Despite many difficulties Rotary clubs faced in 2020-21, the Fairport club was able to meet all criteria to earn a District Rotary Citation. On August 30, the belated honor was presented to Fairport's immediate past president, Mark Fuerbacher, by past district governor Linda Koh
Spencerport Rotary's recent fundraiser, the recent Geranium Sale, proceeds were to be directed to the Prison Outreach at Nielsen House. Nielsen House serves homeless men with a criminal history who are entering the community from jail, in-patient facilities, the streets, and oth
The Honeoye Lake Rotary Club has once again exceeded its goal for the number of Treasure Boxes it assembled for distribution to elementary students who would benefit from having a supply of school related items to help them get the school year off to a good start. This project h
Perry Rotary Club presented Paul Harris Awards to several members, five as repeat recipients. They included Judy Milhollen, Michelle Rechberger, Nancy Meissel, Eleanor Jacobs, Paul Schneible, Randy White, Wes Kline, Dr. Leslie “Butch” DeGroff (below right), Bob Scott (below left
The Newark Rotary Club, in partnership with Living Waters for the World (LWW), has just finalized covenants and project plans with representatives from the community of Tabi in Quintana Roo, Mexico to bring safe water, sanitation and economic development to their community of so
At the Palmyra-Macedon Rotary lunch meeting on October 1, Greg Lewis shared about his start-up business, Metrics MD. Greg, and his wife, Nicole, who accompanied him, are new residents in the Palmyra-Macedon community, where he has established his company.
On September 3, Geneseo Rotary's Zoomobile event at the Highlands was a success. 58 people came to see the Seneca Park Zoo animals and share an end-of-summer picnic of hot dogs, chips and water.
The Victor – Farmington Rotary Club, working in partnership with the Rochester chapter of the Sleep in Heavenly Peace (SHP) organization, recently made a sustained commitment to improving living standards for children from low-income families. The V-F Rotarians joined with SHP v
The Victor – Farmington Rotary Club completed two summer projects involving support for children from low-income homes in Rochester in the coming school year.
On August 20th, the Webster Rotary Club Club was proud to host the 10th Annual Robynpalooza Golf Tourney at Webster Golf Club. This year’s tournament brought us to Webster Golf Club for the first time in tournament history. With over 100 golfers, it was one of our largest tourna
The Belmont Rotary Club made use of a Matching Grant from Rotary District 7120 and helped to provide new computers to the local library. The computers at the Belmont Free Library get heavy use and had not been updated in 7 years.
These computers provide access to education and
At the Dundee Rotary’s summer changeover picnic outgoing President John Frederick (R) congratulated incoming President Bill McIlvride. Bill is a hydrogeologist who lives in Dundee and works remotely on the west coast!
The Honeoye Falls-Mednon Rotary Club is in the process of updating the historic Iron Fireman audio tour at the Honeoye Falls Village Hall and Fire Department.
The Canandaigua Rotary Club really dug in recently at the assembly of the Inclusion in Motion Playground. It is 23,000 square foot that will eventually have a pavilion, a fully-accessible wheelchair swing, seating options, and musical instruments, among other features.
Victor–Farmington Rotary’s newest member – Drew Beckeman – welcomed into club on September 1st by Club Secretary Karen Parkhurst, President Bruce Chapman, Drew, and AG Jim Crane. Drew is a resident of Farmington and is employed as a Financial Advisor by Merrill Lynch in Pittsford
Members of the Canandaigua Rotary Club had fun cooking hots and hamburgs up for attendees at the recent Sonnenberg Gardens’ Arts in the Garden. This was a continuation of the popular festival where many had fun attending.
The Clifton Springs Rotary Club conducted its major fundraiser of the year at the annual New York Pageant of Steam from Aug. 11 to 14 in Hopewell. Approximately 45 volunteers, including Rotarians and friends of Rotary, served breakfast and lunch to the thousands of Pageant atten
Elmira Rotary was delighted to host our new District Governor, Janet Tenreiro at our regular meeting on August 24, 2021. District Governor Tenreiro began her visit by welcoming and pinning our newest member, Salvation Army Officer Stan Newton.
Past District Governor and member of the Greece Rotary Club, Bill Gormont, was the guest speaker at the August 16 Geneseo Rotary Club meeting. The subject of his presentation was Crutches 4 Africa.
On August 10th over 30 Avon Rotarians turned out to the Avon Community Playground at the Avon Driving Park to provide the village with some much needed man and woman power to give the playground some TLC.