It is with great sadness that I must share the unfortunate news of the passing of our Friend, Ralph Lewis. Ralph was a member of Emmaus Rotary for 20 years. His kindness and generosity will truly be missed. We will remember him fondly as a person who loved his family and friends tremendously, deeply cared for the people in his community, and served to make a difference in the world. Ralph was instrumental in starting our Food for the Needy monthly program and as a past President 2006-2007. Ralph was also Paul Harris Fellow and major contributor to the Rotary Foundation. His work has helped many people. Even as life threw challenges his way he still cared in a big way and was a positive person. I will always remember his amazing golf skills even when he couldn't see! Ralph was a friend and an inspiration to many. He will be greatly missed by Emmaus Rotary Club. His legacy of helping local hungry families will live on through the great work of Joanne, Ashley and our Club Support.
At this time the Lewis Family is planning Ralph's services. As I learn more I will share more with the Club. We will of course unite as a group to pay our respects. If you wish to send your condolences to the Lewis Family, sympathy cards can be sent to his Wife and our Friend, Kathleen Lewis at 5758 Tavistock Lane, Macungie, PA 18062.
Please keep Ralph and the Lewis Family in your hearts and prayers.
Sincerely, Meghan Reed President, Emmaus Rotary Club 2022/23
Board Meeting This Week! Thursday February 23, 2023. 8:40am- 10am in the downstairs banquet room at Superior Restaurant.
Ralph E. Lewis Food For The Needy Collection EVERY THURSDAY THIS MONTH.
Turning Point of the Lehigh Valley are very low on their care packages they give out, and particularly - FULL SIZE - SHAMPOO and CONDITIONER for their Safe House families. Karen Hobson will be collecting each week for them - she will leave a box for you to place any items you may give. Thank you.
THIS week is our food collection week. Joanne and Ashley are the new leaders of this great cause.
As you're doing your grocery shopping or cleaning out your pantry this weekend, please keep in mind the following items that the Emmaus Food Pantry needs to support our community.
Remember we now meet at the Superior restaurant in Emmaus. 102 Main St. next to Shangy's.
We are making adjustments weekly until we get a routine set up.
We are going to do a buffet again this week, so be patient as the fun continues.
If you don't like the coziness of our half of the room, please call your Rotarian friends to come join us again. Once we are back to our regular number of 50 Rotarians, each week, we can have the entire room!
Alicia Ruiz-Orbin Receiving The Rotary Foundation Major Donor Award. Congratulations Alica and Thank You for generosity!
Photos Below. Cindy Hornaman and Mike Mihalik share their experiences in Mfuwe, Zambi while completing a HUGE Global Grant Project. The project built a new science wing, provided computers and lab equipment, and provided vocational training to the teacher at the local school. Congratulations Cindy and Mike on the coordination and completion of this incredibly life changing project for the students of Mfuwe.
Let's see what we can do to help. Rice has been hard to get lately for our school program also.
Rotary is working with the Angel Network to collect food items for their semi annual food drive. We have been asked to contribute Rice for this collection. Please bring Rice to any meeting for this drive. We will be collecting until the week before Thanksgiving. We need to collect 150 boxes of rice. You have been most generous in the past for this Food Drive and I thank you in advance for your support.
1) Worldwide polio cases have decreased an astounding 99% since 1988 due to Rotary’s PolioPlus participation in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. Rotarians have vowed not to stop until polio is wiped from the earth to prevent this deadly disease from ever making a comeback.
2) $1.5 billion could be saved annually around the world if polio were eradicated. This money could be applied to other public health priorities, and the savings in human suffering is immeasurable.
3) More than $650 million have been contributed by Rotary members to PolioPlus.
4) The Gates & Buffett Foundation offered to donate $355 million to PolioPlus for polio immunization campaigns in developing countries if Rotarians contributed an additional $200 million by June 2012. Success is imminent as $160 million had already been raised by December 2010.
5) 9,000 secondary-school students annually experience life in another country through the Rotary Youth Exchange.
6) How big is Rotary International? 32,000 clubs in more than 200 countries and geographical areas around the world initiate service projects to address today’s challenges, including literacy, disease, hunger, poverty, lack of clean water, and environmental concerns. The clubs get to work immediately whenever a crisis strikes; at this very moment Rotarians are busy in the earthquake regions of New Zealand and Japan.
7) 1.2 million business, professional, and community leaders make up the Rotary global network of community volunteers who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards, and help build goodwill and peace in the world numbers.
8) The organization that holds the highest consultative status given by the United Nations to nongovernmental organizations is Rotary International.
9) The first Rotary club meeting was held in Chicago on February 23, 1905. Five years later in 1910 Canada welcomed its first Rotary club to Winnipeg.
10) The furthest a Rotary Club banner has ever traveled: In 1968 astronaut Frank Borman, member of the Houston Space Center Rotary club, carried a banner on the Apollo 8 flight to the moon!
For more information about Rotary International please visit the website http://www.rotary.org/
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Can Tabs For The Miracle League LV / Submitted By Bob Halsey
In 2018 We started collecting the Tabs from all types of cans Soda, Beer, Seltzer, Tuna Fish, Sardines, Soup Cans, Etc. In 2018 we were able to deliver Five Full One Gallon Jugs of Tabs…Last year, 2019 we were able to deliver Three Full One Gallon Jugs of Tabs. So far this year 2020 we now have One Full One Gallon Jugs. I would hope we can again this year, 2020, can fill at least another Five Full One Gallon Jug OR MORE. I turn these into the Miracle League in the Middle of October, right before Halloween. They turn them into the Dupont Children’s Hospital in Wilmington Delaware. Other organizations also collect these Tabs, in total the Hospital has been able sell these for enough Money to pay 75% of the Utilities Cost in their Ronald House, where Families to stay at a very Nominal Cost when their Handicapped Children need to go for Treatment. You can bring Tabs every Thursday to our regular Breakfast Meetings.
Meghan's tab collection pictured. How is yours looking?
• District 9100 which comprises 14 West African Countries is recognized as the largest geographical District in the Rotary world. It was created in 1985 and uses three official languages - English, French, and Portuguese.
• The Rotary Club of Papeete, Tahiti, which is located in the middle of the Pacific Ocean is the club that is most remote from any other.
• The southernmost Rotary meeting is that of the Rotary Club of Base Marambio Antartida in Antarctica. If in the area you can also visit the Rotary Club of Base Antarctica Esperanza. Both are Spanish speaking clubs that meet Wednesday evenings
• To visit the northernmost club you must travel above the Arctic Circle to the Rotary Club of Barrow, Alaska, U.S.A.
• If you attend the El Aguilar club in Argentina, you are meeting with the highest club in the world at 16,000 feet (4,880 meters) above sea level.
• The lowest club meets at 40 feet (12.2 meters) below sea level at El Centro, California, USA.
• There are 69 Rotary clubs with the word “Tokyo” in their club names.
• It is said that there is a Rotary meeting being held someplace in the world every hour of every day. If you attended one meeting per day, it would take nearly 80 years to visit all of the more than 34,500 Rotary clubs in the world, and by that time, no doubt, there would be thousands more new clubs to attend
Credit cards will now be accepted for breakfast as long as Eric is there. If you wish to use your credit card for breakfast, just sign in at the sign-in table and then go to Eric Loch so he can process your card for you.
Rotary International Theme for 2022-2023 Have you heard? Rotary International President-elect Jennifer Jones (who is also our first female president) has announced the 2022-23 theme Imagine Rotary. “Imagine, a world that deserves our best, where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.” The theme is a special one: the theme graphic was designed by an Australian Indigenous artist to link with the Melbourne Convention in 2023. Some of the symbolism includes: Circle connections to one another Dots around it - our people There are 7 Dots for Rotary's 7 areas of focus Circle + dots around it - a navigation star, our guiding light Green solid line - digging stick (used when doing hard work); for us it's People of Action, represents the tools for getting things done The colors purple, green & white - celebrate diversity, equity and inclusion Freedom to express ourselves differently but still with a special connection Purple is also the color of Rotary's Polio campaign Green represents the Environment White stands for peace; it also represents Empowerment and Newness and also the colors were utilized for the women's movement, highlighting the opportunity to grow our female membership.
The Emmaus Rotary Club embraces, practices and promotes the Rotary International Core Values of Service, Fellowship, Diversity, Integrity and Leadership.
