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Judy Bucko
September 20
Since 1921
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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.
DEATHTRAP!
On Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 at 1:00 PM
The PA Playhouse and the Rotary District 7430 Rotaplast Committee bring you this production
See article details in District NEWS
ROTARY IS ALL ABOUT VOLUNTEERING
Here's 2 Opportunities to volunteer
Sole Harvest 5K Run. October 8th
Norristown Hospitality Center needs 3-5 people cheering at a designated spot on our race course. We love to have 7-8
Course cheering stations. We have noise makers, cow bells and more to help your group stand out with sound and props.
Your team would be required to be there 10/8 at 8 AM to register with me, Karen Messics, at the volunteer table.
There is a bonus for a free Chick-fil-A breakfast sandwich to all that volunteer.
Please see Mark Call to volunteer by Tuesday Sept 27th. We need to let them know who is coming. Thank You for serving in the name of Rotary, Mark
Karen Messics
5K Volunteer Coordinator
Laurel House 5K Dash. October 16
Laurel House is looking for 5 Rotary volunteers to hand out water at water stations at their Saturday10/16 at 9am
5K Dash event. More details in the Community section.
Please see Diane Helm to sign up and get instructions.
PlanningPANCAKE BREAKFAST - AUCTION / RAFFLE is well underway and we will need everyone's participation. Below is a copy of the flyer 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.
TICKETS (10 PER MEMBER) WILL BE DISTRIBUTED AT THE 9/15 MEETING
This week we were joined by LeeAnn Rooney (Exec Dir) and Joe Maccolini (Asst Dir) from the Patrician Society of Norristown. The Patrician Society was established in 1981 and has served the Norristown community, primarily through supporting donations. The Society has two major programs;
“The Emergency Food Cupboard” and H.U.M.A.N. “Housing Utilities Miscellaneous Aid for Neighbors” program.
The Food Cupboard provides food for those needing help feeding their families. The program has about 1500 families registered and they serve 120 families everyday, the heaviest being the day before Thanksgiving. A large donor source is produce from Philabundance and items from Montgomery County’s Anti-Hunger Network. One of the more needed foods on their list is breakfast cereal. The H.U.M.A.N provides qualified help to those having trouble securing housing and utilities and medical aid. The housing program had a budget of $120k this year which is pretty much exhausted. The Society is open Mon -Thurs 8:30a-4:30p, and Friday 8:30a--12p. Rotary is proud to announce The Patrician Society as the major beneficiary of proceeds from our fundraiser Pancake Breakfast next month, Oct 29th
Past President Dave Shoemaker visited Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy this week. Teacher ( and NAHS football coach ) Joe Milligan and his class gave Dave a demonstration of their new robotics gear. This acquisition was funded by a Rotary grant which Dave had written when he served as Club President. The matching grant was jointly funded by the Rotary Club of Norristown and Rotary District 7430. Here in the lab, students are learning about Virtual reality and practical life applications.
The PA Playhouse and the Rotary District 7430 Rotaplast Committee
Are Partnering to bring you a
VERY SPECIAL OctoberFest Matinee Performance of the HIGHLY Acclaimed
DEATHTRAP!
On Saturday, Oct 15, 2022 at 1:00 PM
Immediately following we invite you for complementary beverages, and Octoberfest themed foods!!!
BUT, wait, there is more…
After the show, while enjoying the delicious libations, the actors and director will join us for lively discussions about the show! You can ask them ANYTHING!!!
(They may even take a selfie with you or sign an autograph!!!!)
There will be raffle baskets, one-of-a-kind, hand-made Rotaplast quilt, and a 50/50 drawing.
All tickets are $49 (plus $2 processing fee) and can be purchased through the PA Playhouse box office HERE (click on “click her for tickets for our 2022 season”, then “Buy Tickets” next to “Deathtrap” and then select the Oct 15th, 1 pm show) or by calling the PA Payhouse box office at 610-865-6665
A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Rotary International’s District 7430 Rotaplast hands-on efforts to support medical missions in developing countries. These missions provide pediatric cleft lip and cleft palate surgeries. For more information, check out their website here: Rotaplast
PLEASE BE A SUPPORTER: Would you like to donate a raffle basket? Sponsor food and drink? Place an ad in the program? Please contact Susan Burnett: burnetts@rcn.com, 484-226-5254, or your nearest Rotaplast Committee Member.
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.
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.
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