- Bingo in the Borough was a huge success! So YES we will be doing it again..stay tuned
- Scholarship Committee reports they have chosen 2 recipients. More on that at another time
- June 28th is our evening social...we will be playing corn hole!!
- Charter Night was a nice relaxing evening and the food was great. Happy 81st to us!
- June 21 our President will hand the reigns over to Lisa at our morning meeting.
- We have a couple of potential members interested in our club
- We have two students selected for STEM YEA who will be attending the program at Kutztown in July.
- Lots of community events going on this summer and into the fall. Stay tuned to the Hatboro Chamber website, facebook and the Borough website. Many of the upcoming events concentrate on the children of our community. A great new program is triple L (Lunch on the Library Lawn)...bring your lunch, listen to music and let the kids run around and play outside! Fridays at 12. (different Music performer each Friday)
- We would also like to Congratulate Jonathan's son Samuel who graduated from Penn State and Barbara R's. son Dominic who graduated from West Point.
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Jennifer Graham.. Red Cross
May 31, 2023
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Dino Ciliberti...Hatboro Patch
Jun 07, 2023
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Tanya Holliday..Owner Hatboro McDonalds
Jun 14, 2023
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Jim Moran.. Millbrook society
Jun 21, 2023
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Night Meeting
Jun 28, 2023
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- Community Day at Hatboro Pool, Sat May 20. We have a tent and coverage for the day but if you can stop and give a hand promoting Rotary, please do so.
- Bingo May 20..a few tickets are left but please check with Lisa before selling.
- Charter Night 6pm May 24th.If you haven't signed up yet and intend on going, please contact Karen before Friday!
- Continue to pray for Gloria who is home but needs continued prayers
- Birthday wishes: Gloria May 22; Bob J :May 21
- Wedding anniversary: Charles and his wife Micki May 26
- Welcome to Visitor Kelly O.
- congrats to Tom B on becoming a Paul Harris Fellow.
- Interact is the Rotary’s leadership and service program for teens ages 12-18. It started in 1962 as an organization for young men but quickly realized that it’s exclusivity was severely restricting its value and potential. In 1963, the organization was redefined to included both young men and women. In 2022, Interact celebrated 60 years of teens changing the world. It has 437,000 members and 19,000 clubs. Young people in Interact have been making a difference all over the world, including typhoon relief efforts in the Philippines, stem cell donation awareness in California, and coastline cleanup in Taiwan. Hatboro Horsham Hogh has a very active Interact Club.
- Rotarian JonDarr Bradshaw is a former military aviator and contractor for the US Space Agency. Bradshaw, along with his wife, enjoy the Rotary for the opportunities it provides to do good things in the world. Bradshaw particularly enjoys reaching out to younger generations and inspiring them to make the world a better place. In addition to his job as a community outreach coordinator, he leads aerospace education programming in Cleveland, Ohio. He has been mentoring young students from urban cities in STEM fields for over 20 years. He currently volunteers with a high school robotics team that is working towards developing simple prothesis for children in Ecuador.
- Rotarian Roger Ackerman. Rotary clubs in North and South Carolina are raising money to fund early-stage research on Alzheimer’s disease. The effort is called “Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust’, or CART Fund. The idea for this fund came from South Carolina Rotarian Roger Ackerman in 1995. It started out as a simple coin collection among Rotarians during their meetings. Today, 41 Rotary districts contribute to the fund and they have raised $11.2 million dollars and funded 64 research grants.
- Birthdays: Russ F. May 5; Diane H May 7
- Wedding Anniversary: Lisa and Alex May 6. Enjoy your cruise!
- BINGO! there are about 25 tickets left so don't delay May 20 at Pennypack.Doors open at 6pm (bring your own drinks and snacks)
- Hatboro Community Market 9am-12 noon Pennypack Community Market at Pennypack Community Center
- Spring Sip and Shop May 6 5pm-8pm Pennypack Community Center
- Union Library Book and Plant sale May 13 at the Library
- Cruisin' for a Cause ...Food Pantry Collection May 19 5:30-8:30
- May 20 Community Day at the Pool 12 noon to 5 pm
- Community Day at the Pool 12 noon-5pm May 20


- Women in Pakistan are working as female vaccinators to end polio in their communities. In a region where women are considered second-class citizens, this work is both challenging and dangerous. Women deliver polio vaccines, vaccinate and educate about polio. They also work as doctors, supervisors and decision-makers. Rotary supports the efforts of these brave and dedicated women by establishing Rotary Polio Resource centers in their communities.
- The Rotary Club of Kaka’ako Eco, Hawaii pulled their resources to help clean the water in the canal in Waikiki. The goal was to rehabilitate the waterway to make the water safer for fishing and swimming. The club made mud balls of soil, molasses, rice bran and water, fermented them for 3 weeks then had over 200 volunteers help throw them into the canal. The mud balls contain healthy bacterial that digest and oxygenate the sludge at the bottom of the canal.
- Today, April 19th, is the 155th anniversary of Paul Harris’ birth. Paul Harris was the founding father of Rotary. Before his death, he requested that donations be made to the Rotary fund, in lieu of flowers. This money was used for the first Rotary Foundation program to provide scholarships for graduate study abroad. Today, a Paul Harris fellow is a Rotarian recognized as an individual who contributes, or who has contributions made in their name, of $1000 or more to the Rotary Foundation.
- Congrats to Karen and Mike Kearns who celebrate 8 years in Rotary on Apr 28
- Apr 29 is a Day of Service (Environmental Service)at Jarrett Nature Center 10-1. You do not have to be a Rotarian to help with the cleanup.
- May 20 Hatboro Community Day at the Hatboro Pool 12-5
- May 20 Hatboro Rotary Sponsors Bingo at Pennypack. doors open at 6pm Must have a ticket to get in.
- Earth Day Saturday, April 22, E-waste Recycling and Shredding Event at Upper Moreland High School from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM.
- STEM Yea program. We have 2 students who will be attending the Academy.
- A honeybee can fly for up to six miles, and as fast as 15 miles per hour, hence it would have to fly around 90,000 miles -three times around the globe – to make one pound of honey.
- It takes one ounce of honey to fuel a bee’s flight around the world.
- Honey is 80% sugars and 20% water.
- Honeybees produce beeswax from eight paired glands on the underside of their abdomen.
- Honeybees must consume about 17-20 pounds of honey to be able to biochemically produce each pound of beeswax.
- Bees maintain a temperature of 92-93 degrees Fahrenheit in their central brood nest regardless of whether the outside temperature is 110 or -40 degrees.
- A populous colony may contain 40,000 to 60,000 bees during the late spring or early summer.
- The queen bee lives for about 2-3 years. She is the busiest in the summer months, when the hive needs to be at its maximum strength and lays up to 2500 eggs a day.
- The queen may mate with up to 17 drones over a 1–2-day period of mating.
- The queen may lay 600-800 or even 1,500 eggs each day during her 3- or 4-year lifetime. This daily egg production may equal her own weight. She is constantly fed and groomed by attendant worker bees.
- Worker honeybees live for about 4 weeks in the spring or summer but up to 6 months during the winter.
- The average honeybee will actually make only one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime.
- Honeybees fly at up to 15 miles per hour.
- The Honeybee’s wings stroke 11,400 times per minute, thus making their distinctive buzz.
- A honeybee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.
- 8 pounds of Honey equals 1 pound of wax
- Bees are not domestic to US. All are European although they are starting to breed in US.
- the honeybee is the only insect that produces food eaten by man.

1. Motor Vehicles, Celebration & Family
2. Macungie Memorial Park Regional Asset
1. Community & Economic Development
2. Maternal & Child Health
3. Peace & Conflict Prevention
1. In all 6 Phases
Car Fundraisers – Das Awkscht Fescht
Evolution
PHASE 4 - 1991 – 2013
Feature Cars
50th August Festival
Featured Car: 1935 Buick

PHASE 5 - 2014 to 2020
Saturday vehicles arranged in 6 classes:
2019: Harleysville Rotarian, Gary Volpe with Model A

- Field layout in advance
- Parking Friday through Sunday
- Distribute participate awards Saturday
- Distribute packets at registration tent
- Help preserve a regional treasure
Das Awkscht Fescht – Phase 5
Motorcycles from Perkiomen Chapter AMCA
1930 Harley-Davidson, Barry Algeo


Bill Seedes, Executive Leader – Willow Grove YMCA, has over 28 years’ experience in YMCA’s, private health clubs, and medical based facilities. Has established multiple partnerships to better serve the communities mental, physical and spiritual wellness. Involved in capital and construction projects at established YMCA’s. Experience with large memberships (20K plus) and budgets exceeding $8M. Responsible for the day to day operations, supervising multiple locations while providing community based engagement programs through education and functional implementation practices. Experience with athletic populations and chronic disease management. Bill is also a fellow Rotarian and currently a member of the Willow Grove Rotary.
So have you been wondering how things are going now that the Y is in willow Grove?? It has grown and continues to grow! We were fortunate to have Bill talk to us today and give us an update on the programs and happenings at the Y. We thought it best to present you all with Bill's power point. It will give you some insight into how things are going. We also urge you to visit the Y website for info on programs, camps, financial aid and you can take a virtual tour of the facility.
https://www.philaymca.org/locations/willow-grove-ymca
Click the link below for the power point presentation.
https://1drv.ms/p/s!AsOY9nS46u96qS4zixKYUwhnFdbW?e=JW5wE4
To make the slides show, click the first slide and then slide show. (If you have a problem, please let me know, (baschupeltz@aol.com)
- Happy Birthday Tom B (Feb 25)
- Congrats to Diane H who celebrates her 1 year anniversary in Rotary Mar 2nd
- Our Dine and Donate at PJ Whelihan'ss yielded $159 for the club!
- Horsham Miracle Field fundraiser! Sunday beginning at 10 am at Angelo's Italian Kitchen. Please purchase tickets in advance. Call 215-654-1300 or stop by Angelo's Italian Kitchen to get your brunch or dinner reservation!~ Tickets are $50 for adults and $20 for kids 12 and under.~ Brunch seating times include 10am and 12pm which includes a complimentary mimosa or bloody mary.~ Dinner buffet seating times include 2pm, 4pm and 6pm which includes a complimentary glass of white or red wine.
- Next Evening get together 22 Feb at Farm and Fisherman in Horsham
Thank you, to all participants of the Hatboro Rotary Super Bowl Squares fundraiser. It raised $1,669 for our club, to help support many local charities and organizations. Plus, we had four lucky winners: Jonathan Riches, Charles Lockhard, Suzzane and Russ Fairlie, and Kristin Avallon.
- Rotary responds to devastating earthquake in Turkey. DG Len has sent an email to all district Rotarians regarding the response to aid those who have been affected by the earthquake. Shelter Box is responding and lending aid. Contact Jesse if you wish to contribute to raising funds for Shelter Box. Our club has been a strong supporter of ShelterBox...each $1000 raised enables us to purchase another box for ShelterBox.
- It has been 1 year since the fighting began in Ukraine. Many countries have taken in refugees and have resettlement camps.
- World Polio Day Tues October 24 2023. Now is the time to download the Rotary Polio Day tool Kit from the RI website.
The Upper Moreland-Hatboro Joint Sewer Authority provides collection, conveyance and treatment of wastewater from its customers in the Borough of Hatboro and Upper Moreland Township, and services portions of Bryn Athyn Borough, Horsham Township, Upper Dublin Township and Warminster Township.
- Flushable wipes are not flushable.
- Medications (take them to a drop off such as Hatboro Police station)
- Grease, paint, oil, any hazardous waste
- Be careful of your contacts..take them off so they don't drop into the toilet.
- Bottom line: ONLY flush toilet paper down your toilet and no other paper products. Wipes and paper towels should be disposed of with your household trash.
Welcome to the Hatboro Rotary Super Bowl Squares competition. This is a fundraiser for the Rotary Club of Hatboro a Service Organization that supports many local charities and organizations. Thank you for your participation.
Hatboro Rotary Super Bowl Squares is an online squares contest created for free at Hatboro Rotary Super Bowl Squares | Super Bowl Pool Site
For each available square you select a $22 donation should be made to the Hatboro Rotary Club using the DONATE button on this website or to a Rotary Club member.
When all squares have been selected numbers 0 to 9 will be randomly assigned to the columns and rows.
At the end of every quarter, the person whose square corresponds with the intersection of the second digit of each team’s score wins a prize (for example, a 14–7 score at the end of the first quarter pays out the owner of the square at row 4, column 7).
$100 first quarter
$150 half time
$100 third quarter
$200 end of game
A check from the Rotary Club of Hatboro will be sent to each of the winners.
- Birthday wishes to Rob Jan 28th and to Sue Jan 24
- Great turnout for our Hat Packs Service Project
- As of Feb 20 2023, Amazon Smile is no longer donating to your favorite charity which includes HAT Packs. Please keep this in mind as you decide on charities to donate to in 2023. It cost about $4000 a week to feed children in the program. Alternate ways to donate https://www.paypal.com/paypalme2/HATPacks or send check to HAT Packs 22 Harding Ave, Hatboro PA 19040
- Open space protection and acquisition: As the steward of 852 acres of protected meadows, woodlands and floodplain forest, the Trust manages Montgomery County’s second-largest privately owned natural area that is open to the public. They continue to purchase open spaces to protect that land from developers. There is definitely competition from groups to purchase land and develop it thus eliminating open space and many of the animal habitats.
- Habitat Protection: Protecting animal habitats
- Maintaining forest areas, trails and reforestation projects
- Congrats to Kathy S who reaches 10 years in Rotary on Jan 9th
- Jan 18th meeting will be a General Assembly
- Jan 25 Evening social. Place to be announced later
- Board Slate for next Rotary year was approved!
- Gary sent out an E-mail for the annual Super Bowl Pool fundraiser-check your E-mail
- CERT Team which handles high profile incidents
- K-9 Unit has 3 K-9s which work with other agencies on many shared operations.
- BOMB Unit has 9 Techs and robots (which can go a mile out from tech)
- Bike Control Unit
- Motorcycle Deputies
- Honor Guard (which recently won the State Competition)
- Ballot Security
- Training. Gun safety
- Warrant Division
- Transportation and Detention: Transport prisoners throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and perform extraditions from other states for court proceedings.
- Courts: Enforce court orders.
- Ensure safety within the Montgomery County Justice Complex.
- Civil: Serve all criminal and civil writs issued by the Courts.
- DUI: Assist other law enforcement agencies process DUI offenders.
- Real Estate: Conduct sales of real and personal property.
- Issue licenses to carry firearms.
- Assist local and regional law enforcement agencies during emergencies and apprehensions.
- The Sheriff's Office is called upon during riots, prison breaches, strikes and other emergencies which are or may be a breach of the peace.
What makes a Rotarian and drives us to make a difference each day? Our annual theme sheds some light, and our newest – Imagine Rotary – says it all. For more of the story, see below!
The theme urges all Rotarians to "dream big and take action", uniting to work toward positive global change. Says Jennifer, "We all have dreams, but acting on them is a choice. Imagine a world that deserves our best, where we get up each day knowing that we can make a difference.”
Riki Salam, an Australian graphic designer and artist specializing in contemporary Indigenous art, design, and communications, designed the colorful logo for our new theme.
What does the design mean?
In Aboriginal culture, the circle represents our connections to one another. The seven dots surrounding the circle represent not only people and society, but Rotary's seven areas of focus.
Together, the circle and dots form a "navigation star – our guiding light." The line underneath represents a basic tool -- a digging stick -- a metaphor for doing hard work: indeed, Rotary In Action.
The color scheme can be interpreted in several ways. For example, purple represents polio eradication; green, the environment; and white represents our central mission, peace. Jennifer, the first female President in the history of Rotary International, noted that the color scheme in part also pays homage to the global women's suffragette movement.
Want to learn more??
https://www.rotary.org/en/jennifer-jones-imagines-rotary-fulfilling-big-dreams