MonRotary Feb 10, 2025 (Feb. 12, 2025)

Service Above Self

Stroudsburgs Rotary

**Lunch meeting - Thursday, Feb 13, 2025

we will be meeting in the restaurant.**

MonRotary

Volume 95 Issue 28 - Feb 10, 2025

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Rotary Monthly Focus

February is Peace & Conflict Resolution Month

From Rotary International:

"We refuse to accept conflict as a way of life.

Rotary projects provide training that fosters understanding and provides communities

with the skills to resolve conflicts."

Promoting Peace | Rotary International

February is also Black History Month and Valentine's Day!

Let's promote peace and love.

"Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend."

~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Be safe driving in the snow.

Lunch Meeting - For our consistent lunch members, please do your best to respond by Monday, if you will not be attending lunch.

Evening Meeting at new location:

Underdog Cyber Defense - 315 Dartmouth Dr. 2nd floor, Marshalls Creek, PA 18335

Located in Jay Park Plaza - Above the Marshalls Creek Post Office

Breakfast Meeting - No breakfast meeting. We will continue with breakfast meetings in April, after the winter settles down and tax season is over.

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**Collection for the wildfire victims:

Last call for the collection for the L.A. wildfires victims. Marlo will send a check this week to the Rotary clubs assisting which is listed below.

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Rotary Event Fundraiser's:

Congratulations to Stroudsburgs Rotary Super Bowl winners.

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Let's support our interactors fundraising efforts.

Interactors Gertrude Hawk Fundraiser:

Their end of year donations will go to the newly formed food pantry at Stroudsburg School District and the Rotary International Relief Fund. The candy sale will help support these donations. Let's support our youth in giving back.

https://fundraising.gertrudehawkchocolates.com/fundraisingproducts/index/index/organization_id/721159/seller_id/180

The sale ends 3/10/25 - If you bring money or a check, tell us what you like and we will make the purchase for you.

Interim Interact advisor Maria Gondella. Maria is the reading specialist at the high school.

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ESSAY CONTEST

The club deadline for the Essay contest is now closed - One winner may be elevated to the District level.

**We received 10 essays! Way to go!!!

Please let us know ASAP if you would like to be part of the review process.

Rotary District 7410 - Essay Contest is now open - Club deadline Feb 7, 2025/ District deadline Mar 7, 2025 Top District prize $1000

Open to HS Junior and Seniors. Please contact Timaki Johnson if you are interested in more information or click this link Rotary District 7410 website to see the paperwork.

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Stroudsburgs Rotary - Planned Events 2025:

Mar

Apr

May 2025 - Golf Tournament Fundraiser

June 2025 - Spring Fling

Recap

Last week we canceled the meeting due to the snow.

The Board hopes everyone remains safe and continues to be careful during these snowfalls.

Watch the black ice and the deer.

We need to move our location so we are looking to move back to downtown Stroudsburg.

This will be the discussion of the meeting on Thursday.

**There are still a handful of dues outstanding. Please pay your dues if you have not already done so.

The second half was billed and was due Dec 31, 2024. It is now February.

Danica Hartenfels is still in the running for Entrepreneur of Impact for a grand prize of $25,000. Please cast your votes daily.

Meeting Times and Zoom Link

Lunch Meeting -Click here for Zoom Link Button

Doors open 11:45 for socializing, 12:00 lunch, meeting over 1:05pm

Sycamore Grill 92 Main Street, Delaware Water Gap, PA

Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 859 7016 0402 Passcode: 815850

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Evening Meetings - Underdog Cyber Defense - Carmine Corridore

Jay Park Plaza - above the MC Post Office

315 Dartmouth Drive., Second Floor Ste 5, Marshalls Creek, PA 18335

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Announcements

Upcoming announcements:

RYLA 2025 will be held Sunday, June 15^th through Thursday, June 19^th, 2025, at Keystone College in LaPlume, PA.

For budgeting purposes, the cost per student is $375.00, which is an incredible value for all this 5-day/4-night program offers. The clubs sponsor the students.

RYLA provides leadership training to area young people. The schedule is full of activities that engage students physically, mentally, and emotionally to strengthen their relationship skills, build their self-confidence, and give them the tools they need to be leaders.

Again this year, the application will be available online. Applications are open and the link can be found on the website: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50202/sitepage/ryla

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We will be collecting donations for the wildfire victims: If you feel so inclined to donate directly here are the links that Rotary recommends:

Consider donating to:

ShelterBox USA and advocating for such at your club or community level. Click on the link provided or paste it into your browser, should you chose to do so. https://www.shelterboxusa.org/

From Chris Etienne, Rotary International Director 2024-2026: Thank you to all who have reached out about supporting those affected by the wildfires in California.

Two districts in the Los Angeles area are accepting donations to support those in need. Below are the links.

https://rotary5280.org/page/2025-wildfire-disaster-relief

https://www.district5300.org/ca-wild-fires/

Community Events

On going Community Service

1) Valor Stand Down at Dansbury Park - 2nd Sunday of every month. Greatest time to help is unloading (9:30am) and loading (12:25pm)

2) Little Free Libraries - bring any unwanted books especially children's books.

Contact Leslie Underhill

District Update

Some fresh and great news to pass on to you all on the status of the Global Grant 2345372, "Pure Water for Ukraine" that our District DDF and five of our clubs (Dallas, Hazelton, New Milford Area, Stroudsburg, Wyalusing) participate in.

Dear Rotarian International friends supporting our project Pure water for Ukraine, I have the pleasure to send you an updated report, received a few days ago by the Rotary Club Zaporizhzhia.

You will read that 6 of the 7 sets of equipments are now at full work, serving the population of the Ukrainian communities selected; the last one will start working soon.

In the attached document you will also find videos showing the purifiers at work.

At this point, the project is almost concluded, as per our Global Grant with the Rotary Foundation we'll supply our ukranian partners with technical assistance and the consumables, when needed, in the next 2 years.

Thanks to your clubs for being generous and crucial partners for the success of this project.

I do hope we'll meet again soon to cooperate on other exciting Rotarian projects!

All the best

Riccardo Di Bari

Project leader

Past President

RC Milano Nord

District 2041 Governor Elect

*INTERNATIONAL PROJECT OPPORTUNITY - Please read below & let us know if you think the club should pursue this further.

I recently received communication from Bob Pruitt of the Cupertino, California Rotary. He and his colleague, Marcia Elmer are seeking support for two projects "that have the potential to transform lives in Ecuador."

· Marcia's project is to fund a mobile operating room truck that travels throughout the rural areas of Ecuador providing surgery for people in need. This mobile operating room truck has helped almost 10,000 Ecuadorians over the last 30 years. The equipment in the mobile surgery truck is now at the end of its useful life and needs to be updated. This project speaks to Marcia as she appreciates the difference that life-saving surgeries can make in remote areas.

· Bob's project champions providing equipment for a medical nonprofit in Cuenca, Ecuador that works with a local hospital) to provide end of life hospice care for patients in need. Hospice care in Ecuador is in its infancy and this project will provide assistance to 1200 patients and 4000 families in the first five years. This project is very near and dear to my heart. Recently we lost my brother-in-law to a long fight with cancer. This project helps those facing this difficult time to spend the end of their days in dignity.

Copies of a flyer and overview for both projects are attached. Any consideration of these projects by other Rotarians in support of these global grants would be greatly appreciated.

If any clubs or Rotarians would like to participate, contact me at 570-498-6637 or davesolopalmer@gmail.com and I will put you in touch with the Rotary leads in Cupertino Rotary to determine the best donation method (DDF, cash, etc).

Yours In Rotary Service,

DAVID PALMER, Chair

Rotary District 7410, International Service Committee

RLI-NEA Rotary Leadership Institute of Northeast America

www.rlinea.org

District Conference for this Rotary year is April 4-6, 2025

Hershey Lodge and Resort.

Registration is open at www.unwrapthemagic2025.com

International Conference

Calgary Canada, June 21-25, 2025