; --RYLA VISITS--
High school students Finn Flynn and Rosina Wickhan visited our club to speak about RYLA.
Finn will be attending the upcoming RYLA session and Rosina is a recent graduate of the program.
At our August 15th meeting Michele Camilleri presented Kristina Komsic of the Amityville Teachers
Association (ATA) with a donation to their current LAP (Local Action Project)
which is providing school supplies to local children. Contact Kristina at
516-818-6020 if you would like to donate supplies.
Photo by Virginia Belling: Thank you to Virginia and our other members who take and provide photos of Club events and happenings!
A Big Winner !!!
Our Second Annual Duck Race, held at the Amityville Beach on August 3rd, was a great success, thanks to Carolyn Dodd, her committee and a supportive Club and Community!
Many members and residents came down to cheer on "their ducks" and support our club's charitable efforts!
A Peace Pole is a monument that displays the message "May Peace Prevail On Earth” in the language of the country where it is placed. It usually displays 3 to 7 additional languages meaningful to the host site. The message is referred to as an affirmation of peace and its placement furthers Rotary's goal of building a culture of peace throughout the world. Peace Poles are intended to inspire unity among people of all cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds. Shown here is the Amityville Interact Club (which our club proudly sponsors!) installing a Peace Pole on the front lawn of the building. The Interact Club raised funds to pay for the pole and shown here are school, governmental and Rotary representatives at the installation ceremony.
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Gift of Life Gala 2024 was a great success: heavily attended
and raising substantial funds to save children's lives through Gift of Life International!
Foundation Chair Virginia Belling presents Donelle Cronin with her first Paul Harris pin (left);and pins with further embedded stones for additional support of the Foundation were presented to John DiLiberto, Jo Pettit, Kevin Battcher, Wes Powell, Soroya Rankin (AHS psychologist and Interact Advisor) and our "Friend of Rotary" Charlie Camilleri
Shown below at the District 7255 annual awards meeting on June 8th are two of our members who received recognitions: At Right, Michele Camilleri received the President of the Year and an award celebrating Public Image Excellence for our Interact's "Don't Bottle It Up" campaign. And at left, Ming Chiang was recognized for his continual great work towards Polio eradication.
Virginia sent us this quote that describes our 2024 Day for Service Project:
"Helping one person might not change the world but it could change the world for one person."
The Amityville Rotary Club met at The Bristal in Massapequa for our 2024 Day of Service Project. The staff welcomed us warmly and helped us, along with a group of their residents, to pack 100 bags of everyday necessities. The bags will be delivered to the Coalition for the Homeless to be distributed to their clients.
Due to the generosity of another Rotary group, RotaCare, which donated over 100 drawstring bags to the project, we were able to spend more money on supplies to fill the bags- items such as toothpaste, brushes, soap, rain ponchos, candy, snacks, lightweight warming blankets, wash&dries and a 5-dollar bill. Carolyn Dodd was chair and organizer of this event.
In addition to touching well over 100 homeless and the staff of the Coalition, one of the benefits of this particular project was that another segment of the public was made aware of the purpose of Rotary and given the opportunity to assist. The publicity which we hope will be published in the local news also will make the general public also aware.
Photos are of members and the Bristal volunteers at work packing bags and then delivering bags to the Coalition.:
At the April 13th District 7255 meeting our Amityville Interact Club was honored for their very
successful project recognizing Mental Health Awareness. The Club members held a poster
contest (with the theme of "Don't Bottle It Up") in the Amityville High School.
Shown above with DG Tom Crowley are Amityville Rotarians displaying
copies of the winning posters. Their sponsoring Club, Amityville Rotary, provided Interact
with cash prizes for the winners, encouragement for their ingenuity and much praise for their efforts!
Foundation/PolioPlus Chair Ming Chiang (Amityville Rotary) has returned from Berlin where he was a panelist at the World Forum for Democracy. The worldwide event focused on current threats to worldwide democracies. Ming also received an award for his sponsoring of a film about Taiwan and as a result he was asked to take part in the forum. Among the dignitaries he spent time with were Hilary Clinton, Helen Mirren and (shown with Ming) Bob Geldof, political activist (i.e., LIVE-AID) and Ban-Ki-Moon, former secretary General of the United Nations.
Also, May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), a month-long celebration which recognizes the contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. To kickoff the month, President Biden and several of AAPI congressional members invited a small group of AAPI leaders to Washington DC. Amityville Rotarian Ming Chiang and his assistant, Darren Yang, represent Hello Taiwan, an organization formed to promote Taiwan and its culture. They were invited to meet with the President, Senators Tammy Duckworth, Mazie Hirono, Rep. Ted Lieu and Raja Krishnamoorthi in Washington, DC. Shown in the photo below are Ming (left) and Darren with President Joe Biden.
--RYLA VISITS--
High school students Finn Flynn and Rosina Wickhan visited our club to speak about RYLA.
Finn will be attending the upcoming RYLA session and Rosina is a recent graduate of the program.
At our August 15th meeting Michele Camilleri presented Kristina Komsic of the Amityville Teachers
Association (ATA) with a donation to their current LAP (Local Action Project)
which is providing school supplies to local children. Contact Kristina at
516-818-6020 if you would like to donate supplies.
Photo by Virginia Belling: Thank you to Virginia and our other members who take and provide photos of Club events and happenings!
A Big Winner !!!
Our Second Annual Duck Race, held at the Amityville Beach on August 3rd, was a great success, thanks to Carolyn Dodd, her committee and a supportive Club and Community!
Many members and residents came down to cheer on "their ducks" and support our club's charitable efforts!
A Peace Pole is a monument that displays the message "May Peace Prevail On Earth” in the language of the country where it is placed. It usually displays 3 to 7 additional languages meaningful to the host site. The message is referred to as an affirmation of peace and its placement furthers Rotary's goal of building a culture of peace throughout the world. Peace Poles are intended to inspire unity among people of all cultures, ethnicities and backgrounds. Shown here is the Amityville Interact Club (which our club proudly sponsors!) installing a Peace Pole on the front lawn of the building. The Interact Club raised funds to pay for the pole and shown here are school, governmental and Rotary representatives at the installation ceremony.
v
Gift of Life Gala 2024 was a great success: heavily attended
and raising substantial funds to save children's lives through Gift of Life International!
Foundation Chair Virginia Belling presents Donelle Cronin with her first Paul Harris pin (left);and pins with further embedded stones for additional support of the Foundation were presented to John DiLiberto, Jo Pettit, Kevin Battcher, Wes Powell, Soroya Rankin (AHS psychologist and Interact Advisor) and our "Friend of Rotary" Charlie Camilleri
Shown below at the District 7255 annual awards meeting on June 8th are two of our members who received recognitions: At Right, Michele Camilleri received the President of the Year and an award celebrating Public Image Excellence for our Interact's "Don't Bottle It Up" campaign. And at left, Ming Chiang was recognized for his continual great work towards Polio eradication.
Virginia sent us this quote that describes our 2024 Day for Service Project:
"Helping one person might not change the world but it could change the world for one person."
The Amityville Rotary Club met at The Bristal in Massapequa for our 2024 Day of Service Project. The staff welcomed us warmly and helped us, along with a group of their residents, to pack 100 bags of everyday necessities. The bags will be delivered to the Coalition for the Homeless to be distributed to their clients.
Due to the generosity of another Rotary group, RotaCare, which donated over 100 drawstring bags to the project, we were able to spend more money on supplies to fill the bags- items such as toothpaste, brushes, soap, rain ponchos, candy, snacks, lightweight warming blankets, wash&dries and a 5-dollar bill. Carolyn Dodd was chair and organizer of this event.
In addition to touching well over 100 homeless and the staff of the Coalition, one of the benefits of this particular project was that another segment of the public was made aware of the purpose of Rotary and given the opportunity to assist. The publicity which we hope will be published in the local news also will make the general public also aware.
Photos are of members and the Bristal volunteers at work packing bags and then delivering bags to the Coalition.:
At the April 13th District 7255 meeting our Amityville Interact Club was honored for their very
successful project recognizing Mental Health Awareness. The Club members held a poster
contest (with the theme of "Don't Bottle It Up") in the Amityville High School.
Shown above with DG Tom Crowley are Amityville Rotarians displaying
copies of the winning posters. Their sponsoring Club, Amityville Rotary, provided Interact
with cash prizes for the winners, encouragement for their ingenuity and much praise for their efforts!
Foundation/PolioPlus Chair Ming Chiang (Amityville Rotary) has returned from Berlin where he was a panelist at the World Forum for Democracy. The worldwide event focused on current threats to worldwide democracies. Ming also received an award for his sponsoring of a film about Taiwan and as a result he was asked to take part in the forum. Among the dignitaries he spent time with were Hilary Clinton, Helen Mirren and (shown with Ming) Bob Geldof, political activist (i.e., LIVE-AID) and Ban-Ki-Moon, former secretary General of the United Nations.
Also, May is Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPIHM), a month-long celebration which recognizes the contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islanders. To kickoff the month, President Biden and several of AAPI congressional members invited a small group of AAPI leaders to Washington DC. Amityville Rotarian Ming Chiang and his assistant, Darren Yang, represent Hello Taiwan, an organization formed to promote Taiwan and its culture. They were invited to meet with the President, Senators Tammy Duckworth, Mazie Hirono, Rep. Ted Lieu and Raja Krishnamoorthi in Washington, DC. Shown in the photo below are Ming (left) and Darren with President Joe Biden.
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