President Amir Famili rang the bell at 7:30 A.M. to open the meeting and welcomed all. Then Ernie Boll gave a very nice invocation including a special mention for Ronnee and Herb Klotz.
P-E Ralph Witcher began the meeting having the members recite The Pledge of Allegiance to the U.S. Flag. Then he led us in reciting the Four Way Test. Pres. Amir introduced our guest, Tom Friday.
GUESTS:
Tom Friday, almost a new member.
DICTIONARIES 2019:
Pres. Amir will order the dictionaries for the third grade;, probable 1,100 at $2.75 each. The unit cost went up by 10%, so he hopes that our cash donations do the same this year. Amir tried to sell a ride in the Hydrogen car for $100 per person.
NON-PROFIT EXPO:
On Saturday, October 5th our Rotary Club is participating in the Non Profit Awareness Expo. This event is held at the Lehigh Valley Mall from 11 to 3 PM.
Please join them at our table to share your Passion for Rotary. We are looking for smiling Allentown West Rotarians who will share the story of our fantastic club with the public.
Please let Gwenn Carr know if you are willing to help with this important service event. All volunteers will be recognized for their participation during a November AWRC meeting.
YVETTE PALMER PURPLE PINKIE 5K RACE:
Barb Kistler reminds us that the event will take place on Saturday October 12th at LCCC. 43 of our D7430 RCs are sponsoring.
Members are urged to be sponsors, donate gift cards, register to run or to walk or just show up and cheer.
MIRACLE LEAGUE HALOWEEN PARTY:
Barb Kistler asks for members to donate appropriate fruit snacks -- BEFORE OCTOBER 23rd -- to be distributed to the kids with the help of our Northwestern Interact club students.
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:
Oct 10 -- at the Starlite Diner at 5:30 P.M.
Oct 24 -- at a Locale TBD at 5:30 P.M.
NEXT MORNING MEETING:
Oct 9th with Chris Blechschmidt as our Greeter. Our program will be new member Laurie Grube giving her Classification talk.
Pres. Amir introduced Sgt.-at-Arms Mitch Huston who conducted the drawings and collected Happy Dollars.
The door prize donated by Ralph Witcher was won by Ron Coleman.
The $54 pot of the 50:50 was WON by Bill Weber’s ticket being drawn followed by a BLACK marble. MANY marbles will be back next week.
Bill Weber immediately donated $55 to buy dictionaries.
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Bill Palmer explained that Dale Heffner is putting together a project for our Thursday evening group. And tomorrow Oct 3 Dale, Amir, et al will meet with the Center for Vision Loss people in Allentown about a painting job.
Sue Weber is happy that her older brother is recovering nicely.
Ernie Boll again is happy.
Mitch Huston reports that last weekend there were 330 Marching Band participants and 8,000 attendees all having fun.
PROGRAM:
Pres. Amir introduced his long-time friend Nick Mittica, who discussed the Hydrogen Energy Systems at Air Products, This is all about the automobile that operates using hydrogen fuel in a fuel cell.
Nick graduated from Linden High school, received his BS in Chemical Eng. from Purdue University, and then earned an MBA from Lehigh University.
He worked for P&G for 4 years before joining Air Products in 1998, where he served in various coating marketing role including managing the 70 MM business for 16 years. He joined the Hydrogen System 14 years ago and currently is serving as its Commercial Manager.
Nick was pleased to be with Rotarians today, since he has been volunteering most of his life. He has worked for 20 years with the Bike Works, also one we support.
Using a series of slides, Nick explained the way these cars work and provided some facts. He first stated that Hydrogen is a Carbon Free alternative to gasoline as a car fuel.
Nick said that there now are over 60 years of experience with hydrogen fuel cells. Air Products is one of largest hydrogen producers in the world. They produce ~7 million Kilograms (kgs) /day which is over 3 billion standard cubic feet.
Bulk, liquid hydrogen -- H2 -- uses pipeline distribution. H2 energy projects have been around since 1993
There are over 200 hydrogen station projects, and 1,500,000 fuelings, involving Twenty countries.
Hydrogen is the most abundant element in the universe. Currently it is an industrial commodity used to produce gasoline, steel, electronics, glass and hydrogenated oils.
Also it is used as an alternative fuel that is Carbon free, Non-toxic, Sustainable and we have Energy Independence. It is Commonly produced from natural gas or biogas (CH4) and water (H2O).
Nick asked the audience whether a Hydrogen fuel cell car also is an electric car. The answer is “Yes.”
Nick then explained how Fuel Cell Vehicles Work. A fuel cell is an electric generator that uses H2 and O2 – Oxygen - to produce heat, power and water. Fuel cells are 2 3 times more efficient than internal combustion engines. The Form, Fit and Function of H2 fuel cell cars are consistent with driver’s expectations.
Nick reviewed the H2 car that he brought with him today. It is a Toyota Mirai. Later we went out front and saw it up close.
California, having severe anti-pollution laws ended up the first area where Hydrogen refueling stations were installed and allowed H2 cars to operate effectively. Toyota, Hyundai and Honda have launched carscommercially in select markets. Available for purchase or lease. Greater than 7,000 fuel cell cars have been sold. Nick desribed the simple steps involved in adding H2 to its car.
For more information go to: www.airproducts.com/h2energy
CLOSING:
Pres. Amir closed our meeting by our reciting the saying “One profits most who serves best.”
Good Photos are by Marlene Heller
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