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LATEST CLUB MEETING NEWS
Rotary Meeting June 28, 2022
President Brandon called the meeting to order at 12:25 pm and Ellie Rebert led the Pledge and Prayer.
 
ATTENDANCE: 34 members were in attendance which represents 47.32% of our membership.  We had 3 guests - Heidi Wrights, guest of Mike Kelly; Melissa Fowble & Jennifer Newberry from Members 1st bank, guests of Kathi Fuhrman.
 
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
     Dale Brubaker - he inquired with HACC about service projects that Rotarians could consider.
 
     Brandon Gething - expects to have a late Fall fundraiser - more info to come.
 
    Terry Gingrow -  Dues will be coming out soon -  Remember that payments are to be sent to Rotary Club of Hanover,  P.O. Box 18, Hanover, Pa 17331.  If your company or organization is paying your dues please tell your Accounts Payable folks to use this address.  Thank you!

     John Kramb - Former District Governor - 
Today is the last day of the Rotary Year for we Rotarians to raise the $50 million for PolioPlus which we need to get the entire match from the Gates foundation.
The last report I saw (earlier in the week) showed that we are $3,000,000 short of our goal.
Please, make a donation to PolioPlus today so that we can reach our goal.  I am also asking that you reach out to your club members right now and encourage them to donate also.
It's easy.  Either go to your "My Rotary" account and click on the "Donate" button at the upper right corner of the home page, or click on this link:
All donations help in our effort to eradicate Polio, and either method of donation is credited to the donor's Paul Harris points.
Thank you
John G. Kramb

 

50/50 DRAWING :  STEVE PLUMLEE won the chance to draw a card,  but a Joker was not drawn this week so the pot now goes up to $636.00 and there is one less card in the total deck for next week!

 
PROGRAM: Brandon Gething - Outgoing President's Message
Brandon noted that a President's term consists of 514,380 minutes.  Every President faces challenges in their term and Brandon said his was restoring a sense of normalcy to the Board and Club after the pandemic.  Brandon encouraged everyone to serve the Club in whatever way they can.  He presented each Board member with a coin to commemorate their time on the Board.      
 
INDUCTION OF PRESIDENT AND BOARD FOR 2022/23:
In his last official action as District Governor, Greg Staub inducted Kathi Fuhrman as President of our Club for the coming year.  He also inducted the Board for the same time period.  The Board for the coming year consists of : Kathi Fuhrman, President;  Kelly Rebert, Secretary; Terry Gingrow, Treasurer;  Brandon Gething, Immediate Past President;  Jessica Waltersdorff; Christy Lucas; Chris Helt; Paul Berg; Mark Riggs. 
 
NEXT WEEK'S PROGRAM: KATHI FUHRMAN, Incoming President's Message
Home Page Stories
Rotarians Volunteer for Gardening Project
Several Rotarians volunteered for a gardening project at the You First Personal Care Home on Frederick St on Friday May 27, 2023.  Rotarians included were chief arborists, agricultural experts, landscaping masters, lawn gurus Brandon Gething and Chris Helt, and Walt Maust, and Kathi Fuhrman and her son.  
 
New Member Induction
President Brandon inducted our newest member, Matthew Connors, into Rotary membership on Tuesday March 15, 2022.  Mike Hockenberry is his sponsor.  Matthew works for the UPMC Foundation.  "Welcome Matthew.  We look forward to getting to know you".

Rotarians Decorated the Gazebo Saturday Nov 20, 2021
Chris Helt shared the following information regarding the Club's effort to decorate the Gazebo at Wirt Park:
 
I attached a pic from this past Saturday @ Wirt Park. We had 9 helpers, we were able to complete the project in about 2 hours.
 
        Pictured above from left to right: Barb Rupp, Elinor Stough, Rick McKee, Rhonda Ramos, Kasey King, Chris Helt and son and Bob Miller.  Not pictured are Terry Gingrow and Jessica Waltersdorf.
Article About Our Braveheart Doctor
Jess Socrates shared this article about the volunteer Doctor who performed the Braveheart Operations.  
 
I wish to share a recent article on our Operation Braveheart volunteer, Dr. Jonas del Rosario. The article has nothing to do with Operation Braveheart. It reveals to the reader the very personal side of Dr. del Rosario. We are fortunate to have him as our volunteer.
District 72+ Program Debut in 2021
The District 7390 virtual Foundation Dinner in November announced a program called 72+ which makes suggestions to everyone about tax savings opportunities for charitable giving provided by the government’s SECURE Act and CARES Act. The 72+ program urges senior Rotarians to give strong consideration to making a contribution to The Rotary Foundation from their IRA. This especially applies when one reaches age 70.5 to make a Qualified Charitable Contribution (QCD) or when one must take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) upon and after age 72 (hence the program name 72+). There are significant tax savings provided by the SECURE and CARES Acts.
Rotarians Support Ruth's Harvest
Several Rotarians recently packed meals for area students to support Ruth's Harvest Program.
 
Hanover Rotarians Dave Erlemeier, Warren Risk (and his wife Judy), and Ralph Jodice (and his wife Judy) packed food bags for Ruth’s Harvest as part of the Club’s ongoing community service project.  On Friday’s, Ruth’s Harvest gives needy children in the local area 7 meals to take home for the weekend to help to ensure they do not go hungry.
Street Children Village Project - Philippines
Jess Shared the following story and pictures regarding the Street Children's Village in the Philippines.  
 
As a review, the two-fold plan is as follows: 
- Build a piggery where we will raise native pigs. The meat will be more than enough to supply the continuous demand for pork. The excess will be sold to pay for other food items (fish, chicken, veggies, fruit, etc.)
- Cultivate the fertile land in the 11 hectare property for rice production. Part of the grant fund will be used to purchase a hand truck.
 
We have at last started the construction of the piggery. There was plenty of delay on account of Covid and weather but we have finally started. The attached pictures were submitted in a comprehensive initial report that was put together by one of the street children who is now 18 years old and who will soon complete his course in landscape architecture. The project also benefits some local construction workers who were hired instead of paying a contractor to do the job.
 
Pictured below are 7 erect columns for the construction.  For more Pictures visit the Photo Gallery on our website - Street Children's Village Project
 
Exchange Student Updates
The following email from Kim Hackett provides an update on our upcoming Inbound and Outbound Youth Exchange Programs and our current Exchange Student to Austria, Erin Dewald:
 
Good afternoon.  You will not be surprised that I received an email regarding the Inbound and Outbound Youth Exchange programs. Due to the COVID pandemic and possible interruptions of future outbreaks, the program is cancelled for this school year.  Our student, Gustav, was notified as well as the other 3 students for 7390.  Needless to say this is a sad announcement but the decision was not made lightly.  Thank you for your support of this program and hopefully this can be reviewed again for the next school year.
 
Erin DeWald remains in Austria and is actually one of the few students from our District still in her exchange. 
 
Thank you,
 
Kim 
 
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Final Update on Operation Braveheart
The following update on Operation Braveheart is provided by Jess Socrates:
 
Latest update on Operation Braveheart that I sent to our supporters.
 
Dr, Jonas del Rosario, has performed the last PDA repair from our Braveheart II funds. We have spent the entire $124,000 grant resulting in the repair of 104 patients. The faces of the last 8 patients (97-104) are on the attached collage.
 
We have repaired a grand total of 145 patients.
 
THANK YOU VERY MUCH for everyone's support. 
 
As soon as we pay all the bills and zero our bank balance, we will submit a final report to the Rotary Foundation. We will then attempt to apply for another grant. As in the two previous grants, we will need "seed money" that will be matched by Rotary. The more "seed money" we have, the larger the Rotary match and more patients will be repaired.
 
One major news to share with everyone is the upcoming visit of Dr. Jonas del Rosario, our volunteer pediatric interventional cardiologist. He will be the guest speaker at the joint APPM-UPMASA (Association of Philippine Physicians in Maryland; UP Medical Alumni Society in America) Conference to be held on March 21 in Baltimore. He will also be a guest of the Rotary Club of Hanover the following Tuesday.
 
Respectfully, Jess Socrates, Coordinator, Operation Braveheart
 
Rotary Supports JA at McSherrystown School
This story is posted below on behalf of Ralph Jodice and Junior Achievement :
 
 
Both of Sherry Chroniger’s 6th grade social studies classes at St. Teresa of Calcutta in McSherrystown completed the Junior Achievement program, Our Nation, taught by Hanover Rotarian, Ralph Jodice.  This 5 lesson program taught the 52 students about the free market economy, entrepreneurship and innovation, career clusters, getting and keeping the job, and global economic connections. 
 
Rotary Sponsors Mission Trip to NC
A group sponsored by the Hanover rotary club departed today for new Bern NC to assist with rebuilding hurricane flooded homes. This is the 2nd trip for the group in July 2019 they travelled to new Bern to assist in rebuilding 2 homes. The group is led by Rotarian Peg Sennett 
 
Please keep them in your prayers for a safe trip down and back.
 
We wish them well and want to hear all accounts of their trip when they return.
Scale Project with New Hope Ministries
This email is being sent on behalf of Peg Sennett to provide an update on the Club Grant we used to assist New Hope Ministries.
 

Through a Club Grant, the Rotary Club of Hanover provided New Hope Ministries of Hanover with a floor scale and two folding wire containers.  The staff and volunteers have high praise for this new in-the-floor scale. Previously, volunteers had to physically push pallets onto an upgrade. With the new scale, pallets are moved onto the scale with a lift truck or hand jack, making the job less physical, more time efficient and much safer.  In an average month, over 150,000 pounds of food are weighed and handled multiple times, serving between 800-900 households per month.  That was a lot of pushing, pulling and heaving to get pallets of food onto the old scale.  The durable, folding containers also improve the efficiency of operations, eliminating the need to store food in cardboard boxes that warp and become insecure.

Pictured are Hanover Rotarians re-packaging items for New Hope clients.  The Rotary signage above the scale was donated by Rotarian Scott Kurtz and Minuteman Press; it will constantly remind New Hope clients and volunteers that Rotary is involved in serving the community.

    

  In order to view the photos, please refer to the "Downloads" section on the website and click on "Scale Project with New Hope Ministries".

Update Operation Braveheart Jan 27, 2020
This article is a post from Jess Socrates.  He is providing an update to Operation Braveheart in the Philippines.  8 more children have been helped.
A few days before the end of year 2019, when our total number of patients repaired for Braveheart II was at 98, Dr. Jonas expressed to me that he wanted to round off this number to 100 before the start of the year 2020. A few days ago, he reported to me that he did two more patients before the end of the year, thus meeting his personal goal.
 
Thanks to everyone's support, these 100 patients plus the 41 previously repaired, brings our grand total to 141 patients repaired.
 
In a few days, one of my fellow Rotarians, a career diplomat, will visit the Philippines. Jonas has scheduled another patient that he will repair on the day of this visit. This is not an inspection; it is a friendly visit from a Rotarian representing my Club, who is interested in the project.
 
The attached collage includes the grateful faces of patients #89 to 96 from December 2019.
 
Sincerely yours,
Jess Socrates, Coordinator, Operation Braveheart
Scale Operational at New Hope Ministries
Peg Sennett shares the following update on the donation our Club made to New Hope Ministries to enable them to purchase a scale:
 

CLUB GRANT FLOOR SCALE

Our Club provided New Hope Ministries with a $5,000.00 floor scale and food container s through a Rotary Club Grant. The scale has been installed and is in use. As part of the Grant, Rotarians must participate in the project. Consequently we have scheduled TUESDAY JANUARY 21ST, 6:00-7:00PM as a time to meet at New Hope Ministries on Baltimore Street to help stock shelves and assist clients. Please mark your calendars. See you there. 

Peg Sennett, Chair Humanitarian Committee

Rotarians Assist with Ruth's Harvest
Ralph Jodice is sharing this project information:
 
Hanover Rotarians recently packed food bags for Ruth’s Harvest.  Ruth’s Harvest ensures grammar school students in need of food go home on Fridays with enough meals to make it through the weekend.  Ruth’s Harvest is one of the primary recipients for funds from The Rotary Club of Hanover’s largest fund raiser called Tastefest.  Over the last 5 years, Tastefest has netted over $30,000 per year which the club pushes back out to the local community.  Pictured here from left to right are Ralph Jodice, Rick McKee (holding the Rotary Coin). Judy Jodice and Tammy Miller.
 
Greg Staub Receives Multiple Paul Harris Pin
Congratulations to Greg Staub for Multiple Paul Harris Award
 
 
Hanover’s club President, Craig Aiello, and Rotary Foundation Committee Chair, Bob Miller, present Hanover Rotarian and District Governor Designee, Greg Staub, with a multiple Paul Harris Fellowship pin.
Ralph 
 
Puerto Disaster Relief
Posted by Peg Sennett on Dec 11, 2019

FUNDS COLLECTED FOR PUERTO RICO DISASTER RELIEF HAVE BEEN

DISBURSED TO THE JANE STERN COMMUNITY LIBRARY

Following the September 2017 hurricane in Puerto Rico, D7390 Rotarians donated $30,386 specifically for Puerto Rico. Over these many months we have searched for a project that met our requirements for documentation and credibility. We have located such a project and are excited that your donations will benefit many.

Begun as a lending library by community activist Jane Stern in 1974, the Jane Stern Dorado Community Library in Puerto Rico quickly became a bilingual learning center for language, literacy and after-school programs as a 501C (3) non-profit corporation. The Library system emphasizes learning programs for adults, teens and children; early education play areas with books and toys; computers and reliable internet access for digital resources. They serve as school libraries during the day, and are open to the surrounding communities from 3:00pm to 6:00pm.

The D7390 donation will support operating expenses for two of the Program’s satellite libraries in Toa Baja and in Mameyal that were forced to move to new facilities following the hurricane. Our contribution will provide operating funds for the 2019-2020 school year and the first semester of 2020-2021.

The Jane Stern Library was awarded The U.S. Library of Congress Literacy Award in 2019 for implementation of best practices in literacy promotion. The Library was also a finalist for the U.S. National Medal for Museum and Library Service; IMLS awards high honors to institutions that make significant and exceptional contributions to their communities.

The Library will keep us posted on their activities and will give us Major Sponsor recognition at the Library’s main entrance and at every event. We will also be recognized through their website, social media, and print material. WE ARE INVITED TO THEIR GALA EVENT TO BE HELD ON MARCH 21, 2020 AT THE RITZ CARLTON RESERVE IN DORADO BEACH P.R. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, CONTACT PEG SENNETT FOR MORE INFORMATION.

Community Giving 2019
Posted by Cork Troxell on Nov 19, 2019
The Community Gifts Committee met this Tuesday [Nov 12] and approved the following gifts;
1. New hope Ministries Feed-A-Friend marathon    $1000.
2. Hanover Council of Churches   $2500.
3. Sweet charities Cancer Fund    $1000.
4. Guthrie Memorial Library       $1250.
5. HART Center (50th anniversary)   $1000.
6. Boy Scouts of America New Birth of Freedom Council luncheon  $500.
7. Hanover VNA  $500.
 8.Hanover Symphony Orchestra  $250.
9. Hanover School District Education Foundation  $500.
10. South Western Education Foundation $500.
11. Spring Grove School District  $500.
12. Delone High School   $500.
 
This totals the $10,000 budgeted for the committee this year. If we are allocated additional funds later in the year, we will discuss other possible gifts.
10/24/19 Update on Exchange Student Erin DeWald
Posted by Kimberly Hackett
Just received this short update from Erin:
 
 
I just changed host families so now I live in Inzing. They are very nice and I'm learning more German than ever with them.
Everything is going very well and I have plans this weekend for hiking and going down the mountain on a go-kart type thing. 
I believe there is a trip in December for a Christmas ball in Salzburg. That is the closest trip there is I think.

 
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT!!!
 
 
WHEN YOU LEARN, TEACH.
WHEN YOU GET, GIVE.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Upcoming Speakers
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Aug 16, 2022
Polio Plus Vaccine Information Packets
Cathy Bollinger, Hahn Home Fund- Embracing Aging
Aug 23, 2022
Trove Street
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Hanover Armory
Cynthia Bosserman
Sep 06, 2022
60th Anniversary PennCares
Dr. Todd Zeno (OSS Health)
Sep 13, 2022
Diabetes and Foot Care and Wound Management
Michael K. McGovern, Chair of Polio Plus Int'l
Sep 20, 2022
Polio Plus - The Last Mile
Tavon Parker
Sep 27, 2022
The Advantage Program
Lisa Vaughn, Community Development Manager
Oct 04, 2022
Junior Achievement's Volunteer Opportunities and Partnerships
District Attorney, Dave Sunday
Oct 11, 2022
CARD (Community Action for Recovery and Diversion Project)
Rebecca Van Der Groef
Oct 18, 2022
Hoffman Homes for Youth
Kevin Maloney, President & CEO
Oct 25, 2022
VNA of Hanover & Spring Grove
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Nov 01, 2022
Ralph and Judy Jodice
Nov 08, 2022
Adventures in Alaska
Janet Donovan
Nov 15, 2022
Girl Scouts of the Heart of PA
Bob Miller & Others
Nov 22, 2022
PA Wounded Warriors, Inc.
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Nov 29, 2022
Kathi Fuhrman, President
Dec 06, 2022
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Dec 13, 2022
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Dec 20, 2022
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7/5 Christy Lucas
7/12 Paul Berg
7/19 Jessica Waltersdorff
7/26 Tammy Gobrecht
 
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8/2 Brandon Gething
8/9 Dale Brubaker
8/16 Sharon Kebil-Whisler
8/23 Karen Nelson
8/30 Bob Miller
 
Interact News

The Hanover Rotary Club is pleased to support Interact Clubs in two area High Schools - Delone Catholic and Spring Grove.  This section is intended to highlight news & activities reported to us from those Clubs

DELONE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

     Sept 2021

  1. We will be holding our first meeting tomorrow 9/1/21; club sign-ups will occur at this time and we are aiming for at least 70 members!
  2. The students decided to donate much needed items to Afghan Refugees coordinated through Garrison's Chapel Office and Chapel Communities at the Carlisle Barracks.
  3. The fall Adopt-a-Highway will be on September 25; I registered our cleanup this year to be part of EarthDay.org's Great Global Cleanup day!
  4. Students will be planting tulip bulbs in the Interact garden on campus this fall as part of Journey North's Test Garden, which helps "to monitor seasonal change in a scientific way. Next spring, when plants emerge and bloom, gardeners will report their observations and data."
  5. The club will be spearheading a canned food drive initiative during Catholic Schools week in January, with donations going to the Roots for Boots pantry and the Council of Churches. The deanery schools, along with DCHS, will be invited to collect canned goods and create sculptures with them. We will then send out a ballot to all participating schools/parents to vote for their favorite! 
  6. The club will also be sending Thanksgiving cards and crafts to local nursing homes!
They will also be doing Toys for Tots. 
 
 
SPRING GROVE HIGH SCHOOL
Representatives of the Spring Grove Interact Club made a presentation to our Club on Tuesday March 12, 2019.  They are a newly formed Club in the High School and they have done an outstanding job 1)in pairing their mission to Rotary Missions, 2)organizing themselves, 3) integrating technology into their Club, 4)creative fundraising efforts, 5) worthwhile service projects in the community and the world.  They are off to a fantastic start!
You can follow them on: TWITTER -   sg_interact                                   INSTAGRAM - sghs.interact.club
 
 
 
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