Tom Gettings received an honorary Paul Harris from the Emmaus Rotary Club on Thursday, September 6, 2018.
Gettings is a photographer, writer, speaker, fundraiser, and outdoorsman. He has been active
in the Wildlands Conversatory (creating the "Bike and Boat" event), the Canal Museum, and the Emmaus Remembrance Garden. He was introduced by Rotarians Bill Erdman and Mike Waddell, who said, "Tom is the poster child for our motto -- Service above Self." Gettings spoke briefly to thank the Emmaus Rotary for this honor and to reminisce about his years as a photographer at Rodale and some of his community service work.
Our golf tournament was moved to Monday, October 15th 2018. Thank you Rotarians for your understanding.
People face all kinds of adversities in life, our golf tournament is a small reminder of what mother nature is capable of. We have a possible hurricane Florence about to strike the southeastern coast of our shores this week. As Rotarians we are people of action. Please keep everyone in these coastal States in your prayers and be prepared to help where we can if necessary. Remember we are smart, compassionate, persevering and inspiring people...Rotarians. As Rotarians we need to be prepared for what may happen in other people's lives so we can help out whether as an individual, a club, a district or Rotary International.
The 11th Annual Emmaus Rotary Golf Tournament will be held
on Monday, October 15, 2018
at Brookside Country Club.
Emmaus Rotarians-- bring your raffle tickets, stubs and money to this Thursday's regular breakfast meeting.
And try to let everyone you sold raffle tickets to know the drawing will now be held on October 15.
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REGISTER TO PLAY ON October 15th NOW!!
WWW.ERCGOLF.COM
2018 Golf Committee
Co-Chairmen-Steve Gould, John Zayaitz
Committee Members - Mario Cozzubbo-Treasurer, Bob Rust, Don Blose, Mike Lahanas, Joe Pugliese, Rick Zayaitz, Bryce Ruggieri, Rory King, Eric Loch Lisa Spradlin, Morgan Thomas, John Chisca
Yes, Rich Ward is on his way! He is currently an elected Lower Macungie Commissioner and works as a consultant to publically traded companies. On September 6th, Ward gave his classification talk and Emmaus Rotarians learned more about Ward's humble beginnings in an Italian Catholic home in Corona, Queens. He spoke about the values and encouragement he received from his stable family. He instructed us that it is always "meatball and gravy".
He married his wife Debbie in 1994 and they moved to Long Island where Ward joined the local fire company as a volunteer in 1997. He recalled the sadness of September 11th. It was one of the challenging times of his life, as was the premature birth of his first son.
In 2004, the Wards moved to the Lehigh Valley. Rich Ward values contributing to his community. He has served on the LM public safety commission, the zoning board and as an advisor to the Board of Commissioners. This last January, Ward began a 4 year elected term as a Commissioner.
The Little Libraries painted by the Emmaus High School Interact Club and Emmaus Rotary are being installed on the grounds of our school district's elementary schools. The one pictured above is by the main doors at Jefferson Elementary on Elm Street in the Borough. Look for them. Currently, they are well stocked. Take a walk with your grandchild and explore the books available. Books do not need to be returned or exchanged although families often do that. Spread the word among your neighbors.
On Thursday, October 4th, the EPSD Education Foundation will host a Career Exploration Fair for 5th through 12th grade students and their families. The event will be held from 6:00pm-8:00pm in the EHS gym. The fair will provide students and parents/guardians the chance to connect with local professionals to learn about specific careers, the training/education required for those careers, job outlook, and more! Currently, there are plans for 50 tables. There will also be a drawing for an IPad!
Rotarians Sal Verrastro and Tony Moyer can help both individual businesses as presentors and Emmaus club members as volunteers to plug into this event.
We are having our next fellowship event on Thursday, September 27th, 4:30 - 6:30 PM at Legend Personal Care in Macungie. The address is 6043 Lower Macungie Road, Macungie, PA 18062.
The night will include delicious hors-d'oeuvres, wine, beer, soft drinks, prepared by their head chef. It will also include a tour of the beautiful new community.
Feel free to invite a member-guest as well! All are welcome!
Come and join us for 8th Yvette M. Palmer Purple Pinkie Race to Zero 5K Run/1 mile fun walks. This year we have two events in different parts of our district so that many more of us can participate! The first was held on October 6th at DelVal in Doylestown. So we are now looking toward ---
Saturday, October 13, Lehigh Carbon Community College, Schnecksville, PA, 9:30 AM start
All Proceeds will be donated to Polio Plus and every Dollar Raised will be TRIPLED by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
To sign up for the race, or learn more, visit the website at www.purplepinkie.net. You can either register online or mail in the registration form available on the website.
You don’t need to run to participate. Most people walk! It will be a fun event. Bring your family and friends. We will have awards for the race winners and also many drawings for door prizes, so both runners and walkers will be winners. We will also have great food! We will have members of the Pennsylvania Polio Survivors Network at both events to talk to participants about their experiences with polio.
Sign up Early to avoid the Cost Increase: The cost to participate is $25 ($15 if 17 and under) (includes tech T-shirt) before Sep 20. After September 20 and on race day, the cost is $35 ($25 if 17 and under) (tech T-shirt only while supplies last). Come on out and have a great time for a great cause!
Ask Others to Sponsor You: Help us raise much more money for Polio Plus by asking Rotarians and friends who can't attend to sponsor you. Sponsor sheets and details are available on the Purple Pinkie website. Any Rotarian that sponsors a runner/walker will get credit towards their Paul Harris.
Special prize basket for largest group running or walking together: Interact Clubs, Rotary Clubs, families, other organizations, sports teams. If you have the largest number of folks walking or running in either Purple Pinkie event, you will receive a special prize basket for all to share! Those who walk or run together will eliminate Polio together!
ALL D7430 Rotarians and friends are welcome and urged to attend this special event. Julia has given many inspiring talks, including the 5 district Mid-Atlantic PETS last February, and the annual District Training assembly last May.
Julia was appointed as a Trustee of our Rotary Foundation and is currently serving on the Foundation’s Stewardship Committee. She’s also on RI’s Membership Committee.
Julia retired from the Massachusetts Department of Education where she served as the Associate Commissioner for Curriculum and Instruction.
A Rotarian since 1997, Julia is a Major Donor, Benefactor, multiple Paul Harris Fellow, and a member of the Bequest Society. She is a recipient of The Rotary Foundation's Citation for Meritorious Service.
We have collected 154 deodorants and this is our last week to reach our optimum goal of 200 for the Angel Network. I will be delivering our contribution to Holy Spirit Church on November 12th. I want to thank all of you who have made contributions to this drive. We are working with the Angel Network again to provide Baskets for families of East Penn School District. In the past, we have collected tuna, soup, dish detergent, and pasta.
Every year when we do this I am amazed at the support of our club and proud to be a member of the best club in the Lehigh Valley!
Chris Gasperi, the founding CEO of Ekenywa, who spoke passionately to Emmaus Rotary about the mission of his non-profit organization to break the cycle of poverty in rural Kenyan by working through the local schools to provide clean water, is back in the USA hoping to raise money.
Currently, Ekenywa has a $100 raffle ticket for an expense-paid Kenyan safari valued over $!0,000. Log-in to get one at www.ekenywa.org/safari Chris Gasperi says you are an immediate winner as your $100 provides "2 life-times of water" for boys and girls in rural Kenya.
