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Carmel Rotarian Delivers Food

Carmel Rotarian Jess Vanacoro collected and delivered nine shopping carts full of donated food to @putnam.cap as part of our partnership with ShopRite of Carmel. One of our club's main initiatives is to help our neighbors who are food insecure, and we are proud to provide donated items to five different food pantries each month.
When you donate a bag of food to ShopRite, that's where it goes! The donated items are distributed to CAP, Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, Gilead Presbyterian, St. John's, and Brewster Community food pantries by Rotarians. Thank you for all your support!

Ending Hunger with ShopRite

On Saturday, September 7, 2024, members of the Carmel Rotary partnered with ShopRite of Carmel to help combat hunger in our community. Rotarians encouraged shoppers at ShopRite to buy bags of food, which the members of Carmel Rotary then deliver weekly to local food pantries. This initiative is continuous, and our local food pantries always require donations. If you have donations, please drop them in the large brown box located by the exit of ShopRite.

Rotary Challenge Winners

Posted by Eric Gross

Trophies awarded to Rotary Challenge winners

Carmel Rotary Challenger winners

CARMEL – Toddlers to senior citizens were congratulated over the weekend at the annual Carmel Rotary picnic for shooting the most baskets in their age category during the Rotary’s 16th annual Community Basketball Challenge. It surpassed expectations and raised $67,000 for dozens and dozens of organizations.

Children as young as three joined seasoned citizens in their mid- to late-70s by shooting baskets during a two-minute span that raised money for the participant’s favorite charity.

Since 2008 more than $650,000 has been raised for dozens of local, regional and national organizations.

Putnam County’s most tenured Rotarian Al Lotrecchiano recalled how in the late 1970s, each Rotary Club in Putnam took part in a basketball shootout and through 1991 when the program ceased, more than $250,000 had been collected for a variety of charities.

2024 Installation Dinner

The Carme Rotary Club held its Installation Dinner on June 27, 2024, at the Centennial Golf Club. During the event, officers and the Board of Directors for the 2024-2025 Rotary year were sworn in, and several awards and recognitions were presented. Mary Shanley was honored as a Paul Harris Fellow. Congratulations to all!

Carmel Rotary Scholarship Awards

Congratulations to all the scholarship recipients at Carmel High School! We are extremely proud of your accomplishments and look forward to your future endeavors. The scholarships were presented to the recipients at a special luncheon at Camp Wilber Herrlich on June 6th.

Carmel Rotary Donates to Local Non-Profits

What an AMAZING luncheon we had today to distribute the funds we raised at our Basketball Challenge! Representatives from nonprofits all over Putnam County came together and celebrated each others’ accomplishments and hopes for the future. THANK YOU to everyone for all of the amazing work you do, THANK YOU to our Basketball Challenge sponsors and participants, and THANK YOU to our amazing Rotarians for tirelessly serving the community!

Carmel Rotary Donates Books

The Rotary Club of Carmel has generously gifted books to kindergarteners and first graders in the Carmel Central School District. Club President Sal Gambino mentioned that they used to provide dictionaries to students, but now they have switched to giving picture books to encourage reading. This is just one of the many ways that the Rotary supports Carmel Schools.

Basketball Challenge Successful Event

Over $67,000 was raised at our Basketball Challenge. We extend our warmest congratulations and gratitude to all who sponsored and participated in the event!

A Bed of My Own

Members of the Carmel Rotary, along with Eileen Kelly, gathered at Restoration Furniture in Carmel last Thursday. The Rotary Club's motto of "Service Above Self" is once again being felt throughout Putnam County, thanks to the members of the Carmel Rotary Club. Last year, the Club raised funds for the national organization Sleep in Heavenly Peace during the Carmel Rotary's Basketball Challenge. Sleep in Heavenly Peace believes that a bed is a basic need for the proper physical, emotional, and mental support that a child needs. Inspired by Sleep in Heavenly Peace's mission to provide beds for children in need, Carmel Rotarians decided to undertake a similar project focusing on Putnam County families. Rotarian Kevin Carroll, who is coordinating the Putnam project, explained, "All children deserve a safe, comfortable place to lay their heads. In affluent Putnam County, boys and girls are going to sleep without a bed - or even a pillow to sleep on. These children end up sleeping on couches, blankets, and even floors. This can affect their happiness and health.”

Holly Knoechel Made Paul Harris Fellow

At the Carmel Rotary Luncheon and meeting held on February 15th, Sal Gambino, the President of Carmel Rotary, presented Holly Knoechel with a Paul Harris Fellow lapel pin and certificate. This designation was given to Holly in memory of her late husband, George Knoechel, who was a long-time Rotarian. President Gambino also announced the $500 George Knoechel Power of One scholarship, which will be awarded to a Carmel High School senior in June 2024.

Shoprite Presents Check for Basketball Challenged

Sandy and Yalitza of the Carmel Shoprite Supermarket present a $1,000 check to Carmel Rotary President Sal Gambino to support the 2024 Basketball Challenge.

New Rotary Signs

Assistant District Governor Carrie Hernandez delivers new Rotary signs to President Sal Gambino of the Carmel Rotary. The signs will be placed in prominent locations around the Carmel Hamlet.