Members in Attendance (13):  Peter Brown, Andy Leyhane, Phil Kellerman, Debbie Brown, Pat Bailey, Debbie Rodriguez, Murray Forth, Kevin Leyhane, Ray Hannan, Jim Leyhane, Roberto Martinez, Dick Drumm and John Justino.

By Zoom (0):

Guests (0): 

President Peter Brown called the meeting to order. 

Theme for the Year: “Building Community”

MEETING NOTES:

Viking Gym: Rotary, Kiwanis and Top Form members assembled the gym equipment on March 21st. The Town of Schodack’s Park Department has decided to hire a contractor to finish the installation of the Viking Gym at the Schodack Town Park. Jim Leyhane is still working on ordering the peace pole.

Easter Baskets for Circles of Mercy: Lois and Ray Hannan obtained a gift certificate to purchase candy. Shannon Romanowski and the YMCA put the 25 baskets together and delivered them to Circles of Mercy. Thank you to Lois Hannan for coordinating the collection effort and to all who donated.

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 contacted Christine Fowler. She has 17 students signed up to bowl. Per Phil, he has obtained gift certificates for the raffle and ran an ad again in the Our Town magazine. 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. The Club will cover the costs for guests. Please let the Club know next week if you are bringing a guest so we can let the restaurant know the dinner count.

Water for Kenya: Peter Brown has a signed MOU with the Ms. Kenara and members of the Rotary Club of Enkare Naroch. He has also sent a draft of the specifications to the Enkare Naroch Club for review. The next steps will be to ask for bids based on the specifications and apply for funding for the hydrogeological survey. One of the employees who works for Kevin Bailey (Ken) was in Kenya and met with Edith Kanara about the project. Peter also received and email from Edith about the possibility of collaborating on other smaller projects. The Club will focus on the water project first.

Speakers: We still have open dates for speakers.

Rotary District: Roberto Martinez and Jim Leyhane attended the in-person PETS training held March 15th through 17th at the Double Tree in Syracuse. They will do a presentation for the Club about what they learned at the meeting.

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/.

Rotary Multi-District Conference: Will be held on Friday April 26th- Sunday April 28th at the DoubleTree in Binghamton. Standard Rooms Rate: $129/night Single or Double Occupancy, $139/night Triple Occupancy or $149/night Quad Occupancy. Deadline to book: March 26, 2024  DoubleTree Binghamton, (607) 722-7575.

Click ->District Conference Information– for more information on the event and our speakers

Click-> Register to get signed up (does not include hotel reservation)

Click-> Hotel to reserve your room under room code “ROT” 

Next Meeting: Thursday, April 4th 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.