Luis Rivera was inducted on April 14, 2022 as our newest member.
Welcome by President Melissa
Words of inspiration by Jeff Patchett on Sacrifice
Guests: Nancy Loughlin from Watkins-Montours club
Announcements
Rotary Social Trivia Night — Disney Trivia: Wednesday, 4/27 at 6:00 pm
Community Beautification — see Gail Chambers
Sandy DeVolder — nephew Paul Leone co-produced a documentary prior to working with the New York State Brewers Association. “The Man Left Behind” — worth watching. Also announced that Newark is getting a brewery
4/23 - canal clean up Saturday 4/23 — 9:00 am by the locks
Michele McMannus — needs some help staffing the silent auction table at the District Conference in Oswego
Happy Moments
- Gail Chambers — bought a Hallagan Chair - Steve Hallagan owes a happy moment
- Holly Kreuser — shout out to AECC taking all the extra sports equipment from the Hicks home
- Gary Reilly — fun quip about seeing a bit about “Mitch” in the Wayne Times
- Jean Bendix — Steve Hallagan has finally taken the Christmas decorations down
- Norma Reilly — thankful for all who attended the District Training
New Member Induction
Luis Rivera — married to Amanda, 2 children. Moved to Newark 2010. AECC board member, co owner of Mason’s Barber Shop. Enjoys skiing, basketball, fantasy football. A big Rotary welcome to Luis Rivera!
Queen of Hearts drawing — she’s still in the pack and the pot is growing!Speaker
Dave Hannan introduced Suleyman Girit from Turkey. Speaking on The Rotary Foundaion (TRF)
Tripod of Rotary: membership, public image, doing good in the world
3 parts of foundation
- Polio Plus
- District Grants — capped at $4,000 per club
- Global Grants — $30,000 to 200,000 7 areas of focus
- Majority currently goes to disease prevention
- Must have sustainability and stewardship
- There are responsibilities for Host Club and the Supporting Club
Reminder that if there is No Money/No Mission. We need donations for Rotary Foundation
Rotary Foundation has received a 4-star rating through Charity Navigator for past 14 years
Suleyman — the project in Turkey: Endoscopy for Cancer Patient at Oncology Institute — Istanbul University Oncology Institute.Located in Istanbul — there are approx. 70,000 patients seek diagnosis and treatment. 75% of those were in the “head and neck region”. A difficult area to diagnose — it is challenging and uncomfortable. The new method is to use digital endoscopy device. Allows less discomfort and is an easier process.
Project — installing new electronic endoscopy inspection equipment. The equipment life span: approx 7 to 10 years. Cost is approx. $30,000 USD
The Turkey Club displays a list of all the US supporting clubs: Newark, Watkins-Montours, Bloomfield and Brighton
Linda Werts: reminded us that this is not our first partnership.President Melissa reminded us what a great demonstration this is of the power of Rotary to do “good in the world”.