Club News

At evening's monthly dinner meeting, held at the Blooming Grove Inn in Ewing, Maple Point Middle School 8^th grader Samay Ruparelia

was honored as the Club's November Student-of-the-Month.

Dr. Augie Adrid presented Samay with a certificate acknowledging his recognition and a check for $100

Samay amazed everyone with a list of his academic accomplishments as well as his music, non-scholastic school and community activities … to which one member jokingly asked,"What does he do in his spare time?"

Dr. Audrid, Samay's proud parents, Bijal and Atul, and Club President Ira Sherman

Tonight was the final drrawing for four tickets to an upcoming Philadelphia Flyers,

gacsiously donated by the Flyers' front office.  Samay had teh honor of drawing the winning ticket which had been purchased by Jim Preston of Furlong, PA.  The proceeds from this raffle will be split between A Woman's Place and the Luekemia & Lymphoma Society.

2018 Charity Golf Outing

The Club's 12th annual Charity Golf Outing has been RESCHEDULED due to inclement weather and will be held on Thursday, October 24, 2018 at

1418 Woodside Road in Lower Makefield, PA.

This event's principal beneficiary will be the Drew's Hope Research Foundation.

whose funds support research into treatments and cures for and create greater awareness of Batten Disease a very rare degenerative neurologic disease occurring in an estimate 2 to 4 of every 100,000 live births for which there is no cure at this time and is always fatal!

 Named by Katie and Tony Ferrandino in honor and memory of their son Drew was born on February 1, 2002. 

Before his diagnosis of the Late Infantile NCL form of Batten Disease at age 5,

Drew, like most boys his age, loved trains, baseball, swimming, his brother, Gavin, and his dog, Bella.  In the months prior to his diagnosis, Drew went from being a sweet and active boy who could run, jump and play to a child needing constant care.

Sadly, Drew passed away on September 30, 2014 at the age of just 12!

The golf tournament for both men and women will be an 18-hole scramble format event with longest drive, closest-to-the-pin on the par 3s, and other skill challenges … preceded by a buffet luncheon and followed by an open-bar happy hour complete with hot hors d’oeuvres, raffles, a silent auction, dinner and an awards ceremony.   Dinner-only tickets are also available.

You can help us help Drew's Hope in finding a cure for this terrible disease by registering and playing in the outing or by becoming a sponsor, taking an ad in the event program, or providing gift certificates for goods or services which can become part of the Silent Auction.

For more information on Sponsorships and Advertising opportunities, please click on:  2018 Rotary Charity Golf Outing Flyer – Sponsorship Opportunities – (Rev

To Register to participate in the Golf Outing, please click on:  2018 Rotary Charity Golf Outing Flyer – Golfer Registration – (Rev

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Should you like to make a donation to our charity golf outing and/or in support of Drew's Hope Reserach Foundation, you can log on to gofundme.com/battens-disease-golfing-fund-raiser
 

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Two Unique Items Which have been Donated

Two (2) All-Session Tickets to the 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detriot Michigan

 

Private Tour of the Capitol, including Senate and House Gallery Pass and Lunch in the Senate Dining Room

If interested in either item, please contact Irv at (267) 688-7539

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We encourage you to visit some of our golf outing's strategic partners who are helping us to make this event a huge success and its quest to find a cure for Batten Disease.

Drew's Hope Research Foundation – www.drewshope.org

Batten Disease Support and Research Association – https://bdsra.org

VFW Post 6393, Yardley, PA  

American Legion Post 317, Yardley, PA – www.yardleypost317.org/

Makefield Highlands Golf Course – www.makefieldhighlandsgolf.com

Meghan's Foundation – www.meghansfoundation.org

The Guardians of the National Cemetery, Washington Crossing, PA – http://www.guardiansofthenationalcemetery.org/

Bucks Count Vet's Center, Bristol, PA  

Golf Association of Philadelphia – http://www.gapgolf.org/outinglist.asp

 

 

Club members again fought the I-95 traffic enroute to spend the morning at Phialdelphia's William Dick School.

Since 2008, the Club has supported this K-8 elementary school which is situated in a section of Philadelphia designated as having 96% of its population as living in extreme poverty by providing over 4,000 books for its library; school suppplies for the teachers and students; book bags, knitted hats and other clothing for all of its students; funds raised which were then augmented by Rotary District 7450's matching-grant program; other in-kind donations and volunteer time.

Aside from the challenges faced by most elementary schools, the staff at the William Dick School must deal with limited funding when compared with neighboring suburban districts, neighborhood violence which recently resulted in a second grader being accidentally wounded by a stray gun shot, an environment of drug addiction costing one student's parent their life and other overwhelming socio-econmic problems.

Yet, the school provides its 550 students a safe refuge from the many negative influences which surrounds it and neighorhoods where they live.

When visiting the school, it becomes immediately evident that the school's principal, Amy Williams,

her administrative staff and the classroom teachers have a deep affection for and are totally committed to providing their students a first-rate education as a foundation for their entry into high school while concurrently working to develop high standards for behavioor and character in each one of them!.

Spending a day in this evironment continues to be an incredibly uplifting experience for all Club members who have taken the opportunity to participate in these periodic visits over the years.

(l to r) Ira and Robin Sherman, Syd Baron, Irv Perlstein, Fran SIlverman, Alan Agree, Larry Jaffee and Lou Hatfield. (Photographer Dick Newbert not shown)

Today, we each had the chance to sit and help both kindergarteners and first graders with their reading and spelling skills.

Lou Hatfield

Ira Sherman

Fran Silverman

Syd Baron

Larry Jaffee

Robin Sherman

Alan Agree

Irv Perlstein

Dick Newbert

 

      

     

We wish to thank Marco's Pizza in Newtown for helping it launch the Club's 2017-18 fundraising drive for the Drew's Hope Research Foundation …

the principal beneficary of its 12^th annual Charity Golf Outing scheduled for October 11^th, 2018.

The team of intrepid Rotarians who spent this past Thursday fundraising outside Shop Rite were honored to be invited to Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6393's annual Veterans Day luncheon … at which time they donated five $75^.00 Gift Certificates for Thanksgiving Dinners to the Post Commander Russ Davidson

(l to r)  Syd Baron, Dick Newbert, Alan Agree, Larry Snyder, Irv Perlstein and Post Commander Russ Davidson

The VFW will, in turn, present these Gift Certificates to needy area veterans.

During the luncheon, Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick paid a visit and both congratulated the Club on its ongoing commitment to supporting our nation's military veterans and their families.

Again this year, the Club is supporting the Salvation Army's annual fundraising efforts by Ringing the Bell outside J.C. Penny's at teh Oxford Valley Mall.  Beginning today and working in two-hour shifts, Club members, together with friends and family, will be helping out each Saturday through December 23rd.  

Starting at 10:00^AM on the cooldest day of the fall so far

Debbie and Dick Newbert

were later relieved by

Augie Audrid and Club President Ira Sherman

Club members teamed-up and worked long, overlapping shifts between 7:30^AM until almost 8:00^PM yesterday in front of

in Yardley raising money to provide Thanksgiving Dinner gift certificates for needy area Veterans and their Families.

Irv Perlstein

Syd Baron, Dick Newbert and Larry Snyder

Alan Agree

It was well after dark when Irv and Alan packed up … by which time incredily generous Shop Rite customers had donated a total of ^$1,077.46.

These monies have enabled the Club to purchase fourteen Gift Certificates which will be donated through the VFW Post 6393, American Legion Post 317, Veterans Administration office in Bristol and other local organizations which support our area's veterans.

Aside from chatting with several neighbors doing their grocery shopping were an amazing group of people who stopped to donate and talk; a lady whose husband at nineteen stormed Omaha Beach on D-Day and lost a leg to enemy fire; a young Marine just back from what he called the "sand box" as he termed Iraq; an female Army officer stationed at Fort Dix; a mom whose son was presently serving in Afghanistan; to name just a few … and many others who never mentioned military service, most notably an 80-year old former Rotarian from Texas in his Stetson hat who clearly loved to talk and whose wife had a difficult time getting hiim to leave.

The Rotary Club of Shady Brook offers its sincere Thanks to

for making this one-day fundraising campaign such an amazing success!

A Special Thanks to Elizabeth Gilchrist who helped coordinate our event!

We were privldged to have Katie and Tony Ferrandino

the founders of Drew's Hope Research Foundation

which they established in honor and memory

join us for breakfast at our weekly meeting this morning.

Their foundation will be the primary beneficiary of the Club's 2018 Charity Golf Outing.

They shared their heart-breaking story of having their son, Drew, go from a sweet and active boy who could run, jump and play  in the months prior to his diagnosis with Late Infantile NCL form of Batten Disease (a very rare degenerative neurologic disease occurring in an estimate 2 to 4 of every 100,000 live births for which there is no cure at this time and is always fatal) to a child needing constant care. 

It took them over two years before receiving a final diagnosis of Drew's condition.  Despite being able to enroll their son in an experimental stem cell transplant procedure, they tried to make Drew's life as normal as possible, takeing him to the Philadlephia Phillies Spring Training, Skiing and on many trips. 

On September 14, 2014, Drew succumbed to his disease at the age of 12.

Since then, Katie and Tony have dedicated their lives to creating greater awareness to the evarious forms of Batten Disease and raising funds for research into the cuases and potential treatments and cures for Batten Disease.

Not only will Drew's Hope be a beneficairy of the the Club's 12th annual charity golf outing, but both Katie and Tony have become active partners in heling to identify potnetial sponsors and participants in the tournament which will be held at

 

Rotary Foundation Chair Bruce Klugman announced the kick-off of the 2018 Rotary Foundation fundraising drive.

The Rotary Foundation is a non-profit corporation that supports the efforts of Rotary International to achieve world understanding and peace through international humanitarian, educational, and cultural exchange programs. It is supported solely by voluntary contributions from Rotarians and friends of the Foundation who share its vision of a better world.

The Foundation was created in 1917 by Rotary International's sixth president, Arch C. Klumph, as an endowment fund for Rotary "to do good in the world."

The Rotary Foundation transforms gifts and donations into service projects that change lives both close to home and around the world.

During the past 100 years, the Foundation has spent $3 billion on life-changing, sustainable projects.

Why should donate to the Rotary Foundation?

Your donation makes a difference to those who need our help most.

More than 90 percent of donations go directly to supporting Rotary International service projects around the world.

How does The Rotary Foundation use its donations?

Donations to the Rotary Fondation help carry out sustainable service projects arund the globe.

Perhaps most importantly, thanks the Rotary Foundation End Polio Now" campaign has wiped out 99.9 percent of all polio cases worldwide.

It has also been influential if training future peacemakers, supporting clean water, and strengthening local economies, particularly in the Third World.

What impact can one donation have?

It can save a life!

A child can be protected from polio with as little as 60 cents.

For every $1.00 Rotary commits to polio eradication, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $2.00.

If you would like to help …

Contact Bruce Klugman at chiefyn1983@gmail.com.

The Rotary CLub of Shady Brook wishes to extend its sincere gratitude the many area restaurants which have continued to assit it raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphonma Society.

Thanks to the generous customers of …

Amato's Pizza

De Lorenzo's

The Langhorne Cafe

and

Marco's Pizza

Cancun's Mexican Restaurant

Club member Irv Perlstein was able to add additional dollars to the financial support the Club contiues to make to help the LLS fight and search for new cures and treatments for blood cancers.

PLEASE … support these resaurants!