The Rotary Club of Chestnut Hill continues its extensive outreach in the community by recently awarding grants to more than 20 local and international organizations that fall within several of Rotary International’s areas of focus: supporting education, improving local communities, disaster response and fighting disease, saving mothers and children, and protecting the environment.

From the Chestnut Hill Local

Philadelphia Police Inspector D.F. Pace, a seasoned member of the police force with more than 20 years of service, is slated to speak at the Chestnut Hill Rotary Club's breakfast meeting. The event is scheduled for Feb. 28 at 7:30 am, at the Center on the Hill, located at 8855 Germantown Ave. within the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. This engagement is open to the public and will feature a presentation titled “Crime in the City,” specifically focusing on the issue of violent crime in Philadelphia and the challenges it poses to law enforcement.

Rotaplast International, Inc. helps children and families worldwide by eliminating the burden of cleft lip and/or palate, burn scarring, and other deformities. Working with local professionals, Rotarians, and other organizations, the organization sends multidisciplinary medical teams to provide free reconstructive surgery, ancillary treatment, and training for the comprehensive care of these children.

Philadelphia Police Inspector D. F. Pace, who served in the force for more than two decades, will be speaking at the Rotary Club of Chestnut Hill breakfast program on February 28, 7:30 am, Center on the Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue, Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. The public is invited to attend the meeting which will include a short question and answer session.

More than 40 Chestnut Hill Rotary volunteers collected, sorted, and delivered a dozen carloads of warm clothing, food, and medical supplies to Prevention Point Philadelphia (PPP) in honor of Martin Luther King's Day of Service. 

Chestnut Hill Rotary has a tradition over the past few years collecting donations from members, friends and neighbors of the local community and deliver to PPP for use by their clients.

Chestnut Hill Rotary Community Service Committee member Carol Bates recently presented a check for $1,000 to enable 50 students from 4th grade at Eleanor C. Emlen elementary school to visit science museums in Philadelphia.

Chestnut Hill Rotary Community Service members, Frank Hollick and David Gary Smith recently presented a check for $1,000 to Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels to purchase additional reusable insulated bags for food delivery to their clients. Chestnut Hill Meals on Wheels provides community seniors with healthy lunch and dinner meals delivered by caring volunteer drivers.

Chestnut Hill Rotary members and guests had the opportunity at a recent breakfast meeting to see the premiere of Chestnut Hill Rotary's new video highlighting their passion for joining Rotary.

Reverend Linda Ivey, MSW, Germantown Faith Communities Against Gun Violence, gave an engaging report on the success and challenges of the initiative help curb violence through a summer STEM camp with a strong conflict resolution component at a resent Chestnut Hill Rotary breakfast program. Due to the success of the program, the University asked Reverend Ivey to contribute again next year.

Veteran Capitol Hill journalist David Hawkings will speak about congressional dysfunction at an upcoming Rotary Club of Chestnut Hill breakfast meeting.

Hawkings, who has covered Capitol Hill for three decades, will present "The 5 Ms That Explain Our Dysfunctional Congress" at the Dec. 13 meeting. He argues that Congress is more broken now than it has been in over a century.