The Rotaryite - Archive  Jan 31, 2009

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	THE ROTARYITE   Issued by the Rotary Club of Morrisville, PA   Club No. 3435 Chartered Jan. 30 1928   Meets Thursdays, 6:15 P.M. Michael's Restaurant Unless announced otherwise
Vol. 67 No. 16		Jan. 2009

President's Message     

The international work of Rotary is awesome! Whether it be polio eradication or potable water, education, feeding, clothing or housing the less fortunate, or disaster relief, emergency shelters, wheel chairs for the disabled, or aid to make productive citizens, Rotarians are involved.

Of course without the local Rotary clubs, the international work would not be done and the service to the local communities would be missing. Just our own help at the Trenton Soup Kitchen equals 180 person hours per year and last year the club donated 144 service hours of bell ringing. Our participation and leadership in Morrisville events is a friend-building experience, as well as a way to raise funds for local and international interests.

You and I are privileged to be a part of this diversified Rotary family that consists of 1,792,957 members in 58,630 clubs.  This is world understanding month so let us consider our unique time and place on this earth and make the most of the opportunities we have to do good for mankind. 

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YIR

Barry

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Chaplain's Corner - Big E

Speak kind words and you will hear kind echoes.

"Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the bones."

Proverbs 16:24 

Sergeant at Arms - Larry Schiefer, Chair 

February		Merkle Cherry		Joe Urbano
March		Andy Thompson		Bill Ferrara
April		Pete Wisnosky		Tom Mack
May		Dave Sample	revised	Tom Miller
June		Ev Fletcher		Ted Fletcher

Program responsibility - Dave Sample, Chair 

February		Doug Miller
March		Joe Urbano
April		Andy Thompson
May		Lee Nolting
June		Dan Jones

Birthdays

Rotarians		Spouses
February
5 Elias Jannett
12 Tom Miller		18 Jennifer Jones
20 Hal Long

Our Programs

January 8

Michael Leather, a senior at Morrisville High School, spoke enthusiastically to the club about his experiences at the United Nations on International Rotary Day on Polio Plus, and of his experiences at Camp Neidig this past summer. He said tha