SPOKE FOR WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 20, 2022 (Oct 18, 2022)

The weekly newsletter of the

Rotary Club of Norristown,

P.O. Box 119, Oaks, PA 19456 - (484) 994-2349

October 18, 2022 - No. 2690

Program This Week

10/20/2022

HYATT HOUSE

noon

NICOLE JAMES

GIRLS FIRST

BRING CANDY FOR OUR CLUB'S TRUNK OR TREAT PARTICIPATION

NOTICE

PLEASE BRING THE MONEY FOR

YOUR 10 TICKETS

ALSO

BRING IN ANY LAST MINUTE DONATIONS YOU HAVE FOR THE RAFFLE

SEE IMPORTANT FUNDRAISER INFO BELOW !!!

Thanks to everyone who has donated and requested items from local businesses for the auction/raffle items.

After reviewing the list, there are a few items that could help make the most out of these donated items.

We are still in need of Restaurant Gift cards which could make these auction items more enticing:

From The Boot – Ambler

Buckley’s – Delaware

August Moon – Norristown

Iron Hill Brewery – an location

Ambler restaurants

West Chester Restaurants

Philly Restaurants

Also –

Chadds Ford Winery

Any Nice Bottle of Wine – Red or White to add to an Auction basket.

If one of these is your favorite place, please consider stopping in and asking if they could give you a gift card.

Thanks,

The Raffle/Auction Committee

BE SURE TO SIGN- UP FOR HELPING WITH THE PANCAKE BREAKFAST AND SILENT AUCTION

SEE LINK BELOW

. Below is a link for you to sign-up for helping out in the various areas that need staffing

. Please add your name to one or more areas .

https://sites.google.com/view/nrcvolunteers/home/2022-10-29-pancake-breakfast

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virtual meetings via Zoom

Oct 06, 2022

Jennifer Butler

Montco Works

Oct 20, 2022

Nicole Jones

Girls Fiirst

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Club Meeting Information

Thursdays at 12:00 PM

HYATT HOUSE (1st & 3rd Thurs)

501 E Germantown Pike
East Norriton, PA 19401
United States of America

Phone:

(484) 994-2349

Send Email to Club

NOTE: The club meets at the Hyatt in person the 1st & 3rd Thursdays 12 noon and virtually on Zoom at noon on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays. Link below. For more in contact rotaryofnorristown@gmail.com or leave a message at at (484) 994-2349

Member Birthdays

Judy Bucko

September 20

Since 1921

* GUESTS & VISITING ROTARIANS

VISITOR GUEST OF:

* ANNOUNCEMENTS

Foundation Board Forming

The Club's charitable foundation is in the process registering as a corporation. They are in need of board directors.

If you are interested in serving on the board, please see President Sunanda or Jack Rule for details.

ANNUAL FUNDRAISER

PANCAKE BREAKFAST - AUCTION / RAFFLE is in the final stages of preparation and we will need everyone's participation

. Below is a link for you to sign-up for helping out in the various areas that need staffing

. Please add your name to one or more areas .

https://sites.google.com/view/nrcvolunteers/home/2022-10-29-pancake-breakfast

Below is a copy of the flyer andposrcard that you can print and distribute to individuals and businesses you frequent. I will send out copies the the letters requesting donations for the AUCTION/RAFFLE next week. Ask business and friends if they would like to donate a gift basket for the auction/raffle.

TICKETS (10 PER MEMBER) HAVE BEEN DISTRIBUTED

IF YOU DID NOT GET THEM OR NEED MORE, CONTACT GUIDO AT martinclassof55@verizon.net

REMEMBER EACH OF US IS FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR 10 TICKETS

Contact DAVE BEACH at dbeach04@gmail.com. for further information

This is our last in-person meeting this month, and your last chance.

Please bring candy and snacks to the meeting to donate for the upcoming Trunk or Treat

VOLUNTEERING

We have online signup lists now, it is easy to add your name. There are a half dozen events planned and listed for which you can sign up. ll are welcome. Bring a friend.

* NEWS

Club News This Week

LAST WEEK

SoleHarvest 5K Run a Success

SoleHarvest 5kRun for the Norristown Hospitality Center on Oct 08, 2022

A large turnout and a dry brisk morning made for excellent race conditions. The runners were on pace and turnout was good.

Our Rotary Club was stationed about halfway through the race to encourage the runners and help push them to the finish. We were provided with noise makers and pom poms to cheer them on.

No Rotarians were lost or left on the course in the process as we were provide transportation to and from our spot.

Thanks to those members who came out to support.

Don't forget this was only one of a half dozen other Rotary events for which you can volunteer. Anyone is welcome, bring a friend.

Just visit the SignMeUp page and add your name ====>

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DISTRICT 7430 NEWS

Coming District Events

Purple Pinkie - On the Trail to End Polio

Oct 15, 2022. 7a - 3p

Welcome to Rotary

Oct 18, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Foundation Seminar

Nov 12, 2022 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM

Public Image Forum via Zoom

Dec 05, 2022 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Welcome to Rotary

Dec 14, 2022 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

RLI Training

Mar 25, 2023 - Details to come

District Conference - See Below

EACH ONE, BRING ONE Member Campaign Underway

EACH ONE, BRING ONE

President Sunanda has officially kicked off the 'Each One, Bring One' member campaign.

Rotary Clubs need to continue to grow in order to enhance our ability to dedicate resources to solving a community or global issue.

This year, President Sunanda is asking every Club member to bring a visitor, spouse, family, friend or acquaintance to our meeting and introduce them to Rotary.

If everyone brought a guest it would double our meeting size, and if half of the visitors discovered Rotary and became a member, the club would grow by 50%.

Please think about it this week and identify someone you would like to introduce to Rotary. Bring them to a meeting and tell them why you joined.

Who will you bring ?

* COMMUNITY EVENTS & SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

C O M M U N I T Y

What's happening in the community?
Looking for a chance to volunteer?
Why not attend a fundraiser and help those who help others?

PLEASE - Help spread the word

SOAR - Victim Support Group

Rotary District 7430 Conference May 5-7, 2023

Plan to attend the Casino Royale

Rotary Annual District 7430 Conference

at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, May 5-7, 2023

Registration is Open Now

Watch the Video below, Click on the image

8-20-22 NEEDS at the Hospitality Center

Help those needing the basic necessities, donate items to the Norristown Hospitality Center . (610) 277-1321

Thank You GL Sayre

Thank you, G.L. Sayre, for your support of Rotary

Your kindness and dedication to community service is exemplary.

Without your support, our Pedals for Progress global bicycle recycling program would not be possible.

G.L. Sayre has generously supported our numerous community programs during the pandemic as well

as well as our charity fundraiser year after year..

We thank you! - Rotary Club of Norristown

Thank You Myers & Givnish

THANK YOU

Thank you Myers & Givnish Funeral Homes

For helping sponsor our annual charity fund raiser year after year

Visit their website ==> Here

Thank You Valerio Coffee Roasters

A Special Thanks to VALERIO COFFEE ROASTERS in Audubon

Year after year Valerio's has donated coffee services to our annual fund raiser to help the community.

They not only have excellent coffee, they are terrific community supporters.

THANK YOU !!!

https://www.valeriocoffee.com

* AND FURTHER MORE...

Member Resources

- USEFUL TIPS -

Technical Tip: Add a simple Club Calendar view to your Phone

Technical Tip: Add the Club's calendar to your phone

It's easy to add this calendar view to your phone and access a simple calendar list view with one tap.

The calendar resides at this URL address, if you tap on the link below on your phone, you'll see the calendar.

https://sites.google.com/site/norristownrotarymobile/home/calendar

You can then add it to your phone's Home screen.

(On the iPhone select the SHARE symbol [see red arrow], then scroll down and select 'Add to Home Screen')

Technical Tip: Keep my gmail out of promotions

But, It's NOT Spam.

Is some of your expected gmail missing from the Inbox?

Aside from regular spam filtering, sometimes Google also takes a guess at your incoming gmail and pre-categorizes it in order to cut down on spam. The Tabs 'Social' and 'Promotions' capture some of your email instead.
Well, Google doesn't always get it right.

Fortunately, even though that is the default setting, you can change the setting and control your pre-categorization completely and get all your mail back in the old inbox.
YOU can select select the problem email in 'Promotions' and drag it to the inbox, OR....
A more reliable way is to control your own categories or simply have none at all. If you uncheck the 'Social" and 'Promotions' categories in settings, your future email will not appear in those virtual folders but rather in your old inbox as expected.

Here's what you do to fix it.
Go to your inbox settings link. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#settings/inbox
Uncheck the boxes 'Social' and 'Promotions', AND CLICK SAVE
From now on it will appear in the old inbox as expected.

Technical Tip: Easily Unmute Zoom

President

Sunanda Charles

President Elect

Mary Onama

Treasurer

Judy Bucko

Secretary

David Shoemaker

Program Chair/2nd VP

Ruth Hagglund

Past President

R Scott Wright

Board Director (#1) 2022-25

James Nutt

Board Director (#2) 2022-25

Mark Call

Board Director (#3) 2020-23

Denise R. Ashe

Board Director (#4) 2020-23

Frederick Hagglund

Board Director (#5) 2021-24

Timothy Meyers

Foundation Chair

James Nutt

Membership Co Chair 1

Mark Call

Membership Co-Chair 2

R Scott Wright

Membership Co-Chair 3

David Shoemaker

Finance Chair

Timothy Meyers

Grant Chair

James Nutt

Webmaster

David Shoemaker

Public Image

Mark Call

Service Projects Chair

Mark Call