Warrington Rotary Club

A few members from our club represented at the 7th Annual Halloween Bash as Inside Out characters. Presented by Pritchard, Bieler, Gruver & Willison, P.C., this event provides individuals with special needs the opportunity to trick-or-treat in a fun and safe environment. 100% of the profits from this event will be donated to the Indian Creek Foundation. It was a great event and great turnout!

We had a busy meeting this week! We recognized Kaylee Conner and Kelly Hemsley from the Operation Eternal Gratitude club of CB South high school and Officer Kozuch got us really excited for the Annual Shop with A Cop event hosted by the Warrington Police Department.

We had a great visit last week with our Australian Rotarians! It was an amazing experience for all that were involved!

The picture below is from our meeting on Wednesday where we exchanged Rotary flags.

Thanks to Duane Hershberger from Habitat for Humanity of Montgomery and Delaware Counties, PA for sharing a little more about Habitat for Humanity and their mission of providing safe and secure affordable homes with affordable mortgages to income-qualified families. After his visit with us, he was heading to Romania to support another build!

SPECIAL EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT!!

SPREAD THE WORD!!

On Thursday 8/15/24 from 12-9pm, members of the Warrington Rotary Club will be “celebrity scoopers” at the Rita’s Water Ice in Warrington (corner of 611 & Bristol - Warrington Shopping Center). Come on out; bring all your friends & family, and get some water ice or custard, all while supporting our club! 20% of all sales will be donated to the club, which will help us to continue to serve our community that we love so much!

Wednesday morning’s meeting was a joint meeting with Warminster Rotary Club.

Our speaker was Hannah Christie. Hannah works at Camp Abilities PA, an educational sports camp held at West Chester University for youth ages 7-17, who are blind or have low vision. The camp’s purpose is to empower the children to be physically active, improve their overall health & wellness, encourage them to make smart food choices, and develop their confidence & self-esteem through sports.

Pictured from left to right is: Warminster Rotary Club President Mike Cerino, Warrington Rotary Club President Stacy Wertman, and Hannah Christie.

This morning’s meeting was a special one. It was our President change-over meeting. Lou Altomari passed the gavel over to our new President, Stacy Wertman.

Thank you Lou for your dedication to the club as President for the last 3 years. You are one of a kind. We’re looking forward to having Stacy lead the club and continuing our mission!

This morning’s meeting was a great one! We presented CB South’s OEG group with a donation check for $500 to continue to support the troops overseas.

Our speaker this morning was Josh Fields, CEO & Co-Founder of The Next Step in Doylestown.
Here is an excerpt from their mission statement: “Established in 2015, The Next Step Program is all about paving the way for young adults with disabilities as they step out of high school. Our core belief is simple yet powerful: individuals with disabilities deserve every chance to immerse themselves in all aspects of life. This includes opportunities for higher education, independent living, building social networks, and playing an active role in their communities”. We applaud Josh for all of the amazing work that he is doing!

Yesterday morning was our Warrington Rotary Foundation scholarship award breakfast. It was our pleasure to welcome these young women & men and their families. We are proud to say that this year we awarded 7 total scholarships of $3,000 for each student. We want to wish each and every one of our award winners the best of luck in their future!

Our club has volunteered with two local service projects in the past week. The first project some of our Rotarians participated in was doing clean up at the Mary Barness Swim Club in Warrington.

The second project was a food packing event for Feed My Starving Children at DelVal College, where some of our Rotarians helped pack shelf-stable food packs for underprivileged countries.

There’s still time to sign up to play in our annual co****le tournament this Saturday 4/20/24! As of right now, the weather is looking good, so come on out! We look forward to seeing you there!

Don’t forget - any profits from the tournament go right back to our local community projects!

Co****le Tournament and Rotary Fest 5.0 Saturday, April 20, 2024

Calling all co****le enthusiasts! Join us on Saturday April 20, 2024 for our annual co****le tournament! Click the link below to sign up a team to play. Invite your friends & family; it promises to be a great time! All the proceeds from this event help to fund our local projects, so help us reach our goal!

Co****le Tournament and Rotary Fest 5.0 Saturday, April 20, 2024

Our speaker this morning was Steve Saffier. He spoke to us about birds and the native plants that we can have in our yards to help draw in the bird population.

Pictured is President Lou Altomari and Steve Saffier.

The Warrington Rotary Club Foundation is again offering scholarship to high school seniors in the Warrington and surrounding areas. The focus on this scholarship is community service. The deadline is April 30th. You can apply online by visiting the link below:

https://www.warringtonparotary.org/SitePage/2024-warrington-rotary-scholarships

Message me if you have any questions.

Welcome | Rotary Club of Warrington 1. Scholarships, if awarded, shall be given first to any high school senior living in, or adjacent to, Warrington Township, Bucks County, PA. The student shall be in good academic standing  and enrolling in a two- or four-year college or university program or a vocational school or a trade school...

This morning we welcomed Jake Lacey & Aiden Elvidge of The Locals Detailing to speak to our club. They both are local to Warrington and graduated from CB South High School. They talked to us about how they came up with the idea for their business, and how they have adapted & grown their business over the last year.

Pictured below are: Jake Lacey, President-Elect Stacy Wertman, & Aiden Elvidge.

Don’t forget to join us this Sunday for our annual pancake breakfast! Bring your friends & family! If you know a Rotarian, give their name at the door, and your breakfast is on us! It is being held at Giuseppe’s in Warminster from 8 to 11:30AM. We have plenty of baskets to raffle off, so bring cash for raffle tickets.

All proceeds will benefit our I Like Me reading program that provides a personalized book to every kindergarten student in the local Warrington elementary schools. We look forward to seeing you this weekend!

This morning, we had the honor of inducting our newest member, Perri Stark, into our club. Perri is the owner of the Rita’s Water Ice in Warrington at the corner of Bristol Road & 611. Welcome to the club, Perri!

Pictured from left to right are: Club President Lou Altomari, President Elect Stacy Wertman, Perri Stark, and Membership Chair Ruth Zeiner.

Join us in 2 weeks for our annual pancake breakfast! All proceeds go directly towards our “I Like Me” program, which provides a personalized book to every Kindergartner at our local Warrington schools. There will also be plenty of raffle baskets to enter to win, so make sure to bring cash with you! We look forward to seeing everyone there!

Calling all Phillies fans! How would you like to win tickets to 6 games for the upcoming season? The seats are in the Hall of Fame Club (Section 220 behind home plate), and will be for consecutive months April - September. There is just about a week left before the drawing, so get those last minute tickets! By participating, you will be helping our club fund projects to help our local Warrington community.

Philadelphia Phillies Tickets Take me out the ball game. Enter to win two Hall of Fame tickets for six Phillies game. Section 220, Row 4, Seats 1-2 (on aisle).

We were pleased to welcome Elizabeth Tolis to speak to our club this morning. Elizabeth is the local mother of 14 year old Emmett, who happens to be disabled with profound autism and intellectual disability.

She talked to us about the history of profound disability in our country and state, as well as, the isolation families experience in our schools, community, and places of worship. Elizabeth also shared ways that we can all be better friends, neighbors, and welcoming business and community members to our profoundly disabled population. We welcome everyone to follow Emmett’s Journey on social media.

Pictured is our Club President Lou Altomari, Elizabeth Tolis, and Larry Stone.

This morning, we were pleased to have Judge Steven Corr as our speaker. He was elected in 2021 to the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Corr is an accomplished attorney and represented families of Bucks County victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. Warrington Rotary thanks Judge Corr for his service to our community.

Pictured from left to right are: Stacy Wertman, Club President Lou Altomari, Judge Steven Corr, & Phil Mironov.

This morning, Warrington Rotary welcomed State Senator Frank Farry as our speaker. The Senator gave us an in depth overview of his almost 2 decades of service in our community, and current legislation in the House. We thank Senator Farry for his service!

Pictured are former State Representative Meghan Schroeder, Senator Farry and club President Lou Altomari.

This morning, our speaker was David Failko. He is a Prevention Specialist for the Council of Southern PA. He spoke to us about the new danger for young people that is va**ng. Pictured with David is Vanessa Mauer who invited David into speak. Please visit their page for information on what the Council does for the area:

https://www.facebook.com/TheCouncilSEPA?mibextid=2JQ9oc

This is just one of the many speakers that we have at our weekly meetings. We hope you can join us at our next meeting. We meet every Wednesday morning at 7:45 am and we are down by 8:30am. We meet at Giuseppe’s in Warminster. We hope to see you soon.