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December 2021

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Wednesdays at 7:30 AM

Giuseppe's Restaurant

1380 West Street Road
Warminster, PA 18974
United States of America

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Helping students get excited about STEM

On Wednesday November 17th, Al Engel came to speak about meeting about a district wide STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) Summer Camp for incoming 8th graders. Rotary District 7430 has been working on putting together a summer camp for all interested income 8th graders to learn more about STEM. The summer camp will be held on July 8-11th, 2022 at Albright College in Reading.

For more information about the STEM Academy, click on the video link below

http://https://youtu.be/iSZ8NmFe3Cc

Bringing Thanksgiving to the residents of Willow Knoll

On Saturday November 13th, Glenn Natter had the pleasure donating 21 Thanksgiving meals to the residents of Willow Knoll. Our club donated 10 Thanksgiving dinners as part of Shragher Chiropractic's Thanksgiving meal drive. We were lucky to have some volunteers from Tamanend Middle School to help Glenn with the Thanksgiving meal delivery.

For more information about Shragher's Chiropractic's Thanksgiving Food Drive click on the link below:

https://shragherchiropractic.com/thanksgiving-food-drive/

Neshaminy Manor October 2021

On Wednesday after our meeting some of rotarians were able to head to Neshaminy Manor for the 1st time in a long time. Since 1965, The Warrington Rotary Club has been visiting the residents of Neshaminy Manor to wish the residents whose birthday will be celebrated that month. This is the longest continuous service project of any Rotary club in our area.

I Like Me is featured about a webinar about children and education

https://youtu.be/d2o_jjx2NwM

Here is the link to the audio recording of the webinar that features Bob Mallon and his tireless work on the I Like Me program

Memorial Scholarship for Founding Member of Warrington Rotary

Steve Hazzard a Warrington architect and board member of Hatboro Federal Savings was one of the founding members of our club in 1965. On Steve’s passing in 2007 the board of Hatboro Federal Savings decided to memorialize him and his community work by funding an annual Rotary scholarship in his name. Subsequently every year since then the bank has donated $1,000 and a scholarship has been awarded as the “Stephen B. Hazzard Memorial Scholarship”.

Pictured presenting the 2021 check are Hatboro Federal board member Peter Clayton and Vishnu Patel President of the Warrington Rotary Club Foundation.

Rotarians make birthdays memorable for residents at Neshaminy Manor

Shortly after the Warrington Rotary Club was founded in 1965, the Neshaminy Manor nursing home project started as an on-going project for the club. On the first Wednesday of the month, following our regular meeting club members visit residents who are celebrating their birthdays that month. We will talk to them, sing Happy Birthday and give them a small gift.

Saving smiles, changing lives

Rotaplast International, Inc. is committed to helping children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities. Working with local professionals, Rotarians, and other organizations, Rotaplast sends multidisciplinary medical teams to provide free reconstructive surgery, ancillary treatment, and training for the comprehensive care of these children. Rotaplast supports education and research towards prevention of cleft lip and/or palate. Our aim is to help local professionals build sustainable models for the care of these children, improving their lives and those of their families.

Warrington Police Chief Visits Us

We had a special guest at a recent meeting. The Police Chief of Warrington, Dan Friel stopped by to accept a donation from our club for their Teddy Bear Program. This program gives a teddy bear to children in Warrington that police and EMTs could use to put a smile and their face.

Chief Friel accepts the donation from Cheryl Allen, who is the Community Service Chair for our club.

Warrington Rotary Club works with the Warrington Police to give kids a free day at the Barness Pool

Over the summer, our club wanted to help kids stay cool by giving them a free day pass to the Barness Swim Club, now with a partnership bwtween Warrington Rotary Club and the Warrington Police Department, police officers can offer kids some fun with a swim at the Barness Swim Club.

"I Like Me" Program for CB Kindergarten Students

I Like Me! is a personalized program for children that helps children build their self-esteem and character as well as helps them develop early learning and reading skills. The I Like Me! Program is highly acclaimed by parents, teachers, administrators and sponsors.

Feed My Starving Children (FMSC)

The Warrington Rotary has been a participant in the Central Bucks MobilePack since the initial event in 2012. To date, the MobilePack has produced 4,746,460 meals, which translated into feeding enables the missions on the ground around the world to feed 13,004 kids a meal/day for a year. Rotary has made a positive difference in the event's success with their physical support, the commitment of resources, and the financial support needed to have an event.

PCAS has been a leader in providing adapted sports to persons with disabilities

Administered from its office on Boathouse Row in Philadelphia, PCAS currently operates 13 sport-and-wellness programs year-round, with a focus on building inclusive communities with barrier-free and supportive settings.

The first two adaptive sports venues of today's PCAS were Philadelphia Adapted Rowing, founded in 1981, and the PA Adapted Ski program founded in 1982.

Feeding Barclay Elementary School Families

On Tuesday, October 20, and continuing for the next four Tuesdays, the Warrington Rotary club in cooperation with the St. Vincent DePaul Society and the John Barclay elementary school distributed 50 meals (feeding a family of four) to 50 families experiencing some level of food insecurity. A special thank you to Maryanne Bush from the St. Vincent DePaul Society, Dr. Joe Brereton, Principle of John Barkley Elementary school and Giuseppe’s Warminster for their collaboration with this initiative.