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Rotary Club of
Allentown West
Pres. Amir Famili
Area 1 Asst. Gov. Barb Bottitta
District 7430 Governor
Herb Klotz
 
MEETINGS:
Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m.
at Luther Crest
2nd and 4th Thursday
at 5:30 p.m.
at various locations
 
WEBSITE
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Here are the AWRC
Board and Committee
 Members for 2019-20
 
 
President - Amir Famili
President- Elect - Ralph Witcher
Vice President  -  Gary Englehardt
Immediate Past President - Jeanne Shipe
 
Secretary -John Scott
Treasurer - Chris Blechschmidt
 
Sergeant at Arms Committee -
     Mitch Huston, Ron Coleman & Len Salines
 
Service Committee and Domestic Grants Chair - Gail Micca
 
RI Foundation and International Grants Chair - DG Herb Klotz
Fundraising Chair - Len Salines
 
Evening Meeting Chair  - Barbara Kistler
 
Public Image Chair - Marlene Heller
 
Membership Chair - Mustafa Jaffer
 
Youth Services Co-Chairs - Bill Weber and Sue Weber

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GREETERS

 
Jan 1  --  NO MEETING
Jan 8  --  Murtaza Jaffer
Jan 15    --  Mustafa Jaffer
Jan 22  --  Jeffrey Kistler
Jan 29  --  Geoff Legg
 
Feb 5  --  Brad Maier
Feb 12  --  Brian Peterka
Feb 19  --  Len Salines
Feb 26  --  John Scott
 
Mar 4  --  Halyna Stegura
Mar 11  --  Jennifer Stinson
Mar 18  --  Katrina Sundstrom
Mar 25  --  Keith Hoffman
 

-NOTE that the Greeter Schedule also appears as a "site page" accessible on the left of our website Home Page without logging-in.

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THURSDAY  EVE  PROGRAMS
 
The evening meetings in January will be at the Starlite Diner in the private room to the rear left on Jan. 9 and 23.  There will be no meeting charge, but we are expected to order a menu item or drink. 
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CALENDAR of EVENTS
 
                                      2020
 
      Mar 22  --  Tempting Tastes 6 at the Holiday Inn
 
      Mar 28  --  Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) at DeSales University
 
      Apr 24 to 26  --  District Conference in King of Prussia. It includes the District Training Assembly and the Foundation Gala.
 
      June 6 to 11  --  RI annual Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii.
 
 
Speakers
Mar 04, 2020
Nomination and Election of Officers
Mar 11, 2020
Upcoming District Conference
Mar 18, 2020
Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pa, make an impact in Pennsylvania
Mar 25, 2020
Toastmasters International
Apr 01, 2020
Forensic Science
Apr 08, 2020
Destination Meeting Parkland school
Apr 29, 2020
New Initatives at LCCC
May 06, 2020
Classification Talk
May 13, 2020
Scholarship award presentation
View entire list
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SPEAKERS  WANTED
      Please suggest or request speakers and topics for future meetings and send  your ideas to our President, Amir Famili.
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LOWHILL FOOD PANTRY:
 
Please remember that the Collection jar is at the registration desk for cash and check contributions.
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TELL  JEAN
 
     As you become aware of any member of our Rotary family that would benefit from our support with cards, flowers or visits, please notify Jean Machamer at jeanmachamer@ptd.net
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Check out the AWRC
Facebook Page
See Home Page link
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Bulletin Editor
Bill Palmer
Russell Hampton
ClubRunner
ClubRunner Mobile
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SIERRA LEONE PLAQUE
 
 
Our Engineers Without Borders team currently in Matru, Sierra Leone,  sent us this photo of  the Rotary plaque. The AWRC name is on the plaque.
 
The Bo Rotary club was in charge of the Rotary grant money we received from Rotary International in conjunction with and support from the Allentown West Rotary Club. Sally mounted the Rotary plaque by the new training room in the Maternity Ward. The mounting event and ceremony took place on February 19, 2020
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         QUOTE of the WEEK --

            

“Service to humanity is service to God.”
               ― Lailah Gifty Akita, Think Great: Be Great!    
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BILL WEBER REPORTS
 
On Sunday December 29th  Bill reported that ".... coming along well. Getting stronger every day. Looking forward to the new year. Lot of PT and medical work yet but looking forward to getting back to Rotary."
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DECEMBER DINING OUT

 Five AW Rotarians went to Louie’s Italian restaurant in Allentown on Friday, December 27, 2019. On behalf of all AW Rotarians they thanked Louie for his continued support of AWRC via our annual Tempting Tastes events.

 

 

 

AJ Henry with her cousin Louie.

 

Barbara Kistler said that the 5 of them had a wonderful time.

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2019 MANUAL OF PROCEDURE
 
The all-new RI M.O.P.  --  Manual of Procedure  --  now is available for reference or download at rotqry.org  and My Rotary. All updated RI rules and guidelines are in it. It is updated every three years.
 
ALSO you can access the new M.O.P. from our website download section.
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Allentown West Rotary  Club
NON - Meeting, Notes – January 1, 2020
 
This is a special edition to provide information even though there was no meeting today  --  New Year’s Day.
 
We hope that you each have  a Happy New Year.
 
BILL WEBER REPORTS:
See separate article.
 
DECEMBER DINING OUT:
See separate article.
 
HEFFNER HUMOR:
Dale Heffner writes from Molokai, Hawaii that his daughter Jacki reports:

1 slice of apple pie will cost you $2.45 in Jamaica. A slice of apple pie costs $3.75 in Trinidad and the same slice costs $4.45 in Barbados.”

 

          “And those are the Pie-Rates of  the Caribbean.”

"
 
RI 2019 MANUAL of PROCEDURE:
See separate article.
 
LOWHILL FOOD PANTRY:
This great group still depends on cash donations from AW Rotarians. And volunteering for the produce pick-up and distribution on Saturday mornings is a very satisfying thing.
 
THURSDAY EVENING SCHEDULE:
Jan 9 and 23 will be held at the Starlite Diner starting at 5:30 P.M. in the private back room.
 
NEXT  MORNING MEETING:
January 8th   at Luther Crest with  Murtaza Jaffer as our Greeter. Our program will be a Quarterly Club Assembly + Treasurer's Report
 
There were no HAPPY DOLLARS and no drawings for prizes today at this non-meeting. And there was no program.
 
Note that the Greeter schedule list has been extended; please look for your scheduled date to serve.
 
CLOSING:
We will see you on the 8th.

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 Here is a link to our District Governor Herb's latest Newsletter:

CONNECTIONS

 

https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050086/en-ca/files/homepage/connections---december-2019/DGNL-December-2019.pdf

 

    Give it a try. It is informative and entertaining.

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BIRTHDAYS
 
 
Dottie Bloom                    Jan 04
Gwenn Carr                      .Jan 07
Jeanne Shipe                   Jan 12
Ernie Boll                         Jan 20
Geoff Legg                       Jan 22
Mercedes Scott                Jan 25
Dale Heffner                     Jan 29
 

Anniversaries

 

Sally & Jerry Frank          Jan 05 1985  35 years
Dottie & Rick Bloom        Jan 20 1979  41 years
 

JOIN  DATES

 

Dawn Costello              Jan 01 sometime
Carrie Ballek          1 year           Jan 02 2019
Gary Heller             1 year           Jan 02 2019
Marlene Heller       1 year           Jan 02 2019
Richard Sniscak    8 years         Jan 13 2012
Chuck Ehninger    44 years       Jan 15 1976
Sue Weber             23 years       Jan 15 1997
Gail Micca              2 years         Jan 31 2018
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