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Stem YEA.. Rotarian Barb R
Oct 04, 2023
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Kate Farrell DG Nominee, Rotary Foundation
Oct 11, 2023
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Whitney Allen Author, Grief Counselor
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Night Social
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Hatboro Dish
Hatboro, PA 19040
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- Welcome to our visitors: George Lewis and his lovely wife return to the club! We are glad he has found a Rotary Club near him in FL (and yes, he still collects a sausage or two for the Dogs)
- Bob Johnson paid a visit and. We were happy to see our former member!
- Welcome to Laura, (Karen's Neighbor), who is a possible new member.!
- Donny Sep 6
- Tony Sep 18
- Rotary!
- Frank 61 years Sep 5
- Gloria 32 years Sep 25
- Katrina 16 Sep 12
- George B 2 years Sep 12
- Wedding!
- Tony and Julia 52 yrs Sep 25
- Stephan and Nancy 30 yrs Sep 18
- Marty and Sally 29 yrs Sep 21


- Critical financial Assistance
- Transitional Housing...Villages (rent and utility free housing)
- Transitional Homes for Veterans
- Permanent homes for Veterans
- Back to School Brigade: backpacks full of school supplies for Military children
- Holiday Meals for Military: Providing a holiday meal to individual military families.
- You can make a donation online by clicking the link below. There is a section where you can donate to urgent needs! If you are in need of assistance, there is a link where you can sign up for help

Speaking to us today is Ella Warden recipient of Hatboro Rotary 2023 academic scholarship. Ella will be attending Yale University beginning in Aug majoring in computer sciences. Ella served as Interact President during her junior and senior years at H-H (following in her sister's footsteps). Ella has participated in Rotary events especially Lobster Pot. During her tenure as President of Interact, she started a program of making cards for young cancer patients who were hospitalized. The children loved the cards and put them on their walls in their hospital rooms. Ella is an avid rower and rows at Whitemarsh Boat Club. She was accepted to go train at the Chula Vista Elite Athlete Training Facility in California. Not only will she compete for Yale University, but she has also been competing with Team USA on the U19 US Team. After intense training in Chula Vista, the team travelled to Florida to participate in the CanAmMex regatta (United States, Canada, and Mexico). The two races she participated in both received Gold Medals. Presenting Ella her first check for $6000 is Scholarship chairman Jonathan R. Ella has a bright future ahead of her and we look forward to hearing of her accomplishments. (Permission to use Ella's photo on this page was granted by her Mother) ![]() Ella And Scholarship Chairman Jonathan R Ella in Chula Vista |
- 2-hour Tutor Orientation Class
- (4) 3-hour Tutor Training Workshops (total training = 13.5 hours)
- Sunday 7/16 Service Project 8 AM at Pennypack. Bring your gloves and help plant the gardens.
- July 29 We will have a tent at Moonlight Memories Car Show. Please volunteer for an hour or so to advertise Rotary and our Sept Lobster Pot.
Rotary Moment 7/12/23
Just like Hatboro Rotary welcomed our new president, Lisa Grace, Rotary International welcomed new president Gordon McInally. Gordon is a retired dentist from South Queensferry, Scotland. His theme for the 23-24 Rotary year is “Create Hope in the World”. Gordon explained that the goal is to restore hope to help the world heal from destructive conflicts and to help achieve lasting change.
He has 3 presidential initiatives:
Prioritizing mental health. Gordon feels passionately about this initiative, especially after losing his brother to suicide in 2014. To prioritize mental health, Rotary Clubs can thinking about ways to 1. Erase any stigma associated with discussion of emotional well-being, 2. Raise awareness of mental health needs, and 3. Improve access to mental health services.
Building peace through virtual exchanges. Gordon believes that Rotary has a long history of promoting peace through connections. Covid-19 has given us many ways to build connections through innovative technology and we can use virtual platforms for peace building throughout the international Rotary community. Gordon sees virtual platforms within our Rotary Youth Exchanges and Rotary Friendship Exchanges as a great way to improve intercultural dialogue, awareness and understanding.
Empowering girls. Gordon will continue the initiatives started by past presidents, Shekhar Mehta (2021-2022) and Jennifer Jones (2022-2023) that focused on elevating the voices and unlocking the power of girls and women around the world. He encourages Rotary Clubs to keep finding ways to improve the health, well-being, education, economic security and agency of girls.


The Millbrook Society was founded in 1984 at the request of the late Mrs. Charles Harper Smith of Horsham Township, PA. The vision of Mrs. Smith and the Society's founders was to honor the legacy of Charles Harper Smith who was a renowned local historian, educator, and author. The original intent of the Society was to receive and hold in trust the land and buildings that make up the Kenderdine Mill tract called "Millbrook." They also were tasked with continuing the late Charles Harper Smith's work in the areas of preservation and education of local, state, and national history. Unfortunately, the only thing they obtained was the name "Millbrook". Although they did not obtain any land, the mission of the society has not changed. They continue to work for the preservation, protection and education of history. Currently they are planning to scan many very old documents to preserve the information for the future. All members of the Society are volunteers. What is their mission?
PRESERVATION…collecting and maintaining artifacts, documents, manuscripts, and maps.PROTECTION… archaeology, and recording and researching historical data on buildings and other assets.EDUCATION… presentations, programs, publications, reenactments, and related activities.
You may see members of Millbrook at Moland House on an Archeological Dig, participating in reenactments, history fairs. researching old homes and buildings in Hatboro, giving classes on the history of areas in Hatboro to school children and adults as well. Growing out of their current spaces, they will be moving to space in the Pennypack Community building in the near future. Many of their archives will remain in their spaces at the Baptist Church. Millbrook does interact with MANY other organizations (a listing is on their website.) As with many organizations, they are looking for new members as well as active volunteers to assist in their many projects.
Would you like to know more? Click the link to the website to see a list of events, publications, news of the society, other organizations and membership information. http://millbrooksociety.org/mbs/links.ashx
- updated club procedural manual
- brought back Rotary Moments thanks to Barb R. volunteering.
- Tony, Foundation Chair recognized members who received Paul Harris Fellow awards (Tom B. Barb S, Karen and others)
- Under Barb R and Darlene's leadership, Selected and sent local HHH Students to STEM YEA program and Leadership training at Camp Neidig.
- Scholarship Committee under Jonathan's leadership selected two HHHS to receive scholarships.
- Under Lisa's guidance, our first Bingo in the Borough Night raised over $11,000 which will be used in the community.
- As a group we also had time to relax for some group fellowship. One night a week we gather for happy hour, visiting local businesses or for a community service project such as holiday wrapping; making bags to donate to H.A.T packs. or helping H.A.T Packs make up 300plus bags of food which than are given to children.
- Presence in the community: participating in Moonlight Memories to promote the club and Lobster Pot; Rotary Interview with George and Marty on WRDV Radio; Successful Lobster Pot event headed by Bob J. which yielded $10,576 which will be used in the community; Jillian's Husband obtained $1000 from Coloran when they were asking for ways to help families after an earthquake. John shared about our Shelterbox fundraising and the company gave him the funds to help purchase another shelterbox.
- Alex was successful in writing and obtaining a Rotary District 7430 grant of $14693 to purchase a "We-Go Swing for Hatboro Memorial Park Playground that will allow Children in wheelchairs to enjoy the playground.
- We also have members who regularly volunteer in the community helping food pantries (Sue, Art, Barb) and regularly help H.A.T. Packs pack food for children (Kathy, Karen, Mike)
Rotary Moment 6/7/23
The Rotary International Convention was held in Melbourne, Australia in May. The convention was organized around this year’s theme “Imagine Rotary” and attendees participated in sessions that focused on promoting peace, protecting the environment, and eradicating polio. Next year’s convention will be held in Singapore and will revolve around the 23-24 theme “Sharing Hope With the World”.
At the convention, Rotary International President, Jennifer Jones, announced the recipient of the third annual Programs of Scale award. This year’s recipient is United to End Cervical Cancer in Egypt, an initiative to reduce the number of cases while raising awareness and improving women’s access to preventive care. The four-year program in and around Cairo will vaccinate more than 30,000 girls ages 9-15, provide cancer screenings for 10,000 women, and launch a public awareness campaign to reach 4 million people.
Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Gaby Morena performed at the convention. She also traveled to Guatemala with Rotary International President Jennifer Jones as part of Jones’ Imagine Impact Tour. Their trip to Guatemala included visits to the schools supported by The Guatemala Literacy Project (GLP). The GLP is one of the largest grassroots, multi-club, multi-district projects in Rotary. The focus is to improve education for underserved students in Guatemala. To date the program has served more than 278,000 students.
- Congratulations to Jonathan and Beth who are celebrating 31 years of marriage.
- Our club is sponsoring 2 students to Camp Neidig. Stay tuned for their presentation to the club after they return.
- Once again Thank you Lisa for all you did for Bingo in the Borough! We can now start planning for next year!!
- Congratulations to Karen who received her 2nd PHF. A reminder to club members if you sign up for automatic payments, you can achieve a PHF faster, Thank you for supporting Rotary Foundation!
- Don't forget June 21 meeting is change over time. We salute and thank Marty for his leadership this Rotary year and we congratulate and welcome Lisa as our new club president!
- June 28 is our night out and we are going to play a little corn hole! We hope and pray for no rain!
- 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.
- 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.