Zoom Meeting September 30, 2020
Today was a Zoom meeting with 30 people on line. After some conversations President Ralph Witcher opened the meeting at 7:30 A.M. Pres. Ralph gave a very nice invocation.
GUESTS ON LINE:
DGE Bob Hobaugh, Kutztown RC; Deborah Stanbaugh, Polio Survivor; and Capt. Nick Millward. Peace Fellowship candidate calling from Japan.
Pres Ralph began the meeting by leading us in the Pledge of allegiance to the Flag of the U.S. . Then Ralph asked Marlene Heller to give the 4 Way Test example.
THE FOUR-WAY TEST EXAMPLE:
Marlene asked for a volunteer or two to tell a story indicative of their application of ethical standards recently.
Marlene told the story about her Yom Kippur evening meal she prepared for two that was used to feed four when Cindy and Chris Hornaman came at the last minute since they had a power outage. It was beneficial to all concerned.
Pres. Ralph displayed the list of September and October members and their celebration dates. We sang (poorly) Happy Birthday to Jean Masiko
WHAT ROTARY MEANS TO ME:
Pres. Ralph reminded us of Jean Machamer’s explanation during last week’s meeting:
R is for Relationships that are formed.
O is Opportunities to serve that are provided.
T is for Transformation and Team Building.
A is for Action, i.e. Service Above Self.
R is for Responsibilities, i.e. being the Interact Club advisor.
Y is for Yearnings being fulfilled.
She said “Do what you can, because it matters.”
NEW GRANT:
Gail Micca received kudos from Pres. Ralph for her applying for a $1,000 grant that we will donate to Meals on Wheels.
PERFECT ATTENSANCE RECOGNITION:
Pres. Ralph referred to the nine members that were recognized last week. He explained that a makeup can be a committee meeting or a project event. Just tell Secretary John Scott for his records.
Ernie Boll drove to the Heller home and picked up his special plaque commemorating his 50 years of perfect attendance.
VALLEY YOUTH HOUSE:
Emily Conners spoke to us last week and sent a thank you note which Pres. Ralph sent to us. The attachments describe the “Welcome Basket” and the “Wish List” that donations help pay for to give to entry youths. Also their website is shown.
Gail Micca delivered 8 pieces of donated luggage to VYH the other day -- more kudos.
THE “LOOK BOOK” FUNDRAISER:
Gwenn Carr reports that 26 donors have sent in pictures, and $650 has been raised for the Lowhill Food Pantry. Donors will receive a digital copy today.
AW’S GARDEN:
Help still is needed to care for the crops. Note that 150 snack packs have been delivered to ParklandCARES. Also Brad Maier took 48 packs to LCCC.
ANOTHER IDEA:
Nick Millward suggests that we start a Book Club. There will be more info coming.
PAUL HARRIS FELLOW NOMINATIONS:
Glenn Granitz Jr., M.S. CJA the Allentown Chief of Police has been nominated to receive an honorary PHF recognition from AWRC by a member and that member is transferring the recognition points for it. Our b.o.d. have approved this.
AWRC 2020 CHRISTMAS PARTY, a.k.a. HOLIDAY PICNIC:
Amir Famili said that our outdoor Face-to-Face event is on Saturday October 17. The plan is to bring food to the Upper Macungie Park -- off of Route 100 in Fogelsville. We start at NOON and go at least to 4 P.M. Sunday Oct 18th is the “rain date.” The cost is $10 pp to cover expenses. Amir e-mailed a flyer.
PLEASE E-MAIL JEAN MACHAMER IF YOU WILL ATTEND, AND TELL HER WHAT FOOD OR DRINK ITEMS YOU WILL BRING.
SHELTERBOX FUNDRAISER:
Saturday Oct. 9th is the “Stuff the Box” event. AWRC will be donating $1,000 and members will give individually.
YVETTE PALMER 5K PURPLR PINKIE RACE:
The race this year will be virtual and is on Oct. 24 which is World Polio Day. It starts at 10 A.M. and Mike McGovern is the featured speaker. He is the world-wide Chair of Rotary’s PolioPlus.
PLEASE REGISTER VIA OUR WEBSITE. And check out the store too.
YOUR SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
Please take a look at this new section on the left side of this bulletin.
STATUS OF MORNING MEETINGS;
The AWRC B.O.D. has suspended all AWRC face-to-face meetings until further notice. Zoom meetings are now scheduled for each Wednesday at 7:30 A.M.
NEXT MORNING MEETING:
Wednesday October 7th starting at 7:30 a.m. We will use Zoom to meet Our program will be Julio A. Guridy, Allentown Council Vice President, re Creating the American Dream.
STATUS OF THURSDAY EVENING MEETING:
No Thursday evening meetings are planned for September and for October 2020.
HAPPY DOLLARS and MEMBER NEWS:
Amir Famili’s knee now is well enough for him to do work around the house.
Laurie Grube is very busy and also trying to train her new Golden Retriever puppy.
Amir Famili put in a good word for crisp apples available at Schantz Orchards.
Carol Ferguson, our speaker today, appeared on line with a mask on -- which she then removed.
Gary Englehardt said that given our history, AWRC might want to start a “Match Making” service.
Gwen Carr said that the Look Book is finiashed and that a digital copy will be sent to donors today.
Ron Coleman is looking forward to a visit from his daughter and family next weekend.
Ron also told us that as he drove through Bethlehem he interrupted Seth Witcher’s singing.
Bill Palmer is happy to report that his grandson and fiancée went to the Atlanta, GA court house last Friday and got married. The big party will follow hen we can.
Brad Maier’s son made the JV team and Brad is enjoying the games.
Nick Millward reports that the President of an NGO in Mongolia arranged for a Tractor Trailer and went 400 miles and delivered 25 boxes to flood victims.
Gail Micca reports that their dog is getting better.
PROGRAM:
Pres. Ralph Witcher introduced Carol Ferguson, D7430 chair of the PolioPlus Coordinator to discuss “Vaccines Work: RI's Focus on Disease Prevention.” Carol is a member of Doylestown Rotary Club.
She’s the Founder of the PA Polio Survivor's Network whose mission of service is to bring credible information about the late effects of polio to ALL polio survivors and their caregivers.
Carol is married for 48 years, mother of two grown sons and grandmother of 4. Carol is a survivor - at age 2 she got Polio.
We believe good health care is everyone’s right. Yet 400 million people in the world can’t afford or don’t have access to basic health care.
Disease results in misery, pain, and poverty for millions of people worldwide. That’s why treating and preventing disease is so important to us. RI leads efforts both large and small. RI sets up temporary clinics, blood donation centers, and training facilities in underserved communities struggling with outbreaks and health care access. RI designs and builds infrastructure that allows doctors, patients, and governments to work together.
Carol discussed how Rotary International works to combat diseases like malaria, HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and polio. In addition, RI also delivers health education and bringing people routine hearing, vision, and dental care.
Carol’s PA Polio Survivors Network has structured a state-wide effort in PA with all PA RCs to educate all residents about the importance of Vaccinations. This is the first time that RCs have been grouped on a state basis.
Carol showed us a card that contains much information about vaccines. The idea is to fund the cost of printing and distributing the card. Then they will go to Doctors and other Physicians in PA to distribute locally. A donation of $100 pays for 1500 cards. They have a website for this.
“Vaccines Work.” The Vaccine Science is settled. There are 2 to 3 million deaths prevented each year. Unfortunately vaccinations are dropping in the U.S. No child should suffer from a vaccine preventable disease.
PA Polio Survivors Network is working with PA RCs to both raise funds and to distribute the cards. The current goal is to print 150,000 cards now.
Let’s remember that because of the Polio vaccine the worldwide number of new polio cases has come down from over 365,000 EACH YEAR to about 120 so far this year – and in only 2 countries.
PDG Herb Klotz thanked Carol and her group for all that they do/
CLOSING:
Pres Ralph led us in the saying “One profits most who serves best.”
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