in the Burgess Resturant at Jeffersonville Golf Club
SPECIAL NOTICE FROM PRESIDENT ALAN
****PLEASE PLAN TO ATTEND**********
Pancake Breakfast Fundraiser Beneficiary Check Presentation Date: 8/14/25 Presentation to: Norristown Hospitality Center Montgomery Child Advocacy Project
Thanks, Alan
Our little Kiwanis/Rotary sharing library is back in business. Check it out at the Audubon Shopping Center. Library cards not required.
TEXAS FLOOD RELIEF
How You Can Help Us Turn Compassion into Action:
Donate: Every dollar is a lifeline. Your gift brings food, shelter, and dignity to those rebuilding their world.
Share: Your voice matters. Spread this message on social media, through email, or in conversation. Be loud! One share could spark a dozen acts of kindness.
Serve: Your time and skills will be needed soon. At the present time in our district, assistance is needed in the Burnet area and is being coordinated by the Ark of the Highland Lakes. Donations and manpower assistance info can be found at https://arkofhighlandlakes.org/flood-response-070525/However for now, please stay tuned—we’re working closely with local authorities to ensure a safe, coordinated response.
Last Thursday, MELISSA SYYDER came to talk about her community child assistance organization, Happy 2 Be Home. This group was created to assist families with chronically disabled children, build a better living environment for the kids.
Their MISSION says it all "To enable families to provide a suitable home environment for children with chronic, long term, multiple disabilities to enhance their quality of life.". Melissa pointed out that they assist families in modifying their houses, find sources of funding for improvement projects, suggesting changes, and generally speak to families with a "how can we help " approach.
In its 15 years of existence , Happy 2 Be Home has helped over 50 families, with 54 kids, with individual projects that average $35,000 each. She showed a video that highlighted a few of their projects.
The organization, started and mostly supported by her church, gets referrals from local hospitals, personal contacts, and other community organizations, works with the families on a "needs not wants" basis, to assure that their resources are directed to those most in need. Families must own homes and the kids must be enrolled in school. Their aim is that, once a need is found, the recipients become part of their " family".
Funding comes from fundraisers, and their church.
Further information and donations can be made at: Happy2behome.org
Thanks you Melissa for alerting us to this worthwhile organization.
I’ve put together a list of tasks we need to complete by spring so we can begin planting the rest of the garden. These items should be achievable with the funding we’ll request in the 2025–2026 Rotary Budget. Please review the list below and let me know if anything is missing or if you’re willing to take the lead on any of the tasks:
Watering Schedule – Set up a monthly watering rotation for current plants*. If each Rotary member signs up once a month, we should be covered.
Sod Removal – Phase 1 – Reach out to local sod farms to see if they’re interested in removing sod at no cost.
Sod Removal – Phase 2 – If no luck with sod farms, get estimates from local landscapers for sod removal.
Community Partnerships – Contact local garden clubs, scout troops, Whitehall Farms, and Norristown Rotaract to explore collaboration.
Fall Work Day – Schedule a cleanup day in Sept/Oct to remove remnants of the original garden so the township can re-seed. This includes relocating the Weeping Redbud to its new spot.
Fence Installation – If we receive the District Rotary grant, we’ll have funding to install the garden fence.
Next Steps:
Let me know if you see any missing tasks or if you can take ownership of one of the items listed above.
Once we have a solid plan, we’ll schedule a Zoom meeting to review progress and finalize roles.
**The existing rain barrel is leaking and cannot be repaired. With this year’s funds, we have purchased a new rain barrel and will ask the W.N. Parks & Rec to replace it for us. Once that is done, Judy Bucko will donate a 100’ garden house to make this task easier.
Feel free to call me if you have any questions.
Thanks to everyone for your interest in this project.,
As many of you know from attending lunch meetings, we are working to obtain a bench for our Padden Park Garden project from Trex. All we have to do is collect our plastic. I am attaching a list of all the plastics we can recycle. We have just 1 year to collect 1000 pounds, so your participation is important. So far we have dropped off 61 pounds, and we only have til May 31, 2026, to collect another 939 pounds. You can bring your recyclable items to any meeting. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me directly.
Help anyone hungry, weary or living in the streets. Help serve breakfast & coffee, organize meals, lead devotion, handle client check-ins, manage the food pantry. Day shelter services
We are the only non-profit, comprehensive crime-victim agency serving Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Our confidential services are provided at no cost to survivors of crime and their loved ones. Need help with day to day services. Collect used cell phones.
Volunteer at the Pantry or the Farm. Creating meal kits, distributing to guests. Plant pick and pack, help deliver and pick up from partners. Help feed the hungry.
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