Our Service Projects
The Rotary Club of Allentown West is proud to present the inaugural Flags for Unity event, where community members can honor their heroes in the military, veterans, first responders, or other loved ones with a commemorative American flag.
Hundreds of flags will be displayed for public viewing 24 hours a day during the event. You can add your personal dedication to that flag.
Proceeds will be used for our local food security programs.
Rotary Fellowships are international groups that share a common passion. They are a fun way to make friends around the world, explore a hobby or profession and enhance your Rotary experience - for example be it running marathons, railroads, scuba diving, cricket, dolls, environment, or appreciating wine or whisky.
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STEM YEA has found a new home at Kutztown University, with exceptional labs that our young scientists fully utilized. The university's observatory even became the birthplace of a new discovery-an exoplanet. Our STEM campers also had the privilege of exploring the planetarium on the ground floor.
and Kate Ebel-Senior Restoration Ecologist from Wildlands Conservancy presided over the event.
The idea behind an impact club is to entice those who have a desire to provide service to the community without having to be involved in committees, meetings, dinners, and other traditional Rotary functions. It's about pure service to the community. While many people enjoy the fellowship aspect of Rotary, this is a new club model; an impact club is a sort of satellite club, and members are fully active Rotarians and host club members.
The IMPACT club is not just a name, it's a reflection of our autonomy. We create and execute our own projects, inviting Host club members to participate. IMPACT club members can also contribute to host club projects and are always welcome at any Rotary meeting or function if they wish to join.
The AWRC Impact club has two projects in Allentown.
The first is teaching English to recent immigrants at the Refugee Community Center of the Episcopal Church of the Mediator. The Refugee Community Center functions as a safe space for new refugee and asylum neighbors to find hospitality, connection and friendship. The work focuses on adult ESOL education, intentional children’s programming, advocacy and hospitality.
The second focus of the AWRC Impact Club centers around Community Bike Works. Bike Works has programs where youth can sign up to earn a bike, learn how to repair a bicycle, and learn how to maintain it. More than that, they teach youth responsibility and make them aware that they are part of a larger community. Many go on to become involved in Bike Works and their community. A recent project was installing garden beds behind their facility to grow food for the hungry, distributed from their food pantry.
If you have a thirst for service to your community and have little time to do it, contact Diana Dunn. She has created and chartered the club and will be happy to hear from you.
The Food Bank at Kingdom Life Family Center distributes healthy food to an ever-increasing number of families in the Lehigh Valley. In recent times, the distribution has reached over 300 families in need. Given the increasing scale of the work involved, more volunteers are needed to help set up, help with the distribution, and help tear down.
Volunteering is a fulfilling way of providing service to those most in need. Let's see how many Rotarians we can send to be of service.
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Service Above Self
Allentown, PA 18104
United States of America