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A volunteer service club located in Rensselaer County, NY, that is part of Rotary International, the 1.23 million-member international organization of men and women serving their community and their world.

SRC Weekly Update

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Dear Members:

I look forward to seeing you at our holiday party tomorrow night at 6 pm -Thursday the 18th at the Forth Home at 280 Hays Road in East Greenbush.  Please bring items for our silent auction to raise more funds for our club.  
Kevin is starting up another football fund-raiser. He will be at the party to give more details.

Thank you to all of you who donated to our Adopt-A-Family at Circles of Mercy.  Many gifts were donated and I am sure the family of six will benefit from the generous donations.
Thank you to Laurie, Carole and Peter for attending recent meetings concerning the EGSD Food Backpack Program, and for moving the program forward.

Carole and I recently met to begin initial plans for a talent show fund-raise. Yours truly also met with the event coordinator for the Nine Pin Cider establishment to plan a fund-raiser on Sunday March 1st.  More details to follow.

Phil Kellerman, President 

SRC Weekly Update

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Dear Members:

Thank you to Kevin for a recent great fundraiser!

We will do another fundraiser for the Christmas Day football games. More information to follow.

Please let me know if you have gifts for our Adopt a Family via Circles of Mercy. I will be at the office at 11 Washington Street in Rensselaer today, the 9th and tomorrow the 10th from 10 am – 2 pm. And next week from M-Wed.  If you cannot make it down, contact me for pickup.

Don’t forget our holiday party on the 18th at Murray’s home at 6pm. Please donate a gift basket for the silent auction to raise more funds.

Stay warm!

Phil Kellerman, President

The Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club Christmas/Holiday Party

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The SRC Rotary Club’s Annual Christmas/Holiday Party will be hosted by the Forth’s at their residence on Thursday December 18, 2025 at 6:00pm. The cost for the event is $30 per person with children under 12 free. Please RSVP by December 13 with Murray if you have not already.

Back by popular demand will be our annual silent gift basket fund raising auction. Simply design and build a gift basket suggested cost range $20-$50 to enter into the auction, and sit back and enjoy the show as attendees bid on the baskets with proceeds going to support club programs.

Please continue to support our adopt a family program by checking the calendar page on our website to see up to date needs.

This Thursday, back to Moscatiello’s

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Dear Members:

Thanks to Kevin for organizing a successful fund-raiser.

The next meeting is Thursday, December 4th at 6:00 pm at Moscatiello’s Italian Family Restaurant, Route 4, North Greenbush. You can join by Zoom using the link on the website’s calendar page. Joining us will be a speaker from the Nassau Food Pantry.

Please check the calendar on our web-site to let Kevin know what items you would like to donate for our Adopt a Family via Circles of Mercy. Please bring your items to Thursday’s meeting and I will bring them to the agency.

Plans are being initiated for our annual Bowl-a-Thon in the spring at the East Greenbush Lanes to raise funds and collect donated food for the Anchor Food Bank.  Talking about the Food Bank, via our happy dollars at meetings, $137 has been raised so far for the Food Bank.

Sincerely,

Phil Kellerman

Meeting Clipboard 11/20/25

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In Attendance (14):  P. Kellerman; P. Brown; D. Brown; C. Foote; D. Drum; P. Bailey; C. Heaney; L. Pferr; Dean Calamaras; Dorris Calamaras; M. Forth; M. A. Caldes; Debbie Rodriguez and L. Leyhane.

Via Zoom (2): R. Martinez and J. Leyhane

Guest: None

Meeting Notes:

Global Grant: Per Peter, they spoke with Jennifer and received a message from Edith. Per Edith, the school wanted to delay the meeting to after the 8th. Peter drafted a letter about more productive efforts to achieve the project goals. He is waiting on comments from Jennifer. There is no contract yet to fill the dry hole.

Gift of Life: Dean reported that the Gift of Life raised $17,400 from the golf tournament held in September. A child from Mongolia will be going to Albany Medical Center for surgery.

District Grant: Carol submitted the application for a matching grant up to $300 for publicity. She has not heard back yet.

Football Fundraiser: Per Kevin, the fundraiser is going well.

Adopt-a-Family: Kevin will be posing the list on the Calander page. It will be color coded so you can tell what has been purchased. Let Kevin know when you make a purchase so he can update the list. You can bring in wrapped gifts to the nest meeting. Laurie mentioned that the Rensselaer County Office of the Aging is collecting for seniors. The list is on their website.

Backpack Project: Laurie, Roberto, Jim and Peter met with the district. The district would like Rotary to speak to the East Greenbush Education Foundation.

Next Meeting: The next meeting is Thursday, December 4th at 6:00 pm at Moscatiello’s Italian Family Restaurant, Route 4, North Greenbush. Also, you can join by Zoom using the link on the websites calendar page. A speaker will talk about the Nassau Food Pantry.

Happy Thanksgiving

This Week, Dean Calamaras Presenting on The Dead Sea Scrolls

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Dear Members:


This Thursday, November 20th, at 6:00 at Moscatiello’s our own Dean Calamaras will be presenting “Exploring the Dead Sea” describing his visit to the Dead Sea, including its origin, events associated with it, and its significance today.  If you are unable to attend in person, you may join us remotely using the Zoom link on the Calendar page.

Thank you Dean.


The Mohawk-Hudson Humane Society is in need of cat and dog food donations.  If you bring any to the meeting, I will bring donations to the center.
Don’t forget to continue to check out the CNY web-site for Rotary information and other activities.  

Our Adopt a Family from circles of Mercy is about begin, the wish list will be posted on the website this Thursday.


Phil Kellerman, President

This Thursday a Brief Zoom Meeting to Discuss Thanksgiving Fund Raiser

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Pat Bailey and Mary Alice selling pies for the Nassau Library

This Thursday, November 13, 2025 at 6:00pm the SRC will be holding a brief Zoom meeting to discuss our upcoming Thanksgiving Fundraiser. The purpose of the meeting is to give a brief overview of the project, and to answer any questions. The meeting should run only 15-30 minutes in length.

The club will be returning to Moscatiello’s next Thursday at 6:00 pm and Dean Calamaras will be presenting on “The Dead Sea Scrolls”

Zoom Link

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8406923745?pwd=eS9HYLwyxi7TqbXcZlnpQRSiFReOCB.1