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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 various locations
 
WEBSITE
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Here are the AWRC
Board and Committee
 Members for 2019-20
 
 
President - Amir Famili
President- Elect - Ralph Witcher
Vice President  -  Gary Englehardt
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

 
Oct 16  --  Ron Coleman
Oct 23  --  Dan Crane
Oct 30  --  Andy Drotar
 
Nov 6  --  Gary Heller
Nov 13  -- Scott Hock
Nov 20  --Dennis Houser
Nov 27  --  No Meeting
 

-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
 
Oct 10 at 5:30 PM at the Starlite  Diner, in the lounge.
 
Oct 24 at 5:30 P.M.  --  locale TBD.
 
 
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CALENDAR of EVENTS
 
    Oct 12  --  Yvette Palmer Purple Pinkie 5K race at LCCC
 
     Oct 31  --  Dining Out at the Stony Run Inn at 6 PM.
 
      Dec 6  --  Annual AWRC Christmas Party at Brookside CC in Macungie
 
                                   2020
 
      Mar 22  --  Tempting Tastes 6 at the Holiday Inn
 
      Apr 24 to 26  --  District Conference in King of Prussia. It includes the District Training Assembly and the Foundation Gala.
 
Speakers
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
Community Bike Works
Dec 18, 2019
Allentown Symphony Association
Dec 25, 2019
No morning or evening meetings this holiday week.
Jan 01, 2020
Happy New Year! NO meetings this holiday week!
Jan 08, 2020
Quarterly Club Assembly + Treasurer's Report
Jan 15, 2020
Meals on Wheels
Jan 22, 2020
Bethlehem Rotary Human Trafficking program
Jan 29, 2020
Feb 05, 2020
Classification Talk
Feb 12, 2020
Priority of Lehigh County
View entire list
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Excuse me, do you have her email?
 
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Need to contact a member for any reason? Download the ClubRunner app – it’s free, of course – and sign in! If you don’t know your password and login information, call Bill Palmer, and he will walk you through the process.  Why Bill? Because everyone knows how to get in touch with him! (Hint: just reply to this newsletter!)
 
Why would I want to use ClubRunner?
 
ClubRunner helps to organize us as a club. It is the platform for all our communications, and offers members an opportunity to stay in touch on various levels.
 
Here are just some reasons people use CR:
  • To call a member on club business, such as to get a ride to a meeting, find out the logistics of an event, or ask for help in getting club business done.
  • To make plans for a social gathering.
  • To check on their birthday so you could send a card. Or their address, same reason.
  • To check on their address before you head over to their house for an event, meeting, or to drop something off.
  • To find their email or phone number. Or work address.
  • Because you’ve forgotten the name of their spouse and you were up all night trying to remember it.
  • Find out the proper spelling of a member’s name.
     
What’s your best use of Club Runner?
 
                            By Marlene Heller
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SPEAKERS  WANTED
      Please suggest or request speakers and topics for future meetings and send  your ideas to our President, Amir Famili.
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CASH  REWARDS  FOR
RECRUITING  NEW  MEMBERS
 
Members of our RC are offering $100 as an incentive for any Member who successfully recruits a new member. You will receive the $100 when your recruit is inducted. This offer is good until 12/31/2019. You can win more than once."
 
PROPOSED  CONTEST
 
Our Membership Team has proposed a contest between  the Female members and the Male members of our RC.  One or more prizes will be awarded for the group that brings in the most inducted new members by December 31, 2019.
 
The actual contest prizes are unknown for now. We are looking forward to suggestions for the prizes from you other members. Please tell Gwenn Carr.
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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:   Amir Famili
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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Facebook Page
See Home Page link
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         QUOTE of the WEEK --

   

         “If you're not making someone else's life better, then you're wasting your time. Your life will become better by making other lives better.”
             ― Will Smith
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NON-PROFIT AWARENESS EXPO:
 
On Saturday, October 5th our Rotary Club. participated in the Non Profit Awareness Expo held at the Lehigh Valley Mall from 11 to 3 PM. Here is a photo of our volunteers who told others our AW Rotary story.
 
 
Mustafa and Murtaza Jaffer, one son, and Marlene and Gary Heller manned the booth earlier in the day.
 
 
 

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OCTOBER  DINING  OUT
 
 
Dining Out for October will be at Stony Run Inn on Thursday, October 31st, at 6:00 PM.  Put your costumes on and come on out for a howling, fun-filled evening!  🎃 Hope to see you there!  Bring a friend!

 

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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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Allentown West Rotary  Club
Meeting, Notes – October 9, 2019
 
 
Our Greeter today was Chris Blechschmidt, and he did a marvelous job.
 
President Amir Famili rang the bell at 7:30 A.M. to open the meeting and welcomed all. Then  Pastor Jean Masiko  gave a very nice invocation including a special mention for Ronnee and Herb Klotz.
 
Secretary John Scott 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. John introduced Whitman, his son and welcomed honorary member Shirley Randall. Then John reviewed a list of upcoming events.
 
 
GUESTS:
Tom Friday, almost a new member; Whitman Scott, son of John; and Vicki Coyle, CFO for Meals on Wheels LV.
 
P-E Ralph Witcher read aloud a list of members’ birthdays in October, and we sang Happy Birthday.
 
YVETTE PALMER PURPLE PINKIE 5K RACE:
Race Director John Scott  reminds us that the event will take place NEXT  Saturday October 12th at LCCC. 43 of our D7430 RCs are sponsoring.
Members are urged to be sponsors, donate gift cards, register to run or to walk or just show up and cheer.
Pres. Amir said that AW members and their friends have raised about $4,500 to sponsor the race.
 
DICTIONARIES 2019:
Pres. Amir has ordered 1100 dictionaries and members have made cash donations, but we are $200 short as of this morning.
 
 
PARKLAND PRESS:
The Parkland Press last week included a photo of our check presentation to the Parkland  C.A.R.E.S. Food Pantry.
 
NON-PROFIT EXPO:
On Saturday, October 5th our Rotary Club had an information booth at the LV Mall. See separate article.
 
D7430 FRIENDSHIP EXCHANGE VISIT:
Sue Weber said that the visiting Rotarians from Oregon as the second part of our district Friendship Exchange, will be here at AWRC next week.0
 
 
 MIRACLE LEAGUE HALOWEEN PARTY:
Barb Kistler asks for members to donate appropriate fruit snacks   --  BEFORE OCTOBER 23rd  --  to be distributed to the kids with the help of our Northwestern Interact club students.
 
DINING OUT IN OCTOBER:
Jean Machamer says Dining Out for October will be at Stony Run Inn on Thursday, October 31st, at 6:00 PM.  Put your costumes on and come on out for a howling, fun-filled evening!  🎃 Hope to see you there!  The signup sheets will be going around at both meetings. Bring a friend!
 
MEALS ON WHEELS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:
Dottie Bloom asks for volunteers to help deliver meals on Veterans Day Nov. 11th, as we do each year. “New” volunteers will have to fill out some forms. Prior vols do not.
 
LOWHILL FOOD PANTRY:
This great group still depends on cash donations from AW Rotarians. And volunteering for the produce pick-up and distribution on Saturday mornings is a very satisfying thing.
 
THURSDAY EVENING SCHEDULE:
TOMORROW Oct 10  --  at the Starlite Diner at 5:30 P.M.
Oct 24  --  at a Locale TBD at 5:30 P.M.
 
NEXT  MORNING MEETING:
Oct 16th  with  Ron Coleman as our Greeter. Our program will be Rev. Dr. Larry Pickens, Ecumenical Director of Lehigh Conference of Churches.
 
Pres. Amir introduced Sgt.-at-Arms Mitch Huston who conducted the drawings and collected Happy Dollars.
 
The door prize donated by Chris Blechschmidt was won by  “lucky” Bill Weber. Then 3 more prizes donated by Laurie Grube went to Jeff Kistler, Chris Blechschmidt, and Ernie Boll.
 
 
The $10 pot of the 50:50 was not won by Sue Weber’s ticket being drawn  followed by a white marble. MANY marbles will be back next week.
 
HAPPY DOLLARS:
Bill Palmer is very happy to have attended the wedding of Yvette’s grandson, Bryandon, last Saturday. He also hosted the rehearsal dinner the evening before at his home.
 
Sue Weber is happy to report that her brother is doing better and has been moved to Rehab.
 
Geoff Legg put in $5 for the photo in the Parkland Press, and challenged Amir to do the same  --  Amir did.
 
John Scott is happy that he and Whitman were present at the PPL Center when Melvin the mascot was inducted into the Boy Scouts.
 
John also is happy that he just had an article published over his name in the Reading Eagle.
 
MEALS ON WHEELS DONATION:
Gail Micca our Service Chair introduced Vicki Coyle, the CFO of the Lehigh Valley Meals on Wheels. AW Rotarians presented M.O.W. with a $1,080  check to fund traveling coolers for their deliveries.
 
 
Vicki told us that the coolers have been received and are in use. Controlling food temperatures is essential.  Vicki thanked AW Rotarians for their continuing support.
 
 
Vicki said that M.O.W. have a new site for their next building in East Allentown which takes them from 10,000 sq. ft. to 17,000 sq. ft. The move will be in about 18 months.
 
PROGRAM:
 
John Scott introduced our new member Laurie Grube to give her Classification talk. Laurie has been a Rotarian for 13 years and a member of the West Reading Wyomissing RC in our district. When her work moved her into our area she contacted Murtaza Jaffer and the rest is history.
 
 
Laurie is the Vice President of Riverview Bank with offices in Temple, Altoona, Pottsville, and soon to be on S. Cedar crest Blvd. in Allentown. The bank had $1.2 billion in assets as of 2017. Laurie manages 30 of their branch offices.
 
Laurie was raised on a farm in Berks County and has roots back to her great Grandfather on Passer Rd. in Coopersburg. With this addition to the Bank they have moved to Coopersburg. They are near the “Rail Trail” which is great.
 
 Laurie was graduated from Elizabethtown College in 1986 and has been in banking for 30 years, after a brief stint in education. In 2015 she earned her MBA.
 
Laurie was married last year, and they each have two grown children. She and her husband played golf in Bermuda on their honeymoon. They love to travel, go hiking, and Zip Line. Just last week they were in Martha’s Vineyard.
 
Laurie serves on the board of directors for a number of businesses. Her Riverview Bank also supported the Purple Pinkie race. She is involved with Altrusa International, Inc a Non-profit organization, an international non-profit organization focused on community service.
 
CLOSING:
Pres. Amir closed our meeting by our reciting the saying “One profits most who serves best.”
 

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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--october-2019/DGNL-Oct-2019.pdf

 

 Give it a try. It is informative and entertaining.

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BIRTHDAYS
 
 
 
Herb Klotz                        Oct 01
Len Salines                      Oct 01
Dana Gschwendtner        Oct 01
Daryl Smith                      Oct 14
Ronnee Klotz                   Oct 15
Richard Sniscak              Oct 24
Bill Palmer                       Oct 25

Anniversaries

 

Halyna & Mike Stegura    Oct 12 1974            45 years

 

JOIN  DATES

 

Chris Blechschmidt         4 years         Oct 07 2015
Daryl Smith                      23 years       Oct 15 1996
Herb Klotz                        8 years         Oct 19 2011
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