A Short video about our Club
Service Above Self
Wednesdays 12:15 PM (last Wednesday 6:15 PM)
Mont Olympos Diner
Mont Olympos Diner
1 Fort Hill Avenue
Yonkers, NY 10710
United States of America
Yonkers, NY 10710
United States of America
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Past Speakers
Carolyn Fluckinger, Director, Kinship Support Prog
Jan 23, 2019 12:15 PM
Family Service Society of Yonkers
Janice Kirschner, Senior Director JCY-Westchester
Jan 16, 2019 12:15 PM
Family Service Society of Yonkers
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President
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Secretary
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Club Membership Chair
Club Rotary Foundation Chair
Sergeant-at-Arms
The Club Officers and Leadership Seminar 2019 took place on Saturday 11 May at Sarah Lawrence College (Bates Center for Student Life). An exciting and comprehensive program was drawn up for the Seminar, which began at 9 am. District Governor-Elect Mahbub Ahmad opened the Seminar. There were Plenary sessions on:
District Support for Local & International Service Projects
Social Media - by Social Media expert Robin Colner
Youth Service Projects.
There were three concurrent Hands-on workshops:
Workshop 1 Club 101: Managing your club: Good Housekeeping, Records and Reporting
Workshop 2 Grants: District and Global Grants: Grant Benefits, Applications and Process
Workshop 3 Rotary Online: Helping your club grow : RI & District Online Resources
Attendance at the Seminar was important for Clubs because it provided certification for District & Global Grants to Clubs. Without this certifications Clubs will not be eligible to apply for District Grants next year.
District Trainer PDG Greg Arcaro and incoming District Secretary Vincent Coakley, incoming District Rotary Foundation Chair PDG Lora Hugelmeyer, incoming District Grants Committtee Chair David Schribman, incoming District Public Image Chair Amir Asadi, RYLA Committee Chair PDG David DelMonte, incoming District Technology Director Robert Neshovski and Peace Fellowships Sub-Committee Chair Merva Faddoul were seminar leaders.
The Club is a sponsor of the District Service Project at Snug Harbor in Staten Island, in conjunction with the 2018-19 District Conference.. The Healing Garden is a living memorial to the 267 Staten Islanders who perished on September I I, 200 I. It quietly evokes the healing power of trees as symbols of life and renewal. Located on one acre of forested hillside, the woodland garden overlooks 20 acres of officially mapped wetlands. The garden was officially completed and opened to the public in September 2008. The Healing Garden's winding paths lead you through a mix of hardwood, canopy, and understory trees, such as cherry, Norway maple, honey locust, willow, horse chestnut, sassafras, silver maple, and red oak. Commemorative benches sit among shrubs and perennial planting displays. The mix of foliage is sublime in spring, summer, and autumn. A stone "Wall of Remembrance" features four cast iron faces in an ancient Roman grotesque style, where water flows from each of them into a reflecting pool and along cobblestone culverts lining the walkways. The four faces represent the four seasons and the cycle of life.
Sunday, 7 April from 9 am to 12 noon was our biggest event of the year - The 24th Annual Pancake Breakfast. As in earlier years, St. John's Riverside Hospital hosted our event. While it is called the Pancake Breakfast, it is much more than that. For the nominal $10 admission there was not only a full all-you-can-eat breakfast, but also a large number of prizes, from Large-Screen LED TV, restaurant food vouchers, baskets of cheer, and many more.
There was a 50/50 raffle and door prizes.
We are grateful to many local businesses and individuals who have donated prizes or money towards the event. Our biggest sponsor is the St. John's Riverside Hospital which hosted the Breakfast. The funds raised at this event will go towards scholarships for deserving Yonkers High School students going on to college, providing grants to community organizations for projects like traveling farm visits, Summer Day Camp for underprivileged children, Fitness through walking, Community Gardens program, Planting gardens with youths with emotional/physical disabilities and incarcerated youths/adults, Kinship Summer Youth Program (for children who are being raised by grandparents), and Art therapy after-school program for children.
All donors were recognized at the event and year-round on our website.
It was an international partnership that brought this project to Yonkers. The Yonkers-East Yonkers Rotary Club endorsed Pete Spano’s idea in early 2015, and along with support from local Rotary District 7230 and a South Korean Rotary Club and their District, received approval for a Rotary International Foundation Global Grant - making the Rotary Organization the largest single donor towards this project. .Leonard Spano, executive director at the Westchester School for Special Children, joined the partnership, seeing the need for these refurbished courts in the community. Mayor Spano, along with the departments of public works, planning and development, and parks and recreation, as well as the Yonkers Community Agency Development Board, approved the removal of the current court – which was in poor shape – put new asphalt over the court and made other improvements in the park.
This entire partnership - which took 4 years from concept to implementation - highlights Rotary's vision - “Together, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves.”
The Club organized a Polio awareness event and recognized Donors who contributed to the cause of eradicating Polio. The event was held on 9 March 2019 at J.C. Fogarty's in Bronxville. District officials along with awardees, local Rotary Club members and guests were present.
Here is a link to the photo Album.
The first phase of a great Winter Basketball and Anti-bullying program for 4th to 7th graders has just concluded. Sponsored by our Club, in partnership with the Yonkers Police Athletic League and YMCA, the program met for the last 6 Saturdays of 2018. The last session of the Winter season was celebrated with a Pizza Party and certificates were handed out to the participants.The program is part of the Rotary International Global Grant Project which brought together an amazing partnership of Rotary Clubs and like-minded organizations. Club Member Pete Spano conceived the project and through his persistence and with the help of Past District Governor Janet DiBenedetto received support of a Rotary Club in South Korea. Together, with the fund-raising by the Nancy Lieberman Foundation, the Rotary Foundation provided matching grants for the construction 2 Basketball Courts in Yonkers and organizing 2 programs providing Anti-Bullying training and a Basketball Clinic for young people in Yonkers.
Both Yonkers organizations - the Police Athletic League and the YMCA provided valuable knowledge, and life lessons to the youth in our community. Thanks also to SportsNet New York (SNY) Play Ball for seeing value in what we're doing, and donating basketballs to our program.
The Programs were run by Pete Spano, Tom Meier, Barbara Hanna. Past District Governor Greg Arcaro was a special mentor for the Program. Thanks to all of the parents, coaches, teachers, leaders, mentors, and children that participated.
