DISTRICT 7360 NEWSLETTER June 2014

DISTRICT 7360 NEWSLETTER June 2014 Family of Rotary, One of my goals this year was to promote the Rotary Peace Fellowships. Applications for 2015 Rotary Peace Fellowships will be posted on Rotary.org. Please share information about the Fellowship with anyone you believe would be interested and qualified for such a wonderful opportunity. Follow- up questions can be sent to RotaryPeaceCenters@Rotary.org. Rotary s Peace Centers are now located at the Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand; the International Christian University in Tokyo, Japan; the University of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England; the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia; Uppsala University in Upsala, Sweden; and Duke University/University North Carolina, USA. How can you promote the Rotary Foundation while earning points for yourself? You can do it my applying and using the Rotary International credit card. Just by using your card, you will be helping The Rotary Foundation do good in the world. A portion of each purchase made with the card will benefit The Rotary Foundation, at No additional cost to you. Our Foundation has received more than $8.6 million from the program since it launched in 2000. In addition, while you are helping the Foundation, you will enjoy 1% cash back on every purchase, 2% on groceries, and 3% on gas. The card does not have an annual fee; and the Bank of America, which issues the card, donates $75 toward polio eradication with every activation account. Thank you for your consideration, support, and generosity. Promote Rotary, and support our Foundation with the Rotary International credit card. Although I wrote this article before I left for the International Convention in Australia and it is still May, I am reminded how fast this year has gone, only one more month and this Rotary year is over. I had such a tremendous time and it was such a great honor being your District Governor. I have met such wonderful people who were so supportive and kind. We have GREAT CLUBS in our district and I am so proud of all of you and the wonderful work you are doing for your community and globally. I must say that I will miss going to those Rotary meeting and hearing about all the great projects that you are doing. Do not forget when I asked you the question at District Conference and again at District Training Assembly, Will you support your incoming District Governor, Jason and you said Yes we will, I know you will, as I know he will lead you to Light Up Rotary as we have Engaged Rotary, Changed Lives. Some club presidents have asked how many miles I have logged on my blue Dodge Journey this Rotary year. I will let you know next month after year- end. Don t worry, I will not log in the miles to Australia. When you share your passion for Rotary, you have the power to change a stranger into a volunteer, a colleague into a donor, and a family member or friend into a Rotarian. KEEP ASKING! Yours in Rotary Service, Sharon L. Benner District 7360 District Governor 2013-2014

DISTRICT 7360 CONFERENCE April 25 27, 2014 District Governor Sharon with her club members from West Snyder/Beaver Springs RC Winners of the Friday night dress in your favorite country s attire Youth Exchange students showing off their home country s attire RI President s Rep Lynda Ryder carrying her home country s flag (Canada) during the YES Parade of Flags The Youth Exchange Students all together for the last time! Dist. 4-Way Test Speech Contest winners w/roy Adams, Dist. Chair & DG Sharon Exchange of banners between Gustavo Alzate, a member of the Quito Norte, Ecuador RC & DG Sharon DG Sharon presenting The Rotary Foundation District Service Award to Susana Falck Tony DeBlois entertained the audience with wonderful music At the final plenary session, representatives from various clubs after receiving Presidential Citations and other District awards. AULD LANG SYNE TILL NEXT YEAR!

Membership & Attendance for May 2014 Club Members 6/30/13 Members Current Average Attend% Altoona 111 101 62.00 Altoona-Sunrise 38 39 80.10 Ashland Area 24 20 45.00 Bedford 29 28 66.96 Bedford Sunrise 33 31 50.63 Bellefonte Sunrise 13 10 70.00 Berkeley Springs 26 23 66.96 Berwick 20 20 56.00 Bloomsburg 30 29 42.70 Chambersburg 98 95 53.09 Charles Town 47 43 60.00 Claysburg 26 25 76.00 Clearfield 13 12 61.10 Coudersport 28 31 54.84 Cumberland 94 90 62.30 Curwensville 19 16 86.44 Danville 19 18 (Apr) 0.00 Downtown Lock Haven 9 11 67.00 Elysburg 16 17 46.00 Emporium 57 64 74.00 Frackville 19 20 63.00 Frostburg 11 8 (Apr) 0.00 Galeton 22 23 57.00 Grantsville 22 26 41.70 Greencastle 23 17 65.00 Hagerstown 168 170 (Apr) 0.00 Hagerstown/Sunrise 65 67 (Apr) 0.00 Hancock 13 16 69.00 Hegins-Valley View 19 17 67.65 Hollidaysburg 35 42 78.00 Hughesville 21 26 46.00 Huntingdon 72 75 63.00 Johnsonburg 15 15 (Apr) 0.00 Keyser 48 46 61.20 Lewisburg 7 6 (Apr) 0.00 Lewisburg (Sunrise) 31 37 55.41 Lewisburg Sunset 36 31 (Apr) 0.00 Lewistown 60 66 56.92 Lock Haven 38 33 51.30 Long Meadows 40 34 68.18 Mahanoy City 9 9 (Apr) 0.00 Club Members 6/30/13 Members Current Average Attend% Martinsburg 139 133 47.00 Martinsburg/Sunrise 59 57 52.63 Mercersburg 23 20 64.00 Mifflinburg 9 7 65.00 Mifflintown 26 21 81.00 Mill Hall (Sunrise) 8 9 44.44 Milton 40 44 62.12 Minersville 15 10 (Apr) 0.00 Montoursville 18 22 74.57 Morrisons Cove 40 37 72.23 Mt. Carmel 17 12 75.00 Muncy 36 35 57.00 Oakland 32 36 69.50 Pleasant Gap 12 13 75.40 Pottsville 35 35 (Apr) 0.00 Renovo 14 16 81.25 Ridgway 23 21 60.00 Ringtown 17 14 78.58 Romney 48 41 56.70 Selinsgrove 43 40 64.03 Shamokin 15 13 65.00 Shenandoah 10 9 75.00 Shepherdstown 56 59 60.00 Southern Schuylkill County 34 35 30.00 St. Marys 23 22 84.00 State College 49 47 75.60 State College Sunrise 26 25 86.00 State College-Downtown 47 57 63.16 Sunbury 47 42 59.00 Tamaqua 15 13 88.46 Tower City-Porter 16 14 46.50 Tyrone 18 21 56.00 Waynesboro 70 73 69.73 West Snyder-Beaver Springs 14 14 91.66 Williamsport MD 18 19 (Apr) 0.00 Williamsport PA 41 50 72.00 Totals, Net Gain, Avg Attendance: 66 of 77 clubs reporting 2677 2643 64.05%

NEW MEMBERS Tracy Lord Berkeley Springs Amanda Hershey & Anne Gerner, Jessica Giebel, Amanda Hershey, James Plotts, Michael Roche, Ruth Sallade & Kathy Schroeder Coudersport Nathan Nardi & Thomas Piston Hagerstown Darren Basore Hagerstown Sunrise Bernadette Wagner Hancock Jeffery Davis & Kathy McCool Lewistown Alison Kramer Lock Haven Lucinda Snyder Montoursville Cora Cullers, Jared Fike, Laura Fike, Haley Gillespie, Michelle Holler, Cory Moreland, John Piesie, Kevin Palek & Stephanie Spano Oakland Jonathan Brown & Walter Eifert Shepherdstown Ronald Beyer State College Sunrise Larry Basile, Sheri Lozak & Jill Woodhead Williamsport, PA PAUL HARRIS FELLOW Julie Rohm Hagerstown Sunrise Michael Ross Huntingdon Ned Clark Sunbury (+8) Francis Achampong, Gary Barton, Bill Dick, Tom Gossert, Dawn Keller, Bob Zimmerman, Matt Gunder (+1), Ruby Hykes (+2), Jim Stein (+1), Joe Stewart (+2), Pete Walters (+3) & Jason Piatt (+4) Waynesboro ROTARIAN OF THE YEAR Julie Rohm Hagerstown Sunrise SERVICE ABOVE SELF AWARD Sammy Kauffman & Michaela Wagner - Lewistown MEMBERS WHO PASSED AWAY Dale Arnold - Bedford 2014 STATE COLLEGE SUNRISE ROTARY 4- WAY TEST AWARD Congratulations to Janet Zerbe of Centre LifeLink EMS, Marvin Robinson of Alpha Fire Co., and Butch Dry of Boalsburg Fire Company on being named the 2014 Sunrise Rotary 4- Way Test Award recipients! FORMER BEDFORD ROTARIAN DALE ARNOLD PASSED AWAY ON MAY 22 William Dale Arnold, 88, of North George Street, Bedford, died Thursday, May 22. He was born on May 6, 1926, in Bedford, a son of the late George and Stella (Ernest) Arnold. On June 1, 1947, in Cumberland, MD, he married Mary Ellen (Ritchey) Arnold, who survives along with the following family: two daughters, Sue Ellen Miller, and Ann Morgan; and a son, Donald Dale Arnold; four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren and a sister, Hazel M. Gates, and special friend Gunter, of Baltimore, MD, fraternal twin brother, G. Donald Arnold, and special friend, Irene, of Baltimore, MD, brother, Charles Denton Arnold, widower of Lou Dolly, of Bedford; and special caregivers, Tina Hart, and Sue Turner. He was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Jennifer Ann Miller, two brothers: Paul Victor Arnold, and baby Ernie Arnold. Mr. Arnold was a 1944 graduate of Bedford High School, and served in the Air Force during WWII, as a B29 Tail Gunner, with the 58th Wing, 40th Bomb Group, with the 25th Squadron, Crew #55, in the South Pacific. He was honored to be apart of the WWII Veteran's of Bedford County Film. He then came home and married his childhood sweetheart Mary Ellen. He was also a member, past Deacon, and served on various committee's at the St. John's UCC., a member and past Exalted Ruler of the Bedford Elk's Lodge #1707, former president of the Bedford Rotary Club, Past Master of the Bedford Masonic Lodge #320, Free and Acceped Masons of Pennsylvania, Scotish Rite, Valley of Altoona. Dale's love of music started out in High School playing Trumpet Duet's with his twin brother Donald. He was a member of the Bicentennial Band, and the Fred Shannon Smith Band. He enjoyed Mustang GT's, hunting with the guys at the Daniel Boone Camp, his dog Toby, family trips to the beach, passing out dictionaries at the elementary schools with his friend John Holbert, and visiting with friends at Wendy's and McDonald's. He loved to spend Friday evening's on the 30 yard line watching the Bedford Bison Football Team. Dale and Mary Ellen worked a year with Kohr Brothers Ice Cream in Salem Willows Beach, MA which lead them to become the founders of the Dairy Dale Ice Cream Store. Dale spent his life working as a building contractor and left many examples of his artistry around Bedford. He was the developer of Barclay Manor. The family wanted to express a special thank you to the Angels at MSICU at UPMC Altoona Hospital. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, May 27, 2014, at 2:00 p.m., in the Chapel, at the Timothy A. Berkebile Funeral Home, in Bedford, with Rev. Joseph Puleo officiating. Burial at Bedford County Memorial Park, with full military rites conducted by the Fort Bedford Honor Guard. Friends will be received on Monday, from 2-4 and 6-8 p.m., at the funeral home where a Masonic Service will be held at 7:30 p.m. as well as a Elks memorial service. FOUNDATION MINUTE In the May What s Happening you, again, may have noticed YOUR club was mentioned on the back few pages. Well okay, all clubs were mentioned; however, I would like to direct your attention to YOUR club s Foundation giving. Please take a look and ask yourself this question: Have we exceeded our goal or do I still need to make my donation to our Foundation? If your answer is the latter, please make your donation before June 30, 2014, in order to get credit for this Rotary year s giving. If you no longer have your May What s Happening, go to www.district7360.org Newsletters/What s Happening and get a copy.

Want to live longer? Read on Academic research demonstrates that giving to others benefits people physically and emotionally. An article in the American Health magazine described a study in Michigan that showed that regular volunteer work and giving increases one s life expectancy! The study found that men who DID NO volunteer work were two and a half times more likely to die during the study than men who volunteered at least once a week! (Could that be one of the reasons why women live longer?) The study goes on to say that giving in the form of volunteer work enhances your immune system, lowers cholesterol levels, strengthens your heart, decreases the incidence of chest pains and generally reduces stress. Giving financially to The Rotary Foundation, although not considered hands-on giving, can add to that list of physical well-being. You gain tremendous benefit such as a sense of pride, a feeling of security, happiness and the feeling of making a difference in the world. Donate today to The Rotary Foundation and consider a gift every month by signing up for Rotary Direct. By giving $10 a month for a year you can easily became a sustaining member, or for $85 a month for a year, you can became a Paul Harris Fellow. Go to Rotary.org and click on Give for more details. Doesn t it feel good to be a Rotarian? DG Sharon Engage Rotary, Change Lives RACE TO THE FINISH! We are in the last month for our Eventless Event to Eradicate Polio. To be eligible for this year s giving record please have all PolioPlus donations to the Foundation by June 30, 2014. We will show each of the District s Clubs per-capita giving level and announce the club with the highest level of per-capita giving in the first newsletter after the final giving figures are released by Rotary International. If you or your club are wondering what your fair share giving level might be, we ask that you consider $25 per member from your Club s fundraising and $25 personal giving from each member. The most important thing is that we all do our part to put an end to polio as soon as possible. Jeff R. Jeffrey Coup Home 570-742-4896 Work 570-742-8736 x329 Cell 570-412-1436 Help us end Polio: www.rotary.org/endpolio SAVE THE DATE The Rotary Club of Altoona is already planning its 100th Anniversary celebration, which will be held on May 14 th, 2016 at the Blair County Convention Center in Altoona. All clubs in the entire District 7360 and R. I. Zones 28 and 29 will be invited and encouraged to attend. The then Rotary International President will be invited. This is going to be a BIG celebration, and it is hoped that other Club, District and Zone activities will not schedule events to conflict with this very special celebration. Every single member of the 100+ member Altoona club will be participating in the planning and execution of this event. For further information contact Jason Ebersole, at 814-329-2780. He will be the President of the Rotary Club of Altoona during that special year, 2016! A special website is planned. ROTARY YOUTH EXCHANGE Carl E. Hill, Committee Member OUTBOUND RECRUITMENT Members of the District Youth Exchange Committee are available to make presentations on Youth Exchange at local high schools during the months of September, October, and November. The best format for a presentation is to ask your high school guidance department to schedule a time when interested students might meet with a representative of the Youth Exchange Committee "for motivation, inspiration and information". This process is much like universities and colleges make to high school campuses. It is best that a member of the local Rotary Club accompany the Committee Member. Please contact Carl Hill at 814-359-2920 or carlhill7360@yahoo.com to make arrangements for a visit. We will provide a power point presentation and appropriate promotional materials. Information on the program may be found on the ESSEX website at www.exchangestudent.org. IMPORTANT DATES FOR THE 2014-2015 ROTARY YEAR: August 3, 2014 Annual ROTEX Picnic for Committee, Students Returning from their year abroad and their families. Details will be announced in the July Newsletter. September 12-14, 2014 Inbound Orientation - location to be announced November 14, 2014 Outbound Applications due for the 2015-2016 academic year November 22-23, 2014 Outbound Interviews and Inbound Reunion - location to be determined February 7, 2015 Winter Picnic for all students and families - State College PA March 21-22, 2015 Outbound Orientation - State College PA May 1-3, 2015 District Conference in Camp Hill, PA INBOUND ARRIVALS Twenty-two clubs will be hosting twenty-four inbound students for the 2014-2015 academic year. Non-hosting clubs are encouraged to schedule a presentation on Rotary Youth Exchange for a weekly club meeting. Please contact Mark Whitfield, District Chair, at 814-571-2702 or inbound7360@gmail.com or Carl Hill to schedule a program presentation. WEST COAST BELO TOUR The annual West Coast Tour for inbound students will be held from June 23-July 6, 2014 with twenty four of our students participating. Ema Julenyova from Slovakia and hosted by the Rotary Club of Tyrone was awarded a half scholarship to participate in the tour. She was among fifteen applicants from the thirty-five districts of ESSEX. Carl Hill was selected to be a Rotary chaperone for the tour. The tour begins in Arizona and ends in San Francisco with two buses for about eighty students. A Rotarian is selected to accompany each bus along with two Belo Tour staff on each bus.

PDG KAREN TEICHMAN APPOINTED ENDOWMENT/MAJOR GIFT ADVISER FOR THE ROTARY FOUNDATION Karen Teichman, PDG 2004-05, and member of the Lewisburg Sunset Rotary Club has recently been appointed by The Rotary Foundation Trustees as an Endowment/ Major Gift Adviser to serve in the Rotary year 2014-2015. The Foundation administers the charitable projects of Rotary clubs throughout the world. The Rotary Foundation s Trustee Chair-elect, Past Rotary International President John Kenney of Scotland recently notified Karen of her appointment. In 1917, Rotary International President Arch C. Klumph proposed that an endowment be set up for the purpose of doing good in the world. In 1928, that fund was renamed The Rotary Foundation and has since grown with contributions totaling more than $1 billion. Premier among its projects is PolioPlus, a global polio eradication initiative begun in 1985, and now very close to ending polio in the world. The Rotary Foundation is vital in promoting international understanding and world peace through humanitarian projects. There are 41 Rotary Foundation Endowment/Major Gift Advisers in the world. Karen becomes only the second female to be appointed to this E/MGA position in The Rotary Foundation, joining E/MGA Brenda Cressey of California. She was appointed by the chair of The Rotary Foundation Trustees in consultation with the Trustee Fund Development Committee and Fund Development staff and will serve the Rotary Zone 29 region, including central to western Pennsylvania, Maryland and West Virginia westward through Michigan and north into Ontario. Endowment/Major Gift Advisers (E/MGA) report directly to The Rotary Foundation, Trustee Fund Development Committee and assist with the identification, cultivation and solicitation of major gifts, including gifts to Rotary s endowment. E/MGA s serve as a key volunteer resource for all major gift and endowment matters and are available to educate Rotarians, alumni and friends of Rotary on major giving opportunities to The Rotary Foundation with emphases on Rotary s endowment, PolioPlus, the Rotary Peace Centers and the Rotary areas of focus. ECUADOR ROTARIAN HONORED AT D7360 CONFERENCE Gustavo Alzate recently traveled the great distance from Quito, Ecuador, South America to attend our District 7350 Conference. He came to share Rotary stories about implementing twelve Rotary Matching Grants and D7360 s first joint Global Grant to provide clean drinking water and sanitation facilities in rural areas in Ecuador with low economic resources. During Conference, Gustavo and the Quito Norte Rotary Club, District 4400, were presented with plaques and honored by the Muncy Rotary Club and our District in appreciation and recognition of their outstanding dedication and work over many years to complete humanitarian projects in Ecuador. Gustavo has demonstrated his commitment to the Ideals of Rotary and through his Service above Self to oversee 12 water projects to provide Ecuadorean citizens with much needed Potable Water. Gustavo s work has positively benefitted and truly changed the lives of thousands of people, said District Foundation Chair and Muncy Rotarian Susana Falck. We Rotarians in the Muncy Rotary Club, District 7370, and now District 7350 look forward to the continued support of the Quito Norte Rotary Club in District 4400, and our dear friend Gustavo Alzate as we work now and in the future to make parts of Ecuador an even better place to live and give the poor hope for better lives, she said. District Governor Sharon Benner welcomed Gustavo to Conference and exchanged friendship banners with him. The Quito Norte Rotary Club, District 4400, District 7370, and District 7360 have worked together for the past 15 years, providing more than $250,000 in funding to help complete Rotary Foundation humanitarian projects throughout Ecuador. Through the efforts of Susana Falck, Gustavo was awarded his first Paul Harris Fellow by the Muncy Rotary Club. Now a Level 3 PHF, Gustavo served as Quito Norte Club President in 2009-10, was awarded a District 4400 Rotary Foundation Service Award in 2012-13, and has been a member of his club s board of directors almost every year since he became a Rotarian. He and his wife Cristina have been married for the past 39 years and are the parents of two grown children and the grandparents of five. His family has hosted many guests from our district during their visits to Ecuador. Born in Bogota, Columbia, he has lived in Quito for the last 28 years where he grows and exports flowers. Gustavo Alzate, right, a member of the Quito Norte, Ecuador Rotary Club was presented with two plaques by District Governor Sharon Benner, left, at District Conference. One plaque was in appreciation of Gustavo s work to implement 12 Water Project Rotary Matching Grants with Muncy and other D7370 Rotary Clubs and for D7360 s first joint Global Grant to provide safe drinking water and sanitation facilities for rural areas in

Ecuador. The second plaque was in recognition of the Quito Norte Rotary Club efforts and outstanding work to implement Foundation humanitarian grants with clubs from 7370 and 7360 over the past 15 years to benefit thousands of the poor in Ecuador. SUSANA FALCK PRESENTED ROTARY FOUNDATION DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD Congratulations to Susana Falck, District 7360 Rotary Foundation Chair, who was presented The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award (DSA) at District Conference. This prestigious award is the Foundation s highest service recognition and is an earned honor based on actual service to The Foundation beyond the district over an extended period of time. Falck was presented with a plaque stating, The Trustees of the Rotary Foundation bestow this honor upon Susana Falck in recognition of her outstanding efforts to promote The Foundation s many programs dedicated to international understanding. In this 2013-14 Rotary year, The Rotary Foundation Trustees approved less than 50 DSA awards worldwide. According to RI records, this is only the fourth time that the Distinguished Service Award has been presented to a Rotarian in our District. Prior award recipients included 1990-91 PDG Roy Kissinger, Hegins Valley View Rotary Club; 1994-95 the late PDG Donald Kamsler, Sunbury Rotary Club; and 2002-03 PDG Richard Drukker III, Mt. Olive, NJ Rotary Club (now a member of the Ringtown Rotary Club). Susanna has been making a difference in the lives of others through her work with the Rotary Foundation. She served as District 7370 Grants Committee Chair from 2000 to 2012 and as D7370 Grants Committee Chair for the 2012-13 year and will serve as District 7350 Rotary Foundation Chair from 2013 through 2016. Among her other many achievements, Susana served as Group Study Exchange Team Leader to Brazil in 2008 and was a team member of a GSE to Argentina in 1997. She served on the Rotary Youth Exchange (ESSEX) Committee for 20 years and hosted 11 YE students from Ecuador, Colombia, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, and Argentina in her home. In 2009 she was presented the Citation for Meritorious Service and in 2011, the RI Service Above Self Award. She is a Charter member of the Paul Harris Society and a Major Donor of The Rotary Foundation. Susana is the Founder and a Trustee of the 501 (3) foundation, Sirviendo F.A.I.T.H. (serving Families in the Andes and other countries Impelling Talents and Honing capacities). Susana established her foundation to offer financial and technical assistance to individuals and communities in Latin America and to help instill in them a sense of hope and belief in a better tomorrow. Since its establishment in 2010, her foundation has raised more than $46,000 and has partnered with more than 15 organizations to complete 22 successful projects totaling over $125,000. Susana is a member and past president of the Muncy Women s Club and has been a member of St. Boniface Catholic Church, Williamsport, since 1988. She serves her church as International Mission Director, Liturgical Arts and Endowments Chair, and as a Eucharistic Minister. A naturalized American citizen, she has been married to her husband Larry for 45 years and is the mother of two grown daughters. For more information or to learn how you or your club can help the needy in other countries, contact District Foundation Chair Susana Falck at 570-546-3728 or via email at lsmfalck@comcast.net. Muncy Rotary Club member and District Foundation Chair Susana Falck, right, was presented with The Rotary Foundation Distinguished Service Award during our District Conference by DG Sharon Benner, left. The Trustees of the Rotary Foundation bestowed this honor upon Susana in recognition of her outstanding efforts over the past 15 years coordinating and obtaining humanitarian grants for the poor in other countries and for promoting the Foundation s many programs dedicated to international understanding. This prestigious award is the Foundation s highest service recognition and is an earned honor based on actual service to The Foundation beyond the district over an extended period of time. HISTORY OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF MOUNT CARMEL A brief summation of a story in the Mount Carmel Item states..."a number of Mount Carmel representative citizens met at the Marble Hall Hotel at Third and Oak Streets and organized a Mount Carmel Rotary Club, an organization which any person can be proud of being affiliated with and which, in the course of the future, it is expected, will benefit the town in many ways." The club was sponsored by the Shamokin Rotary Club. Shamokin Rotarians present to assist in the formation of the Mount Carmel Club were Past Presidents Emil Sanner, Edward Schrawder, Frank Gable and President Frank Fisher. District Attorney Charles K. Morganroth gave an appropriate address on the origin of the association. The newly formed "Rotary Club of Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania" became one of 760 clubs in the United States and many more scattered throughout 12 other nations. The first officers of the club were: President, A. R. Harris; Vice President, Clem Schneider; Secretary, William R. Irvin; Treasurer, P. A. Vought; Sergeant-at -Arms, Robert Davis; Board of Directors, P. A. Vought, W. M. Yeingst, Dr. J. P. Morrison, George H. Keefer and A. L. Landis. Just imagine the excitement when the members were told they would be club # 775 of Rotary! Charter members of the club were: Charles Bolich, John Carl, B. F. Christ, Robert Davis, Attorney W. B. Faust, Thomas Fegley, C.

A. Gable, William Grossman, Warren Geist, A. R. Harris, William R. Irvin, W. P. Kemble, George H. Keefer, William Keefer, A. L. Landis, and Dr. James. P. Morrison, C. E. McGhee, C. F. Reinard, Clem Schneider, Bernard Strauss, George W. Scott, W. A. Seitzinger, George Wardrop, Attorney P. A. Vought and William Yeingst. The actual charter presentation was made by John F. Rudisill, York, PA., Governor of the Fifth Rotarian District, during ceremonies held on Thursday, November 18, 1920. In the presence of about one hundred Rotarians and guests from Shamokin, Milton, York, Allentown and Berwick, President A. L. Harris accepted the charter for the Mount Carmel Rotary Club. One of the early meetings of the club was held at HERNDON where the members were treated to a chicken and waffle supper served by the ladies of the combined Lutheran and Reformed churches. Members met at Third and Oak Streets at 6 o'clock in the evening and traveled by automobile to the site. Perhaps prophetic were the words of the newspaper editor who summed up Rotary's organization with these words, - "Rotary is now firmly launched and has become a Mount Carmel Institution. The club is composed of men who will try to be a pattern for others. They are banded together to promote and support every good movement. The club will grow in numbers and in influence and its power for good will increase as its great principles become better known". The concept of Rotary grew in Mount Carmel and the club completed some great projects. The members took the role of leaders and acted with energy and creative thinking. Before we knew it, Club 775 had contributed to some very worthwhile endeavors: some for individuals, some for short term and long term programs for the community, district, and Rotary International. Yes, Paul Harris, founder, and his friends would be pleased to see how far-reaching their idea has come. Mount Carmel Rotary is proud of its history and is proud of being part of an organization of some thirty-one thousand clubs with 1.2 million business and professional leaders in more than 165 countries. Rotary International provides humanitarian service, encourages high ethical standards and strives to building goodwill and peace in the world. Presently, the Rotary club of Mount Carmel supports students and the community by sponsoring a student of the month, awards a vocational senior scholarship, sponsors a school-based Interact club, and hosts both an honor student dinner and an annual Football banquet. The club has participated in food drives, community cleanup, and SPCA collections and worked jointly with other service organizations in the town of Mount Carmel and surrounding areas for the betterment of the community. Presently there are 13 members in the Mount Carmel Rotary Club. The club meets for dinner Tuesdays at 6:15 PM at the Pine Burr Inn, Route 61, Atlas. New members and guests are always welcome. DISTRICT CALENDAR DATES TO SAVE 2014 Installation Service June 21 at the Waynesboro Country Club, Waynesboro, PA District 7360 Foundation Dinner November 15 at Green Grove Gardens, Greencastle, PA 2015 District 7360 Conference May 1-3 at the Radisson, Harrisburg, PA Check out what clubs are doing by visiting the calendar on DaCdb.

!! RLI! Main Line USA Division! 2014-2015 Course Day Registration! RLIMainLine.org! The Rotary Leadership Institute! Event: DISTRICT 7360 COURSE DAY! Date: November 15, 2014! Location: Hagerstown County Community College, Hagerstown, MD! Cost: $75.00! Course Selection:! PART I! PART II! PART III! GRADUATE! PLEASE CIRCLE ONE COURSE ONLY! NOTE: All registrants must take the courses in order and can only take one course per day.!! We use registrations received up to November 1st to determine the specific courses we offer.!! As a result, we need to you to register ASAP.!! PLEASE PRINT CAREFULLY! Name:! Badge Name:! Address:! City:! State:!! Zip:! Telephone: (H) ( )! Telephone: (B) ( )! E-mail Address:! Rotary Club Name:! District:! Number of Years in Rotary:! Signature:! Date:!! Return this form with payment to:! RLI Main Line USA, P.O. Box 208, Bovard, PA 15619! Make checks payable to: RLI Main Line USA! Registration fees are non-refundable. All registrations received after November 1st will incur a late payment fee of $10.! All course days start with Registration 7:30 a.m. Classes 8 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. - breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks included.! The District 7330 Leadership is continuing their practice of reimbursing District 7330 Rotarians for their registration fees (excluding any late fees). Their procedure requires the participant to register, pay and complete the Course Day. Afterwards, the District will issue reimbursement to the entity issuing the check: the Rotarian or Club. 05.08.14! Page 1-1