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
 
Hello Emmaus Rotary Club,
 
I hope this message finds everyone safe, healthy, happy and at home!  It is starting to look like we have made the turn on this thing.  I am very much looking forward to getting back to as close to normal as possible.
 
Emmaus Rotary keeps forging ahead as we have adapted to Virtual meetings held at our normal time on Thursday mornings at 7:30am.  It has been great to see everyone who was able to log on and I look forward to this Thursday as well.  We have deemed this month "Emmaus Rotary Virtual Classification Talk Month".  Great job to Mike Zambelli who led us off.  I appreciate everyone adapting and doing the best job they can as we navigate these unprecedented times.  With that said, please feel free to invite any guests you feel needs a taste of Rotary to our weekly link.  We are still tracking who brings guests and we have not stepped back from our goal for everyone to bring at least one guest to a meeting this Rotary Year(Ends June 30, 2020).  Virtual meetings count so lets keep the momentum going.
 
BOARD MEETING this Thursday immediately following our regular meeting.  Below is the Agenda.  This Board Meeting will officially get us back on our regular schedule.  Everyone is welcome to stay on if you are interested on seeing what happens in our Board Meetings.   Our agenda is very light and we expect to be wrapped up by 9:00am.
 
See you Thursday.
 
Steve Gould
2019-2020 ERC President
 
 
The Next Best Thing
What's the next best thing to seeing each other in person? Our virtual meeting routine has started to really catch on with our members.  While nothing beats our personal meetings, Steve and John have done a nice job at making us at home online.  Thanks to all who have joined in.  Rotary is always something to look forward to and uplift us! 
 
Please use the link below to join us this Thursday, May 21, 2020 at 7:30am. 
We encourage you to invite a guest to help introduce Rotary to someone who could make a great Rotarian.  Simply share the link provided in the red section below with your guest. Ask them to please sign in as - their name (guest of) - in the name field so we know who they were invited by. 
 
To enter the virtual meeting, just click this link or copy and paste it into your URL Browser.  Please note that you will need Firefox or Google Chrome as your browser to join the meetings. 
You can use your computer, laptop or smartphone to join the meeting.
 
If you had any difficulties or questions on how to log on please reach out to John Chisca johnc@voxtandem.com 610-400-0203. 
 
To watch past meetings that you may have missed or just want to see again. Follow the steps below. 
1) Click this link https://conf.voxtandem.com/b/ste-m9r-f9j  (the same link we use to join the live meetings).
2) Scroll down on the sign in page and you will see the list of recorded meetings under "Public Room Recordings".
3) Click on the blue presentation button of the meeting you'd like to view. 
4) Click on the triangle shaped play button at the bottom left of the screen to play the recording. 
5) Enjoy! 
 
  
 
Be Well and Stay Safe Friends, 
Meghan Reed
Trumpet Editor 
2nd VP ERC
Diamond Girl :) 
 
 
President's Message
 
 
Hello Emmaus Rotary Club
 
I am calling a virtual ERC Board of Directors Meeting this Thursday April 2, 2020 at 11:00AM.  All BOD members, Committee Chairs and the General Membership are welcome to attend.
  
Since we missed our regular March BOD Meeting, this will replace that meeting so we can dig into our new way as we adjust to the COVID-19 Pandemic.
 
Just click on the link below anytime from 10:45AM on Thursday morning and it will take you right to us.  If you have any questions or any Board Member has any difficulty trying to login to this meeting, I will be standing by along with John Chisca to help you get connected.  That is why we are allowing logins starting at 10:45AM.
 
To enter the virtual meeting, just click this link or copy and paste it into your URL Browser:  https://conf.voxtandem.com/b/ste-m9r-f9j
 
Again, if any Board Member has problems accessing the meeting, please call my cell phone at 610-657-2175 or John Chisca’s at 610-730-7998.  Hopefully all others trying to join the meeting will be successful, however since this is our first attempt virtually and it is Board Meeting, we will be standing by for this specific meeting to help the Board Members having a difficult time accessing the virtual meeting.  All others, and take no offense, you are on your own for this meeting however we feel we are using a very simple platform suited for all.
 
Attached please find the agenda for this meeting. It has been adjusted a bit from our normal layout.  Chris and Jim, please email us your Treasurer’s and Secretary’s Reports prior to Thursday’s meeting if possible.
 
Please email me if you have any questions or additions you would like to see added to the agenda.
 
Thanks everyone!  See you Thursday
 
Steve Gould
2019-2020 ERC President
 
Feed East Penn Student Program Update from Cindy
A lot has been happening with the dynamics and needs of our East Penn School District Feeding Program. As an update, our weekend feeding program has been going on this school year for the Lincoln and Jefferson Elementary Kids-- feeding about 33 kids a week. At the beginning of March we added Macungie Middle School for 44 a week. The feeding has been made possible by a District Grant through our Foundation Giving and our Club giving. We were given approval through the District to expand the original grant to include this situation. Rick Zayaitz is also working to obtain some corporate and business donations to insure that we have the funds. We then went to 50--- Last week we added to 94-- which includes 24 homeless families. This Week we will do 118. The school district is providing bagged lunches on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays at three locations: Lincoln Elementary, Alburtis, and Lower Macungie. This week the lunches ran out-- so the food is appreciated and needed. Starting in April and for the full month we will provide 200 bags of food each week.
 
THANK YOU SOOOOOOO MUCH EVERYONE FOR VOLUNTEERING FOR THE MONTH OF APRIL-- WE NOW HAVE ENOUGH VOLUNTEERS( ALL WITHIN A DAY!)
 
President's Message
 
Hello Emmaus Rotary,
 
Last week's meeting was awesome, inspiring, educational and impressive.  I'm so very proud of Alicia Ruiz-Orbin and her Committee for taking part in such a great endeavor of what we do at Rotary.  Congratulations to Jill Long and Corinne Goodwin on being the honorees and award recipients at our International Women's Day Celebration.  Both Jill and Corinne had great things to say to us.  Thank you again for such a great presentation.  And thanks to everyone who participated and came to last week's meeting.
 
March is Rotary's Water and Sanitation Month.  What does that mean?  Well, I asked the same question.  Being a 15 year Emmaus Rotarian this May 2020, I am amazed on how I keep picking up on more and more as my own personal Rotary journey continues.  And as President, Google is my best friend because when I don't know something, Google is there. 
 
Here is Rotary District 3000's Water and Sanitation Focus according to Google:
 
  • Create awareness on water Conservation by Street play / Banners / Literature Distributions / Seminars at club level and for local community, Rain water harvesting awareness
  • Clean Drinking Water at Railway Stations, Bus Stations, Schools or Public Places, Re-user of waste water
  • Create Public Toilets Facilities, Create Awareness on Sanitation at Schools - Colleges - Economically Backward Areas
  • Create Sewage / Concealed Drainage system, Bore Wells, Building Check dams​​​​​​​
  • Providing Carriers (Transportation Systems) to carry water pots
 
Another wonderful focus Rotary takes part in!  Rotary never gets boring.  We pour our heart and souls into so many different areas of Service Above Self! Who do you know that fits that definition?  Everyone knows someone!  Give them a call and bring them to our Rotary meeting this Thursday(HINT, HINT!! I'm back on my Membership Growth kick!).  You may be surprised how thankful they are you asked them to a free breakfast at Brookside Country Club!!!
 
See you all Thursday.
 
Steve Gould
2019-2020 ERC President
 
 
Speakers
Jim Palmquist
May 28, 2020
How a Helicopter Works and How to Fly It
Craig Collins
Jun 04, 2020
Classification Talk
Fionnuir 2020 ERC Scholarship Winner
Jun 11, 2020
Fionnuir Ni Chochlain - our 2020 ERC Emmaus High School Scholarship Winner
TBD
Jun 18, 2020
TBD
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