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Announcements for Club Members (from our weekly club
bulletin)
Our Board of Directors decided
to post announcements from our weekly bulletin here.
Announcements are posted
shortly following receipt.
Operation Warm
Raffle & News: We are selling raffle
tickets for a very special gift basket (valued at $150) to raise funds for
Operation
Warm, a charity providing winter
coats to needy children. Funds raised will be donated in full to provide
winter coats to needy children at the
Jenkintown
Day Nursery, one of our annually supported local charities. Raffle tickets
will be sold at our Rotary club meetings for $5.00 each, or three for $10.00 .
One prize-winning ticket will be drawn at the club's
Annual Winter Holiday Party (you
don't have to be there to win).
This
beautifully decorated, huge raffle basket (valued at $150) includes:
Absolut Vodka, Cream Sherry, Merlot, Jack Daniels, white wine, Banana
Rum, $25.00 certificate to Bridgets 8 in Ambler, $25.00 to Blue Horse Tavern
in Blue Bell, $25.00 to Stefano's in Huntingdon Valley, $10.00 to Cafe
Lombardi in Horsham, $10.00 to Allegro Grill in Maple Glen, Panattone,
Holiday's M & M's, Mango Salsa, and Pumpkin Butter.
You can sell tickets to your friends and family,
too ! ... this raffle is not just for Rotary members. Operation Warm was not a
budgeted contribution
for our Club at this time, but winter is coming and these needy children are
getting chilly - so we are trying to raise funds through this raffle.
Thank you to those who have already purchased
tickets. (December 1, 2008)
Nominations are
being accepted: Nominations are
now being accepted for President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer,
Sergeant-at-Arms, and for three Directors. Twelve month long terms of
office extend from July 2010 - June 2009; however, directors serve for a three-year term. Please contact the
President Joe Schlupp to nominate another member for office, or if you might be interested
in this avenue of service to our Rotary club. Elections are scheduled for
December 23, 2009.
Nominations are now being accepted for the
following positions: President-Elect, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer,
Sergeant-at-Arms, and Directors, Elections are scheduled for December 23,
2008. Terms of office extend from July 2009 - June 2010, but directorships
are for a three-year term. Please contact to nominate a club member
or if you are interested in serving.
(November 25,
2008)
ROTARY
INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION END OF YEAR FUND RAISING DRIVE
Rotary Foundation - Our Most Important Charity:
The Rotary International Foundation
is our premier and most important charitable endeavor. The Rotary International Foundation
has contributed a total of $1.68 billion to programs in fulfillment of the
Rotary mission. A total of $368 million has been contributed to Polio Plus
to help immunize over 2 billion children to date (yes, two billion !!).
That is just one of the Rotary International Foundation's many charitable
programs devoted to health, education, international understanding, and
improving the human condition all around the world - and in our local community.
If you have yet to contribute to the Rotary International Foundation this year,
please consider giving to this most worthy Rotary fund.
Contributions are tax deductible and every single dollar donated goes for
charitable endeavors.
Click here to use an on line form to make your contribution to the Rotary
Foundation, or bring your donation to our next meeting. Thank you to those who have made their gift.
(December 1, 2008)
View an on line slide show about getting Polio Vaccine to
children in Nepal and India
View
a video and information on Rotary's $100 million challenge by the Gates
Foundation
Read how Rotary International is contributing to the battle to eradicate Polio
For
information on the Rotary Foundation click here:
ROTARY INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION
Volunteers Needed for Literacy Program:
As part of our Literacy Project, the club
has volunteered to read to the children of the Jenkintown Day Nursery. We are
scheduled to read to the children on the first Monday of every month the first
Monday of every month from 3:30 – 4:00 PM. Six volunteers are needed for
each scheduled day, once a month. If interested please put you name on the
sign-up sheet or contact Harry Hoffman.
(November 4, 2008)
The Basics of Rotary:
This online publication from Rotary International
was updated in August 2008. All members will find this new version of
interest, although it is geared toward our newer members. View it free on our
web page entitled: Get Involved With Rotary !
(October
2, 2008)
Club Board of Directors Meeting Minutes:
Web pages with meeting minutes of the
club's Board of Directors has been relocated to the
Club Organization web page to improve site
user access.
Rotary
International Committee Guides and Manuals for club officers and club
administration are posted on our
Club Officers
web page and available from the
Rotary International web site. These will be of particular interest to our
members involved in club service as well as to the general membership. (October
2, 2008)
Please Donate to the Jenkintown Food Bank:
On the third
Tuesday of every month, our Rotary Club collects non-perishable food for
contribution to the Jenkintown Food Bank. Bring in a couple of items from your
pantry. Buy a couple of extra sale items while shopping. If you have any
questions, contact Chris Heaven (215-387-3621). (September
18, 2006)
Suggestions for programs:
should be directed to our program chair,
Bob Carber
rcarber@verizon.net
(September 16,
2008)
Propose a new
member:
Membership is fundamental to achieving the mission and goals of our club and of Rotary
International. New members are usually introduced to
the club by current members. Have you encountered a friend, neighbor, or
business associate who would be an asset to the Rotary Club of Jenkintown? If
so, please provide their name and phone number to a member of the board, and we
will tell them about the benefits of membership.
(May 1, 2007)
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The Rotary Club of Jenkintown has been dedicated to
"Service Above Self"
since 1924