Carla Harris, Wall Street banker, motivational speaker, and Author of Expect to Win
Most important, please plan to register [very easy to do) and attend the Past-President’s picnic on Wednesday, July 22 where we will socialize and review what we accomplished in 20-21. This is always a fun event (not a dinner this time) where we can socialize and remember that we Survived and Now We’ll Thrive.
WE ARE ALL FINDERS-Part 2
Okay, so you know someone that you’d like to talk to about Rotary because you’re sure that they will be a good fit for what we do…service! However, maybe you’re a bit unsure about how to broach the subject, well, here are some possibilities---
Wear your Rotary pin to initiate conversations about your involvement with Rotary.
Share stories of exciting club projects with colleagues, friends, and acquaintances.
Invite friends, co-workers, and colleagues to join you at our weekly Rotary meeting…breakfast is on us, who can refuse that!
Offer an information brochure that outlines the club's history and highlights recent service projects and social events…this is in the works.
Ask potential members to become involved with a club activity or service project.
Remember, you now have the New Member Referral Form so use it to get a prospective person’s name to Wade or Courtney and they will take it from there…easy peasey!
Reminder – this week is our first Breakfast Table Scramble. The tables will be numbered so just find the one that matches the card you pick up when you check-in and perhaps meet and enjoy fellowship with some different people.
This week we will be having our newly implemented monthly BREAKFAST SEAT SCRAMBLE. How will this work you ask? When you check in at the registration table for breakfast, you will select the top “card” from the deck of playing cards. The card you draw will determine which table you will be assigned to for that morning. Take that card to your assigned table and drop it into the bag at that table. The cards are in a random order. For example if you draw a “3 of clubs”, you will sit at table #3 this week. If you draw a “Joker”, that card is considered a wild card, designating that you are allowed to sit at any table you like! In addition, the Joker card wins you a Million Rotary $$$dollars!!! We will conform to this seating format for breakfast every third week of each month, until further notice. FYI you cannot trade your seat assignment with anyone else.
We hope you enjoy this new format and make new friends in the process.
As members we are all responsible for making each week's meeting a success. Beginning this week we shall resume listing the weekly assignment in the newsletter so please see below to verify who has what in-person meeting assignments. PLEASE NOTE: If you prefer NOT to be on this list or if you prefer NOT to be given a specific assignment, please let me (Sal) know via text, phone call or email. I will respect any requests.
The assignments below are selected from our membership list and are in alphabetical order (or close to it). Should you be unavailable to make it to the meeting to fulfil your assignment, please do one of the following:
- Switch with someone else from another week.
- Contact another member to fill your slot.
- If either one of the above attempts is unsuccessful, please notify the Trumpet Editor ASAP.
August 5th:
Sign-In-Table: Sal Verrastro & Kev Basara
Greeter: Geoff Boyer
Invocation / Moment of Reflection: Rick Zayaitz
EREY: Ceil Birdsell
August 12th:
Sign-In-Table: Dave Coult & Mario Cozzubbo
Greeter: Doug Brinker
Invocation / Moment of Reflection: John Chisca
EREY:
August 19th:
Sign-In-Table: Craig Collins & David Dunn
Greeter: Dee Egg
Invocation / Moment of Reflection: Valerie Deneen
EREY: Bill Erdman
August 26th:
Sign-In-Table: Mark Erle & Alan Fornwalt
Greeter: Marge Geosits
Invocation / Moment of Reflection: Bob Goehler
EREY: Wade George
September 2nd:
Sign-In-Table: Steve Gould & Laura Groh
Greeter: Gary Guthrie
Invocation / Moment of Reflection: Rose Galeano-Phillips
We are planning another Service Meeting on Thursday, September 16tth. This service meeting will be very similar to the very popular one we did recently for the men at the Allentown Rescue Mission. This time we will be helping women and their kids that use the Safe House through Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley. We will be collecting items and assembling them at the meeting for individual Women's Personal Care Basket and some Toddlers' Baskets. More information will follow in the Trumpet with a Sign-up Genius and a Facebook post to invite friends and family to participate.
We hope you will find the opportunity to help out and, in the meantime, should you need more information please reach out to Karen or Nicole on the Community Service Committee by emailing them ercommunityservice@gmail.com.
Please join your fellow Rotarians and the family of PDG Linda R. Young on Monday, July 19, 2021 for visitation from 9:30-11:00 AM and a Mass beginning 11:00 AM at Notre Dame of Bethlehem Catholic Church, 1861 Catasauqua Rd. Bethlehem, PA 18018. A link to her obituary follows: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/mcall/name/linda-young-obituary?pid=199418938.
Tomorrow's Meeting is going to be presented by Peter Jones who is the District 7430 Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee Co-Chair and a member of the Blue Bell Rotary Club.
Rotary International, District 7430 and our Club all value the member experience and maintaining Rotary as a thriving and growing organization. Throughout Rotary, we recognize our communities are diversifying. Rotary wants to make sure our Clubs are attracting people from across our communities.
Our District Governor, Bob Hobaugh, continues strong support and participates in this effort.
Peter is here to tell us more about Diversity Equity and Inclusion. Professionally he has 25 years executive experience in organizational transformation at Independence Blue Cross and is bringing those skills to our District.
The Emmaus Rotary Club has our own Diversity Equity and Inclusion Working Group that will report on its work at our Club meeting on August 12.
August is Membership and New Club Development Month, when Rotary Clubs, around the world focus on membership in Rotary. Does your club have a plan? Are you executing your own plan to invite your friends and business associates to join your Rotary Club?
It’s time. Time to celebrate your Rotary club, your members, and the good you do in your community and around the world......
There are many ways to join in the celebration, but here are a few activities to get you started:
Say it loud, say it proud! Let everyone in your social network know that you are a proud member by changing your Twitter and Facebook profile to the I’m a Proud Member,I’m a Proud Rotaractor, or I am a Proud Interactorgraphic. Copy and save the graphic as your profile picture for August.
We Are Rotary. Using the hashtag #WeAreRotary, post photos to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, or Vine of your club members at work in your community or abroad to show how Rotary makes a positive impact in the world.
Making a difference. Rotary clubs are known for the high-impact service projects they undertake locally and globally. Share stories about your service projects and how they improve lives on Rotary Showcase. Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram to see what Rotary members around the world are doing to celebrate Membership Month.
What does Rotary mean to you? Rotary members have pushed polio to the brink of eradication, delivered clean water to those in need, improved their local communities, provided scholarships to the next generation of peacemakers, and continued to do good in the world.
HOLIDAY FLAG PROGRAM - It is not too late to sign up for this new program which is designed to provide each recipient with an American Flag to be installed in your yard at each of the following US holidays. For an annual subscription of $49, a 3' x 5' American Flag will be placed in a designated area in your yard and removed immediately after each date:
Memorial Day
Flag Day
Independence Day
Labor Day
Patriots Day
Veterans Day
To sign up please use this link: Flags.EmmausRotary.org
WE ARE GRATEFUL TO ERIC LOCH AND JOHN CHISCA FOR MAKING THE HYBRID MEETINGS POSSIBLE EACH WEEK! And a special thanks to Wade George for helping with the camera and microphone this week.
As always, Be Well and Stay Safe Friends,
Sal Verrastro Trumpet Editor VP ERC
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
