WELCOME TO THE MORRISVILLE-YARDLEY AREA ROTARY CLUB!

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To respond to the coronavirus pandemic, the club is meeting at the present time via Zoom and teleconferencing. Check the calendar for details and stay well - masks, frequent hand washing and social distancing.

Click to find:  What's coming up?    Where does the club meet and what is the ZOOM meeting ID, Passcode and Dial-in phone no.?   Who are the Officers?  How Can I be Involved? 

Click here for details about our website sponsors who currently are Thomas J. Mack Construction, Denis W. Lanctot, Esq, and J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel. (Want to help sponsor? Just contact us at claude@magnaniinsurance.com) 

Click Here to read my welcome message and then continue to scroll down on this page to see what the club has been doing over the past year. (We've been busy!)

Oh, and click on the Facebook link below to go to the Club's facebook page.

 Danielle Larison, President 2020-2021 

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November 12, 2020

The club was informed about hospice services by  Terry Bennett, Nurse Referral Liaison for Chandler Hall. She talked about hospice care and services provided by Chandler Hall in Newtown.  .

New club business: The club will be donating a bus shelter in Morrisville to help protect riders during inclement weather. The shelter will be installed by the Borough of Morrisville and will be located near the intersection of Bridge Street and N. Pennsylvania Ave. 

The club also is donating $500 to help the Guatamalan Rotary Cub deal with extensive flooding as the result of Hurricane Eta.

October 22, 2020

General Rotary Meeting. VP Mike Yager conducted the meeting and welcomed Asst. District Governor, Gail Linenberg, who encouraged participation in the district’s “Purple Pinkie” Polio fundraising activities. Mike then introduced his long-time friend and business associate, Daniel Umstead, as the speaker.  Daniel spoke on "Building your brand through social media" and gave a number of tips on engaging others. His central message was that on social media people are more interested in getting to know who you are on a personal basis, rather than what business affiliations you may have.

Sept. 24, 2020

Diane Marseglia, Bucks County Commissioner, explained to the club the county's plans for handling the expected heavy load of mail-in ballots in the coming election and talked about efforts to establish a Mental Health Court to better address the issues of clinical and criminal justice outcomes for people living with mental illness.

Sept.10, 2020 

At the first meeting in September, the speaker was John Scott of the District talking about the Purple Pinkie/Race to Zero,

a District event to raise money for the polio fight. Click Here for more info.

Pleased to have Asst. District Governor Gail Linenberg attending and introducing John.

August 27, 2020

At the second club meeting of August, Rob Grau, owner of Horizons Advertising in Morrisville, spoke via ZOOM to the club about developing the Yardley Car Festival website, which he did at no cost to the club.. He also talked about his development of the new Make It Morrisville website, which he disigned to promote everything in Morrisville. Go to MakeItMorrisville.com and look around. Other info shared in the meeting was that Peruzzi Auto Group had made a $500 donation to the club for its Major Sponsorship of the  Yardley Car Festival.

August 13, 2020 

District Governnor Janet Kolepp talked to the club about the goals and resources available from the district and RI to aid in Growing Rotary. She noted the five core values of Rotary: Fellowship, Integrity, Diversity, Service and Leadership. (Go to the RI website rotary.org/learn and select Learning and References in the drop down menu. Scroll down to the menu selections and explore.) Janet was introduced by Asst. Governor Gail Linenberg. The entire Zoom presentation is available by clicking here   pwd GM$v.4j+

July 23, 2020 Asst. District Governor Gail Linenberg spoke to the club via it's Zoom General Meeting. She offered some ideas about fund-raising and member recruiting in this pandemic. She also cited Welcome to the World of Rotary New Member Event Aug. 3 being offered by the district and the July 27 Changeover Celebration for the district leaders. (Go to the District 7430 website for details.) She also described the new Rotary International Area of Focus which is on the Environment. 

July 21, 2020 Rotarian Mike Yager, 3rd from right, led the club in arranging for food and gift card donations to the Interfaith Alliance in Morrisville which helps local families that are food insecure. The funding was through a Rotary District 7430 cornavirus grant. Rotary 1st VP, Danielle Larison is on the right and Exec. Dir of the alliance, Diane Casey, is 2nd from right. The others are Rotarians and spouses.

July 17, 2020 The Virtual Yardley Car Festival has ended. Go to the festival website (Click here) to see the winners and thank the advertisers by looking over their ads. Thanks to all who particpated, entered vehicles, provided ads and gift certificates, voted and helped spread the word. The website will remain open for anyone who wants to relive the experience!  

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