Club members have volunteered to find speakers up until July 2012,but we are looking for a few members to volunteer for next yearsprograms in 2012.... This is a great way to STAY INVOLVED! Contact Kevin Groff at 717-560-8435 to sign up for open slots! (kgroff@edenresort.com)

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Please click here to register for our upcoming Ride or Literacy event!

Mark your calendars now for the 2012 Ride for Literacy. This is our major fundraiser and is an all hands on deck opportunity. Help will be needed all day from set up to clean up. Water stop volunteers, road marking volunteers and kitchen help will all be needed.

In addition to our primary corporate sponsor Lancaster Regional Medical Center (thank you Bob!!), we need other sponsors at the $500, $250 or $100 levels. If you want to sponsor the ride, or know of other businesses that may want to, please contact Sunrise Rotarian Beth Mack at 717-581-9981.

The Lancaster Sunrise Club won the “2011-2012 Best Medium Size Club Award in District 7390”.  I had the honor of accepting the banner for all our members at the District Conference in Williamsburg, on March 31, 2012. This is the fifth consecutive year the Lancaster Sunrise Club received this award.  We were recognized because our team work and efforts touched all the Avenues of Service.  Our achievements were far ranging and included local community projects, international service, promoting youth involvement, and improving literacy.  What makes our club special is that we accomplished all this while maintaining our high ethical standards and strengthening our club fellowship.

I am proud to be your President!

On March 18^th, the Lancaster Sunrise Rotary Club completed its fifth successful eye mission to Ethiopia.  Members Bill Cluley, Getachew Hirpo and Jim Kulp joined Dr. Albert Alley and his team from World Blindness Outreach on this ten day mission to the capital Addis Ababa.  Medical supplies worth $6000 were donated to the mission with a District Simplified Grant and the cooperation of the Rotary Club of Lancaster-Penn Square.

Working with the staff at the Ras Desta Hospital Eye Clinic, 128 cataract surgeries were performed, bringing eye sight to those that had been blind.  Ongoing relationships with the Ethiopian health professionals were renewed, and expertise passed on so that they could continue the work we began.  Any unused medicines were left for their use.

Ethiopia is a country with a high incidence of blindness, 10 times that of the United States.  Eighty percent of the blind could be spared if they had access to treatment.  Cataracts account for 50% of these cases with about 600,000 people suffering with the disease.

The international cooperation among so many groups to provide sight to the blind and to offer a better future for the Ethiopians is the heart of any Rotary mission.  It exemplifies the Rotary motto of “Service Above Self.”  This is one of the best examples of how Rotary bridges boundaries and cultural differences to forge humanitarian bonds of friendship and service.

The RotaryClub of Lancaster Sunrise honored two outstanding members as they wererecognized as Paul Harris Fellows: Jim Wentz and Rick Dickerson.   This is Jim Wentz’s second Paul HarrisFellowship award. The Paul Harris Fellowship is named for Paul Harris, whofounded Rotary with three business associates in Chicago in 1905.  The Fellowship was established in his honorin 1957 to express appreciation for a major contribution to the humanitarianand educational programs of The Rotary Foundation.  Those programs include an array of projectsthat save and invigorate the lives of people around the world and enhanceinternational friendship and understanding. Foundation programs provide educational opportunities, food, potablewater, health care, immunizations, and shelter for millions of people. 

Jim Wentzand Rick Dickerson’s’ lives demonstrate a shared purpose with the objectivesand mission of The Rotary Foundation to build a world of understanding andpeace. Their sincere dedication and commitment in helping people in need bothhere and around the world is exemplary. We move closer to a more peaceful world today because of these two outstandingRotarians.

 Rotary Club of LancasterSunrise Honors Students of theMonth

October 2011 – Elizabeth Starer and Harrison Weaver

November 2011 – Jaime Helm and Ross Fladeland

Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrisemotto is “Service Beyond Self.”  We playa leadership role in supporting many local organizations – with gifts of time,talent, and financial resources. Causes supported by the Rotary Club ofLancaster Sunrise include polio plus, literacy projects including supporting ofthe Lancaster-Lebanon Literacy Council and Lancaster Campaign Book Challenge,Ethiopian Eye Mission, etc.  Rotarybridges boundaries and barriers to forge humanitarian bonds of friendship and servicebeyond self.

The January Sub Sale has become a Lancaster Sunrise Rotary tradition. On  Saturday in January 28, 2012  the early rising Rotarians will gathere to start assembling 200 American subs. Last year,  with the help of Stauffers of Kissell Hill and some food vendors Sunrise Rotary netted over $660.Contact Henry Hershey to volunteer for a time slot.

Thanks to Henry Hershey for organizing the great event and to all Rotarians that lent a hand to sell the Subs!  This fun and easy event has the proceeds going to benefit our Ethiopian Eye Mission. Editors note: I am not sure what is more fun, making the subs or observing the sales techniques of Getachew as he strong arms the shoppers into buying some subs!

 Rotary Club of Lancaster SunriseParticipates in the Multiple Sclerosis Society’s “What a Difference a DayMakes” Project

LANCASTER,PA – Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise participates in the National Multiple SclerosisSociety of Central PA’s “What a Difference a Day Makes” Project.    The project’s goal is to help individualsliving with MS with a “helping hand” around the house. The projects vary fromyard work, small house repairs, de-cluttering house or garage, painting, movingfurniture, heavy cleaning and handyman chores. 

According to Robin Unangst, Director of Programs and Services with theNational Multiple Sclerosis Society of Central PA, “it is amazing to see the bondbetween the client living with MS and the volunteers. Friendships areestablished and long lasting relationships have been created with our “What aDifference a Day Makes” program. I am thrilled that many of our volunteergroups decide to continue to work with the program and remain with our clientas they continue to assist them with a “helping hand” throughout the year”.

RotaryClub of Lancaster Sunrise motto is “Service Beyond Self.”  We play a leadership role in supporting manylocal organizations – with gifts of time, talent, and financial resources.Causes supported by the Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise include polio plus,literacy projects including supporting of the Lancaster-Lebanon LiteracyCouncil and Lancaster Campaign Book Challenge, Ethiopian Eye Mission, etc.  Rotary bridges boundaries and barriers toforge humanitarian bonds of friendship and service beyond self.

Mike Stern will be representing our club as the Rotary Foundation Chairperson. Mike reminds us that the mission of The Rotary Foundation is to enable Rotarians to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. Please make sure to give your Foundation donation to Mike or one of the club board members.

The Foundation is a not-for-profit corporation supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world. Check out the Foundation website at http://www.rotary.org/en/AboutUs/Pages/ridefault.aspx to learn more!

ForImmediate Release

September26, 2011

LANCASTER,PA – Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise makes a $1,025 donation

to theLiteracy Council of Lancaster/Lebanon. According to Cheryl Hiester, ExecutiveDirector, “ There are more than 55,000adults right here in Lancaster County who lack the basic skills necessary tofind and keep life sustaining jobs and support their children’s literacy andeducation development. The mission of The Literacy Council of Lancaster-Lebanonis to promote lifelong learning and provide personalized adult educationservices. Our vision is that adults have the skills they need to transformtheir lives, sustain their families and strengthen their communities.”

TheRotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise motto is “Service Beyond Self.”  We play a leadership role in supporting manylocal organizations – with gifts of time, talent, and financial resources.Causes supported by the Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise include polio plus,literacy projects including supporting of the Lancaster-Lebanon LiteracyCouncil and Lancaster Campaign Book Challenge, Ethiopian Eye Mission, etc.  Rotary bridges boundaries and barriers toforge humanitarian bonds of friendship and service beyond self.

 Here is a recent press release put out by our fantastic Publicity Committee:

LANCASTER,PA – Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise awarded a $250 grant to YWCA Lancaster topromote literacy among the children staying with their mothers in the YWResidence. It will be used to purchase books their moms can read to them.  YWCA Residence Director Mary Commero saysshe’s very grateful to Lancaster Sunrise Rotary, “Many of the children livinghere don’t have access to books of their own and this will encourage them todevelop a love for the written word.”

Rotary Club of LancasterSunrise motto is “Service Beyond Self.” We play a leadership role in supporting many local organizations – withgifts of time, talent, and financial resources. Causes supported by the RotaryClub of Lancaster Sunrise include polio plus, literacy projects includingsupporting of the Lancaster-Lebanon Literacy Council and Lancaster CampaignBook Challenge, Ethiopian Eye Mission, etc. Rotary bridges boundaries and barriers to forge humanitarian bonds offriendship and service beyond self.

The Rotary Club of LancasterSunrise meets every Thursday morning at 7:30 a.m. at the Lancaster CountryClub, 1466 New Holland Pike in Lancaster. New members are always welcome! Please check us out on our website atwww.lancastersunriserotaryofpa.com.

The Lancaster Sunrise Club will soon make another $1,500 donation to end polio. This money is raised through our club fundraising, 50/50 donations  and the "cash bear" that sits on the table as we enter the meeting. Thanks for helping Rotary fight Polio!!! For more information read below:

As long as polio threatens even one child anywhere in the world, children everywhere remain at risk. The stakes are that high. By donating now, you can help Rotary achieve a polio-free world.

Lancaster Sunrise Rotary wasrecently honored by the Lancaster-Lebanon Reading Council with their AnnualLiteracy Advocacy Award for our clubs work and dedication toward literacy.  The Reading Council has a membership of over150 people who are mostly from the educational field.  Lancaster Sunrise annually donates 1/3 of therevenue from our major fund raiser, which is a bicycle ride through LancasterCounty to the Lancaster-Lebanon Literacy Council, which is a differentorganization than the Reading Council. Lancaster Sunrise has both organized and individual rides on markedroutes of 10 miles, 20 miles and 40 miles. In addition we donate approximately 50 books to the Carter McCreaElementary School, which is located in downtown Lancaster, every year.  Our club has also adopted a fourth gradeclass at Carter McCrea Elementary School. We provide volunteer readers every week to the fourth grade class and wealso provide the class with a Christmas party every year with a visit from areal bearded Santa Clause.

In the photograph from left toright are Karen Davis, Reading Council's Award Chairwoman; Beth Pushchak,Reading Council President; Doug Plank, President Sunrise Rotary & Santa;and Jim Kulp, Secretary and next President Elect Sunrise Rotary.

"Buzz," as Coho is known to his friends, has led a life of quiet service.

Headheres to the "service above self" tenets of Rotary International, anorganization he joined in 1934 and remains active in today.

Now, three local Rotary chapters will honor Coho,of Willow Valley Lakes, with a flagpole installed in his name atManheim Township Public Library, which is scheduled to open in Octoberin Overlook Park.

"That would be a good place to hang me in effigy," said Coho, 95, with a quick laugh.

"Idon't feel that I've done anything to deserve it," he added quietly."I've gained so much more by being active in Rotary. I look for alesson every day in what I do."

Cohosaid he tries to follow Rotary's "4-Way Test" in all aspects of hislife. The test, he said, asks if an action or statement is truthful,fair to all parties concerned, beneficial to all parties concerned andlikely to build goodwill and better friendships. If a decision cannotbenefit everyone, he said, then it should at least benefit thecommunity at large.

"I try to be a good citizen, and to be readyto help others," he said. "It's about the fellowship among people. Ifyou see a problem, you help them find a solution."

Please sell your supply of car wash tickets.  The Cloister Car Wash Ticket sale is one of the main fund raisers for our club and allows us to do the many projects that we perform for the community and our outreach to the world.  I will need your money and unsold tickets by December 2.  Let's keep the unsold tickets to a minimum this year.  Remember Christmas is just around the corner and the tickets make great stocking stuffers. Thanks for your support. Glenn Walz

Good Morning Fellow Sunrise Rotarians and All,

We had the most beautiful day on September 25th, 2008 for the dedication of the pavilion at Overlook park. It was a little cool and took a few of us by surprise at how cool after sitting for a little while in the morning breeze. But the sun was shining bright, almost a bright as the smiles I could see on those who attended.

On April 10^th Bill Cluley, Getachew Hirpo and Salena Mann from the Lancaster Sunrise Rotary Club joined Dr. Albert Alley and his team from World Blindness Outreach on a journey of service and discovery.  This was the start of the third mission trip in six years sponsored by our Rotary Club.  We followed in the footsteps of other members of our club who traveled to Addis Ababa on the previous two trips, making friends and affecting the lives of many people.  This mission was made possible by the cooperation of the Lancaster Sunrise Club, Rotary International, the Rotary Club of Finot -Addis Ababa, and the organizational expertise of World Blindness Outreach.