Welcome to the Emmaus Rotary Club!

Emmaus

Service Above Self

We meet Thursdays at 7:30 AM
Brookside Country Club
901 Willow Lane
Macungie, PA 18062
United States of America
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All Rotarians and guests of Rotarians are welcome!

For general information regarding Rotary, such as presenting to the club or soliciting funds/services, please email info@emmausrotary.org.

If you are interested in membership, please email membership@emmausrotary.org.

Correspondence may be sent to:

Emmaus Rotary Club
P.O. Box 672
Emmaus, PA 18049

 

 

Club News

President's Message
 
Good Day Emmaus Rotary!!
 
Immediately following the regular meeting this Thursday, January 23, 2020 we will have a Board of Directors Meeting.  We have a lot to review this week with one major issue needing finalization regarding the breakfast cost increase at Brookside Country Club. 
 
ALL Committee Chairs are recommended to attend to give an overview to the Board.   This is important to keep the synergy of our Club running as smooth as possible.
 
ALL Emmaus Rotarians are welcome to attend our Board of Director Meetings as well.  Remember, this is counted as a make up.
 
Hope to see you all tomorrow for another great meeting.  Below is our planned BOD Agenda.
 
Steve Gould
2019-2020 ERC President
Thanks! Murakoze cyane!
     Bill Whipple, from TEACHRWANDA.org, spoke to the Emmaus Rotary on Thursday, January 16, 2020, about the needs of the children of Rwanda and TeachRwanda's efforts to help by offering professional development for teachers in early childhood education. To do this, TeachRwanda operates the Bright School as a model preschool and the students there are also offered nutritious meals of porridge. The mentoring for teachers includes both offering an alternative to asking all students to sit quietly and memorize lessons and upholding the country's recent ban against the use of corporal punishment of children. TeachRwanda partners in a second school which is housed in a public library and is active at the area's teachers' college.
     Whipple said TeachRwanda seeks to feed the hearts, minds, and bellies of the children. Research shows that 40% of children in Rwanda are stunted in growth and suffer extreme poverty with hunger. The enriched school porridge is high in protein, high in vitamins and high in calories and it may be the only food eaten that day. It costs $2 per child to offer school porridge for a month. Asked after the meeting, Whipple said he eats the porridge daily when he is in Rwanda, but his wife doesn't care for the thick texture.
     Rotarians were moved by Whipple's presentation and the Board will be considering how Emmaus Rotary might support TeachRwanda.
 
District Governor Presents Awards
Our District Governor Herb Klotz presented two awards at the Emmaus Rotary's regular breakfast meeting on January 16, 2020.
 
The first award recognized Emmaus Rotary's participation in the Purple Pinkie 2019 event to raise money for polio eradication.
 
Steve Gould, Emmaus Rotary President, accepted the award for the club.
 
Herb Klotz also presented Emmaus Rotarian Cindy Hornaman, our Past District Governor, for her outstanding efforts to plan and hold the annual district conference. Hornaman graciously said that her award was shared by all Emmaus Rotarians who supported her and the district,
President's Message
 
Hello Emmaus Rotary,
 
Thank you to all those who were able to attend the Club Assembly last week.  It was fun to see and hear the reactions of our members as we presented some information never shared before at a general meeting.  I appreciate the comments and look forward in helping to continue to make your experience at Emmaus Rotary Club as rewarding as possible.
 
The heart of Rotary is about helping others.  This weeks program is just that.  Preparing Rwandan Educators to deliver meaningful learning experiences.  If you want to see how far Rotary reaches, this is a great week to come to our meeting.
 
Hope to see you all Thursday along with a Guest!!!  :)
 
Yours in Rotary,
 
Steve Gould
2019-2020 ERC President 
Rwanda in the Rotarian this week
Sometimes you just get lucky and this week is my week, I guess.  Bill Whipple is our program presenter this week and he is with the Teach Rwanda organization.  Coincidentally, there are two articles in the Rotarian this month about the horrible genocide that happened in Rwanda in 1994 and how Rotary has helped the country and its people recover...give the articles a read beginning on p. 26.
-Mike Waddell 
Speakers
Cindie Feldman and Anil Srivatsa
Jan 30, 2020
The Importance of Gathering/A mission to spread awareness about organ donations
Jim Hess
Feb 06, 2020
The Wildlands Conservancy
Meghan/Ashley
Feb 13, 2020
Fun!
Chris Wills
Feb 20, 2020
Preparing for the 2019 Tax Deadline
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