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The weekly newsletter of the
Rotary Club of Norristown, 
P.O. Box 119, Oaks, PA 19456 - (484) 994-2349
 
July 13, 2022  - No. 2677
 
 
 
 
 
 
Program This Week
7/14/22
ZOOM MEETING
 
noon
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Editor
Dave Beach
Club Meeting Information
Thursdays at 12:00 PM
HYATT HOUSE (1st & 3rd Thurs)
501 E Germantown Pike
East Norriton, PA 19401
United States of America
Phone:
(484) 994-2349
NOTE: The club meets at the Hyatt in person the 1st & 3rd Thursdays 12 noon and virtually on Zoom at noon on the 2nd & 4th Thursdays. Link below. For more in contact rotaryofnorristown@gmail.com or leave a message at at (484) 994-2349
Happy Birthday
Member Birthdays
Gary H. Engels
July 1
 
James Nutt
July 15
 
Since 1921
 
* GUESTS & VISITING ROTARIANS
 
VISITOR            GUEST OF:
      
       

 

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* ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
NEW Easy Access Zoom Meeting link. 
There is a computer monitor picture under 'Guests & Visiting Rotarians' in your issue of Spoke. If you click on the Monitor, you will be transferred to the virtual meeting in progress.
 
 
 
 
 
We are starting to plan for our fundraiser for the year, a Pancake Breakfast and Raffle tentatively planned for October 29. Please let us know of your availability for this function as it takes full club participation to carry off an event of this size.
Please contact DAVE BEACH at dbeach04@gmail.com if you can help.
 
 
 
SPECIAL NOTICE
Our DISTRICT GOVERNOR will visit the club on August 11.  Note that that meeting date is currently scheduled as a ZOOM meeting but will be changed the a live IN-PERSON meeting for this visit.
Please plan to attend and give a good representation of our club.
 
 
 
 
HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIM NUTT
 
* NEWS
Club News This Week
 
LAST WEEK
 
 
 
 
 
Last week the club welcomed Norristown Chief of Police DERRICK WOOD to address the club. Chief Wood spoke on current goals and activities of there department and their affect on the community.   He stressed that his main concern is the reduction in violence concentrating on the youth and setting up several programs to work with community groups in reducing youth violence and especially the use of guns . Direct intervention with youth is stressed as a means of avoiding relying of arrests when dealing with youth. He added both a Director of Mental Health and a School Resource Officer to his staff to help address this issue. IT was stressed that parental involvement is essential in battling this epidemic and stated that parents must be more aware of what their kids are doing and be involved in their lives, and point reinforced by Denise Ashe relating how OIC has worked with the Police Department to involve parents and kids in a variety of activities. This was  during the follow-up Question and Answer session where Chief Wood offered more details on the departments interactions with various community organizations. The difficult issue of illegal guns getting into the hands of youth and what steps the department is taking to slow down the flow, was also discussed.
 
thank you very much Chief Wood for coming and sharing your views with us.
 
 
 
 
SUNANDA CHARLES LEADS HER FIRST MEETING AS OUR NEW PRESIDENT
 
 
 
JIM NUTT PRESENTING THE PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP AWARDS
 
 
JIM NUTT announced the winners of our special recognition PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP lottery . Many club members contributed the the Rotary Fellowship and the club uses a lottery system to award Paul Harris Fellowships.
The three winners are: Sunanda Charles, Ruth Hagglund, and Beth Sturman.
Jim urged us to come up with community projects that can be put fourth for grant money from the district.
Congratulations for all who contributed.
 
 
BETH STRUMAN
 
 
 
 
RUTH HAGGLUND
 
 
 
SUNANDA CHARLES
 
 
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DISTRICT 7430 NEWS
Coming District Events
 
View the Projects Showcase for June, right here.
 
 
HERE is a listing of registered Rotary fellowships
 
 
 
 
District Changover
 
 
Zoom Web Meeting
Jun 14, 2022 7:00 PM
 
 
CAMP MAXATAWNY
Jun 17, 2022 – Jun 20, 2022
 
Rotary District 7430 Conference May 5-7, 2023
Plan to attend the Casino Royale
Rotary Annual District 7430 Conference
at the Tropicana in Atlantic City, May 5-7, 2023

Registration is Open Now

 

Watch the Video below, Click on the image

 

 
Editorials, Reports & Stories
DERRICK WOOD- NORRISTOWN CHIEF OF POLICE
 
 
 
 
Last week the club welcomed Norristown Chief of Police DERRICK WOOD to address the club. Chief Wood spoke on current goals and activities of there department and their affect on the community.   He stressed that his main concern is the reduction in violence concentrating on the youth and setting up several programs to work with community groups in reducing youth violence and especially the use of guns . Direct intervention with youth is stressed as a means of avoiding relying of arrests when dealing with youth. He added both a Director of Mental Health and a School Resource Officer to his staff to help address this issue. IT was stressed that parental involvement is essential in battling this epidemic and stated that parents must be more aware of what their kids are doing and be involved in their lives, and point reinforced by Denise Ashe relating how OIC has worked with the Police Department to involve parents and kids in a variety of activities. This was  during the follow-up Question and Answer session where Chief Wood offered more details on the departments interactions with various community organizations. The difficult issue of illegal guns getting into the hands of youth and what steps the department is taking to slow down the flow, was also discussed.
 
thank you very much Chief Wood for coming and sharing your views with us.
 
 
 
* COMMUNITY EVENTS & SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES
 
C OM M U N I T Y 
 
  •      What's happening in the community?
  •      Looking for a chance to volunteer?
  •      Why not attend a fundraiser and help those who help others?
 
 
PLEASE - Help spread the word  
 
 
 
THE LAUREL HOUSE IS SPONSORING THIS ENTERTAINING EVENT
 
 

Available for Purchase

The Cashore Marionettes 

Bringing Art to Life

A performance by the Cashore Marionettes is a celebration of life. The program consists of a collection of engaging pieces encompassing a broad range of themes, each delivered with a simplicity that expresses the essence of the moment. 

Thank You GL Sayre
Thank you, G.L. Sayre, for your support of Rotary
 
Your kindness and dedication to community service is exemplary.
Without your support, our Pedals for Progress global bicycle recycling program would not be possible.
G.L. Sayre has generously supported our numerous community programs during the pandemic as well.
 
 
 
 
We thank you!  - Rotary Club of Norristown
 
 
Thank You Valerio Coffee Roasters
A Special Thanks to VALERIO COFFEE ROASTERS in Audubon
 
Year after year Valerio's has donated coffee services to our annual fund raiser to help the community.
 
They not only have excellent coffee, they are terrific community supporters.
 
THANK YOU  !!!
 
https://www.valeriocoffee.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

* AND FURTHER MORE...

 

Member Resources
- USEFUL TIPS - 
 
Technical Tip: Keep my gmail out of promotions
        But, It's NOT Spam.     
 
Is some of your expected gmail missing from the Inbox? 
 
Aside from regular spam filtering, sometimes Google also takes  a guess at your incoming gmail and pre-categorizes it in order to cut down on spam. The Tabs 'Social' and 'Promotions' capture some of your email instead.
Well, Google doesn't always get it right.

Fortunately, even though that is the default setting, you can change the setting and control your pre-categorization completely and get all your mail back in the old inbox.
YOU can select select the problem email in 'Promotions' and drag it to the inbox,  OR....
A more reliable way is to control your own categories  or  simply have none at all.  If you uncheck the 'Social" and 'Promotions' categories in settings, your future email will not appear in those virtual folders but rather in your old inbox as expected.

Here's what you do to fix it.
Go to your inbox settings link. https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#settings/inbox
Uncheck the boxes 'Social' and 'Promotions', AND CLICK SAVE
From now on it will appear in the old inbox as expected.
 
 

 
 
Technical Tip: Easily Unmute Zoom
 
 
 
 
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