Just a note to let you know that I am out off Pleasant Valley Manor. I am now home. I want to thank everyone for their prayers, cards, visits, etc. If you want, you can give me a call at home or at the office. --- Gary
Please continue to pray for Heather Butz wife of Rotarian Ted Butz who was in a terrible horseback riding accident. After several up and down weeks, her health is stabilizing and she is making slow progress at Good Shepherd Rehab in Allentown.
What happened last week?
50/50 - Rotarian Marianne Aronson from the Bethlehem Morning Star club was called to find the Queen and missed. I think $129 rolls over!
Marianne Aronson was also our speaker and she shared some of expertise about tea. Some quick facts:
1-Tea is the most consumed beverage in the room.
2-Tea is the 2nd most consumed beverage in the world
3-There are only 4 types of tea and they all come form the same plant. It just depends on how it is processed.
4-Did you know you can overboil water? Overboiling water removes oxygen and affects the flavor.
Each month, eBay, the world’s largest auction website, selects a set of upcoming Live Auction events and donates a portion of all sales proceeds to Rotary. Only U.S. auction sales are eligible. See the schedule of December auctions.
Though Atlanta has seen its share of violence and inequity over time, today it brims with reminders that there is another way. Get inspired while you’re visiting for the 2017 Rotary International Convention from 10 to 14 June.
Take a short walk from the convention center to the Center for Civil and Human Rights. There, you can see the handwritten notes, speeches, and sermons of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., experience an interactive 1960s-era lunch counter “sit-in,” and learn more about persecuted groups all over the world.
A streetcar will take you to the Martin Luther King Jr...
CNBC has ranked The Rotary Foundation No. 3 in its annual list of Top 10 Charities Changing the World in 2016. The list includes some of the largest and highest-rated charities that help women, children, the poor, and the environment throughout the world, according to Charity Navigator, and that maintain high standards of financial health, accountability, and transparency of reporting.
The Foundation was noted for connecting 1.2 million members from more than 200 geographic areas to tackle the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges, including projects that focus on disease prevention,...
In 2016-17, our Rotary Foundations turns 100. That’s a century of Rotary members changing lives and improving communities all over the world. And that’s definitely something work celebrating. Our district is going to have a Foundation Event on Nov. 12, 2016 to celebrate our Foundation. We are looking for Rotarians from the district that have marketing and solicitation skills to serve on the committee and help make this event a huge success. If you are interested in serving on the committee please email me at mbentler@nbtbank.com or call me on 570-862-6331.
Polio Eradication Day
Pod cast on RI website on October 24th
District 7410 Conference
April 28th - April 30th 2017 at the Inn at Pocono Manor
More information to follow!
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