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Our Club in the News

January 24, 2021 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

Recently Our Rotary Club was featured on these news sites:

Ambler Gazette

Chestnut Hill Local

Filed Under: News, Projects Tagged With: Ambler Gazette, Chestnut Hill Local, News, Rotary Club

Save the Date: 6/24 – 6/28 for Springfield Township Rotary Annual Carnival

June 20, 2014 by Tim Ernst 9 Comments

150x150_2014Carnival Save the date, our Annual Carnival will return to the parking lot of Springfield Township High School from June 24 – 28, 2014. Look for more information coming soon about Food | Fun | Fireworks.

Join us each night starting at 6 PM for carnival rides, fun and games.

We are looking for Sponsors: MORE INFORMATION

Carnival

Filed Under: Events, News Tagged With: 2014, Carnival, fireworks, Food, fun, games, June 24, June 28

Busy Meeting Celebrates Past Projects and The History of a Local School

February 27, 2014 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

John Hayden from Antonelli Institute was the speaker recently at a Rotary Club Meeting where he explained the Institute is celebrating 75 years of history teaching students the visual arts. Below is Club President George Schaefer and John Hayden. The Rotarians also presented a check for $1000.00 to Face to Face, a local facility and organization that offers a Dining Room, a nurse managed Health Center, a Legal Center, a Social Services Center and Children’s Summer Camps and After School programs.  We also have a Washeteria where people can take a hot shower and receive a new set of clothes.  Face to Face serves 2,500 annually and has been a stable presence in Germantown for over 20 years. They also recognized Honorary Rotarian Joe Bonus for always being willing to help in Rotary Projects.

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The club recognized Bob Ryan for donating the chicken for the MLK Day lunch at Face to Face. Because of the efforts of Mike Creeden from Sandy Run Country Club, most of the food for the luncheon was donated. This freed up the money that the club allocated for the luncheon to be able to present a $1,000 check to Face to Face. Additionally, the club was able to donated 2,000 toiletry items for the washeteria.

Because of his monumental work on the Springfield Rotary projects over the past years, the Rotary Club presented an Honorary Membership to Joe Bonus.

Program: John Hayden, Director of the Antonelli School of Photography located in Springfield Township presented information about the school, its programs and most of all, its successful alumni. The school was founded in 1938 by Severo Antonelli. His work is exhibited in the Woodmere Art Museum. The school is accredited by the Association of Career Schools and Colleges and authorized to award Associate Degrees. Its distinguished alumni include those whose works have been featured on Sports Illustrated, Time Magazine and National Geographic to name just a few. The school motto is “Develop Passion-Design the Future.”

 

Filed Under: Meeting Recap, News Tagged With: Antonelli Institute, Bonus, Face to Face, Germantown, Joe, meeting, Montgomery County, PA, Rotary, Springfield, Township

Township Manager Visits Springfield Township Rotary

February 13, 2014 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

The Springfield Township Rotary Club was pleased to host Springfield Township Manager, Don Berger on February 11th. Mr. Berger gave a recap on various improvements to the community recently and discussed several budget items. Topics included the East Mill Road Bridge, The Movie Tavern, and storm water management projects. Pictured Left to Right, President George Schaefer and Township Manager Don Berger.

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Filed Under: Meeting Recap, News Tagged With: Don Berger, East Mill, Movie Tavern, Projects, Rotary, Springfield, storm water, Township

Temple Athletics Representative Speaks with Rotary

February 2, 2014 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

Springfield Township Rotarians welcomed Kristian Graves the Director of Capital Support for Temple Athletics. Mr. Graves touched on Temples revolution in the last 20 years, the expansion of its Fox School of Business, new Science and Technology Building, and the transition of the Tyler School of Arts to the main campus. Temple is unusual in that a majority of its student population live nearby to campus. While Temple has a 95 acre campus it pales to the next closest college in its league in Connecticut with 3,100 acres. This ties into Temples decision to cut 7 athletic teams from Temples athletic programs, the school felt they did not have the space or facilities to properly accommodate the sports. For example, the baseball team would have to travel hours to Temples Ambler campus, hold practice and then commute back. The main campus simple did not have the room to support a baseball field. The decision was not taken lightly and all students on athletic scholarships for the cut programs will have their scholarships honored.

Pictured Left to Right: Program Chair Bill Totten, Speaker Kristian Graves, and President George Schaefer.

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Filed Under: Meeting Recap, News Tagged With: Business, Fox, Graves, Kristian, Schaefer, Sports, Temple, Totten, University

Day of Service Brings Out Community and Rotarians the Honor MLK, Jr.

January 23, 2014 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

The Rotary Club of Springfield Township inspired others to lend a hand in honor of Martin Luther King and a national day of service to others. The Rotary ran a two fold campaign using mostly Facebook to spread the word. The first part of the fundraiser was to collect toiletry items for the “Washeteria” at Face to Face Shelter in Germantown. The “Washeteria” allows people to come in and shower and wash their clothing in a dignified manner. Most of the participants are homeless war veterans. Numerous donations poured into Dan Helwig Realtors in Flourtown who offered to be a drop off location on behalf of Rotary. Tthe Springfield Democrats picked up on the news feed and held their own collection to contribute. All in all, thru Rotary and the combined efforts and donations of others who found out about the fundraiser on Facebook, 2000 Toiletries were collected and donated. The second half of the project was to collect money to pay for 200 meals on MLK Day at Face to Face. When last years restaurant vendor bowed out due to increased costs of chicken, Sandy Run Country Club stepped up. Mike Creeden, Manager at Sandy Run, was able to get most of the vegetables and chicken donated for free and his staff at Sandy Run prepared the 200 meals at no cost. Because of Sandy Run’s generosity there is a surplus of over $750 which will be donated to Face to Face as a monetary contribution to help with the upkeep and maintenance of the facility. On MLK Day, Rotarians and other volunteers served 200 grateful people at Face to Face who enjoyed an amazing and nutritious meal. Though MLK Day comes but once a year, Rotarians keep service in their hearts all year long living by and spreading their motto “service above self”. The community recognized their Facebook call to actions and the response was nothing less than extraordinary.

Springfield Democrats Collect Food to help in the effort.
Sandy Run Country Club Staff
Rotarians Create Delicious Plates to Serve
Yummy! Rotarians and Staff Work to create over 2000 Meals
Serving up a nice meal at Face-To-Face
Some of the Rotarians “Kitchen Krew”
Rotarians helping out at Face-to-Face

Filed Under: News, Projects Tagged With: Democrats, Donations, Face to Face, Facebook, Food, meals, MLK, Rotary, Sandy Run Country Club, service, Springfield

Green Dot Mom Speaks to Rotary about Importance of Supporting Our Troops

January 11, 2014 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

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Rotary welcomed Wendy Souders from the Green Dot Moms today to Rotary. The Green Dot Moms are a closed group of Facebook mother’s supporting each other while their children are deployed abroad. They have been sending care packages to their children’s unit if only to bring smiles to their children’s faces and for them to know they are loved and people back home care and are thinking of them. The Souders Family also is instrumental in maintaining the Flourtown Erdenheim War Memorial on Bethlehem Pike, which the Rotary Club just completed a $20,000 renovation on last year. Today, Rotary Club President George Schaefer presented Mrs. Souders a check for $250 to help defray the shipping costs of the care packages. We love our troops and the Rotary Club will always support you! Pictured Left to Right, Pres. George Schaefer and Wendy Souders of the Green Dot Moms.

Filed Under: Meeting Recap, News, Projects Tagged With: care packages, Donation, Facebook, Green Dot Moms, renovation, Souders, War Memorial, Wendy

Rotary Inducts New Members for Jan 2014

January 11, 2014 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

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Springfield Township Rotary welcomes its newest members! Congratulations to Brian Halligan of Flourtown Country Club and Dennis Murray of Murray Funeral Home who joined The Rotary Club of Springfield Township today.

Pictured left to Right: Brian Halligan, Dennis Murray, President George Schaefer and Sponsor Rotarian Amanda Helwig.

Filed Under: Meeting Recap, News Tagged With: 2014, Brian Halligan, Dennis Murray, January, members, Montgomery County, new, PA, Rotary, Springfield Township

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