Bensalem Rotary Club

Last night we celebrated 2 outstanding Bensalem community members. Our Rotarian of the Year, Councilman Joe Knowles and our Person of the Year Jim Mirra.

Joe Knowles has served our community in multiple capacities including Bensalem Township Council and St. Charles of Borromeo- Board of Directors. In addition, Joe has been a contributing member of Bensalem Rotary Club for 12 years currently serving on our board. We appreciate his leadership and dedication to our community. He truly exemplifies Service Above Self.

Our person of the year, Jim Mirra is an inspiration to our young students in Bensalem School District. As a parent himself, it was important for him to contribute his time and knowledge to coaching our students in First Robotics. He was nominated by a teacher who has worked with him in the district and Jim has certainly stood out as being selfless and dedicated to helping develop programs and lead our students to success for tomorrow.

Congratulations to both Joe and Jim, we thank you for your outstanding contributions and leadership.

Last night we honored Bensalem’s Police Officer, Fire Fighter, and Civilian of the year.

Congratulations to Lieutenant Mike Schum of Bensalem PD, Lieutenant Nick Altomare of Bensalem Fire Rescue, and Tracey Buechner our first recipient of the Civilian of the Year award!

Each of these honorees have shown tremendous courage, dedication, and excellence in their respective roles. We are proud to recognize their contributions to our community and grateful for their continued service. Congratulations to all!

Special thanks to 1675 Spirits and A & G Pizzeria Locale for their hospitality and support!

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Congratulations to Michelle Benitez for being selected 2022-23 Bensalem Rotary Club Rotarian of the year. Michelle has helped our organization with our bowling event. With the help of the Philadelphia chapter of the NFL retirees, Eagles and the Phillies the event raises money for college scholarships.

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Bensalem Rotary Club Names New President, Person Of Year The club also chose Bensalem Councilwoman Michelle Benitez as Rotarian of the Year at its annual meeting.

Last night at or Christmas party our Club honored officer Brian Oliverio for 2022 Policeman of the Year. Thomas McCool and Mark Pachucki we’re fireman of the year. The men earned the awards for community service and valor in the Bensalem Community.

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Our friends, Bensalem Lions Club, are hosting Breakfast with Santa on December 4th!

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Marc Cohen Victoria Velazquez Joseph F Krug Joseph C. Knowles Steve Moran

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Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders Featured At 'Foot-Bowl' Fundraiser Philadelphia Phillies ball girls and former NFL players are expected to support student athletes at Bensalem Rotary event Wednesday night.

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Former 2011 Valevictorian Dr Noor Shaik started a go fund me page with our club which raised funds for back to school supplies for the Bensalem Township School District. Noor contacted Target and received additional supplies for our fundraiser.

Rotary Club of Bensalem was presented with 2021-2022 Literacy Award with Distinction today for completing 5 or more literacy projects within the community. Thanks to District Literacy Chair, Kathe Sobczak, for visiting us and acknowledging this recognition.

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Tonight Bensalem Rotary Club honored 2 special women. Dr Victoria Velazquez was named our Rotarian of year. Noor Shaik 2021/22 received Person of the year. Dr Velazquez has been a key member of our club. Whatever we need she is there for our club. Noor during the Covid crises was instrumental in shipping millions of dollars worth of equipment to India through her connections at Jefferson Hospital.

Today a great Rotarian Dr Joel Kravitz and his wife were honored for their great work today in Hosting a Car Show. Proceeds went to Bensalem’s Police Department’s PAL program.

Bensalem Rotary Club was able to honor some very special people at our annual Christmas Party this year. We were able to honor both Police Officer and Firefighter of the Year each honoree truly exemplifies “service above self” as they serve our community. Congratulations are surely in order for Bensalem Township Police Lt. Robert Race & Corporal David Marshall and Bensalem Township Battalion Chief Rob Sponheimer.

Through a partnership effort on Tuesday December 7, 2021 representatives from three Bucks County organizations, Saint James Episcopal Church (Langhorne), the Emergency Relief Association (Bristol), and the Rotary Club of Bensalem met at the Relief Association’s Food Pantry. With the help of the Rotary Gundaker Foundation $2,000.00 was delivered to the Lower Bucks Emergency Relief Association.

The ERA serves more than 26,000 meals to an average of 1,700 people each month and continue to be run 100% by volunteers, operating with food and monetary donations from individuals, churches, businesses, community organizations and grants from the state of Pennsylvania.

The good works of our Bensalem Rotary Club continues. This week we reviewed board business, reported out fundraising efforts and planned our upcoming event to honor our local Police Officer and Firefighter of the Year!

Thank you to all of our Bensalem partners who contributed to ensure families in our community will have a Happy Thanksgiving!

We are grateful and proud to live in a community where our leaders, non profit organizations, and local businesses come together to serve Bensalem! Special thanks to Building a Better Bensalem Together, Focus Bensalem, Parx Casino, and Brown’s Shop Rite of Bensalem for joining Bensalem Rotary Club this year to provide over 175 Thanksgiving dinners to families in need. Without your commitment to funding, volunteering, your hard work, and dedication we would not have been able to make this happen. You are part of the greater good and we wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving.
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We are grateful and proud to live in a community where our leaders, non profit organizations, and local businesses come together to serve Bensalem! Special thanks to Building a Better Bensalem Together, Focus Bensalem, Parx Casino, and Brown’s Shop Rite of Bensalem for joining Bensalem Rotary Club this year to provide over 175 Thanksgiving dinners to families in need. Without your commitment to funding, volunteering, your hard work, and dedication we would not have been able to make this happen. You are part of the greater good and we wish you all a very Happy Thanksgiving.
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This year it was clear that we had to think outside of the box to serve our community! Thank you to Building A Better Bensalem Together, Focus Bensalem, Brown’s ShopRite of Bensalem, and many community partners and volunteers for ensuring that Bensalem families in need were supplied with a FULL Thanksgiving meal this year. Your fundraising, donations, and volunteering have made this our best Bensalem Rotary Holiday Food Basket Drive yet! 175 or more Bensalem families will be served this Thanksgiving thanks to our great community partners!

Bensalem Rotary welcomed Mud in My Cleats Retired NFL player Brad Quast today as he shared information on the Xspero Network to detail how they can help local businesses and the community.

Today the Bensalem Rotary Club honored Cindy Proll as Person of the Year. Ms. Proll, owner of the Trifecta Sporting Club in Trevose, PA provided a central location to facilitate the Feed the Kids program. Many thanks to Ms. Proll for her service to the community!

This week Bensalem Rotary Club honored a recent Neshaminy High School graduate as a scholarship winner.

Olivia Stetz, received the third place scholarship from one of our partners, Mud in My Cleats & the Retired NFL Players Association. Presenting the award on behalf of Mud in My Cleats was Bob Grupp.
Special guest, Chris Potter, Rotary Director/Assistant Governor attended today to help send Olivia off to Penn State University with the best wishes possible from all Rotary members!

This week Bensalem Rotary Club honored two Bensalem High School graduates as scholarship winners:

Chloe Munyon received scholarships from one of our partners, Mud in My Cleats & the Retired NFL Players Association. Shyam Patel received a 2nd place scholarship from Mud in My Cleats. Presenting the awards were retired NFL players Mr. Bob Grupp and Mr. Ron Davis (Bensalem Rotary Board Member).
We are all equally proud of Chloe and Shyam and can’t wait to hear about their future accomplishments!

While the pandemic may have caused changes in practices it has not stopped the amazing work of many in our community on behalf of the Bensalem Rotary Club. In the first in person meeting for the past 4 months today we honored our final Bensalem High School Students of the Month/ Rotary Scholarship winners for 20-21 (In honor of Leona Cohen). Keila Rodriquez will be headed to South Carolina to join the Marines and Dharmik Patel will be headed to Penn State. Both students provided a riveting description of how Bensalem experiences provided the foundation for future greatness! We are beyond proud of you both and can’t wait to see the rest of your journey unfold!

June 29, 2020

Recently the community made the Bensalem Rotary Club aware of comments and beliefs being shared by a former member that are not representative of the views of the Rotary Club. We completely condemn these beliefs and rhetoric. It is not and was not representative of the Rotary Club the mission of selflessly serving the community, particularly those that are underrepresented in the community.

Bensalem Rotary will continue to follow the Rotary “Service Above Self” motto as we move forward in the most productive way possible.

Rotary International, and the Bensalem Rotary Club are deeply committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Rotary International has a specific policy which the Bensalem Rotary Club follows. It states:

“As a global network that strives to build a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change, Rotary values diversity and celebrates the contributions of people of all backgrounds, regardless of their age, ethnicity, race, color, abilities, religion, socioeconomic status, culture, s*x, s*xual orientation, and gender identity.

Rotary will continue to cultivate a diverse, equitable, and inclusive culture in which people from underrepresented groups have greater opportunities to participate as members and leaders.”

Please accept our apology that a former member, who we knew for supporting our efforts to fight hunger in our community, misused our communications network, and made statements that do not represent the beliefs, actions or attitudes of our members.

~Bensalem Rotary Club

Bensalem Rotary Club