Vibrant Clubs News is District 7430's quarterly newsletter highlighting the service projects & fundraisers of our 47 Rotary Clubs. Get the word out about what your club is doing, promote an upcoming meeting or fundraiser. Submissions may be submitted now for the next edition. Just email them to D7430PublicImage@gmail.com
Have you registered yet for Rotary District 7430's annual Polio fundraising event? Time is running out to register – the event is THIS SATURDAY, October 15th! Register Here purplepinkie.net
This re-imagined "On the Trail of Polio" event has something for everyone!
Date: Saturday October 15 Location: Berks Nature
Guided site tours
Fun 5K un-timed walk and run
Bike rides along Schuylkill River Trail
Service projects around the grounds
Dog parade and fun category prizes
Social luncheon catered by the DoubleTree By Hilton Reading
Sample and purchase beer from Chatty Monks Brewing at lunch
If you are registering, you are also offered the opportunity to donate during registration. If you cannot attend or do not register, you can just donate here. If you want to volunteer at the event, you must create an account with Sign-up Genius - here is the link.
Click on the image above for a brief video of Lehigh Valley Passport Club President Carrington Smith providing event details. The Passport Club is this year's organizers of the "re-imagined" event.
Newtown Rotary Club hosted a picnic at Crossing Community Church. All the Ukrainian refugees registered to the Council Rock School district were invited to attend with their families and enjoy a day of good food and fellowship along with Crossing Church members of Ukrainian descent. Around 50 guests dined on American favorites, burgers and hot dogs, with all the fixings.
After speaking with the families, it became clear that the need is still great, with many families wanting to remain in the US, learn English, and find employment to build a better life for their families.
The Newtown Rotary is still collecting gift cards to help these families buy basic supplies, food, and shop for school. Gift cards should be $25 each, and places like Target or Walmart are ideal. Gift cards can be dropped off at Countryside Framing, Newtown Hardware House, or Newtown Presbyterian Church during business hours. You can also message us with any questions.
This event was sponsored by Newtown Rotary Club in conjunction with Crossing Community Church. The burgers and hot dogs were provided by the Newtown Rotary Club and Joseph’s Premier Caterers provided assorted sides and salads. Thanks to Rotarian Paul Salvatore, Events Chair, and his wife Debbie, who works for the school district, for identifying the needs of the refugees.
Youth Exchange is back in person after two years in the virtual world. Eight district outbound students have left and eight inbound students have arrived. Recently, the first of three days of orientation for the students at camp Conrad Weiser were held. Amazing how kids who have never met can get along so well, so quickly. Thanks to all the committee members, host families, and clubs for helping to support this fantastic program. Come meet the exchange students at the Purple Pinkie walk on October 15. Sign up today.
The Metric Century Bike Ride on October 8th was for avid bikers able to ride 62 miles (100 kms). This was an out and back ride on a combination of rail trail and roads which took approximately six hours to complete.
October 8th riders are also participating in activities on Saturday, October 15.
Allentown Rotary has joined with Bethany Christian Service to adopt a refugee family that was just brought to Allentown a few months ago. The family includes a mother, three daughters, and two sons. The children are already attending the AllentownSchool District Newcomer Academy, which serves a culturally and linguistically diverse population of students from around the world. The children are adapting to life in Allentown and are doing well in school.
The Allentown Club is providing some direct financial support for some basic needs and club members having been providing in-person help, including translating services and driving the family to shopping, school, and medical appointments.
The family members are not accustomed to cold weather and will be in for a shock when it arrives. They are already minding temperatures in the upper 50s and low 60s, so Club members are also planning for their winter needs.
If anyone would like to help this family, CVS, Target and Kohl's gift cards would be especially helpful.
TO MAKE A DONATION, send a gift card or a check to:
Allentown Rotary
Refugee Family
PO Box 3271
Allentown PA 18106
Check can be made out to "Allentown Rotary Club Foundation" and please write "Refugee Family" in the memo field. All donations are tax deductible.
If your Club is interested in learning more about adopting a refugee family, you can find out more by visiting the BCS website. It is:
• Growing organization with more than 95 offices in the U.S., providing services in 35 states • Worldwide, offering services on five continents and in 13 countries • More than 1,400 trained and dedicated staff members with unparalleled expertise • Industry leader with COA accreditation
• Hague-accredited agency, holding ourselves to the highest level of ethical standards
West Reading-Wyomissing and Conrad Weiser Rotary Clubs support STOP THE BLEED, a national awareness campaign and call to action launched by the Department of Homeland Security. The goal of STOP THE BLEED is to promote grassroots efforts that encourage bystanders to become trained, equipped, and empowered to help in a bleeding emergency before the professional emergency responders arrive.
A joint District Grant by West Reading-Wyomissing and Conrad Weiser Rotary Clubs purchased ‘Stop the Bleed Kits’ for Wilson, Wyomissing, and Conrad Weiser School Districts along with four Libraries in Berks County. Rotarians joined with Tower Health Injury Prevention and Outreach Coordinator to conduct training and practice sessions before delivering the kits.This community project aligns with our disease prevention and treatment by providing kits in case of an incident. By training educators and community members we also support our basic education and literacy focus.
Research has shown that bystanders, with little or no medical training, can become heroic lifesavers. Improving public awareness about how to stop severe bleeding and expanding personal and public access to Bleeding Control Kits can be the difference between life and death for an injured person. We hope they never need to use these kits. For more information check out this American College of Surgeons website!
#WRWRotary recently participated in the West Reading Fall Fest on September 17th and issued both a Media Alert in advance of the event and a follow-up News Release. Our Wilson School District Interact Club partnered on this event and other community service projects. In addition to social media posts, our participation and message was highlighted in a Reading Eagle Newspaper article about the event and on Berks Community TV.
The Rotary Club Of Nazareth held its first ever Nazareth Duckie Race at the Nazareth Days event this past summer and raised $3,000.
Checks were given to the following local charities: Nazareth Area Food Bank, Loaves and Fishes, Memorial Library and Nazareth YMCA.
The Club is looking forward to October events including the Polio Purple Pinkie Race/Walk and Touch a Truck on Saturday, October 1 in Bushkill, and on October 15, a RotoPlast fundraiser at the Pennsylvania Playhouse featuring the show "Death Trap" - a midday matinee." (See details below)
Montgo – New Britain Rotary Club serving the community at Hilltown Fire Company's Wines on the Hill and looking for other "doers" who would like to make new friends while helping others. #ImagineRotary#PeopleOfAction
Past President Dave Shoemaker visited Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy recently. Teacher (and Norristown Area High School football coach) Joe Milligan and his class gave Dave a demonstration of their new robotics gear. This gear acquisition was funded by a Rotary grant which Dave had written while 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. #peopleofaction
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Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Olena Morhun fled with three of her children and made her way to Puławy, Poland. There they were welcomed by Krystyna Wilczyńska-Ciemięga, one of many Rotary members who have opened their homes to refugees.
Register now for a polio and healthcare event in Geneva World Polio Day 2022 and Beyond: A healthier future for mothers and children, will be held virtually and in-person on 21-22 October in Geneva, Switzerland. The event will highlight the status of polio
Rotary clubs in District 6250 (Wisconsin and Minnesota, USA) have donated a mobile clinic to St. Clare Health Mission, a community organization in La Crosse, Wisconsin, that provides primary and specialty health care services at no cost for those without access to insurance.
The Rotary Club Of Nazareth held its first ever Nazareth Duckie Race at the Nazareth Days event this past summer and raised $3,000.
Past President Dave Shoemaker visited Eisenhower Science and Technology Leadership Academy recently. Teacher (and Norristown Area High School football coach) Joe Milligan and his class gave Dave a demonstration of their new robotics gear. This gear acquisition was funded by a Rotary grant which Dave had written while 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. 
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