Pottstown Rotary Bulletin - Feb 2 (Feb 02, 2022)

President

Nicole Matz

President Elect

Lauren McCloskey

Immediate Past President

Brooke Martin

Treasurer

Robin Smith

Secretary

Jennifer Isett

Rotary Foundation

Roger Baumann

Rotary Foundation
Brookside Country Club
Apr 13, 2022 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

Adopt-a-Highway Clean-up
Jerry's Rotisserie and Fried Chicken
Apr 16, 2022 7:45 AM – 9:30 AM

Rock the Block - Pottstown

Apr 23, 2022 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Pottstown EcoFest & Climate March
The Smith Family Plaza
Apr 23, 2022 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Day of Service re: "Supporting the Environment"

Apr 30, 2022

Edgewood Cemetery Clean Up

Apr 30, 2022 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM

Veterans' Island Project - Ph 1 Clean-up
Veterans' Island at Memorial Park
Apr 30, 2022 1:30 PM – 5:30 PM

STEM YEA Big Ticket Event - See EventBrite Link
Indian Valley Country Club
Apr 30, 2022 5:30 PM – 10:00 PM

Big Ticket Night
Brookside Country Club
May 11, 2022 5:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Riverfront Pavilion Clean-up/Plantings

May 18, 2022 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM

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Member Birthdays

Steven Smith

April 11

Ed Schumacher

April 19

Hank Saylor

April 24

Werner Koller

April 24

Nick Yannessa

April 26

Spouse Birthdays

Steven Smith

April 11

Stacey VanDruff

April 15

Jay Romero

April 17

Kelsey Gofus

April 17

Karen Ottaviano

April 26

Anniversaries

Brady VanDruff

Stacey VanDruff

April 27

Join Date

Hank Saylor

April 1, 1967

55 years

Rick Albitz

April 1, 1979

43 years

Bob Rettinger

April 5, 2006

16 years

Daniel Stubanas

April 8, 2020

2 years

Robin Smith

April 14, 2004

18 years

Brooke Martin

April 15, 2015

7 years

Richard Gray

April 27, 2016

6 years

Garry Rarer

April 28, 2021

1 year

This week - guest speaker Herb Klotz

Adventures on the Appalachian Trail with Herb Klotz!

Most of you already know Herb, the former District Governor of District 7430 from 2019-2020, now active in additional executive roles for the District.

And he's an explorer! He has hiked the Appalachian Trail from one end to the other and even turned his adventure into a fundraiser for those who followed his trail (virtually).

The Appalachian National Scenic Trail, generally known as the Appalachian Trail is a marked hiking trail in the Eastern United States extending between Springer Mountain in Georgia and Mount Katahdin in Maine. The trail is about 2,200 miles long, though the exact length changes over time as parts are rerouted or modified. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy describes the Appalachian Trail as the longest hiking-only trail in the world. More than 2 million people are said to take a hike on part of the trail at least once each year.

No hiking boots required for the evening, although I'll be wearing mine.

We're back at Brookside Country Club for our meetings although they will be hybrid.

For hybrid meetings we are aiming for a minimum of 20 in-person attendees in order to support the meeting logistics.
For those comfortable to attend in person, masking and social distancing rules will be followed although relaxed if you are vaccinated.
Registration is required for in-person attendance so that we can plan meals. Register here if you have not done so. or text a note to Deb Penrod at 215-840-9943 .

For those who wish to see the presentation from a Zoom meeting, your login information is below:

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Time: Feb 2, 2022 06:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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Hope to see you there!

New member application - Jason Silverman

The board of directors has received and approved of an application for membership from Jason Silverman.

Jason lives here in Pottstown and works for Paul Davis in Harleysville, a company which does water, fire, mold restoration and rebuild. He is their emergency recovery coordinator.

He definitely has an interesting job so try to catch up with him at one of the upcoming meetings and make him welcome at our club.

This is the second posting of his application.

Superbowl Pool 2022

Pottstown Rotary Superbowl Pool

The 56th Superbowl is complete - and I don't know anyone who could have picked the scores correctly.

No one had bought the last two remaining blocks and so the Club had to - and #93 was the winning block at the end of the first quarter.

Congratulations to Jen Isett, winner of the 3rd Quarter block and Double congrats to Werner Koller who had the winning block for the 2nd Quarter and Final Score.

Once again - Thank you to everyone who participated in our Superbowl Pool! Your donations will allow the club to do something really good for our community.

Winners will be contacted early this week.

Prizes:
1st Quarter - $300
2nd Quarter - $300
3rd Quarter - $300
Final - $400

STEM Youth Explorer Academy

The STEM YEA Big Ticket Reverse Raffle Night is rescheduled to April 30, 2022 at the Indian Valley Country Club.

Terry Hart, former NASA astronaut will speak about his life and decision to pursue a STEM career. Terry served as a Shuttle mission specialist and logged 168 hours in space.
He said to to Lehigh University graduates, “Throughout your careers, you will have many opportunities to be a member of a team focused on accomplishing something very new and challenging.”
A diverse and multidisciplinary team will bring the STEM YEA program to fruition and we are gratified to receive his support.

Tickets are still available but only 200 will be sold. Your ticket will help to fund the STEM YEA program for under-served middle schoolers.
The ticket has a base price of $125 and entitles you to a fun evening including hors d' oeuvres, drinks, dinner and a lottery ticket with a chance to win one of numerous prizes totaling up to $5000.
Purchase your tickets now at https://stemyea2022specialevent.eventbrite.com

Bob Hobaugh

District Governor

District 7430