Emmaus Rotary Trumpet March 13, 2019 (Mar 13, 2019)

We meet at 7:30 AM on Thursday mornings

at Brookside Country Club, 901 Willow Lane, Macungie, PA 18062

District 7430 Club 5427

2019-2020 President

Steve Gould

District 7430 Governor

Herb Klotz

Assistant Governor Area 1

Barb Bottitta

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President

Steve Gould

President Elect

Lexa Shallcross

First Vice President

Mike Waddell

Secretary

Jim Palmquist

Treasurer

Chris Wills

Sergeant at Arms

Don Blose

Sergeant-at-Arms Emeritus

Dale Dries

Immediate Past President

Rick Zayaitz

Director

Ceil Birdsell

Director

Valerie Deneen

Director

Eric Loch

Director

Sal Verrastro

International/Foundation Chair

Bill Erdman

Community Service

Nicole Steirer

Membership Chair

J. P. Raynock

Youth Exchange

Rose Galeano-Phillips

Public Relations

John Chisca

Fundraising - Poker Run

Mark Erle

Social Media

Valerie Deneen

Fundraising - Beef-n-Beer

Bryce Ruggieri

Youth

Anthony Moyer

Fundraising - Golf

John Zayaitz

Fellowship

Meghan Reed

International Women's Day

Alicia Ruiz-Orbin

Audit

David Dunn

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The President's Message

International Women's Day

Emmaus Rotary celebrated their second year of awarding a district rotary woman of distinction and a community woman of distinction.

Check the Trumpet's photo gallery for highlights of the morning.

Emmaus Rotary celebrated International women's day with Alicia Ruiz Ortiz as the leader of the committee. Thank you to Rose and Eileen for helping with the presentation for Emmaus Rotary, and Burt Durin our immediate past President for making this celebration a possibility.

Rotary International completed a week- long presentation for Women around the world. Take a moment and go to Rotary International women's day and see the changes that Rotary is helping to sustain throughout the world. We should be proud of an organization that has come so far in a little over 32 years. Is our journey together ever completed......NO but we are at the head of the class when it is necessary.

I sent out an email this week to send a card to Marg Geosits. Marg was the first women ever inducted into Emmaus Rotary. Please make her feel the Rotary welcome and that her friends at Rotary are always thinking about her. Take a moment and reach out, she was a visionary for her times. I am not sure she liked the best sports teams (Yankee fan) but always made our meeting interesting jousting with other members who are Red Sox fans. This week remember the people who forged the way for each one of us in Rotary and say thank you. Have a great Rotary week.

Yours in service,

Rick Zayaitz

Emmaus Rotary Celebrates International Women's Day

Emmaus Rotary recognized an outstanding Rotarian from Allentown West and a remarkable community leader in its second celebration of International Women's Day on Thursday, March 7, 2019.

Rose Galeano Phillips, a committee member, was the director of ceremonies and introduced the two honorees who then spoke briefly about their work.

President Rick Zayaitz presented Rotarian Dr. Barbara Kistler with a citation.

Jenae Hsoltzhafer founded the Kindness Project, located in Emmaus, which supports and serves foster children and foster families in the Lehigh Valley.

The honorees surrounded by Rotarians and friends.

Staffing LM Community Day Display

Posted by John Chisca

The 9th Annual Lower Macungie Community Day is Tuesday, May 7th, 2019.

Our PR ("Promoting Rotary") and Communications Committee is looking for Rotarians to staff our display table. This is a well-attended, packed event with lots of activities like face-painting, kite-building, a petting zoo, senior bingo, tours of the newly expanded library and community center.

We need at least 4 people: 2 or more from set-up to 6 p.m. and 2 or more from 6 p.m. to clean-up. Set-up at the Lower Macungie Community Center on Brookside Road is at 3:30 p.m. and Clean-up is at the end of the event at 8 p.m. There will be a shuttle from the vendors parking area so parking will not be a problem.

Please let John Chisca know you can help showcase Emmaus Rotary and the ways we serve our local communities and the world.

ERC Collecting Toothpaste for Angel Network

Posted by Eileen Prokop

Angel Network Toothpaste collection

This Thursday is the last day for the toothpaste collection. We are committed to 125 tubes of toothpaste and to date we have collected 90 tubes. Please bring any toothpaste to this week's meeting.

Thank you for all of your support for the Angel Network

Eileen Prokop

Pinned on ERC's Bulletin Board

Rotary Tshirts for $5; need an extra? See Don Blose asap before they run out!

END POLIO NOW!

Support the "Purple Pinkie Run/Walk" on October 12, 2019.

******Rotarian Nelly Kabiru is working with mothers and infants. Do you have some new or very gently used baby clothes to pass along?*******

Look at your calendar now. Plan to be part of our annual

"Make a Difference Day" on October 19, 2019. At that time, we will try to do as many community service projects as possible including being marshalls at the annual Emmaus Halloween Parade and cleaning up the streets the next morning. See Nicole Steirer and Karen Hobson for more information.

Rotarian Ralph Lewis reported that $121 and several boxes of food were collected on Thursday, September 5th. Thank you to everyone who contributed.

Conference Registration - the link is here!

Posted by Rick Zayaitz

Emmaus Rotarians,

NOW!

Our club has the honor of hosting the Rotary District 7430 conference this year because Cindy Hornaman, one of our past presidents, is the current District Governor. We are encouraging all of the Emmaus Rotarians to support her by attending our district conference.