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Thanks and Giving

When sitting down to write my message this week, I took time to reflect on some lovely poems that I found about what giving means. I hope you enjoy the poem below by Alberto Rios.  I THANK each and every one of you for all you GIVE.  You give your time, your talents and your treasures in the motto of Service Above Self. I see you give selflessly to your families, and your friendships. You also give opportunities. You give different perspectives. You give in creative ways. You give quietly without expecting accolades. You give because it makes a difference.  Each act of giving matters.  You matter. Thank you for being an Emmaus Rotarian.  

Follow this link to listen to the Poet read this poem aloud. It is even better when you listen to it. When Giving Is All We Have by Alberto Ríos - Poems | poets.org

When Giving Is All We Have

 - 1952-
One river gives
Its journey to the next.

We give because someone gave to us.
We give because nobody gave to us.

We give because giving has changed us.
We give because giving could have changed us.

We have been better for it,
We have been wounded by it—

Giving has many faces: It is loud and quiet,
Big, though small, diamond in wood-nails.

Its story is old, the plot worn and the pages too,
But we read this book, anyway, over and again:

Giving is, first and every time, hand to hand,
Mine to yours, yours to mine.

You gave me blue and I gave you yellow.
Together we are simple green. You gave me

What you did not have, and I gave you
What I had to give—together, we made

Something greater from the difference.

 
 

 
 
IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK:
 
NO MEETING THIS WEEK in observance of Thanksgiving! It's Turkey Time! 
 
Feeling cozy at our meetings? I hear you! Want more elbow room? Me too! How do we make this happen? We need more members to attend our meetings! Pre-Covid we had much higher numbers of meeting attendance. Since getting back to full in persons meetings our attendance has declined. We talk a lot about being "finders" for new members. We are also "keepers" of our existing members.  We have all created friendships through the years. Who have you not seen in awhile? Please call that person today and ask them to come back to our weekly meetings.
HEY maybe you're reading this and thinking....boy ya know it's been a while since I've been at a meeting.... I miss my friends.... I miss the way I feel after an inspirational program...I'd like to check out our new meeting location.  WELL, WE MISS YOU TOO and WE WANT TO SEE YOU! 
Let's show Superior Restaurant that we can fill the entire room so that we can justify asking that it be reserved just for us! 
 
ANGEL NETWORK RICE COLLECTION! We are very close to collecting 100 boxes of rice. Please remember to bring boxed rice to our next meeting on 12/1/22. We can make a difference to struggling families one small donation at a time! Can't make the meeting next week....Drop your rice off at Eric J. Loch Diamond Jewelers by Wednesday and I will make sure it gets to Eileen on 12/1/22  
 
UP Next! 
Saturday, December 3, 2022.  Letters to Santa at Emmaus Old Fashioned Christmas. Help the True Believers in Santa get their wishes to Man in Red at Emmaus Tree Lighting. If you ever wanted to live in your own Hallmark Movie...this is your chance.   
The time for the event is 4-7.  We will do 2 time slots, 3:30-5 and 5-7.  We are looking for 2 volunteers for each shift. You would be helping the kids get their letters written and then "mailed" to Santa.  Please sign up with the link below to let us know that you're interested in helping us out.
 
 
Meeting December 8th! Book Collection for Cops & Kids and the ERC Shopper Shop.  We are bringing back two favorite programs from last year.  Bring your Mega Millions to cash in on some sweet Rotary Merch and other fun gifts donated by fellow members.  Want to earn more Mega Millions? Bring a book to donate to Cops and Kids that day! We are looking for Childrens books for ages K - 5th grade. We will be writing encouraging messages in these books and including a bookmark.   WE WILL HAVE THE FULL DINING HALL FOR THIS MEETING. 

Meeting December 15th AT THE  MACUNGIE INSTITUE located at 510 East Main Street, Macungie. We will NOT be at or usual meeting location on 12/15 because we will be treated to a Festive Holiday performance by the Emmaus High School Chorale. Same time, 7:30am, same breakfast price of $15.  Parking on site. Don't miss this uplifting performance that has become a beloved ERC tradition.  The voices of these students are sure to give you goosebumps. 
 
 
Shine Bright Friends! 
Meghan Reed
President, Emmaus Rotary Club 2022/23
 
Rotarians in Action
This was a very busy weekend for Rotary.
 
Food prep for the Allentown Rescue Mission.
 
May be an image of 2 people, people standing and text that says 'VOLUNTEER TE EMMAUS ROTARY WORKS'  May be an image of 3 people, people standing and indoor
 
May be an image of 2 people  May be an image of 3 people, people standing and indoor
 
District Foundation and Grant training.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NEW MEETING SITE!
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!
 
 
Look forward to seeing everyone.😁
Last week's meeting snipits
     
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. 
 

WEEKLY MEETING ASSIGNMENTS

ASSIGNMENTS 
SERVICE ABOVE SELF
 
July 20
Sign IN Table    Crowler  Jessica
Greeter               Deneen   Valerie
Invocation          Dunn      David
 
July 27
Sign In Table      Eng       Dee
Greeter               Epperly  Mike
Invocation          Erdman  Bill
 
 
Angel Network needs RICE! FINAL WEEK
This is from Eileen. 
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.
Trivia Facts
                                                                                           TRIVIA  FACTS .

 

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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Rotary and BEYOND
 
Emmaus Rotarians truly do live a lifestyle of Service Above Self!
 
 
Many of us help with other organizations to raise funds for great causes.  If you wish to mention your outside fund-raising event at
 
Rotary, just put up four Happy Dollars and let us know about what is going on.  If I have a website link to your cause I will post it here.!!


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bob Halsey's Keeping Tabs on Us! 

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 TabsLast 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 Childrens 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? 
 

Rotary Trivia.
 A QUICK ROTARY CLUB GEOGRAPHY LESSON
 
 
• 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 
    We now take credit cards.😁
    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.
     
     
     
     
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    2022 - 2023 Rotary Mission
      Imagine Rotary 2022 - 2023
     
    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.
     
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    Welcome to the Emmaus Rotary Club!
    We meet at 7:30 AM on Thursday mornings
    at Superior Restaurant 105 Main Street, Emmaus Pa 18049
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    2023-2024 Club President
    Sal Verrastro
     
    District 7430 Governor
    Diane Donaher
     
    Assistant Governor Area 1
    Rick Zayaitz
     
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    Aug 17, 2023
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    Aug 24, 2023
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    Aug 31, 2023
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    CALENDARS
     
    Emmaus Rotary:
     
    Thursday, November 17th - Rotary Foundation Program and Paul Harris Awards
     
    Thursday, November 24th - No Meeting - Happy Thanksgiving!
     
    Thursday, December 29th - No Meeting.  Happy Holidays!
     
    March 3, 2023 - Phantoms Night with the EHS Rotary Interact Club
     
     
     
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    Fellowship Co-Chair
     
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