An amazing partnership came together to bring food supplies to the children of Haiti. Our Club partnered with the Heritage E-Club, and Century 21 Royal to send urgently needed food supplies for children in Haiti. The Club Board approved $600 from our Foundation as seed money for the project. Other Club Members, notable among them George John, VP Bina, PDG Mahbub, PDG Greg Arcaro and Aura Latif provided additional donations of cash and supplies of nearly $2000, while 3 members of the HeritageNY Rotary Club provided donations of more than $850 to cover the cost of purchasing the food, supplies, barrels and shipment.
On 10 November, Father Philippe Charles, co-ordinator of the project, together with George John purchased the supplies. Friend of Rotary Paul Porooshasp provided his pickup truck to haul the supplies to George's office at Century 21 Royal. VP Bina, PDG Mahbub helped George, Paul and Philippe to unload the supplies consisting of 300 lbs of rice, 150 lbs of flour, 300 lbs of beans, 80 lbs of oatmeal, 64 lbs of pasta, 12 gallons of cooking oil, corn flakes, peanut butter, tomato paste, sardines and dry milk. Century 21 Royal agents Jithin Varghese and Stanley Matthew provided 3000 masks while Ashsh Joseph of UNMB Mortgage donated bulk packs of noodle soup. The next day Rotarians and other volunteers gathered at the Century 21 Royal office and packed all the supplies into 6 barrels donated by Jeffrey Landsman for shipment to Haiti. The barrels will be delivered to the Rotary Club of Delmas-Centre in Port au Prince. They will be distributed through the Administrator of the Sainte Thérèse de L’Enfant Jésus’ School and Maria - one of the most reliable humanitarian groups in Haiti.
In the next few days, a 7th barrel will be assembled with clothing, school supplies for shipment to Haiti.
Our Club has always been in the forefront of supporting the world campaign for polio eradication. In August, our Club contributed just over $9,000 to The Rotary Foundation's End Polio Fund bringing our Club's total contribution over the last 5 Rotary years to a little over $70,000..
Our Club has achieved the 2019-20 Rotary Presidential Citation -Platinum level - the highest Rotary honor for a Club and a very rare accomplishment for a Club to achieve this honor 4 years in a row. It is a fitting tribute to our Club in it's centennial year.. The award was announced by our very own 2019-20 District Governor Mahbub Ahmad in a letter to President Steve Simpson and all members of the Club. 
Responding to this call, our Club has taken the lead and sponsored a new Satellite Club. A satellite club functions as a short-term, transitional step on the way to becoming a full, independent Rotary club. This allows interested persons to become Rotarians without meeting the requirement of having at least 20 persons to organize a separate Rotary club. The Rotary Satellite Club of Yonkers-East Yonkers-Edgemont was officially approved by Rotary International in February of 2020 with 9 members. Following a period of organization the new Club has begun its regular activities. 
satellite club has a Chair. Atul Saxena is the Chair of the new Satellite Club while Parul Bhatnagar is our Club's adviser to the Satellite Club to help it learn about Rotary and its activities. The 9 members are mostly residents of the Edgemont area and hope to increase their membership and charter their own Club. Our Club is extending its full support to the new Rotarians and their nascent Club. The Club has been assigned to the District's Area 5, with our own Bina Ahmad as the Assistant Governor. .
“There are many extraordinary educators throughout our District,” noted Superintendent of Schools Dr. Edwin M. Quezada, Principal Sharp, is a consummate knowledgeable professional, he said .
Service Above Self
Yonkers, NY 10710
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