Guest Speaker Past District Governor & District Grant Committee Member Ron Smith
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Rotary Club Initiatives for September 2020
Until future notice the club is meeting via Zoom – 12:15pm every Tuesday. For login information please ask Mandy Helwig.
Also our Senior Collection Drive is running now thru the end of the month. MORE INFORMATION
Busy Meeting Celebrates Past Projects and The History of a Local School
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.”
Rotarians Welcome Exchange Student
Pictured Left to Right: Springfield Rotary Club President Steve Schagrin and Rotary Youth Exchange Student Nicholas Minkner.
Springfield Rotarians welcomed their 2007-8 foreign exchange student , Nicholas Minkner, for a final visit to their club. Nicholas came from Germany in last August, and has lived with three different host families during his stay. He described to the Rotary Club the many places up and down the east coast he was able to visit, the sports he’s been able to participate in, and the benefits of having had this exciting opportunity. Rotary Youth Exchange provides for students to study abroad for a year, learn of other cultures and expand their views of the world. Minkner returns shortly to Dresden, Germany to friends and family, but the family he made here will always welcome him back. The Rotary family is global after all!
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Public Speaking Pros Present to Rotary
Pictured left to Right: Barbara Sherf, Rotary President Steve Schagrin, and D. Michael Smith. For more information on Springfield Rotary and our upcoming events or to contact us, please visit www.SpringfieldRotary.org!How do you feel when you have to speak in public? Scared, stressed, shy? Have no fear, there is help out there to teach you to communicate not only with speaking to a group but one on one with clients. Rotarian were delighted to welcome D. Michael Smith and Barbara Sherf from Communications Pros, a company designed to teach you how to articulate clearly and accurately to others. Sherf and Smith gave pointers on public speaking, stressing that a strong start is critical, you only have one chance to make a first impression.
Arborist Speaks to Club
Pictured Left to Right Kenneth J. LeRoy and Springfield Rotary President Steven Schagrin.
In March 2008, Springfield Rotary was visited by local Arborist and Horticulturist Kenneth J. LeRoy. It’s the time of year we start to think of being outside again, and taking care of some yard work. LeRoy gave Rotarians tips to watch for in regards to the health of their trees on their properties. While they provide us with clean air, aesthetic value and shade, trees are also can be deadly and destructive. Images of tree destruction were shared with the club, illustrating the results from age, wind and disease upon these plants, which can have severe impact upon homes and properties.