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If you plan to attend this dinner, please be sure to contact Terry Brewer no later than February 20 to reserve a seat.

Members Attending (10): Terry Brewer, Murray Forth, Shannon Romanowski, Jim Leyhane, Andy Leyhane, Mike Dewey, Ron Annis, Marco Koshykar, Jim Butterworth, Peter Brown.

Guests (1): Robert DeBennedetti.

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MEMBERSHIP — Murray Forth introduced his guest, Bob DeBennedetti, who he is proposing for membership.

SPEAKER — Club member Peter Brown was the speaker, providing an overview of “Behavioral Health Care Initiatives In the U.S.”

Peter, who has worked in the mental health field for decades, recently organized and managed a conference on the topic in San Antionio, TX. (To learn about that event,  click here.)

He said the issue of behavioral health care and the impact of its management has significant costs and impact on our communities. Peter discussed costs, care providers and successful community approaches to working with individuals who have such needs.

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NEXT BREAKFAST MEETING: 7 a.m. Thursday, March 15, at the Greenbush YMCA.

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After being snowed out of our dinner meeting last week, we’re making up for it with two (2) meeting possibilities this Thursday: 7 a.m. breakfast meeting at the Greenbush YMCA and 6:15 p.m. dinner at Quigley’s.

The breakfast event will offer a continental breakfast; dinner is expected to be the ham dinner we hoped to have last week. In either or both instances, please reserve your place no later than Tuesday evening by contacting Terry Brewer (breakfast) or Debbie Brown (dinner). We need accurate headcounts for purposes of food and seating,

Our after-dinner speaker will be Matt Sloane of Questar III BOCES who will update us on the Rensselaer Education Center being built in Schodack. The facility in Troy is outdated and does not accommodate the type of training and experiences students need for the current job market.

We have a strong initial RSVP list already. Won’t you join us?

Signed up as of today:

Pat Bailey
Terry Brewer
Debbie Brown
Peter Brown
April Dowd
Bill Dowd
Dick Drumm
Murray Forth
Ray Hannan
Phil Kellerman
Jim Leyhane
Carol Orvis
Debbie Rodriguez
Matt Sloane

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P.S. Please be sure to bring some canned goods to either meeting to donate to the “CANstruction: Hunger Heroes” food drive we’ve been mentioning for the past few weeks. This week and next are the only time to donate for this Districtwide effort.

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Debbie and Peter Brown played host at their residence Saturday evening for “A French Bistro Dinner,” part of our annual Rotary Home Cooking series.

The menu was based on recipes from the “Bistro Cooking” cookbook by Patricia Wells. Attending were Murray, Maggie and Jeremy Forth, Roberto Martinez, Pat Bailey, and Julius and Effie Frankel, in addition to the hosts.

The next home-hosted dinner in the series will be in March at the Brewer residence. Anyone interested in attending should contact Terry Brewer, who will be taking reservations on a first come-first served basis. All proceeds from this dinner series go to support club public service efforts.

Here are a few scenes from the evening, with Debbie doing a non-dramatic reading from the cookbook to her rapt audience. Thanks to the Browns for their hosting skills.

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The SRC Club is joining a lineup of other District 7190 clubs to support “CANstruction Hunger Heroes,” a food drive for Food Pantries of the Capital District which serves  pantries in Rensselaer, Albany and Saratoga counties.

If you would like to participate, please be sure to bring canned foods to our February 16 and/or February 23 dinner meetings and/or our February 26 breakfast meeting.

Terry Brewer has volunteered to collect and deliver the donations to the event weigh-in between 8 and 9 a.m. Saturday, February 25, at Grassland Equipment & Irrigation, 892-898 Troy-Schenectady Road (Route 7), Latham.  All donations collected there then will be transported to the central “CANstruction” site later  that day.

Last year, District 7190 collected the second-largest amount of foods among the numerous companies and organizations participating. This year, we’re shooting for No. 1, which would go a long way toward getting the Rotary name in front of the public.

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SRC Club President Debbie Rodriguez this morning joined the long, long line of people representing clubs, schools, sports facilities, day care centers and more who are telling people to stay indoors, stay warm, and don’t worry about any evening activities today. There won’t be any.

We will reconvene for our weekly dinner meeting at 6:15 p.m. next Thursday, February 16, at Quigley’s. And, because it will be the third Thursday of the month, we also will have a 7 a.m. breakfast meeting at the Greenbush YMCA.

Meanwhile, don’t overdue the snow shoveling, watch your footing, and drive safely.

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From SRC Club President Debbie Rodriguez on Wednesday evening:

We are watching the approaching storm that is expected to start early tomorrow morning.

As it looks now, the storm should be over by early to mid-afternoon with three to six inches of snow accumulation expected. So, right now we are planning to proceed with the dinner meeting as planned tomorrow.

However, if the storm should shift and the forecast change so that we need to cancel the meeting we will start emailing and calling early Thursday afternoon. Please plan to check your email and phone before heading out if there is a change in the forecast.

Debbie Brown has been in contact with John at Quigley’s. He is aware.

For all who have to venture out tomorrow morning, be safe.

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