Next Meeting
When............ March
16, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
Where........... The
Franklin Hotel
Program....... Rome
Humane Society
Upcoming Events:
March 23 meeting – Polio,
Mike Occhipinti
Attendance: Total Membership: 99. Please note that the newsletter now lists those present, not those
absent from meetings: PRESENT: Bahr, Baker, Bottini, Burch, Butters, Cole, Cole,
Dailey, DeMatteo, Fay, Foreman, Fusco, Gray, Hairston, Haritatos, Herrmann, V.,
Herrmann, Kahler, J., Kahler, D., Kobernuss, Latimer, Mattacola, Midlam, Mooney,
Nolan, Normand, Occhipinti, Packer, Panara, Recco, Roubian, Skogland, Sperlik, Summers,
Townsend, Trela, Tuthill, W., Versace, Waters, Waters, Weber, Wolf.
Guests: Kathy Trela, Alison Swarts, James
Longo (Baker)
Visiting Rotarian: Pat Cary Joyce, Peter Vogelaar
After
work meeting 3/04/10: Carey, Corbett, Herrmann WR,
Midlam, Neiley N, Townsend, Tuthill K, Tuthill,W
Make-ups: All Make Ups submitted were recorded in
the attendance records.
Quote of
the Week: “Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence
on society.” Mark Twain
Rotary Stuff
It was recently the 105th
Anniversary of Rotary International – Happy Birthday Rotary!!
Announcements
and Events
The Rome
Academy of Science Fair was this past Saturday, of the 28 judges, 10 were
Rotarians – they were: Bill
Wolf, Tony Recco, Jeannie Packer, Linda
Henry, Sam Pendergrast, Fred Wieners, Keith Butters, Bob Herrmann, Dick Kahler
and Dave Kobernuss. Great job
Rotarians!
The After Work group will be dining at
the Cozy Cabin at the intersection of Rt 46 & Rt 69 on March 18 at 6:30 pm.
Rotary
will have a booth at the Chamber of Commerce Home Show and Past
President/Co-Secretary Adamo is circulating a sign up sheet. Please see Debbie to volunteer so we
can raise awareness, get members and sell Duck Tickets.
There is a Rotary Leadership
Institute on April 10 at VVS, interested Rotarians should contact President
Bob.
Please pray for Ron
Townsend’s nephew Timmy who was injured while serving in Iraq.
Board Meetings will be Third Monday of the Month at Savoy Restaurant at
5:15 p.m.
Program – Peter Vogelaar,
Mohawk Valley Resource Center for Refugees
Peter Vogelaar and Alison Swarts were here from the Mohawk Valley
Resource Center for Refugees.
Peter is the Executive Director and spoke to us about how the Resource
Center helps find new refugees apartments, helps them to learn English and find
work, learn the culture and our transportation system. They also help the refugees establish
themselves and obtain the appropriate services such as SSA/DSS and get
educational and vocational training.
They help refugees from Afghanistan, Bosnia, Burma, Cambodia, and many
other countries. The Mohawk Valley
has greatly benefitted in many ways from this influx of individuals who
contribute to our community in many ways.
Thank you Peter and Alison!
