Today was a Zoom meeting with 25 folks on line.
CHAT TIME:
Sue & Bill Weber are enjoying the Hilton Head sunshine but not the cold air.
Ernie Boll had a nice party in Arizona last evening to celebrate his 87th birthday tomorrow.
Marlene & Gary Heller and friends will be traveling around Arizona starting mid-February.
Jill Kearney said that AWRC is her “Happy Place.”
Ron Coleman said that it was fun doing Meals on Wheels deliveries yesterday.
Len Salines is getting around with crutches and a wheel chair, and is trying to get back to work some.
Pres. Gail Micca rang the imaginary bell to open the meeting at 7:30 A.M. And she welcomed us all.
GUESTS ON LINE:
Nick Millward, back in Kyrgyzstan and friend of the club; Helen Papathanasion, almost a member; Jill Kearney, almost a member; and Nicole McGalla, guest of the club.
OPENING:
Sue Weber gave a very nice invocation.
Then Pres. Gail led us in reciting the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of the U.S. She then led us in the recitation of the Four Way Test to which we added “Is it fun?”
EXAMPLE OF THE 4-WAY TEST:
Pres. Gail said that since November it has been difficult for her to do her 60 bike miles each week that her sponsors expected. So she plans to be fair and extend her bike riding when she can to make up the shortfall.
AWRC HISTORY STORY:
Past Asst. Governor, Sue Weber, delivered today’s story about our History of Women in Rotary.
CELEBRATIONS:
Pres. Gail displayed the list of January member celebration events. Ernie Boll and Geoff Legg have birthdays soon, so we again tried to sing Happy Birthday. We tried.
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Marlene Heller is most happy that after 677 days of remote schooling, her two grandkids attended indoor classes yesterday -- and they came home happy.
Jill Kearney is $10 happy that AW Rotarians are so welcoming.
Sue Weber is happy that there is no snow in Hilton Head. And the H.H. Sunset RC sends us greetings.
Amir Famili has a report about the Lowhill Food Pantry we support. During 2021 we delivered 5,950 lbs. of produce to them. Our cost was $3,400.
Also Amir did a program about AWRC’s projects for a RC in Germany. That club was surprised and asked how we find time to do all of those things. They just write checks.
Nick Millward is back in Kyrgyzstan and is happy to have delivered hundreds of letters to the Babushka group. He also delivered 20 bracelets that are for the children.
Gail Micca donated $25 with 24 for her daughter’s 24th birthday, and $1 for their daughter’s 2 Art shows.
Nicole McGalla happily reported that last evening at the Parkland H.S. b.o.d. meeting AW Rotary was mentioned many times, e.g. snack packing.
Herb Klotz noted that the NEW RCs starting in districts around us have at least 50% women members.
Ralph Witcher is happy to reports that their son Seth has a new album out at the Emmaus Theater. And their son Solomon is turning 21. Ralph added $10 as a thank you to Jill Kearney.
VOTE FOR AWRC LEADERS FOR 2022-23:
The vote will be taken in February.
PARKLAND C.A.R.E.S. DATE:
The last event was to be on Saturday, January 15, BIT it was frozen out and rescheduled for February 5th.
KINGDOM LIFE FOOD DISTRIBUTION:
Ralph Witcher said that the last event was on Friday January 14th instead of Saturday January 15.
The following are the dates for the Kingdom Life Food Bank Drive through food distribution through June 2022:
February 12 March 12
April 9 May 14 June 11
SNACK PACKS:
Gail Micca said that the next packing will be TODAY Wednesday, January 19. After that it will be on February 16.
Also there will be snack packing at Northwestern Lehigh.
MEALS ON WHEELS:
The new pick-up site location now is at Asbury Church.
Volunteers still are needed.
MEMBER SERVICE HOURS:
As a follow-up to Kathy Ott’s e-mail, please send her your NUMBER of HOURS you have volunteered for Rotary projects…everything you participated in: June 1, 2021 thru December 31, 2021.
KINDERGARTEN KINDNESS PROJECT:
This new project will start to present books to kindergarten children in the Spring.
CASINO NIGHT POSTPONED:
The vote was unanimous to reschedule for September. The new date is FRIDAY 9-23 from 5:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.
AWRC 60 YEAR CELEBRARION PARTY”
The event planning committee met via zoom on Sunday Jan 16.We are looking at sites for late April.
STATUS OF MORNING MEETINGS:
Due to the rise in Covid cases, we will be meeting via zoom for the months of January AND February. In March we plan to be back to meeting each 2nd and 4th Wednesday at our new location - the Parkland Community Library.
SERVICE PROJECT:
See the left side of this bulletin.
NEXT MORNING MEETING:
Wednesday January 26 via Zoom starting at 7:30 a.m. Come on at 7:15 and chat. Our program will be interesting, as usual.
MEETING SITE CHANGE:
Our March in-person meeting will take place at the Parkland Community Library at 4422 Walbert Ave, Allentown. This was arranged by Debbie Jack.
Stephanie Fenstermacher of the Buttered Crumb will supply some breakfast food.
We need some volunteers to set up a coffee station each time.
PROGRAM:
Today was our AWRC Executive Board & Project Chairs as a Club Assembly with a Quarter Business Overview. Pres. Gail began by asking Treasurer Chris Blechschmidt to report on our Finances.
Chris described the key items in our Operating account, our Foundation account, and our special account. He noted that Happy Dollars and 50:50 events are starting to bring in some extra funds. He also noted that we paid a one-time donation to both the Veteran’s Memorial, and the STEM-YEA program.
Chris said that we are not doing out dictionary project anymore. These funds will go to the new Kindergarten book program.
At 7 months YTD we have about $15,000 uncommitted. There will be at least $8,400 going toward our 2022-23 projects.
Our AWRC Secretary, Michelle Steiner, explained that for our 60th anniversary party she is putting together a special AW Member Directory complete with our info and a picture. If you do not have a photo posted in our ClubRunner database, please have one ready for Michelle when she asks. ALSO, please have an answer when she asks “What do you love about Rotary?”
PDG Herb Klotz reported on Membership. YTD we have added 4 new members, lost two and have two in line to induct. Our goal for June 30, 2022 is to have 65 Active members. So we need to recruit 8 more.
We are considering holding a Pickle Ball tournament for many non-Rotarians as a recruiting event.
PDG Herb Klotz reported on AWRC giving to the Rotary Foundation. Our YTD for PolioPlus is over our goal. Our goal for the Annual Fund this year is $10,000 and we are only at $5,000 so far.
Herb said we have until March 31 to apply for next year’s District Grants. Please tell Herb or Gail your suggested projects to fund.
Public Image Chair, Marlene Heller, asks that we share the Membership messages we post on Facebook.
Service Chair, Kathy Ott, noted that at the District level, April 30th has been selected as a Rotary Service Day.
The STEM-YEA project is full steam ahead. Training of RC representatives will start soon.
Program Chair, Ralph Witcher, reminds us to suggest speakers for our future meeting.
Youth Exchange Co-Chair, Sue Weber said we will be sending out student Lauren DeMay to study abroad. There still is no info on us receiving an inbound student this year.
Sue noted that former exchange student Ellie from Peru is planning to visit at Easter.
CLOSING:
Pres. Gail led us in reciting our motto “One profits most who serves best.”, rang the imaginary bell and adjourned the meeting.
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