Participants in the Milkweed planting included (l-r): Susan Garrison and grandchildren Vera and Valon Mayer; Nick Zagacki with daughters Grace and Jill; Mikael Nordstrom; Larry Smoose; and Irene, Ian, Sun and Ryan Kim.

The Rotary Club of Media recently sponsored a seed-planting workshop to start milkweed seedlings at the Media-Upper Providence Free Library. The project is part of an effort to save the endangered Monarch butterfly which only lays it eggs on milkweed pods.

While milkweed used to be common in many fields and meadows, development and loss of habitat has greatly decreased the amount of milkweed in the tri-state area and other key fly-ways, contributing to the designation of the Monarch as an endangered species. Rotary International has been encouraging clubs to start pollinator gardens and the Rotary Club of Media responded by partnering with the Jaisohn Memorial House in Media to start a pollinator garden, including milkweed in its plantings.

Mikael Nordstrom, the clubs Community Service Chair and Mina Yi-Merisalde, a club member who is also on the board of the Jaisohn Memorial House worked together to initiated the project. The first part of the plan was to plant the seeds and ask participants to take them home and nurture them into seedlings that will then be planted at the Jaisohn Memorial House in late May. Rotarian Nick Zagacki purchased the seeds and brought potting soil and small peat pots in which to place the seeds, teaching those present how to plant them and care for them over the next eight weeks.

Ryan, Ian, Sun and Irene Kim planting milkweed seeds

Susan Garrison with grandchildren Vera and Valon Mayer plant milkweed seeds

Board Meetings

The Rotary Club of Media Board of Directors meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 12:00 pm on zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82692618141?pwd=ZWo1cHpXMkxZaTVPbGRqWmFQWTZ1dz09
The Rotary Club of Media Board of Directors meet on the 2nd Tuesday of every month at 12:00 pm. All meetings are via Zoom until further notice. For the zoom meeting number and password members should check their weekly emails.

Foundation Meetings

The Rotary Foundation of Media Board of Directors meet on the 4th Tuesday of every month at 9:00 AM at:
Court Diner
140 E. Baltimore Pike
Media, PA 19063
The Rotary Foundation of Media Board of Directors meet on the 4th Tuesday of every month at 9:30 AM. Our monthly meetings are via Zoom until further notice. For the zoom meeting number and password, members should logon to their "Members Only" account.

The Four-Way Test

Of the things we think, say or do:
  1. Is it the TRUTH?
  2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?
  3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?
  4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

Rotary Clock in Media, PA