pictured at his right.

In the photo from left to right are: · Denise Romanelli; Glen Riddle Rotary, Conference volunteer, · Sharon Conroy; Upper Darby Rotary, POMC Delaware County Chapter, Conference coordinator, and Parent of a murdered child Sean Conroy, Jane McPhee, Delaware County Chapter POMC, one of the Conference coordinators, and Parent of a murdered child, Kathryn Flagg; Glen Riddley Rotary, Conference volunteer.

"We are standing in front of the wall of photos of loved ones who were murdered from across the nation ... Very emotional." - Denise Romanelli

POMC unveils plaques to honor murder victims (With Video)
Published: Friday, August 13, 2010 Click here to view Video

By LAURA WISELEY
Times Correspondent

The plaques bore the names of the loved ones murdered across the country over the last four decades — nearly 4,000 in all. Thursday night, 275 members of the National Organization of Parents of Murdered Children gathered at the Philadelphia Airport Marriott to witness the unveiling of The Murder Wall, a collection of 31 plaques designed to honor the memories of the loved ones they’ve lost to homicide.

RYLA International Convention, July 14 - 18, 2010, Washington, D.C

-- Patricia Dantis,
Former District Rotaract Representative and Member,
Rotaract Club of the Main Line

The 2010 RYLA Conference in Washington D.C. is an experience to be remembered. Similar to last year's conference, this year's conference incorporated elements from Rotaract Pre-Convention, RYLA, and the National Rotaract Conference for North America. Navin Manchery-Valliappan, Conference Director, along with the RYLA board members and the support of the Rotarians in the D.C./Md. district were able to bring together a dynamic group of more than 100 individuals from 16 countries for a four-and a half-day fun-filled and informative conference.

Glen Riddle and Concordville-Chadds Ford Rotary Clubs helped Glen Mills Rotary Club celebrate its fifth birthday at a picnic at Newlin Grist Mill last month. Enjoying dinner are (from left, clockwise) Glen Riddle Rotary Club 2009-10 president Katherine Flagg,2011-12 president Sue Linvilla-Jochum,

Concordville-Chadds Ford Rotary members Dave Lafferty, and Jim McKinly, Bethel Township Historic Society chairman Judy McCleary, and Glen Mills Rotary Club’s newest member Allen Rogers and his wife Phyllis.

On August 11, 2010 The Rotary Club of Bala Cynwyd-Narberth (Chartered 1926) Honors Past Pres. Ray Kaelin For Serving By Pres. Laya Charlestein
(Rick Trivane Photo)

The Philadelphia Rotary’s Kirsty Halliday successfully completed her 1st attempt at the Triathlon in Philadelphia on August 1.Kirsty completed the 0.4 mile swim, 15.8 miles cycle ride, and 3 mile run in a time of 1hr 53 mins which was a good average time out of the 993 women who were competing

…not bad for a first attempt!!

Congratulations Rotary Club of Media!

On July 29, 2010 The Rotary Club of Media (Chartered 1928) Celebrates Perfect Attendance by : L-R- Bob Diamond (5-yrs.); AG Rick Trivane (2-yrs.); Ken Delmar (5-yrs.); Ted Pleibel (8-yrs.);

Nancy Geisel (5-yrs.); and Pres.-Elect Brian Messick (3-yrs.).

Wednesday, July 28, Rotary Night at the Phillies

The Glee Club of the Rotary Club of Philadelphia, directed by its resident tenor Paul Welde (at left), delivered a spectacular vocal rendition of the National Anthem before the “Rotary Night at the Phillies” game Wednesday, July 28.

$1,000.00 Rotary Club of Bensalem scholarship

Shown in the photo is Rotary Club of Bensalem President Joe Krug and ZACHERY SAINT GERMAINE, recent recipient of a $1,000.00 Rotary Club of Bensalem scholarship. Zackery recently visited the Club's weekly meeting and thanked them for the award. In June he graduated from the Bucks County Tech School and will be majoring in Civil Engineering at Penn State.
For information about the process, contact Bensalem Rotarian Steve Moran (215) 768-4254

56-years of perfect attendance

George Guyer celebrates 56-years of perfect attendance at the Rotary Club of Newtown Square
(Chartered 1949)

AG Rick Trivane, Pres Elect Fran Franchi, George Guyer,
Pres Fred Dewey