On Tuesday, May 21, 2013 The Springfield Township Rotary Club honored Eastern Center for the Arts and Technology student, Steve Gajdos, with their John McCook award which is named for John McCook a past Rotary President who worked in the trades. Pictured (L-R) Steven Parke, instructor, Steve Gajdos, Awardee and Rotarian Mike Thornton.
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Rotary Exchange Student Program Changes Lives
The Springfield Rotary Club welcomed past foreign exchange student Becky Holcomb to speak about her experience of traveling abroad to Belgium for a year when she was sponsored by the Club in the early 1990’s. Her experience, as she shared with the club, was one of the most amazing life changing moments. To this day, Holcomb retains close bonds with her host family abroad. The program also featured an introduction of current outbound exchange student Jennie Lukoff who will also be going to Beligium. Springfield Rotary strives to give foreign exchange opportunities to seniors in our community while also hosting inbound students. The goal is to create peace and understanding and cultural exchange as part of their humanitarian efforts.
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President Linda Silva, Becky Holcomb, Jennie Lukoff, Mr. Lukoff, Robert Jacobus, Exchange Chair.
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Becky Holcomb and Past President Jeff Kroberger who was President during Ms. Holcomb’s year abroad.
Rotary Club Student & Teacher Awards 2011
Springfield Township Rotary Club presented the Student / Teacher awards to five local schools on Tuesday, May 3, 2011. The schools represented were Carson Valley Center, LaSalle College High School, Mt Saint Joseph Academy, Phil-Mont Christian Academy, and Wordsworth Academy (Springfield High School Student/Teacher awards will be held on a separate date). The Rotary Club presents this award annually to the student and teacher who best exemplifies the ideas of Rotary “Service Above Self”.
LaSalle College High School Student Teacher Awardees: Carol Haggerty, Joe Marchese, Sean Sweeney, Julia Maher and Don Mirabile
Wordsworth Student Teacher Awardees: Angerique Thornton, Paula Frost and Alex Prinzvera
Phil-Mont Christian Academy Student Teacher Awardees: Matt Stemler, Sarah Ghattas and Marilyn Furcola
Mt. Saint Joseph Academy Student Awardee: Catherine Moran and Sister Joan Cassidy
Carson Valley Student Teacher Awardees: George Melton, Lori Ogeda and Lakeisha Robinson
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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