The York East Rotary golf outing supporting RILA, College scholarships and The Salvation Army of York made a nice leap to hit the $13,465 mark for sponsorships and golfers. The sponsor list is included on this site to the left.  The sponsorship brochure is also located on the left as well.  

We now have 66 golfers committed.  Keep pushing for more sponsors and golfers!

The Rotary York East golf outing is being held at Briarwood East on Friday June 28th with a noon shotgun start.  Boxed Lunch, golf, beverages, and buffet dinner is included.  

Our April students of the month come from York Suburban High School.  Brad Clark is a Juniior at Suburban who finished in the top 5% of his calss in Math and English.  Brad also excelled in Band, Student Council, School Musical, Cross Country and Track.  

Our Senior Student of the month is York Suburban's Alicia Lauren Baker.  Alicia has been in the top 5% of her class in 2010, 2011 and 2011.  She is a National Honor Society member as well as National German Honor Society, and National English Honor Society.  Alicia also excelled in Cross Country, Swim team, and Track.

We wish both our students of the month great success in their future pursuits!

If you look to the left side of the website and scroll down a bit, you will see a document call 2013 Golf Outing.  This is the brochure that can be saved and emailed or printed and distributed.  

This is the link you can use as well:

http://www.clubrunner.ca/Data/7390/6535/HTML/188293//Rotary_Golf_Brochure_2013_LOWRES.pdf

Recently retired 6 term US congressman Todd Platts visited the York East Rotary meeting on Tuesday, January 22nd.  Todd explained the reason he retired was due to him submitting bills to limit congressional terms to 12 years.  This is the length of time he served in the US House of Representatives.  Todd also spoke of his time in congress.  He mentioned supporting troops in "Harms Way" and backed that up with several trips visiting the troops in Afghanistan and other world hot spots.

He also mentioned that he never accepted corporate campaign fund raising dollars.  All of the money that came into his campaign was donated from individuals.  He was one of the last in congress to do so.  The US Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, 558 U.S. 310 (2010) no longer restricts independent political expenditures by corporations and unions.  Pictured here is Todd Platts and York East Rotary President Joe Hackett.  .  

We wish Todd the best in his future endeavors!

Save the date, June 28th noon shotgun at Briarwood East.  Boxed Lunch, Beverages (Thank You Wendy), Buffet Dinner and prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, Long Drive, Closest to the Pin, Hit the Green 50/50 and more.  

Please join us!

Amanda Chan is our Junior Student of the Month from Central York High School.  Amanda's achievements include 1st and 3rd place awards in the York County Science and Engineering Fair, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finishes in the Student Debate Team, Stellar Student Award, 10th grade and finishing in the top 5% of her class in 9th and 10th grade.  

 Amanda's activities include Habitat for Humanity York, Teens for Jeans, SPCA of York, Dover Library summer volunteer, and enjoys face painting as school district events.  

 Her history of participation in extra circular activities include Speech and Debate team, 9th-11th grade, Library Council Co-Founder/Co-President 9th-11th grade, Mock Trial Founder/President 10th and 11th grade, and Peer Tutor 10th and 11th grade.  

 We congratulate Amanda Chan, Central York High School as our Junior Student of the month.   

 Our Senior Student of the Month is Drew Belnick.  He is a senior at Central York High School.  Drew's activities include the National Honor Society, Cross Country, 4 year letter holder and captain of the team this year, 4 years of track, 3 years letter holder and captain last year.  Drew also is a 4 year member of the Central York High School marching band playing alto sax.  He qualified for district band twice, county band once and regional band once.  Drew also has been a member of the Central York Jazz Lab for the past three years.  With all these activities, Drew still has time for the books.  He is a 4 year member of Central's distinguished honor roll

 Other accomplishments include being an Eagle Scout, a volunteer for Olivia's House, Leg Up Farms, Zion Lutheran Church, Dream Wrights and the "Pennies for Patients" fund raiser at Central York.

 Drew's future plans is to attend a 4 year college majoring in engineering or chemical engineering.  Drew has applied for college at Penn State, Pitt, University of Maryland, University of Delaware and Princeton.  We wish Drew the best of luck in his future education! 

We raised $3,000 for the Northeastern Food Pantry and purchased the same in gift cards from the Manchester Giant.  The food pantry can then purchase fresh supplies as needed using the gift cards. The food pantry has served over 500 families in the first 6 months of this year and 75 of those are new families. 

Pete Vasali, Giant Manchester General Manager

Wendy Keesee-Anderson, York East Rotary

Reverend Dick Barley, Northeastern Food Pantry

Elizabeth Wolf, President of York East Rotary Club 

Rotary York East President Jim Walters presents Tom O'Connor, Development Director at Leg Up Farms a check for $4000.  This money was raised by the club members from various activities sponsored by the club, including Monte Carlo Night, the Marlin Barley Memorial Golf Outing and sales of holiday wreaths and carwash coupons.  

Leg Up Farm is a non-profit therapy center in Mt. Wolf, York County, Pennsylvania, for children with disabilities and developmental delays.

"We believe every child is special and deserves the opportunity to reach their full potential. To achieve this goal, we know that therapy takes a lot of time and hard work. Our individually tailored treatment plans, breadth of services, and child-friendly environment in a convenient, centralized location are the keys to success that will improve outcomes for children and families."

Leg Up Farm is designed for infants, children, adolescents, and young adults up to the age of 21 with special needs. Leg Up Farm combines a state-of-art medical setting with a child-friendly environment that caters to both children and their families. The distinctive "Circle of Care" program provides comprehensive therapies all under one roof by bringing therapists of different specialties together to create a customized program with a team approach.

Find out more about Leg Up Farm at www.legupfarm.org. 

Rotary York East President Jim Walters presents James Poster, Director of Development at The Arc of York County a check for $4000.  This money was raised by the club members from various activities sponsored by the club including Monte Carlo Night, the Marlin Barley Memorial Golf Outing and sales of holiday wreaths and carwash coupons.

The Arc of York County is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with intellectual and other disabilities and their families. It is devoted to promoting and improving supports and services for people with intellectual disabilities and fosters research and education regarding the prevention of intellectual disabilities in infants and young children.

"Since it was founded in 1962, Camp Pennwood has provided children with intellectual disabilities the opportunity to enjoy a traditional day camp. Our campers, ages 6 to 21, enjoy age-appropriate activities such as arts and crafts, archery, swimming, horseback riding and musical activities during camp's six-week summer run. With our dedicated staff and volunteers, approximately 80 campers benefit from a safe and educational rural camp experience each year."

Find out more about The Arc of York County by visiting www.thearcofyorkcounty.org

Here are the 2010/2011 High School Student Scholarship winners.  Each student received a $1000 check toward their future education.  From left to right, they are Tia Luckenbaugh from York County School of Technology, Nicolette Drescher of Central York and Jonathan Vu from York Suburban.  

Tia is planning a career as an EMT and will begin formal training at Kaplan in September.  Nicolette and Jonathan both have set their sights on careers as physicians.  

Good luck to all in pursuing their educational excellence!