At 2 am Thursday, 5 January, 16 units in Hillcrest Park Condominiums in Peekskill, New York were completely destroyed in a massive fire. 25 residents have lost everything and the community of Peekskill is rallying around them to collect donations. The Peekskill Rotary Club is collecting monetary donations on their behalf. To donate please click the link below.
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Presidents-Elect & AGs:
Join your classmates for Pre-PETS February 25 at J.C. Fogarty's, 60 Kraft Avenue in Bronxville, NY. This will prepare you for your upcoming year as Club President and Assistant District Governor. These Prep-sessions have been created to prepare you for your upcoming attendance in March at Multi-District PETS.
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Join Presidents Elect from 300+ Clubs from 5 neighboring Districts, at Mid-Northeast PETS which provides required training to serve as Club President, or Assistant Governor as well as inspiration and motivation. March 23-25 at the Hanover Marriott in Whippany, NJ. Check out the link below for schedule and details.
These three images are but a few of the hundreds of Ukranian people, internally displaced by the Russian terror attacks, whom we have helped to save by our donation of $25,000 (combined to $150,000 through our multi-District efforts). These funds were used for the purchase of bed blankets, linens, pillows, furniture and supplies for the disabled. see earlier story:
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DG Marty visited the four Clubs in Bermuda this week - Hamilton, Pembroke, Sandys and St. Georges. He also participated in an Interact event and a couple of projects with the Interact Clubs there. While there, DG Marty ensured the revamping of the Rotaract Club in Bermuda.DGN Syed and AG for Rotaract Abit joined him on the eventful trip. They inspected the Mangrove plants that were set down during the On To Bermuda Service Project in end-August and were pleased to see that the plants have taken hold nicely.
DG Marty introduced Zayne Sinclair a young Bermudian Entrepreneur and Rotaract Member who made presentations to all 4 Clubs on his business Sinclair’s Seed Growing and how he is helping the community to be more sustainable.
Rotarians from five local Districts in our area have joined together to send a Rotary International Disaster Relief Fund grant of $125,000 to Ukraine. This Grant will be administered in partnership with Rotarians in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, to provide humanitarian assistance to a medical shelter by supplying beds, mattresses, blankets, linens, pillows, and other necessary items.
The application process included a District in Northeastern Pennsylvania, all three Districts of New Jersey, and one in southern New York State - our District 7230.
Past District Governor Mary Ellen Bentler from Rotary District 7410 in Pennsylvania and NJ Past District Governor Ray Freaney spearheaded the effort along with the support of the districts and their leadership.
If you wish to know more or contribute to these efforts, please contact District 7230 Rotary Foundation Committee Chair PDG Mary Shackleton
MoU Signed with Our World Too Focused on Protecting the Environment
District Governor Martin Schulman signed an MOU, aligning Rotary District 7230 with a unique effort to enroll humanity in environmental sustainability. The document signing took place as part of the Rotary-sponsored "Life Below Water" cruise event over the Labor Day weekend and included mangrove restoration and beach clean-up projects on the island involving hundreds of Rotarians from around the world.
The 2022-23 District Leadership Team was installed at a ceremony at the Siwanoy Country Club in Bronxville on Wednesday, 29 June. District Governor Marty Schulman was inducted by Past District Governor Tony Marmo of our neighboring District 7210. Among those present were County Executive George Latimer who presented a plaque to the new District Governor. Outgoing DG George McKinnis could not be present due to his recent surgery. He was represented by Vice-Governor Mahbub Ahmad who read the DG's message to those present. The outgoing DG thanked his leadership team noting that the District has achieved much in the past few years. He said he believed the District will continue in good hands under the guidance and direction of DG Marty Schulman - who is a fellow Rotarian from the Bronxville Club..png)
