[ The Rotary Club of Allentown, Pennsylvania ]

The Rotary Club of Allentown, Pennsylvania
The First Rotary Club of the Lehigh Valley, Chartered June 1, 1914

Meets Every Friday at Noon at the Holiday Inn, Center City Allentown
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CLUB NEWS AND PRESS
One little person, giving all of her time to peace, makes news.
Many people, giving some of their time, can make history.
- Peace Pilgrim

January, 2010

ALLENTOWN ROTARY CLUB DISTRIBUTES $10,000
FOR ITS 2009 COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARDS

Allentown, PA, The Community Service Committee of the Allentown Rotary Club has distributed $10,000.00 among eight recipients who represent positive strides for health, literacy and vocational training. Those fundamentals are in accordance with the missions of The Allentown Rotary Club and of Rotary International. Primary evaluation criteria specified that recipients must be 501c3 Not-For-Profit organizations that are either based in Allentown, PA and serve the people and needs of Allentown; or are based in the Lehigh Valley but also serve the people and needs of Allentown.

The Allentown Rotary Club seeks to encourage and foster the ideal of service to others which is exemplified by the eight award recipients for their following programs:

The Boys and Girls Club of Allentown: to fund an after-school homework literacy program.

Community Action Development Committee of the Lehigh Valley: to fund a "Start Your Own Business" summer camp program for teenagers.

Community Bike Works: to purchase bicycle helmets and distribute them at no cost to children.

Community Services for Children: to purchase books for preschool children for their homes as part of their "Head Start" and "Early Head Start" programs.

Lehigh County Conference of Churches: to assist residents of the City of Allentown in purchasing prescription medications.

The Literacy Center of the Lehigh Valley: to pay testing fees for 40 adults to take the Graduate Equivalency Diploma (GED) exam.

Sacred Heart Hospital Dental Clinic: to provide dental supplies and education to families.

The Weller Health Education Center: to fund health-oriented education for 100 students

The Allentown Rotary Foundation is a Not-For-Profit Corporation providing worldwide humanitarian grants to needy peoples and worthy projects, and educational awards for international exchanges of scholars and teachers and business and professional people. Its objective is the achievement of world understanding and peace through international charitable and educational programs. The Foundation was established in 1969 to contribute to the betterment of the community. It is the intent of the Foundation to distribute the earnings annually to qualified local charitable and social welfare organizations. More information about The Allentown Rotary Club can be found online at www.allentownrotary.org

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December 4, 2009

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA VISITS ALLENTOWN, PA
AND LUNCHES WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE ALLENTOWN ROTARY CLUB

[ President Barack Obama Visits Allentown and Lunches with Two Members of the Allentown Rotary Club ]
Photo Credit: Monica Cabrera, The Morning Call

President Barack Obama visited Allentown, PA and had lunch with two members of the Allentown Rotary Club: Rolf Schlake (photo: center), President of Applied Separations and Mayor Ed Pawlowski (photo: right) of the City of Allentown.


Previous News Releases (each links to a PDF of the entire release)
2010 (January) [ click to download pdf ] Allentown Rotary Club Distributes $10,000 for 2009
Community Service Awards
2009 (August)
[ click to download pdf ]

Allentown Rotary Club Announces Community Service Grant Criteria

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