The Rotary Club of Ambler

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Change-over, is a Rotary tradition.  We gather to thank the past year’s leadership for a job well done and to welcome our new leadership for the coming year.  Our program at the William Penn Inn follows in photographs. 

Thanks Past President John and welcome President Pat, Oh Donna,

you are the icing on the cake

Our former member and Past President, Bill Weir spoke of our beginnings

 Club # 2166, chartered in 1925

Today there are over 32,550 clubs worldwide

We socialized

Geff Ries & Bill Strasburg, Jay & Barbara Jablokov and Jim & Maureen Reis

Mike & Kathleen Smith with Gloria Myers, Hunt & Billie Weber and

Sylvia & Bill Strasburg

John & Karen Gerhard with Web Master, Jody Richwagen,

Tom Morrison & Emily Klein

Carole Faddis, Maria Kim & husband, John Bittner, the Weber’s with Jean Hardwick

We dined

Jo & Walt West, Sharon & Chuck Dager

Skip & Dolores Urban, Dan & Anne Ritter

Jay & Barbara Jablokov, Jack and Jani Gomberg

George & Pat Carey, Bruce & Liz Braunewell with Stephen & Emily

We honored Paul Harris Fellows

Bill Hummel & John Gerhard

Hunt Weber & Anne Dunnington’s husband, Bernie Siergiej

Peggy Lightkep and half our membership

We honored Wissahickon $6,000 John and Helen Shoemaker Scholarship winners

Louis Choi  & Sam Tsui

We shared the story of women in Rotary, “The Mouse that Roared”

Sharon Dager told the story and Tom Murphy represented the

“old” Rotary with our women representing the “new” Rotary

We recognized “Service Above Self” from our members

Jeff Jocoby for Public Relations, Walt West for fund raising

Jay Jablokov & Hunt Weber for Membership growth, Eric Faddis & Web Master, Jody Richwagen for our web site and Eric for our newsletter

DMK & Scott Stimson for new member involvement,

Anne Dunnington for Foundation development

Grand Club final drawing

The 10^th weekly drawing winners were:

$50 – John Snyder

$50 – Geff Ries

$100 0 Denise Lewis sold by Maria Kim

Dan Ritter won the $1,000 drawing and was recognized

for 41 years of perfect attendance,

Say hello to your 2007-2008 Board of Directors