At our September 13th meeting, we met two BAVTs students who are in the shadow program, Kaianah Walker and Samuel Cadiz.
Since the meeting was a Club Assembly, Bob Smith and I gave the members an update on Tastes & Tunes. Our event will have 9 musical venues, including a performance by the Morganaires, who will perform for the first time since the loss of our beloved Bob Cohen.
There will also be delicious food from 10 area restaurants, complimentary craft beer, wine, and soft drinks. Both the Silent and Live Auctions will offer some useful and unique items.
As always, there is a core group of dedicated Rotarians whose hard work has made Tastes & Tunes possible, please come out to support the event.
The 50/50 drawing was the second week of our return to the “Queen of Hearts” style. Al Philpotts had the winning ticket, but didn’t pull the Queen of Hearts. There are 50 cards left in the deck, and next week’s pot will start at $48. Come and try your luck!
Announcements:
If you haven’t made a commitment to do your part in our upcoming Tastes & Tunes Event, please do so now. If all of us do a little, we can accomplish a lot.
The 7th Annual Rotary District 7430 Yvette Palmer Purple Pinkie 5K run is scheduled for Saturday, October 14, 2017 at LCCC in Schnecksville, PA. The proceeds of this event go to RI’s Polio Plus Program. Our club is one of the sponsors, and we have two slots available for anyone who would like to participate in the run/walk. Please let me know if you are interested.
Our October 18, 2017 meeting will be held at Centennial Park so that our members can participate in the Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony. There will be a box lunch beginning at 11:30, followed by a short ceremony, followed by cupcakes. The ceremony and cupcakes are open to the public. Box lunches must be ordered ahead of time.
The Whitehall Area Rotary Club is sponsoring a Gourmet Shopping Tour in NYC on Saturday November 18th 2017. The bus departs from Whitehall High School at 9 a.m. and has scheduled an additional stop at Route 33 Park and Ride at 9:15. Cost is $70 per person, which includes services of a professional guide, driver gratuity, and maps for each neighborhood. Send me an e-mail if you would like more information.
Our Zone 32, along with Zones 24, 25, and 26 has been selected by Rotary International President Ian Riseley to hold the first Presidential Peacebuilding Conference on February 10, 2018 in Vancouver, BC. If you would like more information, please contact me, or you can also go to https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50004/Stories/presidential-conference. There is also a link on the District Website.
WEBSITE AND E-BULLETIN CHANGES: We have added a Suggest a Speaker menu to the top of our club's website home page. Clicking Suggest a Speaker will download a copy of the Suggest a Speaker Form that you can complete and return to Sylvia Doyle or Deb Geiger. We've also added the Suggest a Speaker download link to the weekly e-bulletin. Look to the left of this message and you'll see it. I hope these options will make it easier for you to offer us your great ideas for weekly meetings.
Sam F. Owori, Rotary International president-elect, died unexpectedly Thursday as a result of post-operative complications from a planned surgery. Sam was a member of the Rotary Club of Kampala, Uganda, for 38 years. "Please remember Sam as the outstanding, hard-working Rotarian he was," said Rotary International President Ian Riseley. "In this difficult time, I ask you to keep his wife, the Owori family, and Sam's millions of friends around the world in your thoughts."
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