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Spring Food Drive!

Stop in Saturday, April 13th from 9:00am till noon and food collection of the day’s proceeds benefit Warminster Food Bank

Please consider helping your neighbor in need. The food bank is serving over 1000 individual on a monthly basis with an annual budget of over $625,000 of which 95% of all donations goes back into food.

Join us at the Giant market, 720 W Street Rd, Warminster PA 18974 on Saturday April 13th From 9:00am till noon.

 
 
 
4th Annual Warminster Rotary Golf Outing
Join us on Friday, April 26, 2024 for the 4th Annual Warminster Rotary Club Golf Outing at the beautiful 5 Ponds Golf Course, 10am shotgun start. 
This event is a major fundraising effort for our club. All proceeds go toward supporting meaningful community projects and Rotary International initiatives.
YOU can help make a difference with your support:
1. Play in the tournament
2. Become a tournament sponsor
3. Non-golfers can attend our post-golf awards lunch and raffle for $50
4. Donate a raffle basket or business gift certificate 
  
 
Sponsorship information
 
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Not Just A Bench
This is not just a bench.
No....it's a lot more.
It's in a very special place where children play and learn.  Where parents realize love.
Where friends are made, friendships nurtured, and futures dreamed.
It's part of our hometown where memories are made and kept alive.
Two such profound friends were Bryan Benson and Seann Campbell.
Try as we may to validate the pain we endure, even after 30 years, we have hope.
No, this is not just a bench. It's so much more.
 
Maybe you'll sit on this bench. Maybe you'll pass by and read what it says. Maybe someone will rest for a moment. 
Maybe two young children will sit here and share all the stuff that makes for an everlasting friendship.  
 
This is a beacon of hope.
It's one small gesture toward improving our community and keeping the memory of Bryan and Seann alive.  
 Karin Suttmann, President of the Warminster Rotary Club 2022-2024
BENSON-CAMPBELL MEMORIAL FUND
A reward fund created in 1993 to help catch the person(s) responsible for murdering two young Warminster men, Bryan Benson and Seann Campbell is being repurposed to help local food banks and disadvantaged youth, a request made by the victims’ families who said they want to see the money help the community that helped them in their time of need.  In 2021, the Warminster Rotary Club Foundation accepted $61,545.86 from the Benson-Campbell Reward Fund, which had been sitting dormant.   
Benson and Campbell were best friends and working together at the West Coast Video in Rosemore Shopping Center when they were brutally murdered on Nov. 10, 1993.  Their killings remain unsolved.
At the time, Benson’s parents, Janice and Gary Benson, and Campbell’s parents, Bonnie and Greg Youngers, helped establish the Benson-Campbell Reward Fund.  Residents of Warminster and surrounding communities donated more than $52,000.  The money was placed into an account, and no disbursements of the reward money were ever made.  As time passed and with bank consolidations, the identity of the custodian of the Benson-Campbell Reward Fund became lost.
Recently, Attorney Sean Corr, representing Campbell’s parents, with the assistance of Bucks County District Attorney Matthew Weintraub and the office’s Victim Witness Coordinator Itzamir Pagan, was able to determine the ownership and origins of the reward fund.
Corr, a past member of the Warminster Rotary Club, met with both families and the Board of the Warminster Rotary Foundation.
Both families said they were touched by the support of the community over the years and, in consultation with Corr and DA Weintraub, determined the money, now found, should be used to better the community.
While they have not lost faith that someone will help provide information that would bring the parties responsible for the murder of their sons to justice, both families felt the money should be reinvested locally.
“Brian and Sean deserve justice,” District Attorney Matt Weintraub said. “But I take some solace by helping to their parents’ wishes that something good could be done in our community with the reward fund once we were able to help recover this money for them.”
The families said their hope is to see the funds managed by an organization with local roots, strong leadership focused efforts to improve the community and continue to keep Bryan and Seann’s memory alive.  
The Benson family said they wanted to see the money used to support local food pantries and the Youngers Family wished to help organizations that support youth with disadvantages.
On Jan 13, 2021 the Warminster Rotary Foundation Board of Directors voted to establish the Bryan Benson and Seann Campbell Memorial Fund with the $61,545.86, which is separate from their operating fund.
The first distributions were made to the following organizations: $2,500 to the Warminster Food Bank, Warminster, PA; $2,500 to the Lehman Methodist Church Food Pantry, Hatboro, PA; $2,500 to the St. John Lutheran Church Food Pantry, Hatboro, PA; and $2,500 to the Hopes and Dreams Foundation, Southampton, PA. 
Every distributed check will include how the fund was established and the wishes of the family to have their sons remembered.
For more information, contact Karin Suttmann, President, Warminster Rotary Foundation at Ksuttmann@jlmedia.com or 215-439-8790 or Manuel Gamiz Jr., Director of Communications, Bucks County District Attorney’s Office at mgamiz@buckscounty.org or 215-348-6298.
Anyone with information on the killings of Bryan Benson and Seann Campbell, please contact Warminster Township police at 215-443-5000 or Bucks County detectives at www.bucksda.org.
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Warminster Rotary Awarded Prestigious Rotary Citation
On 8/14/23, past District Governor Len Giesler awarded the Warminster Rotary Club the prestigious Rotary Citation for the 2022-23 fiscal year.  This is the most significant award a Rotary club can receive. The Rotary Citation award recognizes the hard work clubs do throughout the year. Working to achieve the citation goals helps clubs engage their members, stay relevant in their communities, and run more efficiently. A welcoming and engaging club not only fosters a positive experience for its members, but also reflects the values of Rotary. When clubs achieve citation goals, they contribute to the overall health and culture of Rotary for generations to come. During a year that was challenging for many Rotarians and clubs around the world, the Warminster Rotary club demonstrated a commitment to achieve our goals, which ultimately helps strengthen Rotary and shape our future. 
Congratulations to the Warminster Rotary Club
Visit from Warminster K9 Officer Bolt and Srgt O'Neill
 
 
 
On 8/9/23 the Warminster Rotary Club hosted Sergeant Chris O’Neill and K9 Officer Bolt from the Warminster Township police department.  Bolt is an 83+ pound German Shepherd and is fully trained for article searches, tracking, and much more.  He works with Sergeant O’Neill in drug detection and/or bomb detection.  Bolt and his counterpart, K9 Officer Link serve Warminster township and surrounding areas in Bucks County.  O’Neill and Bolt demonstrated their tactics and how they work together.  Quite a playful pup, but when he’s on duty it’s all business. Bolt lives with the O’Neill family and will do so after he retires. Thank you Sergeant O’Neill and Officer Bolt for your service and for making our community a better and safer place to live. 
 
      
 
 
DG Donaher visits Warminster & Warrington Clubs
On 8/2/23, District 7430 Governor Diane Donaher visited the Warminster and Warrington rotary clubs in a joint meeting held at Guiseppi's. Donaher spoke to a filled room about how our District is a Beacon Of Hope to all we serve. This years theme supports the Rotary International theme to Create Hope in the World, focusing on Mental Health awareness and ways we can support our community in times of need.  Sometimes when stress takes over, the easiest way to calm ourselves is to simply and slowly breathe in and breathe out. Also in attendance were District Governor Elect Katie Farrell from the Warminster Rotary Club and the area 7 Assistant District Governor Mary Spencer from the Willow Grove Rotary Club.  Donaher recognized Nello Ianieri with a Beacon of Hope award recognizing his steadfast service to the Warminster Rotary and the township as a whole.  
 
Left Photo:  DEG Katie Farrell, WRC President Karin Suttmann, ADG Mary Spencer, Warrington President Lou Altimari, DG Diane Donaher
Center Photo:  The Warminster and Warrington Rotary Clubs 
Right Photo:  Distrcit Governor Elect Katie Farrell
        
Anything But Blue!
On July 29, 2023 Rotarians were at the Blue Bar in Warminster supporting the Food Bank donation and fundraiser night. Despite the rain, the heat and a little flooding on the back porch (that eventually subsided) we had a great time for a vital community organization.  Thanks to Mike Cerino and the entire volunteer staff at the Food Bank, the entire staff at Blue Bar and all the people who came out and made the night a success. 
 
  
7/23/23 Picnic
What better way to celebrate our club than by splashing around during a hot summer day!  Katie & Joey Farrell hosted the Warminster Rotary Club Charter Celebration picnic on 7/23/23.  It was great seeing Lou, president of the Warrington Club and PDG 2019-20 Cindy Hornamann and her husband Chris too!   
      
 
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HONORING OUR STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
Changing Lives
Rotary has seven areas of focus that change lives.  Promoting Peace, Fighting Disease, Clean Water/Sanitation/Hygiene, Saving Mothers and Children, Supporting Education, Growing Local Economies, and Protecting the Environment.  Read on to see a sampling of how the Warminster Rotary Club serves these areas of focus.
 
 
COMMUNITY/LOCAL ENGAGEMENT
Warminster Day, June 2022
Pictured here are Rotarian Mike Cerino of the Warminster Food Bank, Rotarian Craig Schmidt, PE Karin Suttmann, Rotarian Russell Dunchock and Honorary Rotarian Dan Finello.  Warminster Day is an annual community event that celebrates our town.  The day was filled with entertainment, activities, food and overall goodwill.  A number of Rotarians participated by manning our tent and meeting new friends.
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SUPPORTING EDUCATION
 
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FIGHTING DISEASE
 
 
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SUPPORTING FAMILIES 
 The Warminster Rotary Club proudly supports The Warminster Food Bank, serving families with food insecurity.  The October 2022 food drive was a roaring good time! Pictured here is Rotarian and Director of the Warminster Food Bank, Mike Cerino!  
 
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CARING FOR THE ENVIRONMENT
The Warminster Rotary club actively participates in caring for our environment.  Pictured here are members helping remove invasive species at our community park and cleaning up a water basin in the township. 
 
          
 
 
CLEAN WATER/SANITATION/HYGIENE
A few hours on a Saturday cleaning up a water basin in the community is a lot more than just picking up trash.  It results in Municipal Authority services to work for the community efficiently.
       
 
PROMOTING PEACE
Promoting peace is something at the heart of every Rotarian world wide.  We apply the four-way test, an ethical standard to the things we think, say or do.   Is it the truth?  Is it fair to all concerned?  Will it promote good will and better friendships?  Is it beneficial to all concerned?   
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Club Executives & Directors
President
Karin Suttmann
President Elect
Michael Cerino
Immediate Past President
Jason Cartwright
Club Treasurer
Nello Ianieri
Foundation Treasurer
Daulton George
Secretary
Lea Garrard
Rotary Foundation
Katie Farrell
Sergeant-at-Arms
Donna Spatz
Board of Directors
Michael Borkowski
Board of Directors
Russell Dunchock
Education
Jason Cartwright
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Karin Suttmann
Membership
Donna Spatz
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