I already have my eye on the extended weather forecasts! Lets all cross our fingers for a cool, crisp day with clear blue skies on Monday, September 14, 2020 when we hold our 13th Annual Golf Tournament. Meanwhile, buy a raffle ticket. Sell several more. We are aiming to sell all 300 to max out the excitement for the prize winners--- a $4000 gold bangle diamond bracelet from Eric Loch Diamond Jewelers and 2 gift cards!! -- one for $1,000 to PA Wine and Spirits and another for $1,000 to Shangy's Beer Emporium.
Meanwhile, it looks like we can get back together for a regular Thursday morning meeting on September 10th. Mike Waddell and Sue Wenner have been working with Brookside Country Club and it seems we fit under their tent! Keep a look out for details. This week Janet Kolepp, our District Governor, will officially visit Emmaus Rotary for our virtual meeting. So, folks, how do we "stand for the district governor" as is our protocol when we are in Vox Tandem land? What do you think? Do we stand in our own homes and offices? Do we clap? Do we enthusiastically wave our hands?
Last Thursday, the Board accepted a report from the Fund-raising Oversight standing committee which looked at all the brainstorming data from early July. They are recommending 3 possible new fund raising events to add to our Golf Outing, Beef n Beer and the Poker Cycle Run.
These include a USA flag subscription service for the East Penn area, a cornhole tournament, and a miniature golf tournament. The Board has given its official nod to these events. So we are looking at scheduling and staffing. You, know- all those details. If one of these events captures your attention, please speak to Mike Waddell, the Czar, and Meghan Reed or Sal Verrastro for more information, to share the excitement or to volunteer.
Let me note one change here and you will be caught up- for now! East Penn School System is back in session. We are changing the day we pack food and the locations for distribution. Think Wednesdays for now. We will pack early on Wednesday mornings at Bethel Church where the PLUS Groceries Food Pantry in Emmaus is located and then drive immediately to three schools for distribution. Cindy Hornaman and Rick Zayaitz have details.
Imagine my delight to read this tag line in my email! I clicked open and read the President of our Rotary International Foundation Holger Knaack's letter. I have included it in its entirety below for you to read also. We are getting it done! And this is no time to let our energy or passion flag.
Our Purple Pinkie event day is October 26, 2020. Save the date and stay alert for ways you can participate. These events are called "Purple Pinkie" and held on World Polio day because when a child is vaccinated, they have a purple stamp put on their little finger.
And while you are checking your calendar, look to see that you are up for our 13th Annual Golf Outing on Monday, September 14, 2020. We have amazing sponsors for the whole event, for holes, for lunch, and for our raffle prizes. Let's not let them down. I will try to get a count before our regular Thursday morning meeting this week on Vox Tandem so that we know how many raffle tickets have already been sold. We are looking to sell 300. Raffle tickets are $50 each and the first prize is a $4,000 gold bangle diamond bracelet donated by Eric J. Loch Diamond Jewelers. The second and third prizes are stellar also: a $1,000 gift card to the PA Wine and Spirits Store and a $1,000 gift card to Shangy's - the Beer Authority.
There is a regularly scheduled Board meeting this Thursday ten minutes after our meeting. All Rotarians are welcome to attend. We will be receiving the report from Mike Waddell, Czar for Fundraising Oversight and his Czarettes which has suggestions for future fundraising activities.
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.
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.
WE NEED YOUR HELP! OUR 13TH ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT IS SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER 14TH.
PART OF THE TOURNAMENT IS A GREAT RAFFLE—FOR ONLY $50 YOU CAN WIN:
A $4,000 DIAMOND BRACELET DONATED BY Eric J. Loch Diamond Jewelers
A $1,000 GIFT CARD TO THE PA WINE AND SPIRIT’S STORE
A $1,000 GIFT CARD TO SHANGY’S…THE BEER AUTHORITY.
GO TO WWW.ERCGOLF.COM AND PURCHASE YOUR RAFFLE TICKET TODAY --- SPREAD THE WORD TO YOUR FRIENDS AND SHARE ON FACEBOOK!!!
THE MONEY RAISED WILL SUPPORT ALL OF THE COMMUNITY PROJECTS WE CONDUCT LOCALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY! – PLEASE HELP US—WE NEED EACH ROTARIAN TO BUY AT LEAST 1 TICKET…
IF YOU WOULD LIKE SOME TICKETS TO SELL- PLEASE CONTACT RICK ZAYAITZ, MARIO COZZUBO, DON BLOSE, ERIC LOCH AND WE CAN GET YOU SOME
Emmaus Borough Manager, Shane Pepe kindly took time from his busy schedule to present to our group last week. As we know all too well 2020 has been a turbulent year. Shane spoke about the direct impacts Covid-19 has had to the Borough. He explained its affects on overall revenue and expenses and what they have done to offset the hit through budget cuts and furloughs/layoffs to reduce expenses. He also spoke of the damages sustained throughout the Borough as a result of the flooding earlier this month. Through it all Shane, Borough Council, and Staff have remained dedicated to the task of keeping Emmaus a safe place to live and do business. They are trying to provide the community the same level of service in the midst of cut backs. They have managed to adapt free community functions like Movies in the Park and the Summer Concert Series to meet safe physical distance restrictions and still allow folks to feel normal for a few hours together. And there is always positive progress happening in Emmaus such as the new Arts and Innovations Center on its way! You can help be a part of good things to come in Emmaus by participating their Emmaus Comprehensive Parks, Recreation, Open Space, Greenways & Trails Study. (Check out the images below to learn more) The past 6 months have been trying for us all. Our local governments in Emmaus and surrounding communities do their best day in and day out to serve their neighbors. Next time you see a Borough Council Person,Township Commissioner, or Municipal Staff give them a Thank You for being the backbone of community.
You do not need to be a resident of Emmaus to participate in the survey. Copy this link https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/EmmausParks
Watch/Listen to Shane Pepe's presentation by using this link.
It is time to reserve your bottle for the Fellowship Virtual Wine Tasting Night.
Friday, August 28th at 7:00 p.m.
BE SURE TO PICK YOU BOTTLES UP BY FRIDAY AT 6PM. READ BELOW.
The Emmaus Rotary Fellowship Committee will be hosting another Virtual Wine Tasting featuring our favorite wine experts, Joe Pugliese, Alicia Ruiz-Orbin, Mike Orbin and Dina Zayaitz.
They will coach us on how to taste the wine, we will score it, and compare our evaluation of the wine as a group using the American Wine Society scoring sheet. Please use the score sheet pdf link here.
This will be simple tasting focusing on a specific wine from Scout & Cellar.
The wine of choice for the tasting is: 2019 Gallivant Bubbly White Wine, North Coast California.
(A refreshing choice for this time of year.)
Reserve your bottle today to participate!
We have pre-ordered 24 bottles for sign ups to this tasting.
The cost is only $24.00 a bottle (cash or check written to Emmaus Rotary Club)
To sign up to reserve your bottle and participate in this Fellowship Event you must email Meghan Reed at MeghanReed517@gmail.com.
Those who have reserved bottles can pick them up at Eric J. Loch Diamond Jewelers August 24th-28th between 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. Please have your payment ready at time of pick up.
A Zoom Meeting Link will be sent out to those who have signed up prior to the event. If you've already signed up no need to email again. We have you confirmed.
Many Thanks to Dina as the commission she makes from our purchase of this wine and commission from future wine sales through this event will be donated back to The Emmaus Rotary East Penn Food Packing Program.
Our last virtual tasting was a ton of fun! It was a great way to catch up with friends and have a lot of laughs together.
The dinner to recognize Past President Steve Gould for his leadership is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. at Brookside Country Club. Steve did an outstanding job leading our club through the craziest of times. Sometimes with crazy hair! Let's give our Past President some props for always bringing his "A game" and a smile no matter what.
The cost per guest is $50.00. Please r.s.v.p with Rick Zayaitz
Bill Erdman will also be holding Paul Harris Recognition at this celebration. If you are attending and have a Paul Harris medallion please be sure to wear yours to the dinner!
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...
Thank you to Ai Orthodontics for their absolutely incredible generosity! Dr. Aejaaz A. Issa and his team have donated $3,000 to the Emmaus Rotary Club, East Penn Food Program, Go Fund Me campaign. This kindness has brought us to 25% of our current fundraising goal for the program. Many thanks to Karen Hobson for sharing the Go Fund Me campaign with Dr. Issa. Ai Orthodontics has been a huge supporter of Emmaus Rotary. We are very grateful for community business partners like Ai Orthodontics who lead through service above self.
Does this inspire you to give? Start YOUR team! Since we started in July we have raised $4,255 of our $10,000 Go Fund Me Campaign goal to support The Emmaus Rotary Club, East Penn Food Program. As I have written before, it is important that our Club Members get involved in sharing this campaign so that we can reach our goal of $10,000. Donating and sharing is VERY easy and with just a few seconds a week, together we will make our goal! (If you need instructions on how to donate follow the steps in the read more section on how you can donate and share)
SHARING IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR THIS CAMPAIGN TO GAIN MOMENTUM. Creating your own fundraising page as part of the campaign is a great way to invite your family, friends, co-workers, clients, and others to join you in our mission to help feed hungry children!
How to do it:
1) Click the blue JOIN button.
2) Sign in - follow the prompts to create an account or log in with Facebook if you have one.
3) Click the blue JOIN THE TEAM button. This will automatically make you a member of the team. Regardless of donation amount. You can donate whatever amount you'd like even $10 puts us closer to our goal. EVERY single dollar matters! You can create a team without donating (I tested this on my husband's cell phone to join the team it took 5 second to do) The goal here is create a page to engage your network and share the information to attract donors.
4) Now share your link! You can share multiple ways. Facebook, Twitter or copy your link and past it into an email to go out to your clients, workplace, family, friends, and other organizations your a member of. Remember to share often on your social media pages! Please consider creating a team for your business.
It's that simple. An easy way for "People of Action" like us to....well...take action!
If you need help with how to share you may reach out to me and I will do my very best to walk you through it or think of some creative ways you can help spread the word.
I have included an email that I sent out to another board that I sit on. Feel free to use it! Just click "read more" below.
If you have questions on how to use Go Fund Me please contact Meghan Reed 610-797-5942 / meghanreed517@gmail.com THANK YOU!!
The 3rd Annual Motorcycle Poker Run is postponed until next year. Our Hope was to raise $7500 to give to Tails of Valor, a 501c3 organization which raises and trains dogs for veterans suffering from PTSD or other service-related illnesses or injuries.
Although the event is not happening this year, several donors and sponsors have elected to make a donation anyway. If you would like to make a donation, please send a check made payable to “Emmaus Rotary Club Foundation”, add a memo of “Tails of Valor”, and mail it to the following address. We will present a single check to Tails of Valor in late August.
ERCF c/o Joe Pugliese P.O. Box 98 East Texas, PA 18046-0098
COVID-19 is impacting us all in our personal, professional and Rotary lives. We must base our decisions about Rotary activities on the health and safety of our members and compliance with government and health regulations. Even though we may not be able to conduct the usual weekly in person meetings, many of our clubs are leading or participating in food and other relief programs in their communities. These efforts will likely be continuing through the balance of this Rotary year and into the future.
With this in mind, the following are guidelines for all Rotary District 7430 activities:
All guidelines set forth by the Governor, counties and other authorized persons in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the CDC should be followed.
Should any Rotarian be diagnosed with or have symptoms that they suspect to be consistent with COVID-19, that Rotarian shall:
Not participate in any Rotary event that involves a personal appearance at the event.
Report their diagnoses or symptoms to the Rotarian supervising any program in which they have participated in-person within fourteen (14) days before the diagnoses or occurrence of symptoms.
We also suggest that you adopt guidelines for your clubs that reflect the current health crisis.
Welcome to the Emmaus Rotary Club!
We meet at 7:30 AM on Thursday mornings
at Brookside Country Club, 901 Willow Lane, Macungie, PA 18062
