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Club Participates in Yonkers National Night Out
Posted on Aug 08, 2018
Our Club participated in the Yonkers Precincts' National Night Out observances on Tuesday 7 August from 5 to 9 pm.  Our Club had a table with information about the Club's activities, and brochures on membership at the 1st Precinct's location at Andrus Field while a similar table was set up at the 4th Precinct's location at the JFK Marina.  One of the highlights of our presence at the Marina was a professional face-painter. Heavy rain and lightning forced the event at Andrus Field to be cut short.
 
Sporting a large Rotary umbrella, Club President Sundra Lee-Ingemanson, Secretary Seeme Asad and PDG Matts Ingemanson were at the Club table the Andrus Field, handing out brochures about the Club and talking to visitors about our activities.
 
National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live.  National Night Out was developed as a crime prevention program that emphasizes building a partnership between the police and the community. Community involvement in crime prevention is generated through a multitude of local events, such as block parties, cookouts, parades, contests, youth activities, and seminars.  Local organizations set up tables with giveaways, while local restaurants  provided plenty of food and light drinks at the locations.
 
The Yonkers Police Precincts organized special events on National Night Out.  This is the second time our Club participated in this observance at Andrus Field and the third time at the JFK Marina.  Here are some pictures of the event at the Andrus Field Location.
 
    
   
   
 
 
Reading Rocks: Club Members read to Kids at Summer Reading Buddies Program
Posted on Jul 27, 2018
As the first Club activity of the new Rotary year, Club members joined Club President Sundra Lee Ingemanson and volunteers from other community organizations at the Riverfront Library in downtown Yonkers to participate in the JCY-Westchester Community Partners-sponsored  Summer Reading Buddies program.
 
The Reading Buddies program is a valuable and valued intergenerational initiative that helps youngsters improve their reading skills, and supports parents with guidance and life skills. The program's theme this year is "Reading Rocks".  It runs for six weeks on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in July and August at the Riverfront Library and at the Mount Vernon Public library. Riverfront Library Administrator and Club Member Sandy Amoyaw says more than 250 volunteers will be reading with more than 1100 children. Club President Sundra Lee-Ingemanson, Past District Governors Greg Arcaro and Matts Ingemanson, District Governor Nominee and Past President Mahbub Ahmad and Club Rotary Foundation Chair Bina Ahmad represented the Club, reading to the kids.. 
 
There have also already been visits from guest readers – Mayor Mike Spano, Chairman of the Westchester County Board of Legislators Hon. Benjamin Boyton, Yonkers Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Edwin Quezada, among others, and members of Con Edison, which is a sponsor of the Summer Reading Buddies Program.
 
Volunteers are paired with children in kindergarten through grade six who go to the library for help with their summer reading list, which is assigned by their school.  Volunteers work with several children during each two-hour session. The children select a book and then are matched up with a volunteer. After introductions, the “buddies” find a spot where they work together for 20 minutes. The volunteers encourage the student to read, and help with specific words, pronunciation and comprehension. When they finish the book, the volunteers help the child complete a worksheet.
 
While the children are reading, their parents attend workshops on life skills offered through partner organizations.  The program has been a success at both locations and is highly anticipated every year as evidenced by the long lines of parents and children waiting for the Library to open Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
 
The libraries give out “passports” to every child who registers for Summer Reading Buddies and each child gets a stamp on his or her passport for each day attended. 
 
The primary sponsor of the Program is the JCY- Westchester Community Partners.  Their  mission is to enhance the educational experience of children in Westchester County through effective learning initiatives and the engagement of volunteer mentors. The Yonkers Libraries provide the venue, the reading materials and supervision.  The Rotary Club of Yonkers-East Yonkers has been a reading Partner of this program for a number of years.
 
    
 
2018 Rotary Convention ends in Toronto
Posted on Jun 29, 2018
A princess, 3 prime ministers, and a former first lady joined 25,000 Rotarians and non-Rotarians in Toronto to celebrate Rotary’s good work and plan more of it.
 
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, accepting Rotary’s Polio Eradication Champion Award, thanked Rotary for working with governments worldwide to eradicate polio. Rotarians play a critical role in the fight to end polio, Trudeau said. “Together we will make that happen.”
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Sixteen former Rotary presidents and their partners appeared on stage, and Rotary’s next president, Barry Rassin, motivated convention goers by speaking on his 2018-19 theme: Be the Inspiration.

Helen Clark, former prime minister of New Zealand and one of the architects of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, joined RI President Ian H.S. Riseley for a discussion about gender equality and the crucial link between the environment, poverty, hunger, and peace. 

During the four-day event in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, speakers praised, prodded, and partnered with Rotary. Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, expressed thanks to Rotary for taking a central role in working to eradicate polio. Former first lady of the United States Laura Bush challenged Rotarians to keep early childhood education a priority.

And in a gracious gesture to his successor,  outgoing President Riseley finished his closing remarks by urging listeners: “It is vital that we be the inspiration.”

The 2019 Rotary International Convention will meet in Hamburg, Germany, 1-5 June.

 
Unprecedented Success for End Polio Gala
Posted on Mar 12, 2018
Our End-Polio Gala event on Saturday, 21 April was a huge success, turning out to be the biggest Fundraiser for the Club. There was a lot of happy energy at the Castle Royale, in Yonkers with over 200 people present, including Rotary International PolioPlus Chair Mike Michael McGovern, Zone 32 End Polio Coordinator Carol Toomey, District Governor Janet DiBenedetto, District Governor-Elect Krishnan Chittur, District Governor Nominee David Schribman, District Governor Nominee Designate Mahbub Ahmad, Y-EY President Alix Schnee and many other Rotary District and Zone Leaders. District PolioPlus Chair Shahid Latif did an outstanding job organizing the event with the support of Yonkers-East Yonkers Rotarians.and non-Rotarian friends. Consul-General Ejaz of Pakistan, Doug Martin Sturomski of the Peace Bell Foundation, Rev. Danny Garcia of the Global Walk Foundation were also present as was a representative of Yonkers City Council President Mike Khader, who presented a proclamation for the Club from the City Council.  A proclamation from Mayor Mike Spano was also presented to our Club.  
 
The Have Fun Do Good event began at 6 pm and was an evening of entertainment and a sumptuous buffet dinner.  Rotary International PolioPlus Chair Mike Michael McGovern and District Governor Janet Dibenedetto presented the Paul Harris Fellow awards on behalf of the District to Shahid Latif, Barbara Hanna, Parul Bhatnagar, Ghazala Asam and Rukshinda Hameedi of the Y-EY Club and to Zara Iqbal of the Organizing Committee.  Iqbal Latif was also recognized for his large contribution for the evening's proceeds.  A donated artwork was auctioned which garnered $15,000.
 
All proceeds from the event will go to the Rotary Foundation's PolioPlus Fund and will be matched  2-to-1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
 
The campaign to end polio began with the initiative of a Rotary Club in The Philippines in 1972.  After its great success, the program was replicated across the country and later in other countries.  The push from Rotary and its 1.2 million worldwide members sustained the campaign when through the participation of UNICEF, the World Health Organization and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the campaign gathered steam to reach its current stage.
 
 
FAST FACTS ABOUT POLIO:
  • Polio remains endemic in just two countries: Afghanistan and Pakistan, but has reappeared in Nigeria this year.
  • The annual number of polio cases has been slashed 99% over the last 25 years.
  • The campaign against polio has prevented 15 million childhood disabilities since 1988.
  • Infant and childhood vaccinations save an estimated 3 million lives every year.
  • A donation of $25 can vaccinate 42 children against polio.
  • UNICEF buys 1.7 billion doses of oral polio vaccine to reach 500 million children every year.
Apply Now for 2018 High School Scholarships
The Club is inviting applications for its annual Community Service Scholarship Grants.  The $1,000 scholarships are open to graduating high school students in Yonkers. The winning student must:

- Be living in Yonkers,
- Be receiving a high school diploma in May/June,
- Have volunteered time to a community organization in Yonkers above any required by the school, and,
- Be accepted and plans to attend college in 2018.

The deadline for all applications is 30 April 2018.  The postmark date on the envelope must be on or before midnight of that date. The final selection will be made by the Yonkers-East Yonkers Rotary Club Scholarship Committee.
 
Click here for the application (you can fill it in online and print it) and send it along with:

- One copy of the completed Yonkers-East Yonkers Rotary Club Scholarship Application (Be sure all signatures are on the application)
- At least one letter of recommendation from an organization in Yonkers through which the student provided community service,
- One copy of the student’s high school transcript,
- One copy of a letter of acceptance from the college that the student plans to attend.

Send the application package as soon as possible to:

Rotary Club of Yonkers - East Yonkers
Scholarship Applications
PO Box 771
Yonkers, NY 10710

You can also email the package to: scholarships@eastyonkersrotary.org. Please pay attention to the following requirements for email applications.

- The application and all supporting documents must be sent in the same email.
- All required attachments must be either in .pdf or .jpg format.  It is preferred that all supporting documents be combined into one .pdf file and are clearly legible.
- Make sure that the send date on your email is on or before 30 April 2018.
- Do not send any other email to this address.

EarlyAct Children Assemble Backpacks for the Homeless

Young students at the Hostos Micro-Society School in Yonkers assembled 50 backpacks for the homeless in Yonkers. The Rotary Club of Yonkers-East Yonkers partnered with The Sharing Community in Yonkers which is distributing these backpacks. Rotarians and students at the school donated personal care items, such as toothpaste, tooth brushes, shampoo, conditioner, deodorant, hand sanitizers, soap, and combs,  The Yonkers-East Yonkers Rotary Club  added 56 pairs of socks and toothbrushes to be included in the backpacks donated by a local bank.

The students are part of Hostos Cares, a nonprofit in the micro-society school.   They gathered during a lunch period and assembled the backpacks.  A note written by a student was also placed in each pack.

The Yonkers-East Yonkers Rotary Club is developing these young students to become an EarlyAct Club – the elementary school level arm of Rotary. The project between the Hostos Micro-Society School and the Yonkers-East Yonkers Rotary Club is headed by Barbara Hanna, the Club’s EarlyAct Advisor. The Club has also provided a $5,000 grant to the School for the purchase of Library books and iPads for the special children, as well as a rug for the student gatherings in the Library.

   
 
 
 
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Shahid Latif
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Ali Koprencka
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Seeme Asad
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Alix Schnee
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Bina Ahmad
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Parul Bhatnagar
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Jeffrey Landsman
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Mahbub Ahmad
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Matts Ingemanson
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Richard Cornell
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