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Six
Rotary Ambassador Scholars Studying In Our Area
This Year;
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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
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Philadelphia Rotary
Moveable Feast Has Its Attending Members and Guests
All Smiles!
The latest Rotary Club of Philadelphia’s Fireside
Event” on January 8 was a “Moveable
Feast” at which guests followed a delicious
pathway through three different condos at The Philadelphian
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Risky
Ally in War on Polio: the Taliban:
"There used to be a ping-pong diplomacy, and
now we have a vaccination diplomacy," says Afghan
parliament member Daud Sultanzoi ... |
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PHOENIXVILLE
— The Phoenixville Police Association’s
“Shop With The Cops” program recently
received a $1,000 donation from the Rotary
Club of Phoenixville.
The “Shop
With The Cops” program helps selected children
from Barkley Elementary School have a brighter holiday
season by hosting a shopping spree at the Phoenixville
Kmart. Cpl.
Mike Barrett said the association works with the Phoenixville
Area School District to get the names of the children.
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Rotary Addresses Root Causes of Conflict and War
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HOW
IS ROTARY INTERNATIONAL AND ITS FOUNDATION
PERCEIVED OUTSIDE OF ROTARY?
Rotary
International believes that the deeper
issues related to the root causes of conflict
- such as political violence, social injustice,
poverty, hunger, illiteracy, and environmental
degradation - all point to the need for
more sustainable forms of peace.
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Paul
Harris Fellows were awarded to Doak Conn, Tim
Walsh, Nick O'Neill and Jane Laslo as Prez Andy
and Dave McKeon of the Longwood
Rotary look on. The
Paul Harris Society recognizes Rotarians and friends
of The Rotary Foundation who annually contribute
$1,000 or more to the Annual Programs Fund, Polio
Plus, and Polio Plus Partners, or the Humanitarian
Grants Program. Individuals or couples can qualify.
Contact Bill
Wright for more information
(H) (610) 321 1350 Billwright1@prodigy.net
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Members
of the Rotary Club of Chester join Bill Keller
and Captain Jose` Santiago of the Salvation Army
Chester Corps for their annual toy drive. This
year, the Club donated $1,000 worth of toys to
be distributed to 350 needy families. The Chester
Club has made this a tradition for over 30 years.
LaTanya
Burno, Rick Elam, Bill Keller, Dina Strand, Captain
Jose` Santiago, Bill Atlee, Ted O’Tanyi,
President Alonzo Cavin, Louise Burroughs, Faith
Holefelder, Joe Cirilli
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All
are members of the Chester Club with the exception
of Bill Keller – Salvation Army
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That's
five month old Manaka Kuwabara in the photo right,
daughter of Rotary Ambassador
Scholar, Makoto Kuwabara, and
his wife, Chihiro, celebrating her 1st Christmas.
Makoto is studying in the Graduate School of Education
of the University of Pennsylvania during the 2009-2010
academic year.
For
more information about Rotary's Ambassador Scholar
program, please contact Joseph
Batory at josephbatory@comcast.net
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Four
members of the Overbrook String Band were on hand
to perform for the Rotary
club of Upper Darby-Lansdowne. You
can’t help but clap & want to get up &
dance. The leader of the band is John Hicks, who
is the fire chief for the Upper Darby Fire Company.
The Overbrook String Band moved from Second Street
in South Philadelphia to the fire company in Highland
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Eight
families with special needs kids ranging in age
from 5 to 18 were awed by Longwood Gardens, the
holiday lights, and the Conservatory. Longwood
Rotary members and Longwood Gardens
tour guides worked together to take the 28 family
members throughout the Gardens and visit the Pierce
House. The kids especially enjoyed meeting Santa
Claus and one of his elves during dinner, which
was provided by Longwood Gardens along with the
entry tickets.
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Meet
the 2010 GSE Team from District 7450
(left to right).
Sarah Rogers, Lauren Hirshon, Lisa Leonard (Team
Leader) Phil Fitzgerald and Stacy Filopoulos. |
We Rotarians love our acronyms don’t we? RI,
DDF, EREY are sets of letters we use easily and
proudly. One acronym that is near and dear to my
heart is GSE which stands for Group Study Exchange.
The cultural and vocational exchange program that
will be taking some young professionals from District
7450 to Athens Greece, with some time in Crete for
the District Conference in the spring of 2010.
The Team Leader, is Philadelphia Rotarian, Lisa
Leonard. Lisa voiceover artist who records commercials,
narrations, and telephone messages for clients all
around the world. She has done some DJ work at B101
Radio in Philadelphia. Lisa was a GSE Team Member
a few years ago to South Korea, with a Rotary District
from New Jersey. She is very excited to embark on
this adventure with such an impressive team.
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EarlyAct
Kickoff 2009
Feasterville
Rotary Club's 'Coats for Kids' Spaghetti
Dinner dinner raised enough money to buy more than
80 new coats for local kids in three elementary
schools and one middle school. Feasterville Rotary
works with Operation Warm to get the coats and the
schools distribute them. Our Ferderbar EarlyAct
Club was in force to help out for the evening!
(Front
row) Annie Reinzi, San Busch, Matt Pozzuolo, Madison
Miller, Shane Bishop, Emma Saloky (Back
Row) Sandor Fabiani,
teacher Susan Borislow |
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Feasterville
Rotary Club's 2009/2010 Ferderbar
Elementary EarlyAct Kickoff celebration was held
November 20th. This celebration marks Ferderbar
Elementary's fourth year supporting an active and
excited EarlyAct Club!!
The club consists of 4th and 5th graders. So this
new club is comprised of kids who watched EarlyActors
from previous years in action and are maybe the
most eager group yet! . |
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Feasterville Rotary members were on hand to help celebrate
this new group. Special thanks to Ferderbar principal
Judy Brown, a Rotary member, and to the two dedicated
EarlyAct Teacher Advisors Patty Compton and Susan
Borislow. Contact Suzanne Pacitti for EarlyAct information
spacitti31@comcast.net
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During
its weekly meeting this morning the Thorndale
Rotary Club – which has been
serving the communities of Thorndale, Downingtown
and Coatesville since 1995 – presented Chief
Brian R. Byerly of the Caln Township Police Department
(P.D.) with a check for $1,000 to help fund the
D.A.R.E. (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program.
Thanks to the funding, 100 students from the 5th
grade class of Caln Elementary School in Thorndale,
PA will now be able to go through the D.A.R.E. program.
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Pictured
from left to right is Chief Byerly with Jack Hines,
President of the Thorndale Rotary Club and West
Bradford Township Manager. Also present was Mary
Jean F. Wilson-Stenz, Principal of Caln Elementary
School, and Al Marland, District #7450 Governor.
Also see December Newsletter |
On
December 2nd, the newly reorganized Neshaminy Interact
Club met. This club is jointly supported by the
Langhorne and Feasterville
Rotary Clubs. The officers highlighted
the many projects already underway, including a
holiday cookie give away for a shelter and a gift
wrapping program. From left: Tatiana Urusow, secretary;
Rachel Bell, treasurer; Jasmine Joseph, vice president;
Caraline Cugley, director; Karen Forth, president;
and Suzi Drake, advisor. |
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The
Purple Pinky Story
When young children in the four countries*
still under the threat of the wild polio virus receive
the polio vaccine, their pinky fingers are marked
with purple dye to indicate their vaccination. When
you make a donation of at least $1.00 to Rotary’s
Polio Plus campaign, we paint the tip of your pinky
finger purple to remind you that you are protecting
one child against polio, and that you are helping
to eradicate polio worldwide. THANK YOU!
*Afghanistan,
India, Nigeria & Pakistan
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Celebrating
The Rotary Foundation
(Honesdale,
December 1, 2009)…When it comes to strength
in numbers, the Rotary Foundation packs quite a
punch. On Friday November 20th in Philadelphia,
more than 100 Rotarians gathered to celebrate the
work of the Foundation, a group that leverages the
hourly and monetary contributions of more than 1.2
million Rotarians worldwide into programs that save
ten times as many lives.
Former Rotary
International President Wilf Wilkinson talked about
the importance of the Foundation’s programs,
including its Polio Plus Campaign and its Annual
Fund. The Fund supports humanitarian, educational
and cultural projects—disaster recovery, sustainable
agriculture, health and hunger projects, ambassadorial
scholarships, group study exchanges and more.
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Brian Fulp
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The Broomall
Rotary Club is a sponsor of Rotoplast
(Rotary – Plastic Surgery), which provides corrective
plastic surgery for children with the birth defects
of cleft pallet and cleft lip (also known as hare
lip). This year, Broomall Rotary club member Paul
Quintavalla and other Rotary volunteers assisted a
medical team in Shijiangzhuan City, China to correct
such birth defects. The surgeons performed 171 procedures
on 116 children to correct the disfiguring and debilitating
conditions. |
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