Trumpet 12/22/22 (Dec 22, 2022)

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Let's celebrate with all our Rotarians who have Birthdays this month.

Heller, Don Jan 21

Hornaman, Chris Jan 31

Smida, Joanne Jan 13

You Say It's Your Birthday????

WELL HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Let's celebrate our fellow Rotarians who have birthdays in January:

January 6 - Lyenna Fenstermacher

January 13 - Joanne Smida

January 21 - Don Heller

January 30 - Doug Brinker

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New year

Eight Allentown students are slated to attend Josh Shapiro’s inauguration Tuesday in Harrisburg, where he’ll be sworn in as Pennsylvania’s 48th governor.

Good Tidings!

Hello Friends! I have good tidings for you (did you know that good tidings means to bring good new? Well now you do if you didn't)

The past 6 months have just flown by! I can't believe I will be half way through my service as your Club President. 2022 has been a year of real growth for me and I thank each of you for playing a role in my life. I'm excited to kick off 2023 with our Club Assembly so we can check in on how ERC is achieving goals and review the impact of our service work. I invite you to take some time this Holiday Season to personally reflect on how you've grown, changed, learned, served, faced challenges and enjoyed your life;Then set your intentions for 2023.

I hope you enjoy this meaningful time of year with your loved ones. Remember to pause be thankful for all the gifts we have in our lives. The greatest gift of all is the present of BEING PRESENT. Soak in the magic and goodness around you and hold those moments close to your heart.

Wishing you all things Merry and Bright!

Meghan Reed
President, Emmaus Rotary Club 2022/23

Things to Know This Week!

THINGS TO KNOW THIS WEEK:

Past District Governor Bob Hobaugh will presenting a special recognition to Emmaus Rotary for Foundation Giving achievements met under the leadership of Immediate Past President, Mike Waddell. Mike will be accepting this recognition on behalf of ERC.

Our Club Assembly has been rescheduled for 2/2/23.

Pre-Covid we had much higher numbers of meeting attendance. Since getting back to full in persons meetings our attendance has declined. We talk a lot about being "finders" for new members. We are also "keepers" of our existing members. We have all created friendships through the years. Who have you not seen in awhile? Please call that person today and ask them to come back to our weekly meetings.Feeling cozy at our meetings? I hear you! Want more elbow room? Me too! How do we make this happen? We need more members to attend our meetings!
HEY maybe you're reading this and thinking....boy ya know it's been a while since I've been at a meeting.... I miss my friends.... I miss the way I feel after an inspirational program...I'd like to check out our new meeting location. WELL, WE MISS YOU TOO and WE WANT TO SEE YOU! Let's show Superior Restaurant that we can fill the entire room so that we can justify asking that it be reserved just for us!

Membership Dues time. Please be on the lookout for an email from our Club Secretary Jean. More information later in the Trumpet.

Reminder! Last call to send in your nominations for our upcoming International Women's Day in March! January 20th is the deadline!

Board meeting THIS week.

A reminder that there will be a Board meeting immediately following our regular meeting THIS Thursday. All committee members please have any information to the President by Monday. All ERC members are invited to attend and a reminder that this counts as a meeting make-up!

We will be meeting in the lower level of Superior. This week the meeting will be short and to the point. Pres. Meghan will miss this and Sal needs to leave by 9:30. Good chance we'll just meet upstairs.

Ukraine Help

Our friends in Ukraine desperately need our help.

Holiday Food Need.

Joann and Ashley have asked for some additional food this month. The Holidays can be very stressful for folks in need.

Poptarts

Pancake mix

Syrup

Other similar breakfast items

This week's meeting.

Look forward to seeing all your great smiling faces. Remember to call all of your Rotarian friends you have not seen at a meeting for awhile. This will allow us to use the full room if we consistently have 40 plus members attending.

Cheers,
Eric Loch

Sponsor a Ukrainian family through Welcome.US

Rotary and Welcome.US are working together
to support displaced Ukrainians.

Offer people who have fled the war a stable environment

Rotary has been collaborating with our partners and other organizations to meet humanitarian needs in and around Ukraine. Clubs have been providing food, water, medical equipment, and other supplies.

What people who have fled their homes need most is safety — and Rotary members have been instrumental in finding them shelter. But people still need help.

That’s where Rotary members in the U.S. can get more involved. Rotary is collaborating with Welcome.US, an organization working to engage more Americans in welcoming newcomers, with a focus on sponsoring refugees.

Through Uniting for Ukraine, Rotary and Rotaract clubs and members in the U.S. can sponsor a person or a family that has fled the war and help them relocate to the United States.

To sponsor a Ukrainian refugee family and offer them a stable environment:

Sign up to get connected to a Ukrainian family.
Use district grant funds to help with resettlement costs.
If you have more questions, write to trf.welcome@rotary.org.
Learn more about the Rotary-Welcome.US collaboration.
Find resources and answers to some common questions.

Download the Rotary-Welcome.US flyer

ONE ROTARY CENTER
1560 SHERMAN AVENUE
EVANSTON, ILLINOIS 60201-3698 USA
ROTARY.ORG

Let's help our Interact Students

Rotary International Travel Opportunity

Do you like to Travel? And…………….Do Rotary Service?

We have an opportunity to participate in a National Immunization Days For Polio in January , 2023 . We just Learned of this opportunity. The participants are limited to 25 Rotarians. Contact Cindy Hornaman at hornamca@ptd.net if you are interested for application.

NID EXPERIENCE 2023 :Brief Itinerary

24 Jan 2023 : Arrive New Delhi, India.

Check in JW Marriott Aerocity, Overnight.

25 Jan 2023 : Sightseeing around Delhi, Overnight.

26 Jan 2023 : Leave for Agra

Red Fort, Marble place etc, Overnight

27 Jan 2023 : Sightseeing in Agra

Taj Mahal, Travel back to Delhi, Overnight.

28 Jan 2023 : Delhi

Late lunch with Rotaract Youth Noida? See projects? Overnight.

29 Jan 2023 : NID – Visit projects, Overnight.

30 Jan 2023 : MOP UP Day—NID

Interact visit Projects Overnight.

31 Jan 2023 : Early Morning flight to Kolkatta

Stay Oberoi Grand or Taj—if too expensive, you pick one

Sightseeing around Kolkatta

Mother Teresa House

Overnight.

1 Feb 2023 : Kolkata

Second NID experience, Visit projects, Overnight.

2 Feb 2023 : Free Day in Kolkatta

Day with Rotarians, Overnight.

3 Feb 2023 : Fly to Delhi to leave for home.

The Cost for the below itinerary based on the below hotels would be USD 2950/ Net per person for 25 persons traveling together.

The single supplement is still $1295

Dates	City	Hotel	Nights
24 Jan to 26 Jan	Delhi	JW Marriott Aerocity	2
26 Jan to 27 Jan	Agra	Trident	1
27 Jan to 31 Jan	Delhi	JW Marriott Aerocity	4
31 Jan to 3 Feb	Kolkatta	Taj Bengal	3

Inclusions
1.	10 nights accommodation sharing a double room
2.	Daily breakfast
3.	1 Lunch or Dinner in Delhi, 1 Lunch or Dinner in Agra
4.	All transfers excursions and sightseeing tour by Volvo Coach
5.	English Speaking guide during Sightseeing tours
6.	English Speaking tour escort
7.	All entrances fee at the monuments

Happy Dollars at Work

Spread happiness!

This year we started doing something different with our Club happiness (and fines). We are putting happy dollars to work right away!
Each quarter the President and Sergeant at Arms select a different place to allocated happiness funds.

Q1 will be going towards The Food for Needy program in honor of Ralph Lewis who started this program.

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Last week's meeting snipits

Gina Vary did a great job with her Classification talk. Classification talks are one of the best parts of Rotary and a way to get to know one another better.

WEEKLY MEETING ASSIGNMENTS

As members we are all responsible for making each week's meeting a success. Working the sign-in and EREY tables are a great way to get to know members.

PLEASE NOTE: We have had a lot of no shows lately. Please, Please, help out here and fulfill your obligation, or get a replacement. Thank you.😁 If after trying everything you could not get a replacement, please let Diamond Man Eric know via email. DiamondMan@LochsJewelers.com

The assignments below are selected from our membership list and are in alphabetical order (or close to it). Should you be unavailable to make it to the meeting to fulfill your assignment, please do one of the following:

- Switch with someone else from another week.

- Contact another member to fill your slot. Club Runner has our Member Directory.

- If either one of the above attempts is unsuccessful, please notify me ASAP. DiamondMan@LochsJewelers.com

January 5th

Sign in Table - Collect the money - Karen Hobson

Greeter - Cindy Hornaman

Invocation - Fred Hermann

January 12th

Sign in Table - Collect the Money - Nelly Kabiru

Greeter - James Keeny

Invocation - Irv Keister

January 19th

Sign in Table - Collect the Money - Courtney Kennedy

Greeter - Rory King

Invocation - Bob Kraus

January 26th

Sign in Table - Collect the Money - Mike Lahanas

Greeter - Steve LaPierre

Invocation - Diamond Man Loch

February 2nd

Sign in Table - Collect the Money - Ashley Lorah

Greeter - Ann Matlack

Invocation - Jeff McElhaney, Jr.

February 9th

Sign in Table - Collect the money - Anthony Moyer

Greeter - Stephen Motze

Invocation - Peter McCullough

Thought for the Day /Trivia Info

A bunch of inspiration or fun trivia facts for today.

Rotary and BEYOND

Emmaus Rotarians truly do live a lifestyle of Service Above Self!

Many of us help with other organizations to raise funds for great causes. If you wish to mention your outside fund-raising event at Rotary, just put up four Happy Dollars and let us know about what is going on. If I have a website link to your cause I will post it here.

Ex. I support the PA. Perimeter Ride Against Cancer which benefits the American Cancer Society and Dream Come True.

https://www.pprac.net/2022-ride.html

Check out some of the great work our fellow members are doing in our community outside of Rotary and learn how you can support their efforts.

Another great organization helping our community:

Bob Halsey's Keeping Tabs on Us!

Can Tabs For The Miracle League LV / Submitted By Bob Halsey

In 2018 We started collecting the Tabs from all types of cans Soda, Beer, Seltzer, Tuna Fish, Sardines, Soup Cans, Etc. In 2018 we were able to deliver Five Full One Gallon Jugs of Tabs…Last year, 2019 we were able to deliver Three Full One Gallon Jugs of Tabs. So far this year 2020 we now have One Full One Gallon Jugs. I would hope we can again this year, 2020, can fill at least another Five Full One Gallon Jug OR MORE. I turn these into the Miracle League in the Middle of October, right before Halloween. They turn them into the Dupont Children’s Hospital in Wilmington Delaware. Other organizations also collect these Tabs, in total the Hospital has been able sell these for enough Money to pay 75% of the Utilities Cost in their Ronald House, where Families to stay at a very Nominal Cost when their Handicapped Children need to go for Treatment. You can bring Tabs every Thursday to our regular Breakfast Meetings.

Meghan's tab collection pictured. How is yours looking?

Trumpet Editor

Please send all items and reports for the Trumpet to EmmausRotary@gmail.com by Monday before the meeting.

Cheers,

Diamond Man Eric

We now take credit cards.😁

Credit cards will now be accepted for breakfast as long as Eric is there. If you wish to use your credit card for breakfast, just sign in at the sign-in table and then go to Eric Loch so he can process your card for you.