The Carnegie-Collier Rotary club's "Sip For Hunger" wine tasting event, which was held on Friday June 11th at Nevillewood Country Club, made a profit of $11,028.04 .   The monies earned are being kept in a special fund set up by the Rotary District 7300 Foundation.  The money will be used in our meal packing events as well as other activities that support hunger projects.  Congratulations to our wine tasting committee for a job well done!!!  

As expected, a bloodless coup d'etat, took place on the steps of the capital....I mean the front steps of Nevillewood Country Club, on July 1st as incoming president Ted Katz was sworn in as our 89th club president. No tanks, infantry or artillery were needed as past president, Diane Karcz graciously stepped down from power. Ted Katz came out of nowhere and flew by Teddy Roosevelt,  Abe Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson to win the third heat at PNC Park. 

Ric Castro is getting ready to join our club soon and he will be Ted Katz's first new member during his year as president.  Ric is the CEO of Amicus Corporation in Bridgeville and he and his wife, Karen, reside in Presto. In 1994, Ric was a non-Rotarian member of the Rotary District 7300 Group Study Exchange (GSE) Team that traveled to Sweden and Poland for five weeks.  While he was in Sweden, Ric was offered a job by a Swedish company to open a Philadelphia office in the U.S. for them.  Ah.....the magic of Rotary strikes again!!!  Ric's wife, Karen, is a dentist who was taught at the University of Pittsburgh Dental School by none other than our own local dentist, "Painless" a.k.a. John Mendenhall. I believe Ric was born in Honduras and moved to Pittsburgh when he was two or three.

Lou Trombetta, Director of the Chartiers Boys and Girls Club, received a check in the amount of $500.00 at today's Club Assembly from club president, Diane Karcz.

Club president Diane Karcz presented Chartiers Boys & Girls Club director, Lou Trombetta, with a check for $500.00 today.  Lou told me that the club has 912 kids signed up, with more teenagers than they've ever had before.  The Boys & Girls Club is helping these teenagers find good paying jobs.  According to Lou, McDonald's Foods is currently hiring in this order: unemployed adults, seniors, then teenagers.  Everything from computer skills to officiating sporting events is taught there. 

Captain Holly Daniels from the Carnegie Salvation Army attended our June 3rd Club Assembly meeting.  Holly picked up a check in the amount of $250.00 for the Salvation Army's Camp Allegheny, which is a summer camp for local children.  Pictured with Holly is club president, Diane Karcz.

CV graduate, Cara Mazzarini, who recently finished her sophmore year at Villanova with a 3.5 QPA in mechanical engineering, picked up her $1,000 2010 James "Red" Miley Memorial Continuation Scholarship check today from the club. Cara will be unable to attend our President's Dinner on June 17th because she will be starting a summer internship with Exelon Nuclear in New Jersey on June 1st. Pictured left to right is Foundation President John Mendenhall, Cara Mazzarini and Foundation Treasurer Gordon Giffin.   

Bonnie Smith was inducted into our club as our newest member on April 22, 2010.  Bonnie handles business services and global IT for Thermo Fisher Scentific.  Welcome Bonnie.  President-Elect Ted Katz is shown here presenting Bonnie with her 4 Way Test and Object of Rotary plaques.

Pictured here l to r are three of our newest members: Ruth Forsyth, Charles Oke and Bonnie Smith.     

Pictured here from left to right is Robert Levine, our guest speaker, President Diane Karcz, Rick Iorio, Kay Phanse and Eileen Dombrowski.

The 2010 Big Event was held on Saturday April 17th at the Club At Nevillewood.  The club raised approximately $16,000 for our local charities.

President Diane Karcz shown here at the Big Event with her husband, Pete and hoping to win BIG!

The 2010 Carlynton High School Interact Club's "Battle Of The Bands" was held at the Knights of Columbus building in Crafton on Saturday March 27, 2010.  Five bands participated: Cascade Atlantic, Call To Attraction, The Stop Sound, Daylight Strike and Oh, Frazier.  The winner of the 3rd annual event was The Stop Sound.  Go to the Carlynton Interact Club tab on the left for more photos of this event.

Barbara Bonamassa, an inbound Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from Bologna, Italy was our guest speaker on March 18, 2010.  Pictured here l to r are John Bonnacorsi, from Collier Township & W & J College, who our club may be sponsoring as an outbound Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar next year to Italy,  club Foundation chairperson Mark Brilmyer and Barbara Bonamassa.  The scholarships are worth $25,000 and they can only go to non-Rotarians. 

Exchanging a Carnegie-Collier Rotary Club banner with one from her homtown of Bologna, Italy are from left to right: Barbara Bonamassa, Dr. Kay Phanse and Sue Kelly.

Tilden Bennett is shown with our president, Diane Karcz. 

Tilden Bennett is our newest member of the Carnegie-Collier Rotary Club.  Tilden is shown getting ready to be pinned by our president, Diane Karcz.  Congratulations Tilden on becoming our newest member.  Keep up the good work, everyone ! 

The Carnegie-Collier Rotary Club participated in its 25th St. Patrick's Day luncheon for the employees at Parc-Way Industries in Bridgeville.  Mary Ann Paff, did a wonderful job organizing this event. Like Dr. George Carson before her, Mary Ann and her leprichans provided pizza, cake, ice cream and soft drinks for the employees, who really look forward to this day every year!

Here is our president, Diane Karcz, with Larry The Leprechaun at the Parc-Way Industries luncheon, which was held on Wednesday March 17th.  See Parc-Way Industries Tab on the left side for more photos of this event.

Leigh White gets into the spirit of the St. Patrick's Day luncheon by donning her green for the good of the cause.  There was definitely a festive mood this year with disco music playing and some dancing by the Parc-Way Industry employees.

Congratulations to the Carlynton High School Interact Club , which is sponsored by the Carnegie-Collier Rotary Club, for being named Rotary District 7300 Interact Club Of The Year. Carlynton received the district award at the annual District 7300 Interact conference which was held on October 28, 2009.  This year, the club has added 25 more members and has several projects lined up for 2009-2010.  Rachel Foltz is the teacher/sponsor.  Kirsten Boring, who was a teacher/sponsor during the past two years, moved to Maryland.  This photo was taken at the March 27, 2010 Battle of the Bands fund raiser as everyone was getting ready for the clean up.