Sept. 18, 2025 Hope For Good!
If you have a speaker who wants to present a Power Point or other screen, please have the material sent to PAUL KEELY 24 hours ahead of the meeting. He will then have the presentation ready to share
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Welcome Patrice Coushaine and Mark Arehart, our latest members!
Upcoming Programs
Sept. 18 – Bryan Mey, Friends of Lums Pond – Board Meeting
Sept. 25 – Club Assembly
Oct. 2 – Laurie Williams and Dan Seador – Update on Food Insecurity Discussions
Oct. 9 – Club Assembly
Oct. 16 – TDB – Board Meeting
Oct. 23 – Club Assembly
Oct. 30 – World’s Greatest Meal to support Polio Plus Program (location to be announced)
Upcoming Events
Sept. 18 (Thursday) – 5:30 p.m. Chair of Honor dedication, Adm Building 220 S. Main St.
Sept. 21 – 11 a.m. -4 p.m. Community Day on The Green
Oct. 11, 9-12 a.m. Volunteering at Food Bank. Use link to register: https://vhub.at/nmrc3
Nov. 8 – (Saturday) 8-11 a.m. Stars and Strides 5K at Bloom Energy
Nov. 9 – Flags For Heroes Ceremony
Chair Dedication event this Thursday
Please attend the dedication ceremony of a Chair of Honor this Thursday, 5:30 p.m., at the City of Newark Administration Building on S. Main Street. Funded by our Flags For Heroes program, and organized by Dave Bonk, the special memorial honors Prisoners of War and those Missing in Action. We are invited to the VFW following the ceremony for refreshments. Newark and Philadelphia press will be there. Let’s have a great sowing by our members!
HO, HO, HO? Yes, Yes, Yes!
We are celebrated Christmas in September on the 12th, in our regular meeting time. Through the Silent Auction, more than $2,647 was raised to support Boys and Girls Club in Rosehill, New Castle, for their holiday party with fun and games and many special gifts for the underpriviledged children. With the 50/50 and Happy dollars for the day, we will total about $ 2,791. Many thanks for those who donated as well as bid on the variety of auction items. And who would have guessed our trivia guy himself, Mark Sisk, knew the modern-day country where St. Nicholas was born!
Don’t know what the Boys and Girls Club means to many kids? Just ask Clinton.
Flag For Heroes – in full operation!
Remember the success of last year’s Flags For Heroes event? Clinton’s goal for this year is even greater – $30,000! That means we need sponsors and individual flags sold. Reach out to your business, vendors, friends and neighbors with the opportunity to participate. Many locals say they didn’t know about the flags until reading about it in the Newark Post until IT WAS OVER! They were disappointed the flags were down. Let’s make them aware earlier this year. Cindi and Clinton have printed flyers or get one on our website nmrde.org. Just remember what we were able to do with the proceeds – support our veterans, first responders, and youth programs. The Chair of Honor is in construction mode and will be dedicated on Sept. 18, 5:30 at the City of Newark building. .
ABC or XYZ?
It’s dictionary time! We give free student dictionaries to third grades in school around Newark. Lynn Mey and Mike Laur are co-chairs of the project. Mike has more than 800 dictionaries in his office waiting for YOU to tell Lynn Mey that you will be a contact person for one of our selected schools. As the contact person for that school, you call the school secretary for number of third graders enrolled, then arrange delivery to each third grade classroom. You need day, time, and ask for10-15 minutes per classroom for short presentation. Then you will pick up the cases from Mike’s office, put in the labels, and notify the club asking for volunteers to assist in delivery and presentations. If you’ve never done this before, volunteer to help! It’s a great day when you make the kids smile!
Want a special speaker?
If you want to hear from a special speaker but don’t want to be a monthly speaker chair, please let Ty Jones know who it could be. He will do the contact and make arrangements.
Sept. 11 – 50/50 Winner: Stewat Lee!
Greeter Rotary Minute Prayer
Sept. 18 Patrice Coushaine Mark Sisk Doug Rainey
Sgt. At Arms Helpers Charllie Brown and Fred Dawson
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Sept. 25 Mark Arehart Sujan Tilimisina Mike Reckner
Sgt. At Arms Helpers Cheryl Ernst and Ed Gossett
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Oct. 2 Marie Holliday Clinton Tymes Bob Older
Sgt. At Arms Helpers Jerry Holt and John Hornor
Thought For The Week:
“An empty chair at every dinner table, parents missing essential milestones in a child’s life and those who will never know the missing part of their family. These are the costs paid in blood by those who stood up when their country called upon them.” — Disabled American Veterans
