Members in Attendance (13):  Peter Brown, Phil Kellerman, Debbie Brown, Debbie Rodriguez, Murray Forth, Ray Hannan, Jim Leyhane, Roberto Martinez, Ron Annis, Monica Annis, Charlie Foote, Dick Drumm and Becky Raymond.

By Zoom (0):

Guests (0): 

President Peter Brown called the meeting to order. 

Theme for the Year: “Building Community”

MEETING NOTES:

There will be no meeting at Moscatiello’s next Thursday. Instead, we will meet at 1 pm Thursday, March 21st at the Schodack Town Park to assemble the Viking Gym equipment.

Viking Gym: Per Ron Annis, there is a container of gym equipment at the Schodack Town Park. This Sunday, the holes will be dug. We will meet at 1 pm on Thursday, March 21st to assemble the equipment. If able, please bring a 1/2 inch and 9/16 inch socket wrench. Thanks to Dick Drum, concrete is being donated. Ron will find out early next week what the date and time will be for setting the concrete and equipment. He is trying to schedule it for Saturday, March 23rd. Help will be needed. The grand opening will probably be held sometime in May. Stay tuned. Per Jim Leyhane, the Peace Pole will not arrive in time and will have to be installed at a later date.

Iron Giraffe Bowl-a-Thon: The bowl-a-thon will be held on Sunday April 14 from 2 pm until 4 pm. The cost will be $13 per person. Proceeds will go to the Anchor Food Pantry and to the Maple Hill water project. We will also ask participants to bring a food item for donation. Phil Kellerman has been checking with Christine Fowler regarding the number of students who will attend. Pat Bailey has volunteered to staff the entry table. Bowlers are needed.

Membership: Each SRC Rotary member is asked to bring a friend to the Rotary meeting on April 11th. Terry Brewer will put a program together about Rotary, what the Club does and what we can do for individuals to interest them in Rotary. Members should be prepared to talk about why you joined Rotary. The Club will cover the costs for guests.

Water for Kenya: Peter Brown consulted with Mike Stengle (Becky Raymond’s husband) about anticipated specifications and recommendations on what is needed. Kevin Bailey, previous speaker from High Peaks Solar, is in Nairobi, Kenya now. He has offered to look at the well site. The Club voted to pay up to $300 to purchase a round-trip plane ticket for that purpose. Peter is putting together a consolidated specification list. It is complicated. He would appreciate help. Peter anticipates that the project will cost approximately $50, 000.

Easter Baskets for Circles of Mercy: Today was the last date to drop off items at Moscatiellos. Ray Hannon spoke to management at Price Chopper. He will bring a letter from Peter Brown, along with Lois and Shannon and Price Chopper will issue them a gift card to purchase candy. If you still want to donate, please drop off any items at the East Greenbush YMCA next week.

Speakers: We still have open dates for speakers.

Rotary District: The in-person PETS training will be held March 15th through 17th at the Double Tree in Syracuse. Register early to secure a hotel room. For further information go to  http://www.RotaryEmpireMDPETS.org. The majority of the meeting will be held on Saturday if you are considering attending for one day. Jim Leyhane and Roberto Martinez will attend the District PETS training.

Grants Management Training: The next training will be held via Zoom on Monday, April 1st, at 7 pm. Register for grant training at https://cnyrotary.org/. Roberto Martinez, Jim Leyhane and Debbie Rodriguez completed the training offered on February 7th.

Next Meeting: Thursday, March 28th at 6:00 pm at Moscatiello’s Italian Family Restaurant, Route 4, North Greenbush. Also, you can join the by Zoom using the link on the websites calendar page.

Entree choices will be determined.

Ron and Monica Annis are fellow Rotary members. They own Top Form in Castleton. They provide personal health, fitness, performance training and rehabilitation. Top Form also provides coaching license courses and certifications in CPR, AED and first aid. All schools have AEDs. When playing school sports, students can get hit in the chest and go into ventricular fibrillation, a heart arrythmia. Coaches then need to know how to use the AED.

Ron and Monica provided a cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) refresher to fellow Rotarians. The first thing you do is gently shake the person and ask if he/she is OK. If there is no response, ask someone to call 911 and get the AED (automatic external defibrillator). Next, check to see if the person is breathing, moving or making any noises. If not, start chest compressions. Compressions should be an inch to two inches and compress to the song “Staying Alive” for the rate of compressions.

Turn on the AED. The machine will tell you what to do. You will apply the pads to the upper right and lower left of the chest. The machine will analyze the heart rhythm. Do not touch the patient. The machine will tell you if you need to shock the patient. If so, push the orange button and the shock will be administered. In New York State, sixty people have been saved using AEDs. Two of these people were saved by Top Form.

If you are interested in CPR and AED training, or any other services provided by Top Form, go to https://www.topformeastgreenbush.com/. You can contact them at 518-477-2700.