Events

Meet our newest member, Ginny Vandenburg! We look forward to learning more about her and why she joined Rotary!

High school students, grades 9 through 12 will be joining us to take part in a speech contest while applying the principles of Rotary's Four-Way Test. The winner will proceed to a regional contest on March 22, 2025 and those winners compete in the District final held at the District Conference on April 6, 2025. Cash prizes are awarded at all levels.  Join us for the very popular, annual event!

Join us at Care & Share's monthly Open House volunteer event. The fun begins at the Welome Center - get started anytime after 5PM. Volunteer jobs include stocking shelves and preparing merchandise. Wear your Rotary gear - let's make sure we show our community we are ready to serve.  Sign up today!

Susan Sloan will talk with us about "What to Think about When Selecting Insurance and Medicare."

Join us as we hear from the Souderton Area High School's Interact Club's Student Leadership as they share about two recent service opportunities - Project CURE and the 100 Box Challenge for the Bean Bag Food Program.

Be inspired by the great work students are doing thanks the service club our Rotary Club supports!

Save the date to "Unwrap the Magic of Rotary"!

This event will include Rotary Districts, 7430, 7390, 7490, and 7410, providing a wonderful opportunity for celebration, inspiration and fellowship!

CLICK HERE to register!

Mayor Dan Yocum and Souderton Borough Manager, Sara Jarrett-Eaton will join us to share about Souderton!

Sara serves as Souderton’s fifth Borough Manager in its history and the second woman to hold the position. She joined the staff in April of 2024 when she was hired as the Finance Director. Later that same month, she transitioned into the role of Acting Borough Manager and Finance Director. In August of 2024, she was appointed at Borough Manager, Secretary, and Treasurer.

Mayor Yocum has served Souderton Borough for the past 17 years. First as Junior Councilor while in High School, continuing with service on various committees, being elected to Borough Council at age 22, and being elected Mayor in 2021. The great-great-great grandson of Henry O. Souder, Founder of Souderton, he is a proud ninth-generation Soudertonian and a member of our Rotary Club!

No meeting this week - enjoy your Spring Break!

Join our ST Rotary Member who is also the Mayor of Souderton - Dan Yocum -  to clean up a portion of Souderton!

Help clean up the area around the railroad tracks at Central Ave & Railroad Ave. Wear your Rotary gear, and bring your own gloves and tools.

Stay tuned for more details!  The agenda so far includes:

• Nominations for 2025-26
• Changes to the Bylaws 
• Centennial Year Plans
• Meeting Location Feedback

Save the Date for our annual Golf Outing!  Funds raised through this event will benefit our local community through the work of the Souderton-Telford Rotary Foundation

We will have an action packed meeting and we look forward to you joining us!

With great delight we will welcome the two SA High School Interact Advisors into our club membership.  Please join us to welcome Jennifer Detwiler and Alison Kircher!  The Interact Club we support at SA High school will also provide us with a report of their activities over the past year.

ST Rotary Member John Heidgerd will also be reporting on his recent trip to Honduras, bringing us up-to-speed on the progress at the school our club sponsored.

Rescheduled date!

Help us keep our stretch of Schoolhouse Road clean!

Please wear comfortable clothes, bring work gloves and water-resistant shoes.  Please use the sign-up link. 

Niki Weiss is transforming how we approach and navigate death, dying and end-of-life planning in the digital age.

Digital Legacy Thanatologist, Founder of ENDevo, Creator of My Final Playbook App, and host of the Digital Legacy Podcast, Niki normalizes and simplifies the often daunting end-of-life planning process by merging innovative digital tools with traditional methods. With a background in healthcare, project management, and risk analysis, Niki brings a unique skill set in coaching her clients through developing a well-thought-out, customized legacy plan.

My Final Playbook App incorporates a holistic approach that guides users through a customizable journey of exploring end-of-life options by breaking down complex decision-making into actionable steps. By comprehensively planning and documenting various facets of your life—such as legal, financial, physical, and digital aspects—we gain peace of mind to live fully while providing a roadmap for preserving our digital imprint and protecting the people we leave behind.

It is time for one of the biggest food drives of the year - the Postal Worker Food Drive, which greatly benefits Keystone Opportunity Center's Food Pantry! We are in need of people to help sort, check expiry, inventory and stock the shelves. Please CLICK HERE to sign up for an available slots!  Thank you!

Please park in the public lot off of Chestnut Street, and enter Keystone through the Food Pantry Entrance, and sign in at the front desk and write your name on a nametag.

Where comfortable shoes! Food drop-offs will begin around 2 PM, and will be most busy between 4 - 5PM. Once the food is dropped off in bins, it will need to be date checked and sorted. There will be a good amount of movement and walking.

ST Rotary Member Tim Clemens will share some of this Astrophotography images taken with his SeeStar. Most of the images were captured in his back yard...right here in Souderton! 

Souderton Area HIgh School Principal, Dr. Sam Varano, will introduce this year's students of the month. We will have a chance to hear from each of the students.

When a month has five Thursday's, our club does not meet on the 5th Thursday.

;See you next week!

Two of our members, Kelli Scarlett and Jean Wieder recently trained for a min-marathon. Join us to hear about their training journey and what inspired them to get involoved!

Mina Yi-Merizalde, President of the Media Rotary Club will share their experience with attracting 10,000 visitors for a multi-cultural music festival in Media in October 2024.

Help us support participants at the fueling station during Indian Creek Foundation's "Roll Stroll & Run".

ST Rotary Member Nicole Spiese will share about her recent experience participating in a Rotary Friendship Exchange to Italy.

Join us to thank President Kate Hoath for her service to our club over the 2024 - 25 year, and welcome our 100th Year and new club President, Sarah Bergin!

Enjoy the holiday weekend!  We will not be meeting this evening.

President Sarah Bergin will be sharing about the upcoming year!  

Join us at Concert Sundaes, a weekly, summer, concert series.  We will be serving the community ice-cream and snacks during an outdoor concert performed by East Branch Revival - Americana & Roots Rock

Join us for a casual get-together of Rotary Members and Friends.  This is not an official meeting.  Refreshments will be at your own cost.

Bring a friend or colleague to get to know us!

Join us at the 2nd Annual Indian Valley Beer Fest! Benefiting the Souderton-Telford Rotary Foundation and the Indian Valley Public Library Foundation of Friends, the Indian Valley Beer Fest brings together the best beers from a variety of local brewers.

• CRAFT BEERS
• WINE & SPIRITS
• FOOD
• VENDORS
• MUSIC

CLICK HERE to become a vendor.

CLICK HERE to purchase your ticket

• VIP: $75 (2-3:30pm)
  • VIP Hour includes specialty brews and tasty food choices.
• General Admission: $45 (3:30-7pm)
  • Pre-sale now through Noon on 7/16/2025
• Tickets at Gate: $50 (3:30-7pm)

ST Rotary Member, Dan Yocum has put together a great program traveling back in time to our club’s first meeting. We will enjoy the delicacies and the meeting format of that first meeting.  You are highly encouraged to dress in 1920s fashion (the venue is air-conditioned).  CLICK HERE for ideas!  (Ladies' fashions first, followed by Men’s trends at the bottom of the article). 

Have no fear – you can wear your 1920’s outfit again to our Auction and Dinner on Thursday, October 30!

When a month has 5 Thursday's we do not meet on the 5th Thursday.

Summer is a busy time!  Lots is happening - and we want to hear about it!

This week is your opportunity to share with the club!  For each "topic" you wish to share in front of the group, please donate $5.  Donations will go towards our goal of raising $1,500 for Rotary International's End Polio Now" campaign in October. 

So - what's new?  New Grandchild?  Tell us!  New Job? Tell Us! Meet a Celebrity? Tell Us! Travel to a different country? Tell Us! Introduced someone to Rotary? Tell Us! (If you share all of that - it will be a $25 donation!)

We look forward to seeing you on Thursday, hearing what's new...and don't forget your dollars - or your venmo account!

Altek's Chief Tech Officer will speak to us about business and personal cybersecurity with a focus on how AI is changing cybersecurity

Bring a friend who would be a great addition to our club for a relaxed time of socialization!

The cost of your food and drinks are on your own tab for the evening.  Non alcholic drinks are available.

Help us distribute "Party Invites" to each resident in Souderton and Telford! 

Working with a partner, you will hang a door hanger on each residence in Souderton and Telford.  Let's make sure everyone knows about our Party in the Park!

Wear Rotary gear if you have it.  

Meet at the parking lot behind the Souderton Borough office building, 31 West Summit Street Souderton, PA 18964

Wear comfortable shoes, sunscreen, backpack or something to carry water to stay hydrated.

Over this past summer, our club sponsored two middle school students to attend our Rotary District's STEM YEA  at Kutztown University. The immersive STEM curriculum is intended to spark intellectual curiosity and a love of lifelong learning over four days and three nights.  Join us!

Join us as Sarah, our Rotary Youth Exchange Student arrives from Brazil!  Steve Kendra, will be picking her up at JFK and arriving back to our area around this time.  If you have a flexible schedule, please sign up. 

Additional details to be given to those who sign up.

A great meeting to attend as we have TWO wonderful Rotary projects to hear about!

ShelterBox exists to ensure no one is without shelter after disaster. Bill Tuszynski, is our Rotary District's ShelterBox Ambassador. He will share how Shelterbox has served over 3 million people in crisis situations over the organizations 25-year history.

Camp Neidig is sponsored by the Rotary Clubs in Rotary District 7430. Its purpose is to provide exceptional students with the opportunity to live, work, and socialize together in a dynamic leadership environment.  We will hear from several of the students who attended this past June.