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The Sunrise
Newsletter of the Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club
(Organized June 18,
2003) District 7150
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John Kenny Fred
Cholet Deborah
Glisson John
Rooney
RI President (Scotland) District
Governor (DeWitt) Asst.
Dist. Governor President
UPCOMING EVENTS, INFORMATION AND OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
Programs
TODAY – Club Assembly
July 9 – Open
July 16 – Egypt Trip, Ward Vuillemot
Suggestions for future programs are always welcome. Please forward your ideas to Marion at amkrauter@verizon.net.
Rotarians pull off another successful Pancake
Breakfast
Skaneateles Rotary club’s 41st
Fathers Day Breakfast was a great success! On a rainy Sunday morning, the
Skaneateles Rotarians gathered with SHS Interactors,
Youth Exchange Students, friends, Boy Scouts, Community Bands, Fireman and
others to honor the fathers from far and wide with a breakfast fit for a
king. Approximately 3,200 were served with over 10,000 pancakes, a few
hundred dozens of eggs, sausages galore, gallons and gallons of coffee, milk
and juice. A wonderful
time had by all; volunteers and guests!
Despite the soggy weather, club members
hawked our tractor raffle tickets in the rain in front of the Arena. In spite of the weather, we managed to
take in close to $1,500.
Thanks to the lucky winner electing the cash prize of $1,000.00 instead
of the tractor, we have netted closed to $500.00 to support our many service
projects this year!
Once again Boy Scout Troop 61 sold their
flares for the upcoming Independence Day flare night on the lake. Scouts also provided much help and
assistance in making the event run smoothly.
Baltimore Woods shows youths how to connect with
nature in the city
When she was a child, Patty Weisse recalls exploring the natural world around her while
playing in the fields and woods, or wading in nearby watering holes and creeks.
Weisse,
director of Baltimore Woods Nature Center in Marcellus and past-president of
the Marcellus Rotary Club, discussed Baltimore Woods’ Nature in the City
program June 24.
While many who live in and
around the suburbs still have a taste of the woods and if not are able to whet
their appetite for the natural world at nature centers such as Baltimore Woods,
those who are growing up in the City of Syracuse generally do not. Rather, they are growing up in a
virtual world which,
Weisse described, is to the brain as
akin to a diet of artificial sweeteners.
After listening to the
reactions of children who visited the Center on field trips, Weisse says Baltimore Woods decided to look for
opportunities to provide similar experiences in and around the city of
Syracuse.
Studies have shown that
children who grop up exploring nature develop a
stronger sense of self and stewardship for the world around them. As Baltimore Woods looked more closely
at Syracuse, they discovered that the city is home to a wealth of parks and
green spaces.
In 2002, beginning with Elmwood
Park, Baltimore Woods developed “Nature in the City,” a project for elementary
age children at Roberts Elementary School. The program offers a series of class-room
and hands-on experiences to strengthen youths’ connectins
to the natural world, teach critical thinking through hands-on activities and
develop youths’ stewardship for their neighborhood green spaces.
The program has won numerous
awards and has recently partnered with ‘Say Yes to Education’
Club
Business &
Dates
to Remember
Call to Order; Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation
lIntroduction
of Guests/Visitarians
lHappy
Dollars & Fines
District Major Events
August 5 – Youth Exchange Welcome
Home, Rusty Rail
September 24-27 – District Conference,
The Desmond, Albany
Old Business
Committee Reports
lClub Administration
President
– Tom Seeley
Treasurer
– Toni Feldmann
Secretary
– John Paddock
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Service Projects
Food Pantry
– Daryle Pickering
Sea Scouts
– John Paddock
Programs
– Krauter/Beckwith
Early Act
– Tom Seeley
Fire Equipment
–
Service Committee
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lWinterfest & Craft Fair
– Seeley/Krauter
lMembership (& Retention)
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lFoundation/Community
Recognition
lSocial
Chair –
lSergeant
at Arms – Daryle Pickering
New Business/Program
q Leadership
2009
q Budget
q Pennies
for Polio
Evening
Club Programs
TODAY – Joe Owens, Korean War Silver Star
recipient
Officers
& Directors
Officers
President – John Rooney
President-Elect –
Past President – Thomas W. Seeley
Treasurer – Toni Feldman
Sergeant-at-Arms –
Daryle Pickering
Secretary – John Paddock
Committee Chairs
Club Service –
Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering
Membership –
Program Chair – Marion Krauter
Rotary Foundation –
Social Chair –
Youth Exchange/RYLA – John Paddock
Members
Sidney
Beckwith, Robert Brown, Toni Feldmann, Paul Frickey, Maggie Gilson (visitor),
Marion Krauter, John Paddock, Daryle Pickering, John Rooney, Thomas Seeley,
Mark Shafer, Rhett Weiss
Exchange Students
Miguel Rodenas (Spain), Charlotte Linden (Germany),
Bruno Caetanno Alves de Melo (Brazil)
Our District
Website: http://www.rotary7150.org/
Rotary
International: http://www.rotary.org/
RYLA http://www.rotaryryla.com/
Skaneateles Rotary: http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org/
e-club http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com
Thomas W. Seeley 685-2311 Fax:
685-2460 tws@mlsattorneys.com
