Pres. Ralph Witcher is the Greeter while we are using Zoom.
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THURSDAY EVE MEETINGS
The next Happy Hour meeting will be Thursday evening, September 10 starting at 5:30 P.M.
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CALENDAR of EVENTS
Oct 24 -- Yvette Palmer 5K race to end Polio -- VIRTUAL
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Please “Like” Us!
If you are on Facebook, and you have any sense of Allentown West Rotary Club loyalty, please show it by going to our Facebook page and clicking “Like” in the top bar, right under the picture of everyone running in the Purple Pinkie race.
You can also click “Follow” for extra "brownie points."
We are in a pseudo-competition with other clubs in our district, and right now we are in the lower half of the pack, with just over 250 likes. The top of the pack is over 500! You can also invite your friends and family to like us, by sharing any of our posts to your own FB page, and asking your own followers to like us! HELP US FLOAT TO THE TOP! We know how good we are; let’s show everyone else that Allentown West Rocks!
Each of us should seek out good candidates for our Rotary Club. Ask them to breakfast or to our Thursday evening meeting.
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PLEASE SUPPORT OUR
TEMPTING TASTES
RESTAURANT FRIENDS
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PHOTO REQUEST
AW Rotarians do a lot of good things and take a lot of pictures. In order to maintain the best quality photos on file, it is requested that the original be sent first to Gary Heller, our RC Photographer.
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Here are the AWRC
Board and Committee
Members for 2020-21
President - Ralph Witcher
President - Elect - Gail Micca
Vice President - John Scott
Immediate Past President - Amir Famili
Secretary - John Scott
Treasurer - Chris Blechschmidt
Sergeant at Arms -Mitch Huston
Service Committee Chair - Gail Micca
RI Foundation and International Grants Chair - PDG Herb Klotz
Fundraising Chair - Len Salines
Evening Meeting Chair - Herb Klotz
Public Image Chair - Marlene Heller
Membership Chair - Thomas Friday
Youth Services Co-Chairs - Bill and Sue Weber
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SPEAKERS WANTED
Please suggest or request speakers and topics for future meetings and send your ideas to our President, Ralph Witcher.
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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
(If you have any comments or questions, please contact the editor)
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MORE FACE-TO-FACE
MEETING MEMORIES
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QUOTE of the WEEK --
“The best kind of existence is to exist for others.”
― Abhijit Naskar
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DID YOU KNOW?
OUR MEETING PLACES
The club's first meeting place was the Shankweiler Hotel in Fogelsville. AWRC, until 1980, was a dinner club. Then in 1984 it was changed to a breakfast club to attract new members.
The club has met since then at:
The Tourist Inn in Kuhnsville
The West End Racket Club
The Holiday Inn (later the Days Inn) Rt. 309
The Paddock restaurant
The Village Inn
The Starlite Diner -- Bob Nagle remembers, “I joined Rotary in July, 1992. We met at the Starlite Diner at that time, and the roof leaked like crazy."
We moved to the Luther Crest Retirement Community starting in 1995 and as of March 2020 were there until the Covid-19 outbreak.
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A GREAT LOTTERY RAFFLE !
Our 2020 Community Fundraiser
Raffle Reaching Last Weeks
Are you supporting our Rotary Club?
Buying a raffle ticket in our Summer fundraiser is a good way to show your support…buying multiple raffle tickets is the best way!
You know the money you’ve been saving by not attending an in-person Rotary meeting for the last six months? How about spending it on a few raffle tickets right now?
There are only a few weeks left to purchase raffle tickets and take a chance on winning $1,000, $500, or $250. You can even purchase one and give a chance to win as a gift! Just visit
https://awrotaryraffle2020.ourraffle.org and choose 1, 5, 10, or 50 tickets. The winner will be announced on Zoom at our Sept. 9 meeting.
Good luck!
ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO FEED THE HUNGRY AND SUPPORT OUR YOUTH PROGRAMS AS WE DO EACH YEAR.
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Allentown West Rotary Club
ZOOM Meeting Notes September 2, 2020
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Here is a link to our District Governor 's latest Bulletin
This Rotary year we are going to try something new to better facilitate our communication with you. We are transforming our traditional newsletter to a club-centric publication, Vibrant Club News which will be published every other month. Vibrant Club News will include our club service projects, special events and fundraisers.
The August edition was just sent out and AWRC is mentioned for 5 Awards, two CAREmonger projects, and it includes our ad for Raffle tickets.
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