President Frank opened the meeting with the pledge led by Werner Zumbrunn, and grace by Charlie Spencer. Since we held our Annual Scholarship Luncheon today, there were many guests – parents, teachers, administrators, advisors and friends all visited to help congratulate this year’s scholarship winners. Among them were very special guests Pat Brennan and Pat Fishel.

 

 

 

Scott Lockwood gave a brief bio of Ferdinand Gutmann, the background of the Babylon Rotary Scholarship Program, and an inspirational tale relating how success is achieved through persistence and hard work.

 

 Scott acknowledged the long and continued support of the Gutmann family, and the generous contributions to the Babylon Rotary Scholarship Program by Carolyn Gutmann and Pat Brennan.  

 

The Babylon Rotary Scholarship Program was founded by Ferdinand Gutmann, a unique Rotarian of great personal and moral courage, who was devoted to the encouragement and advancement of young people, worldwide, goodwill and peace. 

 

Over the past 59 years the Babylon Rotary Club has provided nearly a half-million dollars of college scholarships to deserving high school students. This year, the scholarships are awarded in memory of long-time member and past president of the Babylon Rotary Club, Richard J. Brennan.

 

Following a welcoming address, Scholarship Program Chairman Marc Horowitz introduced the 2018 Babylon Rotary Scholarship Committee - Gus Fischel, Victoria Lever, Warren Light, Megan Noble, Gail Sullivan, and Werner .Zumbrunn – and the 2018 Babylon Rotary Scholarship winners, each of whom gave a brief statement of their academic plans and career aspirations. It was clear that the Scholarship Committee again chose wisely and well. Congratulations to the 2018 scholarship winners:

 

 

 

 

Paige is very involved with the school community. She is active in many honor societies. Paige is the publicity officer of Class Cabinet and and active member of the Student Council. She has earned the Bronze, Siler and Gold Girl Scout Award. She will be attending SUNY Binghampton.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicholas will be attending the New York Institute ot Tech-nology, Old Westbury, in the fall. He will be pursuing a de-gree in Computer Science. He is an Eagle Scout with Troop 179 in West Islip.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Biomedical Engineering/Medicine

Varsity athlete, student government president, drum major, Eagle Scout, Rotary Youth Leadership Award, AP Scholar with distinction and valedictorian.

 

 

 

 

 

Samantha Landri from West Islip High School was unable to attend today’s luncheon.

 

 

Food Drive Volunteers – Many thanks to this month’s food drive volunteers: Warren Light, Jim Kanzler, Mikel Hoffman, Chris Cunningham, Alice Hageman, Michael Simon, Alex Massa, and Frank Seibert.

 

Bread Run Volunteers – More thanks to our bread run volunteers who collect and distribute bread and other baked goods six days a week, every week, every month of the year: Michael Simon, Angela Charron, Warren Light, Chris Cunningham, , Tom Whelan, John Stellin, George Murray, Josie Titcomb, Karl Brandt, Frank Seibert, Neil and Jeanne Weingarten.

 

Golf Outing –  Our Annual Golf Outing will be held Tuesday, July 10th at the Willow Creek Golf Club in Mount Sinai. As in recent years, this will be a joint event with the Rotary clubs of Bay Shore, Islip, and Syosset-Woodbury. Sign up forms are now available. If you would like to participate as a golfer, sponsor or volunteer, please contact Neil (neilw@conferenceny.com) asap.

 

Steak Cookout/Officer Installation – Our Annual Steak Cookout & Installation of Incoming Club Officers will be held on Wednesday, July 11th, starting 6PM, at Michael Simon’s Bay House – details to follow.

 

Dirty Sock Run – Project Chair Chris Korte reports that the highest priority task right now is to identify and sign up new event sponsors. Everyone’s help is needed for this most important task.

 

Rotary Foundation – All are reminded that our club subscribes to the Rotary initiative of “Every Rotarian, Every Year,” whereby all club members are encouraged to donate $100 each year to the Rotary Foundation. To help meet this goal, members are asked to contribute $50, and the club will match it with another $50. The simplest way to make your donation is through the Rotary International website (rotary.org); just click on “GIVE” and follow the prompts. If you’d rather write a check, or have any questions about donating to the Rotary Foundation, please contact Jim Kanzler (jim@meta5.com) or Frank Seibert (fjseibertcca@hotmail.com).

 

 

A board meeting is scheduled for 11:30 AM on Wednesday, June 20^th, one hour before our regular meeting. Following President Frank’s summary of board meeting results, we anticipate that several hot topics will engender lively group discussion.