A Message from the Governor

I am pleased to announce that the District Governor Nominating Committee met on January 15, 2025 and is recommending that Aaron Jacobs of the Rotary Club of York to serve as District Governor for the Rotary Year 2027-2028.

Aaron is the immediate past President and has been a very dedicated member of the Rotary Club of York for over 16 years, with perfect attendance. He is a Paul Harris Fellow+3, a Legacy Society Member, and continues a proud second-generation Rotary family tradition, beginning when his father chartered the Rotary Club of York-North. Aaron is the current Chair of the Service Project Development Committee, and served as the Preserve Planet Earth Chair for 10 years. He has served on his Club Membership, Finance, and Foundation Committees, and currently serves on the District Membership Committee.

In the York community, Aaron has filled many roles at St. Paul's Lutheran Church, and is a director and treasurer of the York City Parks Conservancy. He is also a mentor and leadership team member of Susquehanna SCORE, where he serves as the marketing chair. Previously, he served as treasurer of the Historic Newton Square Neighborhood Association and participated in the White Rose Toastmasters. A dedicated blood platelet donor, Aaron is on track to achieve a remarkable 50 gallons donated by 2025.

Aaron is the President of Scorecard Sales, a company specializing in sales process improvement. Through training, coaching, and technology, Aaron and his team optimize sales teams for greater success. His professional experience includes roles in sales, management, and executive leadership.

Aaron earned his bachelor’s degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Business Administration and his Master’s Degree (Magna Cum Laude) in Finance from York College of Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Abby, and their children, Maxwell and Samantha, are proud residents of York City.

Many thanks to PDG Fred Gellert and the members of the District Governor Nominating Committee for their diligent and timely action.

2023-2024 D7390 Annual Report

The annual report covering the 2023-2024 Rotary year in D7390 is now available on the district website. Check it out! Please look at this excellent summary of all our successes last Rotary year. As I read through the document for final editing, I was struck by a sense of pride in being part of an organization that does so much for our South-Central Pennsylvania communities. You will see Rotarians and Clubs who have accomplished incredible projects, activities, and events. Thanks to each of you for your work in serving others. Thank you to all who took on leadership roles last year at the club and district level. You led us to through the body of work on display in the report. We D7390 Rotarians are grateful you said yes when asked to take on these roles. We can’t accomplish all we do without Rotarians doing the extra work to lead, plan, and push us. I hope you enjoy the report as much as I did. I ask each of us to see something in there we can bring to our own club or see some area that could use support to achieve even more in coming years. Take what we have accomplished in 2023-2024 and keep it going strong.

I’ll see you around the district.

PDG Fred

Learn More About Rotary on March 15

The District Learning Assembly is a great opportunity for all Rotarians to enhance their understanding of key areas that contribute to the success of a club. This event will equip you with valuable insights and practical knowledge on crucial topics such as: Clubrunner, Membership Engagement, Rotary's Positive Peace Program and MORE!

By attending, you'll walk away with a comprehensive understanding of these areas and be better prepared to help your club achieve its goals and create a positive impact. Whether you're a seasoned Rotarian or new to the role, this assembly will be an inspiring and enriching experience for everyone involved.

Join us Saturday, March 15, 2025 at Messiah University (Once University Avenue, Mechanicsburg, PA) in Boyer Hall. 

Cost: $25 per Rotarian

Registration Deadline: March 8, 2025

Sign Up Today!

Rotary Means Business - February 13

Wouldn’t You Rather Do Business With A Rotarian?

The Rotary Clubs of West Shore, District 7390 Passport, Mechanicsburg North and Yellow Breeches will host the 74th RMB networking event in Rotary District 7390 history and the first event of the 2025 RMB season. 

The event will take place on Thursday, February 13 from 5:00 to 7:30 PM at the Brand-New Joseph T. Simpson Library Learning and Book Sale Center at 45 West Allen Street, Mechanicsburg, PA.
 
The event will be FREE to attend.  There will be light hors d’oeuvres, wine, beer and water provided.
 
 
This will be another in a longstanding series of great business networking opportunities for both profit and non-profit organizations.  The Mechanicsburg Area RMB has drawn over between 50 and 60 participants every year.  Do not miss it.  Also, please consider bringing potential Rotarian guests, Rotaractors, and Family of Rotary.

When we do business with Rotarians, we support the mission of Rotary.
 
Rotary’s Mission:
We provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through our fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
 
Additional Sponsors are welcome and encouraged. For more information contact PDG John Anthony at Rotary7390DG2020@gmail.com or 610-587-1358

Our gratitude goes out to our sponsors:
Venue Sponsor:

Joseph T. Simpson Library

Event Sponsors:


Rotary Club of West Shore
Rotary Club of District 7390 Passport
Rotary Club of Yellow Breaches
Rotary Club of Mechanicsburg North

Mother Hubbard’s Custom Cabinetry

 

McKonly & Asbury


Fairway Independent Mortgage Corp of Mechanicsburg and State College

Rotary Club of Lancaster Bell Ringing Leads to Coat Donation

For 109 years, Rotary Club of Lancaster has met weekly, at various Lancaster locations. The major emphasis of this club has been to initiate and support programs for Lancaster’s youth. Historically, this included initiatives for a clinic for crippled children, a cleft palate clinic, a home for boys facing adjudication, leadership camps and student educational exchanges.
 
Today the Rotary Club of Lancaster continues its tradition of service through several programs with the School District of Lancaster and the social agencies that serve the District’s students.  It is through this experience of involvement with schools and agencies that Rotary can bring together services to benefit school youth in a creative and meaningful way.
 
A wonderful example of this interaction occurred this year on Friday the 13th 2024. For more than four decades, Rotary Club of Lancaster members have been ringing Christmas bells as volunteers for the Salvation Army Lancaster Corp's Red Kettle campaign. Each year, club members can be found outside Lancaster City’s 300-year-old Central Market location. To enhance the experience and size of the crowd, Rotary invited students and their teacher from one of the Lancaster School programs it supports.  This program called SWAN (Scaling Walls A Note at a Time), serves children of incarcerated parents by focusing on music instruction and participation, including music lessons, ensemble training, performance and mentoring to enrich their lives and their school experience.
 
 
This year’s bell ringing was accompanied and enhanced by an hour-long outdoor performance of carols by a dozen elementary age chorus members of the SWAN program. In 20-degree weather, the student carolers sang and dramatized the tunes of Rudolph, St Nick and the 12 days of Christmas. Market shoppers and tourists were thrilled and acknowledged the performance with generous Salvation Army Kettle donations.
 
As the SWAN students sang, Rotary members noticed that many of the students did not have winter coats despite the cold and wind of the day. This triggered “Service above Self” action with the Salvation Army “Coats for Kids” program. With Rotarian coordination, SWAN teachers provided the names, ages, genders, sizes and school for each student performer. Salvation Army staff selected and matched a winter coat for each of the identified students.
 
Exactly one week after the SWAN student Market performance, Rotarians delivered new and clean winter coats, donated by the Salvation Army, to each of the student carolers and their siblings at the students’ school. Now each student will be warm and comfortable for the holidays and the winter season.

Learning and Recreating Positive Peace in our Rotary Clubs and Our Communities

Positive Peace is built on ongoing and sustainable investments in economic development, knowledgeable institutions, and the predominance of societal attitudes that foster peace. In other words, positive Peace involves people, attitudes, and policies that can make positive peace a reality.
 
Hector is one of the more than 300 Positive Peace Activators and one of the 42 in North America and the Caribbean that Rotary and the Institute for Economics and Peace have sponsored to build positive peace in the world.
 
Hector is committed to spreading positive peace knowledge and understanding and is willing to train others on conceptualizing positive peace and the framework of peace-building models. It is not about telling one what to know, what to say, or what to do. In other words, “before you try to fix something, ask first” to understand it says Hector Ortiz who is presenting an opening availability to go to your Rotary Clubs and present about Positive Peace and Rotary.
 
PDG Hector Ortiz is available to speak at Rotary clubs, district functions, community settings, and other venues to promote the importance of positive peace and enhance community peace-building initiatives.
As Global Peacebuilder District, Rotary clubs and Rotarians play an essential role in supporting the work of the Rotary Peace Centers and our grassroots efforts in peacebuilding. It is time to invent and reinvent peace and it must start with us.
 
You can contact PDG Hector Ortiz at Richie1166@msn.con or 717608-0444  
PDG Hector Ortiz (Proud Rotarian and Positive Peace Activator North America and the Caribbean)

Sign up to Donate Blood!

 

The Rotary Club of Mechanicsburg North, in collaboration with Bethany Village, is holding a blood drive on January 29, 2025 from 11:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. in the Rife Center at Bethany Village (325 Wesley Circle, Mechanicsburg). This blood drive is in conjunction with the Central Pennsylvania Blood Bank. Please register in advance by email, phone or by scanning the QR code. Don't forget to eat within 4 hours of donating blood. We would like to see Rotarians and their friends donate blood! 

Zones 28 and 32 Assistant Governor/Area Governor Quarterly Forums

Greetings fellow Rotarians from District 7390!
 
Join us for an evening of learning and sharing. Rediscover with us best practices in serving in the AG role and updated knowledge on the RI Strategic Pan and tips to influence ways to increase our impact in our area clubs.
We would love to see you at the next AGs Quarterly Forum to be held on Thursday, Jan. 29, 2025. 7:00-8:00 pm EDT.
Zoom Link:  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81313802765?pwd=SgscaEJF40Xz2bpVI4DOLLvCjb9NoV.1

Quarterly AG Virtual Forums to discuss challenges and opportunities for AGs
Guest Speaker: Tom Gump, Aide to Rotary International President 2024-25. Chair, RI Membership Growth Committee 2025-26 and RI Director Elect.
Topic: Growth Through New Club Development: Rotaract, Companion, Impact, Passport, Satellite
PDG Hector Ortiz & PDG Kathy Gallagher Zones 32 and 28 AG facilitators

REGISTER TODAY FOR THE 2025 District Conference

District Conference - April 4-6, 2025

This event will include District 7430, 7390, 7490 and 7410, providing a wonderful opportunity for celebration, inspiration and fellowship. Not only will you enjoy the Conference but you will have access to a large range of family-friendly activities while here!

BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY and FEEL THE MAGIC!!!
 
Total Conference registration is $375. Just want to attend on Saturday? Saturday ONLY registration is $200. 
 
 
Friday, April 4
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.Rotarian Check-In                                                                                                           
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Welcome Reception
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Opening Session & Dinner
Keynote Speaker - Chris Etienne (RI Director)
Entertainment - Magician Kevin Noll
 
Saturday, April 5
7:00 a.m. - 8:15 a.m.Breakfast 
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Plenary Session #1 with PDG Chris Offer
9:30 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.Coffee Break
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.Plenary #2 - with Mo Eid and Linda Lo
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.Lunch with Speaker Hagir Elsheikh
1:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.Break
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.District Sessions - Four-Way Test SPEECH Contest Finals and ESSAY Winner Presentation
4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.Break
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Major Donor Reception
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.Reception for the Rest of the Conference Attendees
6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Dinner with Keynote Speaker Barry Rassin (Past RI President)
And Featuring a Parade of the Past District Governors and the Youth Exchange Parade of Flags
8:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.Dueling Pianos Entertainment
9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m.
Hospitality Suite with DJ
 
Sunday, April 6
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.Breakfast with Speaker Tim Coniff                                                                                                                        
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.Memorial Service
10:30 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.District Conference Photo Montage
10:45 a.m.Conference Officially Ends
 
Sponsorship Opportunities are also available! Click here to find more information! 
 
Upcoming Events
STEP 2025 Interviews
Zoom
Jan 22, 2025
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
 
Grants Training
Zoom
Jan 22, 2025
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Red Lion/Dallastown Area Official Visit
Terrapin Station
Jan 23, 2025
12:00 PM – 1:30 PM
 
Positive Peace Planning Meeting
Zoom
Jan 23, 2025
1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
 
STEP 2025 Interviews
Zoom
Jan 23, 2025
7:00 PM – 7:30 PM
 
2025-2026 District Budget Meeting
Fairway Mortgage
Jan 24, 2025
10:30 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Global Grant Scholarship Applications Due
District Office
Jan 26, 2025 12:00 PM
 
District Learning Committee Meeting
Zoom
Jan 29, 2025
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 
District Executive Board Meeting
Zoom
Jan 30, 2025
6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
 
Youth Exchange Overnight - York-North
York-North Rotary Club
Feb 01, 2025 – Feb 02, 2025
 
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