The Greeter this morning was Chuck Ehninger and he did an excellent job.
President Herb rang the bell at 7:30 a.m.
Mike Henry asked all Military Veterans in the room to come forward in recognition of today being Veterans Day. He gave a very nice invocation with special mention of Mustafa Jaffer’s Father, Mae Hostetter and Dawn Costello. We prayedgiving thanks to our Military and their families.
GUESTS: Michaela Luzicova, our Y.E. student and Steve LaPierre, Emmaus RC.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Today was collection day for donations to the Lowhill Food Pantry.
Herb extends the members’ thanks to the volunteers who worked at the Food Pantry on Nov 7th.
MICHAELA UPDATE:
Our Y.E. student, Michaela, took the microphone and told us some of what she is doing. She began by saying that she feels very comfortable attending our weekly meetings. Last Saturday, Nov. 7th she and other students attended “Rotary at the United Nations Day” in NYC. It was very interesting and then they walked and saw some sights of the city. She also helped to fill the Snack Packs at Parkland on Nov. 4th. And she participated in the Oct. 24th 5K race to raise funds for Polio eradication. She is joining the Fitness Club at school, and is on the Student Council. She will move to her second host family later this month.
Michaela will be returning to NYC with family to see the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Show. At today’s meeting she went around the meeting room selling chocolate bars to raise funds for the Interact club. After the meeting she will go work with the Meals on Wheels people.
Last Wednesday Nov. 4th there were 15 of us that did the Snack Pack filling at Northwestern in 45 minutes.
The Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) sessions were held last Saturday Nov. 7th in King of Prussia. Herb Klotz, Dale Heffner, and Mike Gschwendtner attended.
Meals on Wheels happens later this morning.
Our next Thursday evening meeting is November 12th at 5:30 PM at the Holiday Inn in Breinigsville. Bring your friends.
NOTE, that in Nov and Dec we will meet on the 3rd Thursday -- not the 4th, because of the holidays.
Nov. 18th is Snack Packing at Parkland HS.
The Lowhill Food Pantry volunteering dates are Nov 18th in the morning, and Nov 19th in the afternoon. Volunteers are needed.
District 7430 Regional Membership Workshop was Tuesday Nov 10th. Herb, Mike G. and Bill Palmer attended.
AW Rotarians are invited to join other Lehigh Valley Rotarians on Wednesday Nov. 18th at noon for the annual Thanksgiving Rotary luncheon with the Bethlehem RC at Moravian Village in Bethlehem.
December 4th at 6 P.M. is the AW Holiday Party at Brookside CC in Macungie. The cost is $45 pp with a cash bar. There will be 4 entrée choices, with a $15 premium for filet mignon. AJ and Mike are handling the reservations.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS:
PP5K meets Thursday evening Nov. 12th.
Tempting Tastes 2 meets Nov. 13th at 7:30 a.m.
Club Service meets Nov. 18th.
Membership Committee meets here on Nov 18th.
SHELTERBOX CAMPAIGN:
Our effort to help address the Syrian refugees’ needs is to conduct an independent fundraising effort through November and December to go towards ShelterBoxes. Barb Kistler is leading this effort.
REQUEST FOR RC BANNERS:
Herb asks that we give to him any RC banners from other RCs we can part with that we have accumulated over the years. They are part of our history and he has a plan to exhibit them in some way. Herb collected one from a RC in India last Monday. Vern says that there is a large box of them somewhere.
AWRC NOMINATIONS:
Barb Kistler as Chair of this year’s committee is seeking members to run for Vice President in 2016-17. Also we need an Assistant Treasurer to work with Dale Hostetter who claims he will retire on June 30, 2017.
MEMBERSHIP EVENT:
We will hold a Membership Information Recruiting Mixer type reception on Thursday evening, January 14th 2016, probably at the Holiday Inn in Breinigsville. Stay tuned. Growing our membership is our top priority going forward.
GRANT SUGGESTIONS:
President-Elect Dan Crane is asking members for their ideas on what grant projects we might pursue for RY 2016-17. This also will be discussed at the upcoming Club Assembly meeting.
We are reminded to take a look at our Facebook pages.
President Herb asks us all to e-mail him about any announcements to be made at future meetings so he can include them as part of his planned agenda.
Next week our scheduled Greeter is Gary Englehardt and the program will be Ceren Ozcan and Lauren Fenstermacher to tell us about Camp Neidig (RYLA) 2015 experiences.
ROTARIAN of the WEEK:
The AW “Rotarian of the Week” is PDG Bill Weber who joined AW Rotary in 1978, tried Emmaus RC for a bit, and then came home to us. From 1963 to 1995 Bill worked with credit and leasing of aircraft. In 1984 he and Sue moved to Tranquility Farm and got into the Christmas Tree business. Bill also served as the Upper Milford Tax Collector for many years.
Bill was President of AWRC for 1982-83, Assistant Governor area 1 2003-06 and D7430 Governor for 2008-09. One of Bill’s most fun events was when he flew his plane to New England, filled it with fresh lobsters, returned home and held an outstanding Lobster Bake. He is most happy with having so many great Rotary friends.
LUCK of the DRAW:
The door prize donated by Chuck was won by Wendy Weaver who then drew her other ticket that was for the $202 pot of the 50:50. Unfortunately Wendy selected a white marble from 3 choices.
FINES:
S-a-A Don Davis fined Jeanne Shipe for late arrival.
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Halyna was happy that she attended a mini-make-up meeting at The Giant store where she met up with Dan Crane and others by chance on Tuesday.
Jeanne is happy that PA Act 83 of 2014 established a “Task Force on Lyme Disease and Related Tick-Borne Diseases” which finally issued its report to the PA Secretary of Health. These 18 recommendations covering prevention, Education & Awareness, and Surveillance are critical to combat the epidemic of Lyme and other tick-borne Diseases. Lehigh & Bucks County have the highest incidence of Lyme disease in the world!
Steve LaPierre is celebrating Veterans’ Day, and especially honoring his Father who served and lost a leg.
Mike Henry said that they conducted a Marine Corps birthday celebration in the rain yesterday.
Sue paid a dollar to note that P-E Dan participated in a regional webinar for P-Es last evening with DGE Linda Young.
Herb -- with a big smile -- said that Sierra Leone remains Ebola free.
PROGRAM:
President Herb introduced Allison Ludlow, LCCC Donley Center regarding the Center for Career Pathways and Literacy Tutoring Opportunities. With Allison was Karianne Gelinas, Assistant Director at the Fifth and Hamilton Streets facility.
Their website states:
“Welcome to the Center for Career Pathways and Literacy. We have many unique programs and classes to help you reach your educational and career goals. Our spectrum of adult education services and courses includes adult basic education, pre GED and GED preparation classes.
“After preparing for your GED, you can take the official GED test at our location. For students needing to develop English language skills, we offer beginner through advanced ESL classes, including classes to prepare you for credit courses. We provide strong educational support services through our student success counselors and a staff that is dedicated to helping you be successful on your journey to a great job, higher education or job training.
“Our job training programs include Nurse Aide preparation, CDL, HVAC and various computer programs to name a few. We offer an array of programs that provide short-term focused job training to help you obtain entry level positions in the workforce. Many of our programs offer opportunities for industry certifications.”
Allison explained the various programs, including success stories. She noted that their annual budget is about $500,000 and is grant funded. They hold classes all day long and process about 700 adult students a year. They go from September to June. Most students are 21 to 30 years old and ¾ are female. Half are Hispanic.
The average is that a student spends about 94 hours in classes. Some do far less, others do more.
Tutors are used for students who are too advanced for regular classes. Tutors are one-on-one and work about 3 hours a week and on a flexible schedule to suit availability. You need to hold a B.S. degree to be a tutor, and volunteer tutors always are needed. Allison distributed her business cards should any AW members be interested in tutoring. Subjects are Math, Social Studies, and English – reading and writing.
CLOSING:
Once again Halyna hit the right note to start a nice rendition of “God Bless America.” This was followed by the recitation of the Pledge to the Flag of the United States and then the saying “One profits most who serves the best.”
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