Thank you to the following Rotarians for serving as our leaders in light of membership changes:
Vice President: Ellen Bouchard
President Elect: Joshua Kretser
Sergeant at Arms: Peter Gallagher
There will be three open seats on the Rotary Board starting this summer. If you're interested in serving as a board member, please reach out to one of the folks above.
Holiday Ornaments for Sale
Don't miss out on the purchase of this year's Rotary Club ornament of the Old Stone Barracks. You can purchase an ornament for $20 at an upcoming Rotary meeting, or at the United Way office, the Senior Citizens Council, Ufirst Federal Credit Union (Rugar Street) or the two Dannemora Federal Credit Union locations (344 Tom Miller Road and 122 New York Road).
A limited number of full sets of the five ornaments – Bluff Point Lighthouse (2014), AuSable Chasm (2015), Macdonough Monument (2016), Plattsburgh Train Station (2017), and Old Stone Barracks (2018) – are available for sale at $90 for the set. There are also a limited number of the other ornaments available for purchase. They are also $20 per ornament.
Rotary Foundation
Steve Frederick has passed out "Brown" envelopes for the Annual Rotary Foundation Collection. We are looking for 100% participation and collecting until the end of November. Please place something, any amount, in the envelope and return to Steve. The Rotary Foundation helps people all over the world, including many projects we have sponsored over the years. Even just $1 will help Steve accomplish his collection goal. The Foundation Contributions are at 51% to date.
Holiday Meals
In partnership with JCEO, you can sign up to provide the ingredients for a holiday meal to a local family in need. If you choose to participate, you will receive the name of the family and their contact information. You will purchase all of the food necessary for the family to prepare a holiday meal. For more information and to sign up, contact Bob Parks at an upcoming meeting or at bob.parks2016@gmail.com
Gifts for Kids
Our Club is partnering with the Christmas Bureau this year to provide toys for local children. Index cards with children's wishes are being passed around at the meeting. Please consider taking a card or cards to help out. Gifts are due at the December 12th Club meeting. Please tape the index card to the gift and do NOT wrap the item.
Make Up Time Extended
The time to allow for a make up when a meeting is missed has been extended to an 18 day period directly before or after the missed meeting. Contact Anne Cutaiar or Carmen Carpentier with meeting make up information.
There will not be a Regular Rotary Club Meeting on December 26th.
Youth Exchange - Shelley Fracalossi is looking for host families in the Beekmantown and Peru School Districts for next year. Prefer a family that has children already attending school. She needs to find two families from each school district ASAP.
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