The 4 Way ForumMarch 19, 2013

Volume 7 Number 35http://www.lancasterhempfieldrotary.com/

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Presider: Ed McGeehanInvocation: Bill Hager – an Irish ditty

Guests: Stefanie Valar – LancasterEd Hauk – LancasterSam Bressi

Students of the Month:Darian Erb, Dave & KarenCourtney Cheney, Jeff & Kathy

Happy Bucks:

Ed Mcgeehan: Pleased to welcome Michele Weiss as president elect elect. Michele will be club President for 2014-15.Bruce Weaver: Earned an expense paid trip for his family to Germany!Bill Hager: Celebrating a friend’s year of being cancer-free.Bill Haynes: A Chorus Line at Fulton stars a HHS student.Michele Weiss: Forgives Ed MacGeihun for misspelling her name in the official announcement of her acceptance of the club president job.Alan Jacobs: Bill Hager’s irish prayer was nice.Diane Velletri: The WOMs (Women of Rotary) need a 4th for the golf outing on the 17th. DVelletri@fultonmortgagecompany.comJeff Dombach: Announced an event that has already occurred. Sorry, Jeff.Jim Sheridan: Showing up is half the battle.

Announcements

Shop for a Cause in Full Swing.Looking good, but need more sponsors. At this point, everything is a “go”.

Rotary’s Four Way Test

Is it the TRUTH? Is it FAIR to all

concerned? Will it build

GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

Will it be Membership Attendance Today:

 

TODAYTOTAL MEM-

BERSHIPPERCENTAGE IN 

ATTENDANCE TODAY

Boys 16 29 57%

Girls 5 8 63%

TOTAL 25 37 58%

The Rotary Club of Lancaster South is having their Annual magic show on April 6, 7pm. Go to their facebook page here to Like and Share the post to help them get the word out.

The Lancaster-Lebanon chapter of the Pennsylvania Association of School Business Officials (PASBO) created the Joseph Kurjiaka Memorial Scholarship Fund in memory of one of its members who passed away unexpectedly at the age of 47. Joe was a member and past president of the Rotary Club of Lancaster Hempfield.PASBO is sponsoring the Joseph Kurjiaka Memorial Golf Outing at Crossgates Golf Club on Friday May 17. The brochure to sign up is here.

EREY – Every Rotarian is asked Every Year to make a $100 contribution to the Rotary Foundation. Our Rotary year runs from 7/2012 to 6/2013. If you have NOT made your contribution, make it now. Ed Jeager can take your check (if he ever gets back from California), or make it online at

http://www.rotary.org/en/Contribute/Pages/ridefault.aspxour club # is 5348district # 7390

Are you a young professional looking for an opportunity to travel to Greater Buenos Aires, Argentina on an expense paid 4-week tour to study the local culture and to enhance your vocational skills? Consider Rotary Group Study Exchange (“GSE”). Here is the Brochure.Rotary District 7390 is looking for potential team members for our upcoming Group Study Exchange with Rotary District 4855 in May, 2014. District 4855 encompasses the metropolitan region west of the Federal Capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires called Greater Buenos Aires. The district extends approximately 100 kilometers west and southwest into a very rich

agricultural region of Argentina. Argentina, located in the southern portion of South America, is the second largest country in South America and the eighth largest in the world.

Team members will stay with Rotary families and visit the Capitol city and surrounding metropolitan area as well as towns and cities in the countryside. The team will depart the US on Friday May 2, 2014 and return home on Sunday, June 1st. Deadline for submitting Team Member applications – October 15, 2013.Students of the Month

Courtney CheneyIntroduced by Jim Eshleman

Renaissance Club (“Teacher of the week”)

Dual Enrollment at HHS and Penn State York

Many potential paths: Biology or Chemestry at Messiah, Medicine, Physician’s Assistant, or Biology Teacher.

Darian ErbIntroduced by Paul Heimer

Bioprocessing Engineering

Order of the Arrow, BSA

Plans to attend College

Darian Erb, Karen & Dave

Courtney Cheney, Jeff & Kathy

Program:

Sam

Bressi, President & CEO, Lancaster County Community Foundation

Enriching our Community through Smart Philanthropic Investment

Sam’s 5th Anniversary on the job!89 year old organizationThe Foundation is a conduit for grants - $3 Million last year!Extraordinary Give was successful last year, and helped raise awareness.

Sam encouraged club members to consider their legacyWe can shape the world through our giving.The Lancaster County Community Foundation makes it easy to give and direct.

90% of all Americans donate to charity$303 Billion is donated annually75% ($225 Billion) is donated by individuals

Charity is a “Feel good” momentPhilanthropy is a marriage of the heart and mind

The Foundation is looking for corporate sponsors for the Extra Ordinary Give.

Ed Hauk gave an unsolicited endorsement of how easy and inexpensively the Foundation is able to set up Legacy gifts.

Member Advertisement:(Your free ad can go here – email it to me at ajacobs@isaacsdeli.com. If I don’t have a compromising photo of a club member for this section, I’ll put in a club member’s advertisement.)

This week’s photo is titled:“Pick your Party”

OUR CLUB GOALS FOR THIS YEAR

Increase membership by 6+

100% participation in Rotary Foundation giving

The EndReally