It’s hard to believe we’re halfway through August already. I’m sure those of you with school-age children or grandchildren are beginning to think about the start of a new academic year - now only a couple of weeks away.
As students prepare to return to classes, it’s a good time to reflect on Rotary International’s programs focused on students and our club’s efforts with these programs:
Interact - Clubs that bring young people together at the high school and college levels to develop leadership skills and have fun through service. The Interact Club at Emmaus High School is a large and active group of students with a passion for service. Youth committee chair Tony Moyer is working with faculty advisor Samantha McFarland on opportunities to bring the Interactors and our members closer together through joint service activities and programs. Stay tuned for more on this…
Rotary Leadership Youth Awards (RYLA) - An intensive leadership program for rising high school seniors focused on developing communication and problem-solving skills, learning from community leaders, having fun and forming lasting friendships. In our district, RYLA conducts its activities at Camp Neidig over Father’s Day weekend. We’re looking forward to sending several outstanding Emmaus High School students to next year’s event.
Scholarships - Emmaus Rotary Club recently continued its tradition of awarding scholarships to deserving students from Lehigh Career & Technical Institute and Emmaus High School. This year’s awards went to Autumn Weber and LaSair Nichochlain. Our club has established a goal to add $10,000 per year to our scholarship fund between now and the club’s centennial in 2026. Between dedicated fundraisers and generosity of our members (and growth in the fund’s investments), I’m confident we will reach our goal.
Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE) - An international exchange student program for high school students. RYE aims to build peace one young person at a time as students learn a new language, discover another culture, and truly become global citizens. Emmaus Rotary has a long record of sponsoring both inbound and outbound RYE students. It’s always a highlight at club and district events to meet these outstanding young people and hear the joy in their voices as they relate their experiences.
This week’s program will be a presentation by Maya Kita - ERC’s most recent outbound Rotary Youth Exchange student (to France). Maya will be accompanied by her mom, Tammy, who has also acted as a host for inbound students. I’m looking forward to hearing the Kita’s stories. You won’t want to miss it. See you on Thursday morning!
Thursday morning Burt announced September 23rd as our make a difference day. There will be plenty for all of us to chose from. Burt and Gary Guthrie are putting together at least four projects....one is serving a meal at the Allentown Rescue Mission (lunch), Sprucing up Hillside School, Miracle League (one game for certain possibly two games to help with Interact students for the second game), Meal packaging 5000 meals for the community. Gary is still looking for a painting project with Lower Macungie (not Bruce Fosselman's home). If for some reason you are not around this weekend in September please understand any financial contribution will be very helpful. Please help Make A Difference Day be a hugh success.
Bill Erdman took a few minutes to talk about the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary foundation helps serve not so lucky families that do not have food on the weekend. We help support weekend backpacking where backpacks are filled with enough food to support that little person for the weekend because they do not have any food. We as Rotarians have been extremely blessed and believe that serving and helping humanity is something we love to do. Roger Whitcomb Quoted Winston Churchill " We make a living by what we get, we make a life by what we give".
The most important part I took from this is that when you give to EREY (Every Rotarian Every Year) that amount of money you give each week, each month and each year accumulates year after year accumulating for some enough to receive their Paul Harris Fellow. Please keep giving to EREY and the foundation.
EMMAUS ROTARY SCHOLARSHIP FUND /Submitted By Bob Halsey
We need to grow our Scholarship Fund to the point where the earnings will support the Annual Cost of the Scholarships. At a recentweekly Breakfast Meeting I suggested that everyone should consider contributing Money to the Scholarship Fund in Lieu of Flowers in Memory ofSomeone. It’s very easy to do, you simply write a check toThe Emmaus Rotary Club Foundation in the amount you would normally spend for Flowers. I have outlined the very easy Procedure for doing this. This will give respect to the person (in lieu of Flowers) and will help increase the Scholarship Fund. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact B. Halsey.
Make check out toThe Emmaus Rotary Club Foundation…Indicate on the check that is for the Scholarship Fund in the lowerLeft Portion of your check. Mail the check to the addressbelow:
ATTN: MARIO COZZUBBO
CAMPBELL, RAPPOLD & YURASITS, LLP CPA
1033 SOUTH CEDAR CREST BLVD.
ALLENTOWN, PA 18106
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Mario Cozzubbo will send you an acknowledgement of your contribution to The Emmaus Rotary Club Foundation. You should send a Sympathy Card to theFamily of theperson you are honoringtelling them you have made aDonation to theEmmaus Rotary Club Scholarship Fund.You do not need to specify the amount you have given.
Congratulations on your new role! As you begin the year, the Rotary Global Rewards staff would like to ask for your help in promoting our program.
Rotary Global Rewards, our member benefits program, offers discounts on products and services from local and global merchants, along with opportunities to give back to Rotary.
Over 33,000 members have signed in to use Rotary Global Rewards. To raise awareness of this program, you can:
Check the list below to see if you are scheduled to serve as Greeter & Raffle, Sign-in Table, Invocation or EREY.
If you will not be at the meeting when you have an assignment, please arrange for another member to swap with you or cover for you. NOTE-CHANGES MAY BE MADE FROM PREVIOUS TRUMPETS.
Thank you for taking your turn and helping Emmaus Rotary Club run a smooth meeting.
