Events

We'll be participating in Community Day again this year. If you've not done this before, I can tell you that it is a fun day with lots of opportunities to meet and greet folks in the community.  Please consider signing up for an hour or two. Any questions can be directed to Michele Hohlfeld.  Thank you!  

DATE AND TIME:  Sat., September 7, 2024, 10 AM - 3 PM

RAIN DATE:  The same time on the following day

LOCATION:  We'll be set up near 114 Main St. in East Greenville.  Thanks, Tina Thomas, for offering to allow us to park in your lot behind your business, Perkiomen Valley Printing.   

WHAT:  We'll be handing out free bottled waters and will have a fun fall craft for kids to do.  

District Governor Katie Farrell will be visiting with our club for this meeting. More details to follow.

District Governor Katie Farrell will be visiting with our club for this meeting. Please attend and show your support!

PLEASE NOTE: Meetings will now be at Pizza Como and PC Pub

COST: $25/per person

INCLUDES: Dinner and Soda/Water. Cash Bar

RSVP No later than 8AM on FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13. If you RSVP yes, please be aware that you will be responsible for payment if you do not attend. 

As we move into the busier time of year, we would like to start revisiting Strategic Planning along with Public Image and Recruiting of New Members as well as engaging our existing membership more.

Please join us and help provide input on this moving forward as we look to grow our club in the future.

We will also cover any business that may be needed.

We will be in the room closest to the bar stage for this meeting.

Please consider joining us for the last 1st Friday of the year as we are joined by Bill Tuszynski from the Perkasie Club as he is also the District's ShelterBox Representitive. Not only will be be displaying and advertising ShelterBox, we will also be promoting our Annual Halloween Decorating Contest as well as handing out some candy to kids.

The event runs from 5pm-7:30pm, setup to start no later than 4:30 and breakdown will be finished up by 8pm. Bill is disabled and assistance with setup and breakdown would be greatly appreciated. If you have not been out to 1st Friday yet, this would be a great time to come check it out and all it has to offer. It is a fun evening filled with many members and businesses from our community.

Please sign up if you can help!

Look for District emails to participate in race or to help

In lieu of a regular business meeting, we will be hosting local Dr. Priscilla Benner to speak about the MAMA Project and possible collaboration.

Visit https://mamaproject.org/ to find out information before the event.

Please note: The deadline for registration is 8am Wednesday, October 9. If you're plans change before the deadline, please be sure to change your RSVP. 

Meet at the Kistler-Bitting Park and the Pavilion to plant tulips!

Bring yourself and any kids/additional people that want to help plant! If you have any gardening tools for planting, feel free to bring, but some will be available.

Join us for our fall highway cleanup. Please put on your calendar with Sunday November 3 as the raindate.

Meet at St. Philip Neri Church to park and start to clean-up

Please remember to register by Wednesday 10/30/2024. If you cannot attend, please select to Decline so we know the invitation was received.

We hope to have as many members as possible attend this meeting, input from all members from charter members to new members and all those in between is important for the future of our club. If you can attend, please come up with some ideas for the 5 points below, you can either come prepared with your ideas or send them to Cathy before the meeting so she can start working on putting stuff together. Even if it is something you think may be fitting for the club or something you would like to see the club do but, do not know how much interest there would be, still bring it up for discussion. The only bad ideas are no ideas.

This meeting (and possibly the next) we will be continuing with Cathy's 10/2 Meeting conversation of: 

Reflect on the prior year:

1) things that you want more of

2) less of

3) things to start

4) things to stop

5) things to keep

As it does in all service clubs, membership has changed over the past few years as well as our member's personal/professional lives/commitments and we need to see what directions work best for the Club and our members.

This will also help us start Strategic Planning again while focusing on how to get our existing members more involved, member retention as well as how we can attract new members to our club.

We will also start discussing elections for the next Rotary year (25/26) and start discussing a succession plan beyond that year. The positions available for 25/26 will be Treasurer & Secretary. While the Vice President position will not be available until the 26/27 year, it is important to have a succession plan, if you think you may be interested in an executive position, please let Bob or Cathy know. The 26/27 Vice President would not have their first President term until the 2029/2030 Rotary Year.

The food for this meeting will be the buffet style apps.

We hope to see you there,

Bob

Please join us for our rescheduled speakers/presentation from the MAMA Project.

While we have service projects coming up this year yet, other than our Club Christmas Party on 12/11, this will be our last meeting of 2024. 

Reminder to register by this Wednesday evening and if you register and do not attend, payment is still due to cover the count given to the restaurant.

Rotary will again be sponsoring the December First Monday Meal.  Volunteers are needed to prepare and serve the meal.  This is a fun event and we hope you can sign up for an hour or two.  We'll be serving ham, green beans, potato casserole and cake. 

Wear a hat (or you'll need to wear an ugly hairnet)!

Thanks in advance for your help.

Where:  Pennsburg UCC Church, corner of Main and 8th Streets in Pennsburg.  

When:   December 2, 2024

Shifts:  Would like volunteers as follows:

3-4 PM: 2 volunteers

4-5 PM: 2 volunteers

5-6 PM: 3 volunteers

6-7:30 PM:  4 volunteers

Questions?  Contact Michele Hohlfeld   

Rotary will selling our fundraiser cookbooks again this year at the UPSD Holiday Bazaar.  Please consider joining us for an hour or two  to help staff our table.  This is a fun event and another opportunity to get some  exposure for our club and of course to raise some funds.   Thanks in advance for your help.

Where:  Upper Perkiomen Middle School, 901 Montgomery Ave. in Pennsburg 

When:   December 7^th from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM.

Shifts:  Would like at least 1 volunteer for each shift, 9-10, 10-11, 11-12, 12-1, 1-2 and 2-3.

Questions?  Contact Michele Hohlfeld   

Rotary will be participating in the UPV Tree Lighting Event.  We'll be selling our fundraiser cookbooks and will have a free craft for kids.  Please consider joining us for an hour or two  to help staff our table.  This is a really fun event and a great opportunity to get some  exposure for our club.   Also, the event is outdoors so dress accordingly.  Thanks in advance for your help.

Where:  St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 81 Main St. in Pennsburg 

When:   December 7^th from 4:30-7:00 pm.

Shifts:  Would like 2 volunteers for each shift, 4-5 PM, 5-6 PM and 6-7:15 PM

Questions?  Contact Michele Hohlfeld   

Please mark your calendars and plan to join your fellow Rotarians at our Club's Annual Christmas Party. Please note that this is the SECOND Wednesday of the month, not the 1st of 3rd as we have been meeting. This was decided at our 10/2 meeting based on multiple members who usually attend not being available on the 1st and/or 3rd Wednesday.

Please RSVP by Sunday Evening 12/1 so we know how we need to setup for the party.

All Rotarians, family members and even friends are invited to join us for this evening.

As voted on at meeting, the party will once again be held at Valley Lock & Door.

Liz will be joining us once again to serve up drinks for everyone (don't forget cash for tips), please feel free to bring any special wine/liquor/beer that you would like to have or share with the club.

We are changing it up a bit for the food this year and will have Chino's Food Truck parked right out front ready to serve food up to everyone, your cost to attend will be determined by the food you order from the truck (menu in images below).

We are planning to have potluck desserts. Not everyone has to bring desserts, however, I know some of you love to bake. We can discuss that as it gets a little closer.

It's that time of year again! We are signed up to help with Toys for Tots sorting and selecting. Please feel free to sign up for multiple shifts/days. To simplify things, I have created a single event to cover both days of work, there are no times for Friday 12/20.

Please see the signup list to signup.

Thursday, December 19:  Volunteers are needed to help unpack and sort the donations. 

6-7 PM

7-till done

Saturday, December 21:  Volunteers are needed to assist children selecting their gifts. 

 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM - 11:30 AM

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

1:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Join us for our Annual Four Way Speech Contest

Snow Date (if needed). If the original contest date does not change, this will be a regular meeting.