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Welcome to Emmaus Rotary Club!
 
We meet at 7.30AM on Thursday mornings at Brookside Country Club, 901 Willow Lane, Macungie, PA 18062
 
2017-2018 President 
Burt Duren                           
 
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Rick Gromis
 
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10th Annual Emmaus Rotary Club Golf Tournament
Brookside Country Club
Sep 11, 2017
11:00 AM – 7:00 PM
 
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Jul 20, 2017
Classification Talk
Jul 27, 2017
Jul 27, 2017
Aug 03, 2017
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President's Final Message - June 27, 2017
One call to action, to "serve humanity".  A calling each of us have chosen to answer as Rotarians. Glancing back at the Emmaus Rotary Club's 90th year, I'm proud to say that together we served humanity well and had fun doing it!
 
More than 2500 hours of service hours, 5000+ hours of collaboration, planning and execution, a record of nearly $50,000 donated to the Rotary Foundation, leveraging $60,000+ to international service, and $20,000 into our community, thank you all for your selfless service to people in need. These numbers are fantastic and could have only been accomplished through the efforts of each person. Thank you to our chairs for leading us, our board members for guiding us and thank you to each individual for your time, talent and treasure that sincerely makes a sustainable lasting difference. 
 
It's been a great honor to have served as your president this year  Thank you for giving me that opportunity. Nothing above would have been possible without an incredible group of people.  I look forward to continued service of  humanity for many years to come with all of you. As we enter the next Rotary year, let's continue to challenge ourselves to get better, increase our capacity to help others, and build lasting friendships while we do it.
 
Thank you & most sincerely,
 
Jeffrey A. McElhaney Jr.   
President's Dinner for Jeff
       Thursday evening's Hawaiian luau was a grand success.  Nancy and Ceil out did themselves with The Hawaiian Theme.  Everyone received a Lei upon being greeted by one of our new committee co chairs Valerie.  Nancy and Ceil had Café 29 cooks cater the event with Coconut Shrimp and an assortment of Hawaiian Hors D'oeuvres.  The Main meal was delicious and since it was a BYOB event everyone had their choice of beverage with mixers provided by the committee. 
       Mark started out the evening with a traditional Hawaiian prayer asking for virility among the Rotarians present.  Look for new faces from out Rotarian brothers in 9 months.  Thank you Mark.
       Jeff continued the evening with a short recap of his year as President going over his ambitious goals and his successes.  One of his goals was to have a Social committee to get Rotarians together at lest once a month which was not a Rotary meeting.  With Ceil's and Nancy's tutelage his goal was achieved. His goal to feed 20,000 people was also achieved along with putting $10,000 extra dollars into the scholarship account for this year.  Jeff has asked that we add $10,000 every year until we can make the scholarship fund self sustaining.   
       Many Rotarians gave remarks about Jeff's year including our new President Burt Durin.  Burt complimented Jeff for a fantastic year as he is looking forward to his year as President starting this Thursday with his induction.  Of the 20 -25 Rotarians Plus spouses that were present past President Sue Straeter, First Vice President Steve Gould, Mrs Devine and several others echoed the sentiment that Jeff did a wonderful job as President for the 16-17 Rotary year.  Jeff also received his President's Pin from Cindy, and his Paul Harris pin during the evening.  Sue had some closing remarks and after 2 1/2 hours Rotarians had some time to talk and socialize informally bringing the evening to a close.  Thank you to the committee for a wonderful event.
 
Looks like Nancy had a great time!!!!!
Collecting everyone's empties!
 
 
    
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Registration Open for 10th Annual Emmaus Rotary Golf Tournament
The Emmaus Rotary Golf Tournament Committee is pleased to announce details of the club's 10th annual golf tournament and open up registration.
 
Click on the title of this article for more information and access to a downloadable and printable brochure.
 
The Emmaus Rotary Golf Tournament Committee is pleased to announce details of the club's 10th annual golf tournament and open up registration.
 
The tournament will be held on Monday, September 11, 2017, from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sign-in on the day of event is from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m., and tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m.
 
Golfers and sponsors can register quickly and easily online here.
 
The tournament is designed to bring the community together to enjoy one another and the game of golf while raising funds to benefit families and children through Emmaus Rotary's and Rotary International's various service projects.
 
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NEEDED: CHILDREN'S SUMMER CLOTHES K-12
NEW PROJECT:
NEEDED: CHILDREN’S SUMMER CLOTHES( K-12)
 
We are collecting slightly used Children’s Summer Clothes along with the students at Emmaus High school and teachers in a joint project.
The Clothes will be taken to Mfuwe, Zambia for the children at the local village school who are in need of  clothing. 
 
Please bring clothing to the Rotary Meetings each week between now and mid-July.
 
ANN PEASLEY WILL BE COLLECTING
 
Any questions, please contact Cindy Hornaman: hornamca@ptd.net, (610) 360-4875
MEMBER RESPONSIBILITIES

Check the list below to see if you are scheduled to serve as Greeter & Raffle, Sign-in Table, Invocation or EREY.

If you will not be at the meeting when you have an assignment, please arrange for another member to swap with you or cover for you. NOTE-CHANGES MAY BE MADE FROM PREVIOUS TRUMPETS.

Thank you for taking your turn and helping Emmaus Rotary Club run a smooth meeting.

July 13, 2017

Ajamu - Greeter & Raffle

DePaolo & Auvil - Sign-in Table

Backer - Invocation

Berlin - EREY

July 20, 2017

Birdsell - Greeter & Raffle

Blose & Boyer - Sign-in Table

Brinker - Invocation

Chisca - EREY

July 27, 2017

Cleveland - Greeter & Raffle

Coult & Cozzubbo - Sign-in Table

Delhagen - Invocation

Deneen - EREY

Aug 3, 2017

Dunn - Greeter & Raffle

Epperly & Erdman - Sign-in Table 

Erle - Invocation

Fornwalt - EREY

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July 13, 2017.......Alisa Bowman Speaks About Transgender People
 

Rotary is a place where members get informed about subjects of interest in the community, especially on topics where there is a lack of information.  Transgender people are becoming a more common topic in the media, in legislation and in our community.   

National Geographic in January 2017 and Time Magazine on Mar 15, 2017 did cover stories on trans people.   An article in January 2017 The Rotarian magazine page 30 discussed transgender Rotarians.  The Morning Call covered a trans student in East Penn School District in September 2016.  In 2017, the Boy Scouts allowed transgender children in their programs.

There are about 92 transgender people living in Macungie and 34 transgender people live in Emmaus, based on 0.3 percent of the US are transgender people. 

Our speaker July 13th is the mom of a transgender child in Emmaus and will tell you her family’s story.  She is also the co-author of a book on the subject called Raising the Transgender Child: A Complete Guide for Parents, Families, and Caregivers by Michele Angello and our speaker Alisa Bowman.   Jim Palmquist will have a copy of the book to give away to anyone who is interested in reading more about the topic.  The first one to ask Jim for the book gets it!

 
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July 20, 2017.........Karen Hobson - Classification Talk
 
July 27, 2017.........Scholarship Awards Presentation & Ron Nelson &
                                Peace Corps & African Adventures
 
Aug 3, 2017.........David Dunn - Classification Talk
 
Sept 14, 2017............District Governor Rick Gromis