"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." - Eleanor Roosevelt
Membership Committee is recruiting! - Help our club grow and share the gift of Rotary with others. Join our brainstorming session on Friday Jan 13th, 10am at Jack Jack's Cafe.
Dictionary Project - Next Committee meeting is Weds Jan 11th, 11am at LIYC.
Volunteers are needed at our two last remaining presentations:
Babylon Grade School on Park Ave in Babylon is on Tuesday Jan 24th
Interact Club Advisor Committee - Help mentor young leaders. Email Megan Noble is your are interested in joining. megan@garveypropertiesli.com
In the last edition of The Channel, we included a story about Ed Miller receiving a Paul Harris Award. We erroneously stated that it was his 3rd Paul Harris Award but it was IN FACT his 4th Paul Harris Award. Great work Ed!
On November 9th at the Long Island Yacht Club in Babylon, The Babylon Rotary Club met to celebrate 75 years of service. We were joined by 18 Past Presidents dating back to 1966 as well as members of the Lindenhurst & Bay Shore Rotary Clubs. It was the Bay Shore Rotary Club that sponsored our club in 1947. President Kristen Morse accepted citations on behalf of our club from Town of Babylon Supervisor Rich Schaeffer (presented by Town Councilman Terrence McSweeney), Town of Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter, Village of Babylon Mary E. Adams (Presented by Deputy Mayor Frank Seibert), as well as NY Assemblyman Michael Durso. Paul Harris Pins were presented to Gail Sullivan & Dr. Krishna Gujavarty. Past President Scott Lockwood gave a rousing speech, taking us on a stroll down memory lane before presenting Service Above Self Awards to Gus Fishel & Ed Miller for outstanding service to our club. Our Socks, T-Shirt & Underwear Drive for veterans culminated in a moving presentation from General Needs founder Lonnie Sherman. The event garnered attention from the local press, you may have seen articles in South Bay Neighbor as well as the Babylon Beacon. It was a lovely afternoon of fellowship & fun. Thank you Rotarian Bonnie Heller for leading the 75th Anniversary Luncheon Committee & President Elect Corey Peters for organizing such an amazing event.
On November 16th at the Annual Evan R. Liblit Memorial Scholarship Fund Breakfast, our West Islip Interact Club was presented with 1st Place & $500 for their Recycle Bin design. Amongst stiff competition of 8 different Interact Clubs and 12 different designs, the West Islip Club beat out all other entries. Thank you Past President Megan Noble for your continuing leadership as chairwoman of our Youth Service committee.
With our nation facing skyrocketing inflation, the price of turkeys up over 50% this year! The Babylon Rotary Club entered the Thanksgiving Season unsure of how much support we would be able to offer our local soup kitchens and food pantries. THANKS TO the savvy negotiation skills of Past District Gov. Frank Seibert & the generosity of BJs Wholesale Club in Farmingdale our club was able to donate 320 Turkeys this year to Food 4 UR Soul Int' Kitchen, Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, St. Nicholas Greek Church, North Babylon Food Pantry, Nourish Babylon, United Methodist Church, First Presbyterian Church, The Ryan Outreach Center, The BBQ Brethern & The Babylon Breast Cancer Coalition. These funds were raised at the 17th Annual 10K Dirty Sock Run! SO thank you again to all of our Dirty Sock Run sponsors & runners for making that event so successful! Additional Thank you to Rotarian Patrick Ford for helping run this successful project!
For more than a decade, the Babylon Rotary Club has been purchasing Christmas Gifts for the teens at SCO Family of Services. Teens are often forgotten this time of year as most of the focus is on toys for younger children. Thank you to Megan Noble for once again heading up this project for our club! Director of Community Engagement, Marnie Katzman, joined us our club for lunch on December 7th to accept our donations & share more about the young men and women who will be receiving our gifts.
On December 8th, Assistant District Governor John Cuccia from the Farmingdale Rotary Club presented the Babylon Rotary Club with a banner acknowledgement for being an EVERY ROTARIAN EVERY YEAR Club for the 2021-2022 Rotary Year. Our club celebrated 100% participation in our club's efforts to raise money for the Rotary Foundation. 100% of our club members donated AT LEAST $100 to the Rotary Foundation. The Rotary Foundation helps Rotary members advance world understanding, goodwill & peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment & alleviating poverty. Since it was founded more than 100 years ago, the Foundation has spent more than $4 Billion on life changing, sustainable projects. TO learn more about the Rotary Foundation Click Here.
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