Meeting most first and third Thursdays of the month from 8:00 - 9:00 am
at Perkins Restaurant (7 Erford Road; Lemoyne, PA)
August 6, 2026 Meeting Agenda
Welcome
Pledge of Allegiance / Invocation
Introduction of Visiting Rotarians & Guests
Blue Box - Happy/Sad/Brag Dollars
Program - John Anthony, Mayor of Mechanicsburg
Closing - Four Way Test
Speaker Bio
John Anthony has been a member of Rotary since 2007. During that time, among other roles, he has served as club and district membership chair, club president and as district governor in the 2020-2021 Rotary year. He currently serves as the District Service Chair and as the District Finance Chair.
Additionally, he currently serves on the District Club Creatin Committee. Vocationally, John has been in the residential mortgage lending industry for nearly 40 years and currently manages a mortgage lending operation for Fairway Home Mortgage with branches in Mechanicsburg and State College. John has served the business community as President of his statewide trade association, President of the Mechanicsburg Chamber, President of the Downtown Mechanicsburg Partnership, Board Member of Leadership Cumberland and board and committee roles of various other organizations. John has served his community as a Mechanicsburg School Board Director, Mechanicsburg Borough Councilman, through Junior Achievement, various roles in Scouting and currently serves as Mayor of Mechanicsburg Borough. He has be awarded the Cumberland County 2025 Scouting Honoree and the Mechanicsburg "Person of the Year" in 2024. John is proud that his wife of 38 years is currently president of her Rotary Club and his son is on the board of directors of another club in our district.
Member survey - Deadline 8/4
Please don't forget to complete our member survey by 8/4. You can access it here. Only takes 2 mins!
8/4 National Night Out
Join us in these events tomorrow to help build a robust community-police relationship. Our club will be represented there. These NNOs are usually very well attended. Don't miss out on free food, free music, and free fun with our neighbors and business owners! All ages are welcome!
(We need at least one additional volunteer who could help Joan to man the New Cumberland table. Please let us know if you could help out.)
Note on 8/20 Meeting
Please note that Melissa Kopp-Smith, who serves as the District Executive Administrator will be joining us on 8/20 and will provide a brief introduction of the Club Runner website. Please try to bring a laptop to the club meeting so we benefit a hands-on learning experience. The phone interface may be slightly different but could work as a limited substitute.
2026 Flags for Heroes
If you would like to be a volunteer for this year's Flags for Heroes event, please reach out to Dave Weakland on ClubRunner or in-person during our meetings.
