A welcoming atmosphere with decorated tables and a very nice breakfast greeted Rotarians this morning at our destination meeting at Northwestern Lehigh Middle School. Present to greet us were District Superintendent, Jennifer Holman, Assistant Superintendent, Joshua Ziatyk, High School Principal, Aileen Yadush and Erica Gross, High School Counselor.
President Jeanne Shipe rang the bell at 7:30 A.M. to open the meeting. Northwestern Alum, Jeff Kistler gave a very nice invocation.
GUEST:
Andrea, our Youth Exchange student from Croatia; the students from our Northwestern H.S. Interact Club.
Pres. Jeanne then provided a thorough overview of present activities and events of our Rotary Club for the benefit of guests and
Rotarians.
LOWHILL FOOD PANTRY:
Please remember that the Collection jar is at the registration desk for cash and check contributions.
DESTINATION MEETING:
November 7th at LCTI.
ROTARY LEARNING OPPORTUNITY:
On Saturday, October 20th there is an RLI (Rotary Leadership Institute) training session at DeSales University. AWRC members will have their registration fees reimbursed after they attend. This is a great opportunity to learn all about Rotary.
DINING OUT:
October 18th Thursday- at the Stoney Run Inn.
PURPLE PINKIE IS COMING:
October 13th at LCCC is the date for the 5K run and Fun walk to raise funds to eradicate the last few cases of Polio from the world.
Our RI Foundation Chair, Barb Kistler invited all to participate by running, walking or volunteering.
We still need some donated gift cards which are a highlight of the event that we raffle off at the end. Jennifer Stinson is the contact.
Pres. Jeanne and her dog Daisy will be participating and asks us all to sponsor her -- or Daisy.
NEW AWRC PROJECT:
The Band Shell we helped pay for years ago at Ontelaunee Park is in need of repairs. Bob Nagle is putting together a list of supplies needed.
AWRC ANNUAL SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS:
Chair Chuck Ehninger still seeks nominations through Sep 30th.
TT 5 COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEEDED:
Gary Englehardt reminds us that TT5 will happen on April 28, 2019, but Now is the time to volunteer to work with Gwenn and Gary to learn and execute the many jobs associated with this great fundraising event.
THE NEXT THURSDAY EVENING MEETING will be TOMORROW, September 27th at 5:30 P.M. at the Holiday Inn in Breinigsville.
DICTIONARY PROJECT:
P-E Amir Famili has launched this year’s project and ordered about 1,000 dictionaries to arrive in a few weeks. Cash donations are welcome. And there will be a “Label Pasting” Party at Amir’s home on October 26th.
FUTURE AWRC ROTARY DISTRICT GRANT IDEAS WANTED:
Please tell Pres. Jeanne and Barb Kistler your suggestions for 2019-20 District Grants. Those applications start going in soon.
NEXT MEETING -- October 3rd. Our Greeter will be Gail Micca. And the Program will be DGE Herb Klotz discussing his multi=district membership study.
PROGRAM:
The first speaker on the program was Jennifer Holman, Superintendent welcoming us and listing new initiatives that the School District has begun. Northwestern Lehigh now has an all-day kindergarten for the first time. A more organized police presence was initiated. Both a girls and boys Lacrosse teams will be started.
She praised her staff for achieving the highest performance rating (SSP) in the county of 95% for academics. She is especially proud of Alyssa Zack, our Student of the Month. We applauded the cafeteria staff for coming in early to serve us.
Aileen Yadush, High School Principle, commended AW Rotarian, Jean Machamer for her work with the Interact Club.
Alyssa Zack is our student of the month for September. The award was presented by Jeff Kistler. Alyssa read an essay about her work at the NHS tutoring center. Alyssa was accompanied by her parents, Randy and Julie Zack See separate article.
The Northwestern Interact Club, represented by 10 members and advisor Jean Machamer, introduced themselves and talked about their accomplishments and goals for the next year.
Currently there are 28 members including our exchange student, Andrea from Croatia. She thanked the club again for affording her the rich opportunity of being in this country and in this area. She loves Northwestern Lehigh High School!
Last year the Interact Club:
1. Rraised $1000 for aid to Puerto Rico through Rotary International.
2. They did a cleaning of recreation fields around the school for Earth Day as well as their fundraisers.
And they are planning to participate in the Purple Pinkie race, the Halloween Event at Miracle League and are looking for ways to partner in activities with the Rotary Club.
District Governor Elect, Herb Klotz, challenged them to come up with ideas for grants for next year.
The Interact Club meets during lunch time so they bring their lunch with Jean adding snacks. They now have an officer in charge of activities and programs. A good exchange of questions and answers with Rotarians concluded the program.
CLOSING:
We closed our meeting by reciting the saying “One profits most who serves best.”
THANKS GO TO:
Barbara Kistler for today’s meeting notes, and to Herb Klotz and Jeanne Shipe for today’s pictures.
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