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Rotary Club of
Allentown West
Pres. Jeanne Shipe
Asst. Gov. Gary Rohrbach
District 7430 Governor
Cindy Hornaman
 
MEETINGS:
Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m.
at Luther Crest
2nd and 4th Thursday
at 5:30 p.m.
at the Holiday Inn
 
WEBSITE
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Here are the AWRC
Board Members for 2018-19
 
 
President  - Jeanne Shipe
 President- Elect   -  Amir Famili
Immediate Past President - Mike Gschwendtner
 
Secretary -Joe Goll
Treasurer - Chris Blechschmidt
Sergeant at Arms and PR Chair - Mitch Huston
Service Committee znd Domestic Grants Chair - Gail Micca
 
RI Foundation and International Grants Chair - Barbara Kistler
 
Fundraising Chair - Len Salines
 
Evening Meeting Rep  - Barbara Kistler
Membership Chair - John Scott
 
Youth Services Co-Chairs - Bill Weber and Sue Weber

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GREETERS

     Jan 2nd  --  Chris Blechschmidt

Jan  9th  --  Randy Beitler

     Jan 16th  --  Dorothy Bloom  

Jan 23rd  --  Gwenn Carr

     Jan 30th  --  Dan Crane

 

-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
 
 
Dec 27th at 6 PM at Louie's Restaurant.
 
Jan 10th  --  is a Mixer at the Holiday Inn. Please bring candidates for membership.
Jan 24th  --  Dining at Curious Goods
 
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TT5  MEETING  SCHEDULE
TBA
 

FRIDAY, January 18th at the Holiday Inn at 7:00 a.m. for Breakfast  --  7:30 a.m. is the meeting.
 
 
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CALENDAR of EVENTS
 
         
      Dec 27th  --  Thursday Eve Dining at Louie's restaurant.
 
      Jan 10th  --  Thursday Evening Mixer at the Holiday Inn at 5:30 P.M.
 
     Jan 18th  --  TT5 Meeting at the Holiday Inn 7 a.m.
 
     Jan 24th  --  Dining Out at Curious Goods at 6:00 P.M. - 7705 Bake Oven Rd, Germansville, PA 18053
 
     Jun 24th  --  D7430 Changeover and Awards at DeSales University at 6 PM
 
    
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2019  DISTRICT 7430  CONFERENCE
 
  • Registration for District Conference is open.  The conference this year is in Allentown, so it will be very convenient for us all to attend. 
    • Here is the link to view the event and get registered:
Club Events
7:30 am Breakfast at Luther Crest
Luther Crest Facility Main Dining Room in the Administration Building
Feb 13, 2019 7:30 AM
 
Valentine's Day
Feb 14, 2019
 
5:30 pm Evening Group Happy Hour
Feb 14, 2019 5:30 PM
 
Deliver Meals on Wheels for President's Day
Feb 18, 2019
 
Presidents' Day
Feb 18, 2019
 
AWRC Board Meeting
Feb 19, 2019
7:15 AM – 8:30 AM
 
10am-noon Lowhill Food Pantry
Feb 20, 2019
 
7:30 am Breakfast at Luther Crest
Luther Crest Facility Main Dining Room in the Administration Building
Feb 20, 2019 7:30 AM
 
4-6:30 pm Lowhill Food Pantry
Feb 21, 2019
 
7:30 am Breakfast at Luther Crest
Luther Crest Facility Main Dining Room in the Administration Building
Feb 27, 2019 7:30 AM
 
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TELL  HALYNA
 
     As you become aware of any member of our Rotary family that would benefit from our support with cards, flowers or visits, please notify Halyna Steguta at:  hsteg@aol.com
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CONTACT INFORMATION
AWRC  ACTIVITIES
 
Kingdom Life Food Pantry:-  Jean Masiko – masiko@aol.com
 
Parkland Snack Packing:--  Gail Micca gailmicca@gmail.com
 
Lowhill Food Pantry and Northwestern Snack Packing: 
 
Membership:     John Scott  johnscottl@msn.com
 
Public Relations:  Mitch Huston – jazz111@aol.com
 
TT5:  Len Salines – lenmary3657@ptd.net
          Gary Englehardt – genglehardt@thepegasusorg.com
          Gwenn Carr – gwenn.carr@thepegasusorg.com
 
Dining Out:  Ronnee Klotz – ronneek@gmail.com
                       Jean Machamer – jeanmachamer@ptd.net
 
Evening Meeting :  Herb Klotz
 
Purple Pinkie: Barb Kistlerbarbara.kistler@rcn.com
 
Park Cleanup:  Dennis Houser – houserdah@gmail.com
                          
Purple Pinkie 5K at LCCC --  John Scott --     johnscottl@msn.com
 
Miracle League:  Dale Heffner – dheffner@electrochemical.net
                             Barb Kistler – Barbara.kistler@rcn.com
 
  Meals on Wheels:  Dorothy Bloom – bloomnbunny@ptd.net
 
Kids of Character:  Gwen Pongracz – gwen.pongracz@gmail.com
 
Purses for Polio:  Barb Kistler – barbara.kistler@rcn.com
RLI:   website www.rlinea.org        
 
Threads of Change - Foster care support --  Dale Heffner  dheffner@electrochemical.net
                         
Speakers
Feb 13, 2019
What's up with A-W?
Feb 20, 2019
2020 District 7430 Conference Discussion
Feb 27, 2019
Women and Leadership
Mar 06, 2019
Mar 13, 2019
Reserved Date
Mar 20, 2019
Mar 27, 2019
Student of the Month, Meet PHS Interact Students, PHS Faculty & Staff
Apr 03, 2019
4-Way Speech Contest 1st Round
Apr 10, 2019
Quarterly Club Assembly Including Treasurer's Report
Apr 17, 2019
TT5 Prep
Apr 24, 2019
Ready for TT5!
May 01, 2019
View entire list

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       MEMBERSHIP  IS  EVERY 

MEMBER'S  BUSINESS

      Consider bringing a friend and colleague to a meeting. Or refer them to Herb Klotz.

       Please bring a candidate to our next breakfast meeting and / or our Thursday Evening Happy Hour.

        Our Evening Meetings  --  2nd & 4th Thursdays at the Holiday Inn in Breinigsville  5:30 to 6:30 P.M.

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ROTARY  INFO  IS  AVAILABLE
 
NOTE  that there is great Rotary information available each meeting at the front table. This includes AW Banners for you to exchange when you visit other RCs.
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HOW  TO  UPDATE  CLUBRUNNER
 
 
TO UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INFO in ClubRunner:
 
Just login and click an “Member Area” top right. Then scroll down two  lines on the right column and click on “Active member List.”
 
Click on the first letter of your last name, and then on your full name.
 
This page is all about you.
 
Click on any of the six menu items and edit your profile as needed.
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Check out the AWRC
Facebook Page
See Home Page link
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SPEAKERS  WANTED
      Please suggest or request speakers and topics for future meetings and send  your ideas to Jeanne Shipe.  Jeanne.Shipe@gmail.com
Bulletin Editor
Bill Palmer
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
ClubRunner
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         QUOTE of the WEEK --
   “And then one day you realise that if you want to be rich, you'd have to give away almost everything you own.”
          ― Kamand Kojouri  
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AW  ROTARIANS
PLEASE  HELP  COMPLETE  OUR RECORDS
 
The following members are rquested to e-mail Bill Palmer the date that they first joined Rotary membership anywhere, PLUS the date that they joined AWRC. According to our records you each joined on Jan 1st, 1900. I don't think so.
 
Gwenn Carr,         
Dawn Costello      
Dan Crane  
           
Chuck Ehninger   
Gary Englehardt,  
Ihor Fedoriw         
 
Jerry Frank           
A J Henry              
Barbara Kistler,       
 
Geoff Legg f                    
Jean Masiko                    
Joel Masiko          
 
Gwen Pongracz    
Daryl Smith           
Sue Weber  
 
Bill's e-mail is  bill966@ptd.net          
 
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Allentown West Rotary  NON-Meeting, Dec 26  2018
 
President Jeanne Shipe cancelled today’s meeting to enhance our family time during the Holidays.
 
On December 19th Gail Micca, Service Project Chair reported that the Snack Packing at Parkland H.S. that afternoon with the Interact students and some AW volunteers went very well. They had a Pizza Party afterwards that was a hit, too.
 
LOWHILL FOOD PANTRY:
Please remember that the Collection jar is at the registration desk for cash and check contributions.
 
TOMORROW, DEC 27th is  THE  NEXT  THURSDAY  EVENING  MEETING at 6 PM at Louie’s restaurant.
 
ALL NEW THURSDAY EVENING MIXER:
January 10th at the Holiday Inn in Breinigsville starting at 5:30 P.M. will be a MIXER meeting for potential AWRC members discussing all things Rotary. Start now to schedule your guests.
 
TT5 PLANNING COMMITTEE MEETING is on Friday January 18th at the Holiday Inn at 7 a.m.
 
JANUARY  DINING  OUT:
January 24, 2019 – Dining Out at Curious Goods 6PM
 
4-WAY TEST ANNUAL SPEECH CONTEST:
Once again AW Rotarians will conduct a local contest here at a regular Wed. morning meeting. Regionals are mid-April, and the finals are on May 4th at the District Conference.
 
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY:
Last week Dee Eng from the Emmaus RC told us that ERC on January 7th will make two special recognition awards to Rotarian women from ERC, and from Area 1  --  that includes AWRC.
 
ROTARY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE (RLI) :
There is a training meeting on March 30th in King of Prussia that many D7430 Rotarians might attend.
 
NEXT  MEETING  --  Jan 2nd  --   Our Greeter will be Chris Blechschmidt. . The program will be Induction of 3 new members, and some quarterly reports from our board members.
 
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Bill Palmer is happy that there were no other Happy Dollars and a speaker’s words to record and transcribe today.

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

THE  DOUBLE "["

https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050086/en-ca/files/homepage/double-i-inspiration-inormation-dec-2018/DGNL-Dec-2018.pdf

 

 Give it a try. It is informative and entertaining.

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BIRTHDAYS
 
 
Joel Masiko           Jan 03
Dottie Bloom         Jan 04
Gwenn Carr           Jan 07
Jeanne Shipe         Jan 12
Ernie  Boll              Jan 20
Geoff Legg             Jan 22
Mercedes Scott       Jan 25
Dar Utt                    Jan 26
Dale Heffner           Jan 29
 

Anniversaries

 

Jean & Joel Masiko         Jan 01 1996  23 years
Sally & Jerry Frank          Jan 05 1985  34 years
Dottie & Rick Bloom        Jan 20 1979  40 years
 

JOIN  DATES

 

 
Gwenn Carr,          Jan 01
Dawn Costello       Jan 01
Dan Crane              Jan 01
Chuck Ehninger    Jan 01
Gary Englehardt,   Jan 01
Ihor Fedoriw          Jan 01
Jerry Frank            Jan 01
A J Henry               Jan 01
Barbara Kistler,      Jan 01
Geoff Legg f               Jan 01
Jean Masiko                 Jan 01
Joel Masiko           Jan 01
Gwen Pongracz     Jan 01
Daryl Smith            Jan 01
Sue Weber             Jan 01
Laura Long            2 years         Jan 04 2017
Richard Sniscak    6 years         Jan 13 2012
Gail Micca              1 year           Jan 31 2018
 
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