November is Rotary Foundation Month. Our Norristown Club encourages each member to help observe this with a contribution to the Foundation, We ask you to consider donating $100 (or more if you are so inclined), so that the Club can get recognition for the “Every Member, Every Year” effort of RI.
In addition, our Club sponsors a lottery to award a Paul Harris Fellowship to one or more lucky contribution members by pooling at the points given annually by the Foundation to each contributing Rotarian. The pool is used to draw members’ names and use the pooled points to reach the 1000 level which qualifies the lucky Club member for a Paul Harris Fellowship. This is fun, and encourages all of us to participate. The drawing will be held at a meeting at the conclusion of the campaign.
Please consider writing a check any amount is appreciated) and bring your check to the weekly meeting at Jeffersonville Golf Club so I can send it to the Foundation with the appropriate contribution form. If you prefer please send your check to me at my home ( indicated below). Any questions, please call me for clarification. Thanks for your generosity, Rotary Spirit, and help.
The Club participated in two service projects in November. Thanks to all who participated in these events.
Help The Patrician Society in receiving goods from donors , doing the sorting and storage of all the items.
The second project was the installation of a Little Free Library station in the Audubon shopping center. This is a combined project with the Kiwanis Club of Norristown.
Thanks to Alan Treisbach for organizing these two projects.
HARMA ELLENS- Chair West Norriton Human Relations Commission
JOAN WURZEL - Vice Chair West Norriton HRC
PATTY MARK- Chair East Norriton HRC
At our November 21 meeting, the Club welcomed representatives from the East and West Norriton Human relations Commission, who gave a presentation of the activities and goals of the Commissions. PATTY MARK, Chair of the East HRC, and JOAN WURZEL, Vice Chair from the West group, and HARMA ELLENS, Chair of the West Norriton HRC outline their areas of concern in assisting the communities in processing complaints concerning discrimination in its many forms. They are involved by recording and mediating issues in employment, public housing, education, public accommodations and many other areas. With employment complaints, they evaluate the issues and decide if there is a need to pass on to the EEOC for further action. Employment complaints make up the largest number of issues they deal with.
The complaint process has a 180 day limit for submission , followed by a 60 day data gathering process, followed by mediation, which quite often leads to a resolution.
They also outlined current projects and what their goals are for the future. The HRCs work closely with both the Montgomery Advisory Council and The PA Human Relation Commission to solve the more difficult issues.
Thank you Patty, Joan, and Harma for this informative presentation.
Each week we ask a community leader to come speak to the club. Guests are Welcome !! If you would like to speak at a future meeting, email us at RotaryofNorristown@gmail.com. Include your contract info and a brief description of your topic.
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