We will gather at Quigley’s as usual on Thursday for a 6:15 p.m. meal, this time featuring turkey and appropriate sides (maybe some cranberries, too).

Following dinner and our business meeting, a program about the Junior Achievement organization will be presented by Tovah Lisky.

If you plan to attend, and your name is not on the list below, please be sure you email dinner coordinator Debbie Brown at mdbrown@nycap.rr.com no later than Tuesday (and please let her know if you’re bringing guests) so we have sufficient seats at the table and food on the buffet table.

The following have so far indicated their intent to attend on Thursday:

Bailey, Pat
Bennett, Mike
Brewer, Terry
Brown, Debbie
Brown, Peter
Butterworth, Jim
Drumm, Dick
Forth, Murray
Frankel, Julius
Hannan, Ray
Kellerman, Phil
Leyhane, Jim
Leyhane, Kevin
Martinez, Roberto
Raymond, Becky
(guest) Lisky, Tovah

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We’ll be marking the arrival of autumn with a hearty meal of baked ziti and meatballs, antipasto salad, a veggie side, bread, dessert, and beverages when we gather at 6:15 p.m. this Thursday at Quigley’s.

Not signed up yet? Bringing a guest to meet-and-greet, and to hear speaker Jeff Simon, East Greenbush school superintendent (and prospective new Rotarian)?

Please be sure you email your RSVP to dinner coordinator Debbie Brown at mdbrown@nycap.rr.com no later than Tuesday so she can give the Quigley’s kitchen staff an accurate headcount.

P.S. If you plan to donate toothpaste and shampoo to The Anchor food pantry, please bring the items to this meeting and give them to Debbie who will handle the delivery.

P.P.S. Reminder to all Board members. We will be meeting immediately after the conclusion of the dinner meeting.

Here’s who we have signed up so far for dinner:

Bailey, Pat
Brewer, Terry
Brown, Debbie
Brown, Peter
Dowd, Bill
Hannan, Ray
Kellerman, Phil
Leyhane, Jim
Leyhane, Kevin
Martinez, Roberto
Raymond, Becky
Rodriguez, Debbie
Simon, Jeff

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This is truly a members’ week for the Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club. Both our Thursday dinner meeting and our Thursday breakfast meeting will feature members as our speakers.

Phil Kellerman will speak on immigration at the 6:15 dinner meeting at Quigley’s after a meal of pulled pork and appropriate sides. Terry Brewer will speak on emergency preparedness at the 7 a.m. continental breakfast meeting at the Greenbush YMCA.

As always, it is imperative for our event coordinators to have an accurate headcount, including guests, no later than Tuesday. Please email Debbie Brown ( mdbrown @nycap.rr.com ) for a dinner reservation, and either Ron Annis ( ron@topform.us ) or Jim Butterworth ( jbutterworth@albany.edu ) for a breakfast reservation.

REMINDER NOTE: Anyone wishing to contribute to the ShelterBox Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund is asked to bring checks — made payable to that entity — to either meeting.

Here are the dinner reservations we have received so far:

Pat Bailey
Terry Brewer
Debbie Brown
Peter Brown
Jim Butterworth
April Dowd
Bill Dowd
Dick Drumm
Murray Forth
Julius Frankel
Ray Hannan
Phil Kellerman
Jim Leyhane
Roberto Martinez
Debbie Rodreguiz

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Our latest “Recycling & Shredding Day” has been scheduled for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, October 14.

The venue again will be the Wainschaf Associates warehouse at 589 3rd Avenue Extension, Rensselaer, behind the Target store.

The event is a fundraiser for SRC scholarship programs. We will accept TV sets, computers, monitors, keyboards, other small electronics, etc., for 50 cents per pound. Paper shredding and small appliances are 25 cents per pound. We also will accepts such items as stoves, refrigerators, dryers, lawnmowers, etc. No batteries or other hazardous materials will be accepted.

We will, as always, need volunteers to staff the event for a few hours each, or all five hours if you wish. Please contact Murray Forth or Terry Brewer if interested.

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The Capital Region Nordic Alliance (CRNA) is an organization SRC has supported for several years to assist its work with disabled veterans and others through the use of adaptive sports. (Click here for a look at some of its work.) This flyer provides the details of an upcoming fundraiser.

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Since we seem to be permanently in a time in which volunteers are being sought for all sorts of emergency situations, there is a hyperlocal opportunity for anyone looking to help.

It is the “Bystanders to Upstanders” symposium being held by the Medical Reserve Corps of the Rensselaer County Department of Health on Saturday, September 23, in Troy.

Dean and Doris Calamaras, who have signed up for the symposium, will be sharing details with the club at this week’s dinner meeting.

The mission of the Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) is to improve the health and safety of our community by organizing and training volunteers to supplement existing emergency response resources when public health is threatened.

MRC volunteers are local citizens interested in helping their community during large-scale public health emergencies. They include licensed medical professionals such as physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, and veterinarians, as well as non-medical community members with an interest in public health who fill key support positions.

The symposium will be held at the Hilton Garden Inn at 235 Hoosick Street (Route 7) in Troy, about a half-mile east of the Collar City Bridge. It will begin promptly at 9 a.m. and conclude at 5 p.m. There is no cost to attend, and lunch/coffee breaks will be provided. Registration can be done online by clicking here.

Four emergency medicine physicians from Albany Medical Center will be the instructors along with several other Rensselaer County staffers and sheriff’s department deputies. The topics to be covered are:

• CPR/AED*
• Bleeding control/splinting/burns/car accident trauma
• Psychological first aid
• Respiratory emergencies/allergic reactions
• Use of Narcan for opioid overdoses
• Seizures/diabetes/hypothermia/hyperthermia
• Active shooter response

(* Not an official American Heart Association or American Red Cross Certification, as those typically are at least four-hour classes by themselves.)

There will be a short closing address as well as a presentation of certificates and a kit bag of some basic lifesaving tools.

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