Welcome to the Emmaus Rotary Club!
We meet In Person
Thursdays at 7:30 AM
Superior Restaurant
102 State Avenue
Emmaus, PA 18049
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, and membership, please e-mail: emmausrotary@gmail.com

 

Correspondence may be sent to:

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

 

Club News

Third Annual Emmaus Rotary Cornhole Tournament
Our Third Annual Emmaus Rotary Cornhole Tournament is just around the corner! Mark your calendars and sign up right now for Sunday, May 7, 2023 from 1-5pm hosted at Gio Italian Grill. 
You can sign up as a team to play in the Tournament or just come for the food, drinks and fellowship! Either way it will be a good time for a good cause. This fundraiser helps us support Community Projects like the Feed East Penn Student's Food Packing Program. 
Event registration and sponsorship opportunities are live on the Emmaus Rotary Calendar.  Use is the link to sign up! MyEventRunner - Event Public Fill (crsadmin.com)
 
MANY thanks to our official Beer Sponsor McCall Collective Brewing Company for supporting Emmaus Rotary again this year! It is connections with our local businesses that help make this event possible.  
 
Rotarians are a group of well-connected individuals. Who do you know that may like to support the work Emmaus Rotary does to help the community? Please check out and share the sponsorship opportunities listed below with your network.  Please be sure to connect any possible sponsors with Courtney Kennedy at Courtney.Kennedy@jacobs.com
 
Shine Bright Friends!
Meghan Reed
President, Emmaus Rotary 2022/23
 
Ever Since Women Joined Rotary
March is Women's History Month.
When we look at Rotary today it is hard to believe that in the United States, women were not permitted to join a Rotary Club until 1987.  It wasn't until 1989 when the RI Council of Legislation voted to change the RI Constitution and make women eligible for membership around the world. The men of Rotary had spoken...times had changed since 1905...it was time to change too!  By June 1990, the number of female Rotarians reached over 20,000. We wanted IN! As of July 2020, the number of female Rotarians surpassed 277,000 accounting for 23% of worldwide membership. Looking at Emmaus Rotary Club today 31% of our Club Membership is female as we approach our 100th Anniversary in just a few years. I understand that it is an honor and a privilege to serve as a President of Emmaus Rotary regardless of being a woman, but it is also not lost on me that allllll this Rotary History happened within my lifetime. So, I feel even more happy to be here!

Ever since women joined Rotary 34 years ago, the organization really became limitless in what it could accomplish! Ever since women joined Rotary, TOGETHER Men and Women from all over the world have grown Rotary and charted a new course for ALL changemakers under our 7 Areas of Focus.  
 
If you want to learn about the history of Women in Rotary, I encourage you to please visit this link on Rortary.org    Women in Rotary | Rotary International while you scroll, please watch the video on the webpage. You will feel all the feels! I would love to know what you think! 
 
I want to take a moment and Thank Alicia Ruiz-Orbin, (one of my Rotary Heroines) for organizing the 2023 Emmaus Rotary International Women's Day Celebration. This has become an excellent tradition for our Club and our District. Many thanks to Committee Members David Dunn, Dee Eng, Mark Erle, and Courtney Kennedy. Hats off to Val Deneen and Rory King for nominating two very deserving Women in our Community.  Kassie Hilgert Director of Arts Quest and Kristin Pedemonti Founder of Steer Your Story. Both are incredible ladies making their own history! What an inspiring morning for everyone in attendance. A proud day for ERC! 
 
Shine Bright Friends!
Meghan Reed
President, Emmaus Rotary Club 2022/23
 

From left to right: District 7430 Governor Len Giesler, Awardee Kristin Pedimonti, Awardee, 
Kassie Hilgert, IWD Committee Chair Alicia Ruiz-Orbin, ERC President Meghan Reed, 
District Governor Elect Diane Donaher. 
 
 
Rotary & Wildlands Black River Sanctuary Planting

Emmaus Rotary Club and Rotary Club of Allentown Joint Service Project!
Rotary District 7430 Day of Environmental Service

Wildlands Black River Sanctuary Planting Project
Saturday, April 29, 2023
8:00am -? The more hands-on deck the less time this will take!
Rain Date TBD if needed.

Join Allentown and Emmaus Rotary Clubs & Interact Clubs to plant native species in the public access parking area as the first leg of the Wildlands Black River Sanctuary Preservation Project!

The 180-acre Black River Sanctuary, located just northeast of Emmaus, PA, is unique in many ways. It contains the headwaters for three different watersheds, has the exposed “spine” of the south mountain, numerous wetlands, meadows, and forests; is home to hundreds of different species from butterflies to bears and all located within minutes of the cities of the Lehigh Valley. Parking areas will incorporate aspects that are designed to have the smallest impact as possible and enhance the conservation values of the property. The parking areas will incorporate the use of native plants as buffers and visual cues that will delineate the limits of the lot as well as demonstrate the values of native plantings in the landscape.

Only volunteers who register to attend using this event page will receive important volunteer information.
Please email MeghanReed517@gmail.com with questions.

Details on- parking, exact address, etc. and a list of suggested tools/supplies will be posted/emailed prior to service date and emailed to registered volunteers. A volunteer liability form will also be emailed prior to 4/29/23.
NOTE: this preserve doesn’t have any restroom facilities yet or any other infrastructure (picnic tables, etc.) Volunteers might want to bring folding chairs and expect to drive for restroom relief. We don’t expect this will be an all-day event. 

SIGN UP TO HELP HERE! Rotary & Wildlands Black River Sanctuary Planting | Rotary Club of Emmaus (emmausrotary.org)

STEM YEA!
 

There's still time to purchase tickets and empower the next generation of problem solvers & change makers.

 
Wear Your Purple on 3/9/23!
This week Emmaus Rotary celebrates International Women's Day! 

Alicia Ruiz-Orbin and her Committee have put together another fantastic program to recognize Women in Rotary and celebrate the achievements of Women making a difference in the Community.  You will leave feeling inspired and learn a bit of the history behind IWD and Women who have influenced Rotary International. This is the perfect program to invite a guest to! Last year I had the opportunity to share this special day with 3 of my dear girlfriends and share with them what the heck this Rotary thing is that I talk about all the time! So, call up your bestie and ask them to join you on Thursday! 
 
To make the day even more fun and bring us all together in celebration I encourage you to wear PURPLE on Thursday! Why....Because Purple is the color of International Women's Day! 
Purple, green and white are the colors of International Women's Day. The colors originated from the Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU) in the UK in 1908.
  • Purple represents justice, dignity, and loyalty to the cause. 
  • Green stands for hope.
  • White symbolizes purity.
 
Shine Bright Friends!
Meghan Reed
President, Emmaus Rotary Club 2022/23
 

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