Our meeting included 2 speakers this week. We welcomed Elizabeth Barse from Dottie's Kitchen as well as Nichole Post who was speaking to us about The Southern Tier Community Center at Children's Home of Wyoming Conference (former Boys & Girls Club in Endicott).
Elizabeth shared her story & how Dottie’s Kitchen came about. They are a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the needy in our community, providing them with nutritious homemade meals.Their team prepare and serve meals to those who may be struggling to put food on the table.In my notes, one of the standouts within her story was that she has partnered with Bing Univ “food recovery” and they provide support to her organization by providing unused food to her for use in her meal preparation! She estimated that they provide over 2,000 meals a month to those in need!
Nichole was very informative about the upgrades that have both been completed and are planned at the facility.Some of the services provided include a Before & after school programs for both UE & ME School Districts, Evening meals (packaging leftovers @ the end of the week) and teaming up w/ Toys for Tots this year as well.
50/50 - Someone won some money… I didn't note who or how much! LOL
Fines - Same story here - no notes taken! I'm thinking I need an assistant for note taking at the meetings.
Member tidbits: Announcments were made related to a few upcoming events to include the THe CNY President's gathering at BU on the 3rd from 5-8 PM. We have Willow Point Nursing Home on Nov 9th - there was need for multiple substituions and coverage was confirmed! The Chamber Thanksgiving luncheon scheduled for Nov 13th. Hope to see some Vestal Rotary faces at both events!
Assistant Regional Planning & Program Manager & Engineer for NYSDOT's Region 9
They will cover the larger projects within the region as well as the NY 17 Bridge Approach Slabs Replacement Project in Vestal. Both Bill and Jillian have years of experience, steeped in DOT's public outreach and meeting with members of the public to share information on our projects - discussing projects plans, goals, impacts, and outcomes with a focus on our how our work is helping to strengthen our transportation infrastructure, improve safety and mobility for motorists and pedestrians and ultimately better connect our communities.
