The club’s first indoor simulator golf tournament of the winter has been cancelled.
The event, scheduled for Saturday, did not draw a sufficient field for the Burden Lake Country Club venue.
Category: Activities: Local
From our archives: Musical therapy
From time to time we like to offer a flashback to a program or activity our club has experienced. This is from March 31, 2016, when Sharon Wheeler and Jennifer Kilinski from Albany Medical Center’s medical therapy staff and the singing group Triskele visited us to provide a program on musical therapy. Click on the date for a review of their program.
So, what’s going on with your club?
One of the many things our club does of which we’re very proud is make people from many walks of life available to our members. We learn about various professions, volunteer groups, governmental entities, education programs, youth programs and many, many more undertakings from both guest speakers and our own members.
Our “Calendar” page is the conduit by which we keep you updated on when such people will be speaking to the club — when you and your guests can plan to attend their presentations. Here’s the latest schedule:
Re-cycling day re-ally successful
Our first “Resolved To Recycle” on Saturday was a successful new fundraiser in support of our many community service projects.
The event, held at the Wainschaf Associates facility in Rensselaer that Josh Wainman supplied, was co-chaired by Mike Dewey and Matt Smith, with special help from Terry Brewer and Murray Forth, and additional help both financial and physical from many other club members. (See the Our Sponsors website page.)
“I want to thank all club members for supporting and participating in our first
effort at a recycling activity. We had 22 members work the event,” Terry Brewer reported. ” A special thanks to new member Josh Wainman who offered his building and facilities. A great location and venue. The main office worked great for the cashiers and a warm place for workers throughout the day.
“Murray Forth provided recycling boxes and trucks to collect and transport recyclables. Murray’s support throughout the project made the day a success. We received many positive comments throughout the day for the event and were encouraged to hold another event in the spring.”
A special invitation to newer members
• This message was emailed today to the newer members of the Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club, with copies going to everyone else:
Dear Rotarians:
We are planning a special hands-on tour of our club website and social media pages as our after-dinner program next Thursday, January 19, and we would like you to be involved.
Because you are among our newer members, you may not have yet become familiar enough with those resources to help you get the most out of your Rotary experience. This session will rectify that.
Webmaster Bill Dowd is planning to share a look at the rapidly-changing ways we communicate in today’s society, how we can attract people we want to be involved in Rotary and why social media is an important tool to reach them, then take us on a real-time tour of the many resources our website can offer you.
To get the most out of the experience, we invite you to bring along your smartphone, tablet or laptop so you can participate throughout.
Even if you normally attend only our monthly breakfast meetings, we can guarantee you’ll find this evening option worth your time. Simply email dinner coordinator Debbie Brown (mdbrown@nycap.rr.com) by Tuesday evening to reserve a seat at the table.
Thanks for your time. We hope to see you on Thursday evening.
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Tuesday RSVP deadline for Thursday dinner
One of our club’s major points of emphasis in the past few years has been financially assisting various organizations dedicated to the support of veterans of the U.S. military and their families. Just last week, we presented identical $1,450 grants to two of them, the latest of our ongoing awards.
So, it should be of particular interest to many of you to hear a presentation at this Thursday’s dinner meeting by James Arrington, Service Center Manager at the Albany Stratton VA Medical Center. He will outline the benefits available to our veterans through that taxpayer-funded institution.
The dinner menu will be of a vegetarian nature, with either eggplant parm or vegetable lasagna as the entree, accompanied by a salad, chef’s choice of side dishes, bread, dessert and beverages.
To provide the Quigley’s kitchen staff with an accurate headcount first thing Wednesday morning, we will need your RSVP to be received by Debbie Brown (mdbrown@nycap.rr.com) no later than Tuesday evening. Please be sure to include any guests.
We’re expecting a good turnout, with 15 people signed up so far and no snow in the balmy forecast (see image clip below from the National Weather Service). The guest list so far:
- Pat Bailey
- Geoff Brewer
- Terry Brewer
- Debbie Brown
- Peter Brown
- April Dowd
- Bill Dowd
- Dick Drumm
- Charlie Foote
- Murray Forth
- Phil Kellerman
- Jim Leyhane
- Becky Raymond
- Debbie Rodriguez
- James Arrington (guest speaker)
A chance to reduce your paper (and electronic) stockpile
Please spread the word, share the flyer (on Facebook would be good!) and take this opportunity to make your New Year’s Resolution to clean out your basement and garage at a very low cost.
If you’ve been wondering for soooo long how to safely get rid of those personal paper records, those old computer keyboards and electronic games, and similar things taking up valuable space in your home, here’s the answer.
And, 100% of the profits will go right back into your community by supporting Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club projects that benefit people and organizations in need.
We also are looking for $100 sponsorships from businesses and individuals to offset the $650 rental cost of a paper shredder for the day. If you can help in that area, please contact Terry Brewer.
RI creates simplified Grants Center
Rotary International has just announced the debut of the new Grant Center, formerly known as the Grant Application Tool.
The new site, says RI, “has a fresh look and better organization. The grant application includes clearly defined steps so it’s easier for you to track your progress.
“The Rotary Foundation offers grants that support a wide variety of projects, scholarships, and training that Rotary members are doing around the world. Explore the grant types and find one that’s right for your project.”
Details are available online.
Lake jumpers, bowlers shoot for $30K mark
On New Year’s Day, a hardy band of District 7190 Rotarians participated in the annual “Polar Plunge” at Shepard Park in Lake George.
The go-jump-in-the-lake event in frigid waters is a major fundraiser for Rotary’s anti-polio efforts.
To warm up afterward, they joined other Rotarians in the annual “Bowl Over Polio” event.
Says District Governor John Mucha, “We’re hoping to exceed $10,000 with pledges and donations, and with the [Bill & Melinda] Gates [Foundation] match, that’s $30,000 to fight polio. ”
Big stuff this week, so please RSVP ASAP
• Ready to vote?
• Ready to discuss?
• Ready to chow down?
All three activities are on the agenda for this Thursday’s 6:15 p.m. SRC dinner meeting at Quigley’s.
• The vote will be on proposed changes to the Club Bylaws (everyone was sent copies back on December 5, but you can see them online by clicking here if you need to.) Originally, we were planning a vote on December 15, but did not have a quorum at that meeting.
• The discussion will be part of President Debbie Rodriguez’s plan to break up into committee groups to go over plans for the remainder of the 2016-17 Rotary Year.
• The chowing down will be on beef tips and mushroom sauce, along with chef’s choice of sides, salad, bread, dessert and beverages.
We expect, and need, a strong turnout this week since we have such important matters to attend to. But, if you have not yet emailed dinner coordinator Debbie Brown (mdbrown@nycap.rr.com) with your RSVP, please do so no later than Tuesday evening. We need to give an accurate headcount to the Quigley’s kitchen staff first thing Wednesday morning.
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