Brrrrrrrrrrr, winter sure did come crashing down this week!
Hope you had an easy time with the snow removal. Anne and I got back from our “once in a lifetime trip” and I was moving snow an hour later.
I want to give a big shout out to Nelly, Valerie, Sal and others for doing a great job in my absence. One of the perks of this job is having a great Team backing me up.
We will meet as usual this Thursday morning, so put your winter woolies on and let’s have a fun meeting and Board meeting afterwards. Valerie has a great speaker for this week.
As long as Zoom works, I will have
that running also.
I have missed seeing everyone and look forward to catching up with you all.
The Prez.
Zoom Meeting Info
Here is the Zoom info for our weekly Rotary meetings.
Now booking for MARCH & APRIL 2025 and BACKUP SPEAKERS for last-minute cancellations.
Do you know someone who would be a great speaker for one of our upcoming Thursday morning meetings? If so, please contact Valerie Deneen.
Mandy Suro, from Seven Generations Charter School, presenting to our members at the January 16 meeting.
Super Bowl Pool
It is time for our annual Emmaus Rotary Club Super Bowl Pool. Super Bowl LIX is just around the corner. This Pool gives you a chance to be a Super Bowl Winner and support Emmaus Rotary Club's food program. All proceeds are used for our food program that has been distributing food to students of the East Penn School District.
You can purchase one square for $50 and if your square matches one of the end of quarter scores or end of game score you will win! Win Money! More importantly all proceeds will be used to keep our food program going.
The Super Bowl board will be laid out in a 10 x 10 grid. We will collect money for the squares up to the day before the big game on February 9th, 2025.
Payment:
Gary Guthrie will be accepting electronic payment through Venmo or QR-code below. You can share the QR-code with your friends, family and co-workers. You can also give Gary cash or check at any Rotary Meeting. Please make checks payable to ERC Foundation. Checks can be mailed to Embassy Bank, c/o Gary Guthrie, 180 W. Main St, Macungie, PA 18062. Email Gary when you send payment with your name, email address, and number of squares purchased, so that we know to add you to the board.
PAYOUTS:
End of quarters (1st, 2nd, & 3rd) matching score will win $250 (NEW Bonus: Left & Right of SCORE will win $50.)
End of Game matching score will win $500 (NEW Bonus: Left & Right of SCORE will win $100.)
EXAMPLE: Sample Board attached
Your square is Tampa 7 – Kansas 0
If the score at the end of the 1st quarter is Tampa 17 – Kansas 10 ( it is the last digit of the score that is used), then you are the winner of the 1st quarter prize. If you square is to the Left or the Right of Tampa -0 & Kansas -7 you win the Left & Right score prize.
We need to sell 100 squares to make this happen so please telling your friends, family and co-workers.
When all 100 squares are sold, we will randomly enter everyone's names on to the board. Next, we will select the team representing the NFC or AFC team and place them on the two axes of the board. Lastly, we will randomly select and place 0 through 9 for both axes. Once this has been completed the board will be emailed to all participants.
NexTrex Recycling Challenge
Dear Rotarians!
We know you love a challenge Emmaus Rotarians! So we've signed up for the NexTrex Recycling Challenge.
The goal: Collect 1000lbs of soft plastic that would otherwise end up in a landfill by April 1, 2025.
The Reward: NexTrex will give Emmaus Rotary a park bench made from recycled plastic that we can use wherever we want!
The Plan: There will be multiple places to contribute your collected soft plastics. Meghan Reed and Ron Beitler are designated members to make drop offs and submit weigh ins at drop off locations.
1) Bring your plastic to an ERC Night Shift Meeting (the 3rd Wed. of every month at Rising River 5:30pm)
2) Bring it to a Morning Meeting and give to Meghan Reed. (Please give me a full bag of collected plastic. Not a few items at a time)
3) Bring it to Eric J. Loch Diamond Jewelers (3370 Lehigh St. Allentown.)
The Details: IT IS IMPORTANT WE FOLLOW THE GUIDLINES ON WHAT WE CAN COLLECT. WE WILL NOT TAKE ITEMS NOT ON THE GUIDLINES.
Contact Meghan Reed with questions or ideas on how we can increase our impact! Maybe you can become a collector at your business?
When: The Third Wednesday of the Month from 5:30pm -7:30pm, at Triple Sun Spirits Co. 518 Bank Street, Emmaus.
Doors open 5:30pm. Meeting begins 6:00pm. Meeting to end by 7:30pm.
Meeting Roles
January 23, 2025
Greeter
Steele, Lindsay
Sign in
Straeter-Doviak, Sue
Invocation
Stuckey, Chad
January 30, 2025
Greeter
Verrastro, Salvatore
Sign in
Waddell, Mike
Invocation
Wills, Chris
February 6, 2025
Greeter
Wintz, Robin
Sign In
Zayaitz, John
Invocation
Zayaitz, Rick
February 13, 2025
Greeter
Asnani, Guy
Sign In
Birdsell, Ceil
Invocation
Blakely, Deni
If you will not be at the meeting when you have an assignment, please arrange for another member to swap or cover for you.
