Mark your calendars, the date has been set for the Gift of Life’s 25th Annual Golf Tournament on Thursday, September 14, 2023. The location of this year’s tournament has been moved to The Fairways of Halfmoon.
You may register online using the link below.
Once again Rotary District 7190’s Gift of Life is raffling off a wheelbarrow full of booze. Tickets are one for $20 and two for $30 and are available from Dean Calamaras and Jim Leyhane. The drawing is May 26, 2023 and tickets are limited to only 500 sold this year.
Gift of Life promoters urge all club members to invite non-Rotarians to participate as as well, and say they will accept cash donations from those who do not desire that much booze. It is all for a good cause, to date the Gift of Life has healed over 46,000 children to date.
At this week’s meeting at Moscatiello’s this Thursday at 6:00 pm, Schodack Town Supervisor Charles Peter will be joining us as a guest presenter. Dinner menu choices include Antipasto Salad, Spaghetti with meatballs, and Cheese Ravioli with Marina Sauce. Looking forward to seeing everyone this Thursday.
With the recent success of of our bowling event, Phil Kellerman delivered donated food to The Anchor Food Bank in Castleton-on-Hudson. Phil also presented the food bank with a check for $544 also raised during the bowling event this past Sunday. Paula, the Director of the Anchor Food Bank and her volunteer Sallyann were very appreciative as the demand for food in the Castleton and Schodack area has increased.
On Monday, our partnership with the East Greenbush YMCA, paid off as 30 Easter Baskets were delivered to Circles of Mercy by Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Member Shannon Romanowski. Richard Zazycki, Executive Director of Circles of Mercy was extremely thankful for the continued support of his programs by the SRC Rotary Club.
This past Saturday, members from the Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club along with Administrators, teachers, and students from the Schodack Central School District gathered at the East Greenbush Bowling Center to raise funds for two worthy causes. Money raised from the event was split between The Anchor Food Pantry and Maple Hill’s Water for the South Sudan fundraising project. Non-perishable food items were also collected for the pantry.
Members and guests bowled for two hours while sharing many laughs along with the fellowship of Rotary. Thank you to everyone who donated their time and resources to the event. A special shout out to Phil Kellerman for taking the lead and organizing such a wonderful and successful event.
This week’s meeting will feature Jimmy Thomas from the Glenville Rotary Club. Jimmy’s presentation “4000 Miles by Kayak and Bicycle: Doggie Paddle for Veterans’ Service Dogs” will focus on his kayak and bike trip down the East Coast of America to highlight the need for service dogs to support veterans.
Dinner choices will include Chicken Florentine, Chicken Caesar salad, or Manicotti.
This week’s program presented by Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club’s own member, DR. Andrew Leyhane. Dr. Leyhane will be speaking about recent advancements towards a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Dinner choices will be a choice of antipasto salad, chicken lemon, or portobello ravioli.
This is the last meeting to bring gifts to stock the Easter Basket’s for Circles of Mercy’s Easter Basket Drive. Gifts and donations may also be delivered directly to the East Greenbush YMCA.
Anyone sponsoring a lane for our bowling event on April 2, 2023, please bring a check payable to SRC Rotary. Looking forward to seeing everyone again on Thursday.
Our weekly meeting at Moscatiello’s Italian Family Restaurant will feature recently retired school superintendent Joe Corr. Joe will be speaking about the state of public education in NYS. We are expecting some recently befriended guests from the Rotary Club in Little Falls NY, who will be joining us via Zoom, to experience a hybrid meeting.
Please continue to shop for gifts for the Circle’s of Mercy Easter Basket program. We are partnering with the YMCA of East Greenbush to purchase the baskets and set up a basket assembly session. Items to place in the baskets include: coloring books, crayons, color pencils, facial tissues, toothpaste and toothbrushes, dental floss, hair combs and brushes, age appropriate (1-12 years old) small stuffed animals, toys, small games, reading book, and of course different types of candy.
The menu this week will include a choice of Rustica Salad with Chicken, Chicken Marsala, or Baked Ziti.
Julie Ritchie of Bees Knees bakery unfortunately had a scheduling conflict this week and has rescheduled for the later date of May 11, 2023. With an attempted surprise guest speaker falling through, this week’s meeting will be a general club assembly to discuss the current projects we have going on. We are currently collecting Easter Baskets for Circles of Mercy and we are preparing for our upcoming bowling event. Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night.
Dinner choices: Chicken Ceasar Salad, Spaghetti with Meatballs, and Cheese Ravioli.
With Easter quickly approaching it is once again time for us to help support Circles of Mercy and their annual Easter Basket Program. They are asking for cellophane wrapped Easter baskets include the following items: coloring books, crayons, color pencils, facial tissues, toothpaste and tooth brushes, dental floss, hair combs and brushes, age appropriate (1 to 12 years old) small stuffed animals, toys, small games, or reading books, and of course various different types of traditional candy.
Circles of Mercy are asking that all items are delivered to them no later than March 31, 2023, so that they have ample time to deliver the baskets to the families before Easter. This gives us about 3 weeks to put our baskets together. The last collection day for our club will be the regular club meeting on Thursday March 30, 2023. Circles of Mercy will also take monetary donations which they will use towards this project.
Please note that seating is currently at capacity. Members who have already RSVP’d please arrive early, buffet style dinner will begin at 5:45. We are hoping to have everyone served and begin the presentation at 6:15. We are planning on making the presentation available to view using our Zoom link on the calendar page.
Due to the length of the presentation, there will be no regular business part of our meeting. Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club business will be discussed next week.
On Sunday, April 2nd from 2-4pm at the East Greenbush Bowling Center the Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club will be holding a bowling event to support the Anchor Food Pantry of Castleton-on-Hudson and the Water for South Sudan Project, organized by 7th grade students from the Maple Hill junior/Senior School.
The cost is $16 per individual bowler or $50 for a family or student group of 4 with shoes included. Participants are encouraged to bring food items to benefit the Anchor Food Pantry. Requested food items include cereal, toiletries, instant mashed potato boxes, peanut butter, jelly, snack packages of crackers, and canned chicken.
The food pantry has reported a significant recent increase in demand for food. The Water for South Sudan Project raises funds for wells for clean drinking watering the South Sudan.
Please RSVP to participate or for more information, contact Phil Kellerman at Philkellerman77@gmail.com
Southern Rensselaer County Rotary Club 