Emmaus Rotary Trumpet, May 27, 2020 (May 26, 2020)

President's Message

Hello Emmaus Rotary,

What a year!!! What a month!!! What a week!!! What a day!!! What the heck?????

As I sit here in by myself in Naples Florida(long story) trying to put together my thoughts, I continue to be proud to lead us through these unprecedented times. We are all enduring so much. Each and everyone one of us has a story to tell. Our bond will last forever and our desire to make the world a better place will keep us connected through the thickest of challenges. Thank you for staying your course in your personal journey with Emmaus Rotary. I can not express enough my appreciation for The Emmaus Rotary Club. This club has guided me, created personal structure and has presented a level of support I will never be able to express in any way shape or form. I am confident we will come out of this stronger and more willing to continue our efforts to make our community and world around us a better place.

I hope to see everyone at 7:30AM this Thursday at our Virtual Meeting. We also have a Board of Directors meeting immediately following our meeting at 8:30AM. All members are welcome.

Below is our BOD Agenda.

All the best to everyone.

Steve Gould

2019-2020 ERC President

We Thank You

Meeting Virtually This Week!

We continue our weekly meeting virtually! There will not be an in person meeting this week but we sure would love to see your smiling face when you join us online! Stay tuned for updates next week as we prepare to meet in person at Brookside Country Club on Thursday, September 10, 2020. We will be sure to offer our members to join in virtually as well.

Please use the link below to join us this Thursday, September 3, 2020 at 7:30 a.m.

We still encourage you to invite a virtual 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.

https://conf.voxtandem.com/b/ste-m9r-f9j.

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 :)

Community Service Collections

StarKist Chunk Light Tuna in Water, 5 oz Can - Walmart.com ...

The Feed East Penn Students Food Packing Program needs your help!

It has become more difficult for Second Harvest to supply us with protein sources for the 200 children we feed each week. We are reaching out to our membership for help in collecting cans of tuna fish. We will be collecting weekly until we have met the need.

Bring your cans of tuna fish donations this week:

Thursday June 25, 2020
(The time will be adjusted due to the Board Meeting this week please stay tuned for a time from Rick in a separate email)

In front of Bethany Bible Fellowship church (418 Elm Street Emmaus, Office entrance)

If you can help please take a ride and drop off your tuna fish. We feed 200 people each and every week and with the continued protein (peanut butter, tuna, chicken, cereal, and milk) shortages at all food banks we know our Rotarians will step up and help. We order food from Second Harvest each month for the children. We have had a substantial contribution of monies from a lot of different sources and I thank each and every one of you for helping. To keep our monies available and still help all of these children throughout the summer we are going to need your help. We will continue to ask each and every week until either we have too much or Second Harvest has the supplies on hand we need.

Thank you for your continued generosity in advance

Yours in Service Rick Zayaitz

Trivia Night with Fellowship

Virtual Trivia - Patchogue Chamber Of Commerce

Put on your thinking caps for some family friendly Lehigh Valley Logo Trivia with the Emmaus Rotary Fellowship Committee!
Your hostess with the mostest, Ashley Lorah will be bringing us a creative way to get together and have a laugh.
Ashley has worked hard to put together a unique Logo Trivia game that you won't want to miss.
SO clear your schedule and mark your calendar for:
Friday, May 29, 2020
7:00pm - 8:00pm
Use this link to join us:
https://conf.voxtandem.com/b/ste-m9r-f9j

If You Wanna Be Happy

If You Wanna Be Happy!

REMEMBER! HAPPY DOLLARS IN THE MONTH OF MAY WILL BE MATCHED UP TO $200!

SO that is something to be happy about!
(Many thanks to our anonymous sponsor!)

You can share your happiness at our virtual meeting, send Don your donations to his Venmo account at @don-blose.

Call, text or email Don for more information. 610-392-9149 blosedon14@gmail.com.

If we can't hear your happiness at the meeting email with me what you'd like to be shared in the Trumpet! Meghanreed517@gmail.com

https://youtu.be/EEwA1ldUb60

Do You EREY?

Your Foundation needs your help! This continuing shelter-at-home and virtual meeting society has adversely impacted our lives in numerous ways. It has also impacted our Club support of The Foundation. The virtual meetings have undercut our EREY cash program as well as eliminate the convenience of members bringing checks to the meetings.

I am here to assist you in this regard so we can continue support of the Foundation. Whether you made weekly cash contributions or provided checks in the past, you can maintain your support by simply mailing a check payable to The Rotary Foundation to me at: 5533 Heather Lane, Orefield, PA 18069. For example, if you typically donated $5 per week in cash, a check inthe amount of $30.00 will bring you up to date for the new fiscal year.

I can be reached at: 484-239-3412 with any questions. I look forward to your assistance in supporting your Foundation.

Thank you,
Bill Erdman

The Future is Bright

Last month for Youth Services Month we highlight Fionnuir Ni Chochlain. Anthony Moyer wrote a really nice article about Finn sharing her accomplishments. I thought it would be appropriate to run the article again being that Finn was our guest at last week's meeting. Tony's article touched on many of the topics Finn shared about herself at our meeting. She is an incredibly bright, talented, kind and motivated young person. Listening to her talk about her passions and her future made me feel good about the next generation of leaders. If you were not able to catch her talk please take a bit of time this week and watch. You will walk away feeling uplifted and happy to know that this Interact Student and Emmaus Rotary Scholarship Recipient is sure to do great things in the world. She is a "Person of Action" and she absolutely embodies the "Be The Good In the World" motto.

Click here to watch. Enjoy!

https://conf.voxtandem.com/playback/presentation/2.0/playback.html?meetingId=71aa177dff08a2d10ffaab185c74d30fe4fbc6de-1591874338136

Article by Anthony Moyer

Fionnuir Ni Chochlain is our 2020 ERC Emmaus High School Scholarship winner!

Fin has been involved in our Emmaus Rotary Interact Club throughout her high school experience. She served as Interact Club Vice President and President. Fin was involved with organizing our ERC Miracle League Trick or Treat booth, Rotary/Interact dinner meetings, Letters to Santa, and served as the Mosser Nursing Home correspondent for Interact sponsored Bingo Nights.

At Emmaus High School, Fin was involved with the choral department and served as stage manager for numerous theatrical productions. She played soccer for Emmaus High School and the Lower Macungie Youth Association.

Personally, she enjoys playing piano and singing. Fin also serves as a piano instructor. She enjoys the art of embroidery and learning the Irish language. In addition, Fin is an accomplished Irish dancer.

Fin will be attending Northeast University in the fall as a History and Political Science major. She plans to attend law school focusing on health policy. Fin’s ultimate goal is to engage in a career that serves others. She lives with her mother and has two older sisters.

Congratulations Fin! ERC wishes you success in your future endeavors!

Last Call for Plant a Row Donations!

69,000 of our neighbors in the Lehigh Valley are predicted to go hungry this year. Help them with your garden, one pound at a time!

It is almost the end of the growing season in our gardens. Tony Moyer continues to collect your Plant A Row produce donations on Thursdays. You can drop off your donations at Willow Lane Elementary School by 4:00 pm. (6135 Sauerkraut Lane, Macungie, PA 18062) Please simply leave your bagged and freshly washed veggies at the front door of the school. All of food collected goes to the 6th St. Shelter.

If you'd like to bring your donations to our in person meetings, Sue Wenner has volunteered to serve with Tony on the Plan A Row Collection Committee and would be happy to drop off our weekly collections to the school after our meeting. If you have any questions please contact Tony at anmoyer1229@yahoo.com

Thank you Tony and Sue for volunteering!

To learn more about Plant A Row continue reading...

Pinned on ERC's Bulletin Board

Weekly Door Prize Donations Needed! Be our next meeting's prize sponsor!

It seems like we all like the idea of winning a festive prize at our meetings (in person or online). We have had some very generous and fun donations over the past few months since incorporating this new aspect to our meetings. Many thanks to all who have donated a prize! It is a nice way to give back to each other while doing some low-key networking for your business.
In the wake of the Corona Virus now more than ever it's important to show the local businesses in our community we care and support them. They have shown us support with raffle donations and sponsorships throughout the years. Consider purchasing a $20.00 gift card from one of the many small businesses in the East Penn Area. As we know every little bit helps. It's also a great way to start a conversation about Rotary and invite business owners and managers to a club meeting. Please contact Meghan Reed for more information about our weekly door prizes and how you can be help!

Upcoming Committee Meetings: Consider holding a virtual meeting to stay in touch and on task with your committee!

(Does your committee have an upcoming meeting? Let Meghan know and we will list it here)

Rotary and Beyond:

If you are participating in a fundraiser outside of Rotary and would like help spreading the word to our club members please contact Meghan Reed. It may be eligible to run in our new section in the Trumpet called "Rotary and Beyond". It will cost $2.00 (Happy Dollars) each time you'd like to run the information in the Trumpet. To have the information posted in the Trumpet you must be an active committee member or board member of the non-profit organization facilitating the activity outside of Rotary participation. The $2.00 entry may be given to Meghan at a club meeting. Contact Meghan with any questions.

District 7430 News! Training Tuesdays.

Our district has some exciting training opportunities available to our members. See the upcoming schedule below.

ROTARY DISTRICT 7430 ANNOUNCEMENT:

Mark your calendar for these additional Training Tuesdays opportunities. Each session will begin at 7 PM and last for one hour. Registration links are below and will be sent to you weekly.

June 2, 2020 7 PM: GROW ROTARY: The Power of The Rotary Foundation

https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CkjnlGg-Qk-UWF-y8uy2EA

Thank you for your service and support to Grow Rotary.

Herb Klotz

District 7430 Governor 2019-20

Rotary Club of Allentown West

484-707-9467 (cell)

Janet Kolepp

District 7430 Governor Elect 2020-2021

Rotary Club of Bethlehem Morning Star

484-241-1252 (cell)