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Club Rededicates Springfield Township Community Board at Cisco Park

October 18, 2018 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

October 17, 2018 was a beautiful morning to rededicate the Springfield Township Community Board! Thanks to Assistant Manager Mike Taylor and Commissioner Jeff Harbison for attending on behalf of Springfield Township.

The Rotary Club thanked Karen Phelps owner of Scarlet Begonias for her $800 contribution towards the $3,000 project. Scarlet Begonias is celebrating 8 years in our wonderful community and wanted to say thank you.

Thanks to Mike Thornton Carpentry for an amazing renovation!

Springfield Township Rotary has contributed the Walking Trail, Gazebo, Bridge and Board for the Community. If interested in posting your community event on the Community Board, please contact Springfield Township Parks & Recreation for access to post your information.

Order Your Springfield Township Tee Here!

September 13, 2016 by Tim Ernst

Please visit to ORDER your Tees: https://www.booster.com/strc

Help Springfield Twp Rotary Club Support Springfield Twp!

All proceeds from this Booster will go to support projects locally and internationally that Springfield Township Rotary Club dedicates their time and resources too. Please be a part of our motto, “Service Above Self”.

More about this campaign

The Rotary Club of Springfield Township is the local chapter of Rotary International. Adhering to the motto “Service Above Self” the Rotary Club of Springfield Township, is a group of local business leaders, retirees, and others in the community that gather weekly for fellowship, learning and to discuss community projects on a local and international level. The Springfield Township Rotary Club Tuesdays at 12:15PM at the Sandy Run Country Club. All are welcome to attend a meeting to see what we’re all about. The club number is 5454 and it’s a part of the 7430 Rotary District.

Examples of some past Service Projects in our community include: Walking Trail, Bridge and Gazebo at Cisco Park, Contributions to Little League Fields in the Twp, $20,000 renovation of Flourtown Erdenheim War Memorial, Banners on Township Lamp Posts thru out the Twp, Numerous School Awards, and Free Fireworks to the community each year!

But we need our communities support. Each year we run the Community Carnival in June and a Fruit Sale in the winter months. Unfortunately, our Fruit Supplier has cancelled our fruit this year and we need to supplement that loss of fundraising dollars to continue the good work we do. Please consider purchasing a shirt and supporting Springfield Township Rotary! 🙂

The 2015 Fall Raffle Winners Announced

December 1, 2015 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

Week 10 – Final Week:

02/09/16 raffle winners were:

Ticket #212 – Kimberly Davino $50
Ticket #082 – Edie & Norbert Belzer $80
Ticket #057 – Carter Kinnear – won the grand prize – $2000!!!

Week 9:

02/02/16 raffle winners were:

Ticket #054 – Elizabeth Flynn $40
Ticket #210 – Peg Heffernan $60
Ticket #214 – Jim Mohr $100

Week 8:

01/26/16 raffle winners were:

Ticket #231 – Steve Schagrin $30
Ticket #167 – Bob Scott III & Martine $50
Ticket #175 – Nancy McGettigan $80

Week 7:

01/19/16 raffle winners were:

Ticket #135 – Mary Margaret Milillo $20
Ticket #018 – Scott Kreilick $40
Ticket #229 – Alex Stevers-Radtke $50

Week 6:

01/12/16 raffle winners were:

Ticket #060 – Bob Brock $20
Ticket #021 – Phil Quinn $30
Ticket #075 – Faye Helwig $40

Week 5:

01/05/16 raffle winners were:

Ticket #122 – Rick Hamilton $20
Ticket #195 – Janice Mannal $30
Ticket #246 – Abby Peake $40

Week 4:

12/22/15 raffle winners were:

Ticket #256 – Joe and Dianne Krol $20
Ticket #013 – Ken King $30
Ticket #029 – Daniel Mohr $40

Week 3:

12/15/15 raffle winners were:

Ticket #017 – Cynthia Kreilick $20
Ticket #054 – Elizabeth Flynn $20
Ticket #076 – Gregg Lodes $20

Week 2:

12/8/15 raffle winners were:

Ticket #105 – John Schmitt $20
Ticket #098 – Josh Vanderslice $20
Ticket #259 – Sue Ciliberto $20

Week 1:

12/1/15 raffle winners were:

Ticket #192 – Jennifer Heinle $20
Ticket #151 – Vince Criniti $20
Ticket #217 – Jennifer Murray $20

2015 Gisbourne Memorial Golf Awards Presented by Springfield Rotary

May 13, 2015 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

On Tuesday May 12 The Springfield Township Rotary Club honored LaSalle High School students Jack Quirk and Gary McCabe. Only Gary McCabe was able to attend the award ceremony, and was the recipient of the Gene Gisbourne Memorial Golf Award which is named for Gene Gisbourne a former Rotarian and avid golfer.

Pictured Left to Right: Rotary President Michael Creeden, Award Recipient Gary McCabe and Coach Chris Carabello.

Pictured Left to Right: Rotary President Michael Creeden, Father Gary McCabe, Recipient Gary McCabe and Mother Donna McCabe.

2015 Rotary Carnival Set for June 23 – 27

May 10, 2015 by Tim Ernst 20 Comments

DUE TO THE PENDING SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TONIGHT THE FIREWORKS FOR SATURDAY JUNE 27th ARE CANCELED – NO RAIN DATE AS THE CARNIVAL ENDS TODAY AND HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELED. WE DO APPRECIATE EVERYONE’S PATRONAGE OF OUR CARNIVAL WE HOPE TO HAVE THE SUN SHINING FOR OUR 10th ANNUAL CARNIVAL IN 2016! It’s time for our 9th Annual Community Carnival! From June 23-27 each night starting at 6PM the carnival will take place in the parking lot of Springfield Township High School. Food, Games, Rides and other fun is planned each night with fireworks set to go off on Saturday, June 27 once it gets dark, come early enjoy the carnival and grab a great seat for the fireworks.

SPECIAL NOTE: We appreciate everyone’s patronage as we’ve worked around weather all this week: As for Saturday’s Fireworks: The Board is meeting tonight (Friday 6/26). We have until 10 am tomorrow to make a decision to cancel or hold the Fireworks. We will post on the website once a determination is made. There is No Rain Date at this time.

FREE PARKING!

Carnival Prices
$1.00 per ticket
Discount Books Available
Wrist Bands $20 all you can ride.

About our Rotary Club!

Over 58 Years of Community Service to Springfield Township, including:

• Renovation of Flourtown Veterans Memorial

• $10,000 & 10,000 lb. Food Donation to Phillabundance

• Children’s Area of Springfield Library

• Walking Trails, Bridge, and Gazebo at Cisco Park

• Local Student Athletic and Academic Scholarships

• 3rd Grade Dictionary Project Throughout Springfield Twp.

• Contributor to New Playground at McKelvey Park in Oreland

• International Student Exchange Program (ongoing)

SPONSORSHIPS AVAILABLE:

Advertise With Us! We have Sponsorships available for businesses to help support the carnival. This year we have added a new twist! For an additional $100, our business sponsors will be featured at all of our community events and sales thru May 2016. This would include events such as Community Day, Fruit Sales, Special Olympic Events and so on. This is a great way for our sponsors to get recognition all throughout the year! Just submit the form below with your check made out to Springfield Township Rotary and you’re all set.

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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.”

Rotary Inducts New Members for Jan 2014

January 11, 2014 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

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.

Rotarians Make Their Mark at Habitat for Humanity

May 29, 2013 by Tim Ernst Leave a Comment

On 5/24, Walt Long and Bob Scott III from Springfield Rotary joined some other Rotarians from the Blue Bell Club to help with its Habitat For Humanity project.

Walt Long and Bob Scott III worked Blue Bell Rotary Club sponsored project in Norristown PA.

Walt & Bob from Springfield Rotary, Polly & Rusty from Bluebell Rotary and Paul from Habitat.

WE, Walt & Bob, removed part of a tree and installed some chain link fence.