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Rotary Club of
Allentown West
Pres. Amir Famili
Area 1 Asst. Gov. Barb Bottitta
District 7430 Governor
Herb Klotz
 
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 and Committee
 Members for 2019-20
 
 
President - Amir Famili
President- Elect - Ralph Witcher
Immediate Past President - Jeanne Shipe
 
Secretary -John Scott
Treasurer - Chris Blechschmidt
 
Sergeant at Arms Committee -
     Mitch Huston, Ron Coleman & Len Salines
 
Service Committee and Domestic Grants Chair - Gail Micca
 
RI Foundation and International Grants Chair - DG Herb Klotz
Fundraising Chair - Len Salines
 
Evening Meeting Chair  - Barbara Kistler
 
Public Image Chair - Marlene Heller
 
Membership Chair - Mustafa Jaffer
 
Youth Services Co-Chairs - Bill Weber and Sue Weber

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GREETERS

Aug 14  --  Jerry Frank
Aug 21  --  Carrie Ballek
Aug 28  --  Dale Heffner
 
Sep  4  --  Jean Machamer
Sep 11  --  Jean Masiko
Sep 18  --  Gwen Pongracz
Sep 25  --  Halyna Stegura
 

-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
 
August 8th at the Holiday Inn at 5:30 P.M..
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CALENDAR of EVENTS
 
     Aug 15  --  Strike Out Hunger at the Phillies
 
      Oct 12  --  Yvette Palmer Purple Pinkie 5K race at LCCC
 
      Dec 6  --  Annual AWRC Christmas Party at Brookside CC in Macungie
 
 
Speakers
Sep 12, 2019
@ 2nd Thursday of the Month Evening Meeting
Sep 18, 2019
District Attorney of Lehigh County
Sep 25, 2019
New District 7430 Governor's First Visit to his Home Club + Board Mtg
Sep 26, 2019
@ 4th Thursday of the Month Evening Meeting
Oct 02, 2019
Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicle
Oct 09, 2019
Classification talk
Oct 10, 2019
@ 2nd Thursday of the Month Evening Meeting
Oct 16, 2019
Ecumenical Director of Lehigh Conference of Churches
Oct 23, 2019
ABCs of Composite
Oct 24, 2019
@ 4th Thursday of the Month Evening Meeting
Oct 30, 2019
Student of the Month + Interact + Administrators
Nov 06, 2019
Special Club Assembly to Create Ballot of Officers for 2020-2021
Nov 13, 2019
Student of the Month + Administrators
Nov 14, 2019
@ 2nd Thursday of the Month Evening Meeting
Nov 20, 2019
Foundation Month Conversation
Nov 27, 2019
NO morning OR evening meetings this holiday week.
Nov 28, 2019
NO @ 4th Thursday of the Month Evening Meeting
Dec 04, 2019
Overview of Cedar Crest College – strategic areas of focus, demographic make-up & academic programs.
Dec 11, 2019
Election of Officers for 2020-2021
View entire list
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SPEAKERS  WANTED
      Please suggest or request speakers and topics for future meetings and send  your ideas to our next speaker planning chair Jeanne Shipe  at  .Jeanne.Shipe@gmail.com
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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
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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: Amir Famili 
 
Membership:     Mustafa Jaffer mustafa@ebclv.com
Public Image  --  Marlene Heller  --  marleneheller@mac.com
TT6:  Len Salines – lenmary3657@ptd.net
 
 Dining Out:  Jean Machamer – jeanmachamer@ptd.net
 
Evening Meeting :  Barbara Kistler  barbara.kistler@rcn.com
 
Purple Pinkie Services: Barb Kistlerbarbara.kistler@rcn.com
                          
Purple Pinkie 5K at LCCC --  John Scott --     johnscottl@msn.com
 
Park Cleanup:  Dennis Houser – houserdah@gmail.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
 
Speaker suggestions:  Jeanne Shipe - Jeanne.Shipe@gmail.com
 
Website Editor: Marlene Heller  marleneheller@mac.com
 
RLI:   website www.rlinea.org        
 
Threads of Change - Foster care support --  Dale Heffner  dheffner@electrochemical.net
                         
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Check out the AWRC
Facebook Page
See Home Page link
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Bulletin Editor
Bill Palmer
Russell Hampton
ClubRunner
ClubRunner Mobile
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PICTURE OF THE WEEK
 
 
THE JAFFER BROTHERS
 
 
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         QUOTE of the WEEK --

           “You either choose to help others, or you don't choose to help others... THERE IS NO IN-BETWEEN!”
               ― Martin R. Lemieux  

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FRESH PRODUCE FOR HUNGRY FAMILIES
 
Gwenn Carr reports on the August 3rd produce run for the Lowhill Food Pantry clients:
 
          "We had a fabulous collection of produce today for our friends at the food pantry.
 
Two kinds of Cucumbers, cantaloupes,  Two kinds of tomatoes, two kinds of peaches, carrots, potatoes, corn, peppers, zucchini, squash.
 
A local farmer stopped by and asked if he could add to our wares. That’s Rotary in Action
 
Please take the time to volunteer at the Lowhill Food Pantry. We served 32 families today. There was nothing left at 10:30 A.M.
 
 
This is the kind of info that should be provided to the public about our Rotary club.  By our calculation after visiting Burkholders in the afternoon, we provided each family with more than $15 per family in fresh produce."
 
 
 
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Allentown West Rotary  Club
Meeting, Notes – August 7, 2019
 
 
Our Greeter today was  Diana Dunn and she did a marvelous job.
 
President Amir Famili rang the bell at 7:30 A.M. to open the meeting and welcomed all. Then Diana Dunn  gave a very nice invocation.
 
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. Next Ralph read the list of August birthdays and we sang “Happy Birthday.”
 
 
GUESTS:
Laurie Grube, West Reading, Wyomissing RC; Mave and Fiona, Gwenn and Gary’s grandchildren.
 
KINGDOM LIFE FOOD PANTRY:
Jean Masiko said that on Friday evening at 6:15 volunteers will be stocking shelves.
 
LOWHILL FOOD PANTRY:
On Saturday August 3rd we purchased over 300 lbs. of fresh produce and delivered it. See separate article.
 
ANNUAL SUMMER PICNIC WAS A HIT:
See the A-W special Picnic Edition, August 6, 2019.
 
Pres. Amir had Sue and Bill Weber come forward to be recognized for their superb hosting of our Picnic last Sunday. Since he could not acquire bottles of cheer, he presented them with veggies from his garden.
 
 
STRIKE OUT HUNGER AT THE PHILLIES:
On August 15 .  RI President Mark Maloney will throw out the first pitch. And $10 of each ticket from Rotarians will go to PolioPlus.
 
UPCOMING SPECIAL PROGRAM:
Pres. Amir points out that on August 21st Dr. Akbar Keshodkar of Moravian College Dept. of Anthropology will speak on Connecting East Africa to the broader Indian Ocean world in a new era of South-South prosperity. Please invite your friends to join us. It will be special.
 
THURSDAY EVENING  MEETING:
TOMORROW, August 8  at the Holiday Inn at 5:30 P.M. is our next meeting. Gwenn & Gary will conduct Health Check #2 about Membership.
 
NEXT  MORNING MEETING:
Is August 14th  with Jerry Frank as our Greeter. Our program will be Pres. Amir Famili and Treasurer  Chris Blechschmidt with a Presentation of the AWRC 2019-2020 Budget.
 
Pres. Amir introduced Mitch Huston who conducted the drawings and collected Happy Dollars.
 
The door prize donated by Diana Dunn was won by David Haight.
 
 
The $10 new pot of the 50:50 was not won by Ernie Boll’s ticket being drawn  followed by a white  marble. Many marbles will be back next week.
 
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Mitch Huston is happy that he survived the Corps competition and the bolts of lightning went by the fans without striking.
 
Al Lewis is happy that their daughter is in the Adirondacks and having fun.
 
Ernie Boll, once again, is just plain happy.
 
Len Salines said that the Corps competition was very impressive.
 
 
Granddaughter, Mave, is happy to be here.
 
 
Bill Palmer is happy about our great Picnic, and is happy to see Laurie Grube with us again.
 
Marlene Heller is happy to thank the Webers for the picnic. And she thanked Diana Dunn for a favor.
 
Sue & Bill Weber are celebrating their 54 years of marriage, and Bill explained how Sue was about 30 minutes late to the ceremony.
 
 
Sue Weber is happy to be celebrating Bill’s birthday next Monday.
 
Ihor Fedoriw is disappointed that a conflict kept him from attending the great Picnic.
 
 
PROGRAM:
The program today was Gwenn Carr and Gary Englehardt conducting another Health Check Point. The subject was “Membership.”
 
Gwenn began and noted that August in the Rotary calendar is “Membership” month. She asked each of us to read and rate the membership questions on the sheets on our tables. And each table was asked to select one member to be the scribe and to report to the group of each table’s opinions.
 
Gwenn said that Mustafa Jaffer and she are offering a $100 prize to the first member to bring in and induct a new member by September  39th. Details are to be confirmed. Also proposed is a contest between the Wed a.m. and Thurs p.m. groups.
 
 
Gary kept us on track and directed the reports from each table. It seemed that the members believe that we need to work on all facets of membership. We need to start with a list of candidates for membership and go from there. And we need to work on Retention using things like Mentors for new members.
 
DG Herb Klotz noted that our 45 RC district 7430 led the districts in the eastern U.S. in growing membership over the last RY. Unfortunately AWRC was in the bottom 5 RCs in the district having a large net loss last year.
 
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
Pres. Amir reviewed a list of future programs already booked.
 
CLOSING:
Pres. Amir suggested that we continue to pray for our Rotary family, and specifically for Ronnee Klotz.
 
He closed our meeting by our reciting the saying “One profits most who serves best.”
 
         Good photos are by Marlene Heller
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MEMBERSHIP  IS  EVERY  MEMBER'S  BUSINESS
 
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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 Here is a link to our District Governor Herb's latest Newsletter:

CONNECTIONS

https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000050086/en-ca/files/homepage/connections--august-2019/DGNL-August-2019.pdf

 

 Give it a try. It is informative and entertaining.

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BIRTHDAYS
 
 
Scott Hock             Aug 12
Bill Weber              Aug 12
A.J. Henry              Aug 17
Ralph Witcher        Aug 17
Marlene Heller       Aug 31

 

Anniversaries

 

Barbara & Jeff Kistler      Aug 16 1969           50 YEARS

 

JOIN  DATES

 

Mitch Huston         7 years         Aug 03 2012
Gwenn Carr           15 years       Aug 11 2004
Gary Englehardt    15 years       Aug 11 2004
Mustafa Jaffer        9 years         Aug 18 2010
 
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