Governor’s Message Hello District 7170 Rotarians!

In this, my first monthly message as your Governor, I’ll start with a short introduction. I am a Charter member of the Dryden club which will be celebrating 15 years this fall. Twice I have had the honor of being Club President (09-10 and

17-18), was an Assistant Governor for 3.5 years, a Founda-tion Area Director for 3, and have served on various District committees as part of my journey to the Governor position.

In this issue Worldwide News ....................................................... 2

New polio eradication plan ......................................... 2 Supporters of The Rotary Foundation........................... 3 Support TRF at AmazonSmile ..................................... 3

District News ............................................................ 3 In Memoriam ............................................................ 3 District Grants .......................................................... 4 We raised $6K for PolioPlus! ....................................... 4 The Rotary of the Year award goes to... ....................... 4

Club News ................................................................. 4 Welcome, New Club Members! .................................... 4 Binghamton Breakfast Rotary ..................................... 5 Binghamton Rotary ................................................... 5 Cortland Rotary ........................................................ 5 Endicott Rotary ......................................................... 5 Groton Rotary........................................................... 6 Ithaca Rotary ........................................................... 6 Ithaca Sunrise Rotary ................................................ 7 Johnson City Rotary .................................................. 7 Oneonta Rotary ........................................................ 7 Owego Rotary ........................................................... 8 Sherburne Rotary ..................................................... 8 Sidney Rotary ........................................................... 9 Stamford Rotary ....................................................... 9 Trumansburg Rotary ................................................. 9 Vestal Rotary .......................................................... 10

Club Flyers .............................................................. 10 The Last Page . . . for reference .............................. 13

My wife, and fellow Rotarian, Tracy and I have hosted 3+ exchange students, been to 4 Rotary Inter-national conventions (all in North America), and are both PHFs committed to Rotary.

Outside of Rotary we are involved in several com-munity groups so, though retired, are both very busy and happy to be so! We have 3 adult children and 3 grandchildren (Max 8, Jackson 7, Lucy 5). Tracy taught Special Ed. and then reading in the Dry-den High school for 20 years. I had a varied ca-reer as an electrical engi-neer in the region (big and small companies, co-founded one, worked for the USAF and in aca-demia) and can tell you most anything you need to know about building ra-dars!

The last 16 months have been different and difficult, so I want to acknowledge PDGs Dave Bensley & Matt Adler for their efforts. The second half of Dave’s year was disrupted by the initial uncertainties of Covid, and Matt’s year was spent figuring out Zoom and doing everything ‘virtually’. Thank you, both!

July 2021

Transition Month

“2021-2022 promises to be better, but different, with many opportunities to grow and strengthen our clubs.”

District 7170 Newsletter

Evan Kurtz – District Governor 2021-2022 Rotary Club of Dryden, USA

Shekhar Mehta – Rotary International President 2021-2022 Rotary Club of Calcutta-Mahanagar, India

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2021-2022 promises to be better, but different, with many opportunities to grow and strengthen our clubs. Most Dis-trict committee meetings will remain virtual, and many clubs are adopting hybrid formats allowing more flexibility. This flexibility will help to engage members, recruit new mem-bers, and provide opportunities to hear speakers from all over the world. I believe most in Rotary know we will be not going back to “normal” as we move forward.

RI President Shekhar Mehta gave us our theme for the year, “Serve to Change Lives”, which speaks to us all as Rotari-ans. Regarding his spe-cific charges, Shekhar wants to grow Rotary and challenges us with ‘Each one, Bring One’. That would take us from 1.2 to 2.4 million Rotari-ans! Shekhar is a realist so his actual goal is for RI membership to be 1.3 million at the end of this Rotary year! Bring a friend, a neighbor, a family member, or a col-league. Engage them with the ‘new’ Rotary by sending them a Zoom link for a program they may enjoy or invite them to a social. The second charge from our RI President is the support of women and girls. Our world benefits most when women are empowered so we should look for ways to support the many needed changes.

So, what will our District focus be? First, communication. Why? Rotarians who are engaged with District and other Rotarians in their region will be exposed to more ideas and more opportunities for service. They will be more aware of Rotary in the greater world. How? Be sure your contact in-formation is up to date on the District ClubRunner. Your club secretary should be able to help you with this. Look at, and use, the list of “Upcoming District Events” on the Dis-trict home page (scroll past the latest news…). Respond in a timely manner to communications regarding Rotary and share freely and widely. Communications are a two-way street!

Secondly, we need to work on Diversity, Equity, and Inclu-sion (DEI). Rotary will be stronger and can serve the world better if we are more diverse, equal, and inclusive. These properties will benefit us by providing more insight into is-sues, bringing more skills & experiences to bear, more hands to lighten the work, and perhaps best of all, more friends!

We cannot just say we are not racist, sexist, or any of the other inherent biases we all have. We need to work at being anti-racist, anti-sexist, anti-homophobic, as well as to pay attention to the many other aspects of diversity such as age, gender, education, economic status, etc. This is uncomfort-able territory and significant self-reflection is required but the results will benefit all. District 7170 is in the process of establishing a DEI committee; please contact me if you are interested.

Third and most important is our new Area of Focus, ‘Sup-porting the Environment’. In my opinion Rotary missed an opportunity by not calling it ‘Supporting OUR Environ-ment’ because it really is our home, our life support sys-tem…there is no Planet B! Every other area of focus is being negatively impacted by climate change. Everything we as Rotarians do ties to our environment. It is imperative that Rotary engage in mitigating the coming storm. Much more on this in the coming year!

Do not look to me for specific directions over the next year… my expectation is that District chairs, committee members, club Presidents, and all Rotarians know what ac-tions need to be taken and have the ability to do so. We Ro-tarians helping at the District level are here to guide, to co-ordinate, and to cheerlead, not to direct or dictate. We Ro-tarians are People of Action, who do not sit and wait for someone to tell them, or ask them, what to do next.

I very much look forward to working with you in the coming months as we follow our Rotary motto of ‘Service Above Self’. Regards, DG Evan

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Worldwide News

New polio eradication plan

We had great news last August when Af-rica was declared Polio free. COVID then stalled our ongoing eradication efforts. Afghanistan and Pakistan remain the last two nations with wild polio virus.

A new, five-billion-dollar cooperative ef-fort was just announced. Click the following link for a sum-mary of the new effort, as well as a report on how the exist-ing infrastructure was used to battle COVID.

https://polioeradication.org/gpei-strategy-2022-2026/

“We Rotarians are People of

Action, who do not sit and wait for someone to

tell them, or ask them, what

to do next.”

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Your support of polio plus through The Rotary Foundation can help make this plan a success.

-Mark Haase

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Supporters of The Rotary Foundation

As this Rotary year comes to a close, we want to thank you for supporting The Rotary Foundation!

Thanks to you, more Rotary members in your community and around the world have been able to take action and make an impact. Your support of our Foundation meant more projects were possible, more peo-ple were served, and more problems were solved.

Because of dedicated donors like you, our Foundation has awarded over 1,900 global grants totaling more than $139 million so far this Rotary year. Together with our partners, we’ve immunized nearly 3 billion children against polio since 1988. Rotary members around the world continue working to keep their communities healthy and safe from diseases like COVID-19.

Your support makes Doing Good in the World possible. Your gifts make it possible for us to respond to some of the world’s most challenging needs in communities close to home and across the globe.

Thank you for your continued support.

- Lana Rouff

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Support TRF at AmazonSmile

Did you know? . . . The AmazonSmile Foundation will do-nate 0.5% of the purchase price from your eligible smile.am-azon.com (not www.amazon.com) purchases. You will see eligible products marked “Eligible for AmazonSmile dona-tion” on their product detail pages at smile.amazon.com or with AmazonSmile ON in the Amazon Shopping app.

Donations are issued to registered charities quarterly via electronic bank account deposit. The most recent donations were sent in June 2021.

You can choose your charity! AmazonSmile has made a quarterly donation to The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International in the amount of $3,230.79 as a result of qual-ifying purchases made by customers who have selected this charity. A total of $61,429.91 has been donated since the beginning of the donation program in October 2013!

Visit smile.amazon.com to learn more. And start shopping!

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District News

In Memoriam

The COVID years have been very hard on District 7170 as they have been eve-rywhere in the world. From 2019 to 2021 our District has lost 41 members.

Many of these individuals served their clubs and the District for many years.

They were our shining examples of “Service Above Self”. They will be difficult to replace.

From the Rotary Club of: Binghamton, Dr. Sam Pejo; Colesville/Harpursville, Charles Oliver; Cooperstown, Theodore Peters; Betsy Tichey, Bruno Talevi, Paul Kuhn, Hugh MacDougal, Anne Geddes Atwell; Cortland, Lee Taylor, Ron Denniston; Delhi, Prime Ford; Deposit, Rich-ard (Smitty) Axtell; Endicott, Kenneth Lane, Larry Leh-man, Rudy Pisani; Endwell, Richard Foley, Helen Picciano, Marilyn Shaffer; Hancock, Wellington Lester F. Gerald Mackin; Hobart, William Coleman; Ithaca, Fred Gouldin, Noel Desch, Russell Sprague, George Schneider; Ithaca Sunrise, Doug Armstrong; Johnson City, George Sampson; Lansing/Ithaca, Joseph Quigley; Magaretville, Willie Marks, Sally Anne VanBenshotten; Morris, James Pasternak; Oneonta, Joan Bachorik, Dick Breuninger; Owego, Terry Steenburg, Tim Lounsburry, Carol LaPlant; Richfield Springs, Elliott Ruby Hefland; Roxbury, Thomas Hynes; Sherburne, Frank Mazzeo; Sidney, Gil Malerk, Bill Davidson; Unadilla, Ricardo Fernandez, Wil-liam Yeager; Waverly, Don Merrill; Whitney Point, Barb Decker, Charlie Gilmore, Joan Gilmore, Bob Green.

As Abraham Lincoln once said, “And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count, it’s the life in your years”.

“Together with our partners,

we’ve immunized nearly 3 billion

children against polio since 1988.”

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-Dave Bensley, Matt Adler & Doug Larison.

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District Grants

Thank you to the 24 clubs that carried out District Grant pro-jects in 2020-2021 and to the 15 clubs who submitted appli-cations for grants in 2021-2022. A complete report will be included in the August issue.

In the meantime, it is not too early for clubs to begin thinking about possible projects for the 2022-2023 Rotary year. Con-tact Cindy Burger, 2018-2022 District Grants Committee Chair, for the list of previous grants for ideas. csburger@frontiernet.net or (607) 692-3442.

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The Global Grant Committee is pleased to announce that District 7170 has become an International Partner and in do-ing so has funded a request from the Rotary Club of Coim-batore in District 3201 (India) for $4612 to financially sup-port their Tribal Village Toilet Project located in Anaikatti, Coimbatore, Tamil Nad. This community is a tri-bal village consisting of 92 families with a total population of over 400 inhabitants below the poverty line. Once completed the pro-ject will serve children, students, men and women. An inter-national partner works with the host country in making sure the grant is completed as authorized and is responsible for reporting activities to The Rotary Foundation. This project is among 10 international projects that District 7170 has helped initiate this past year - 2020-21. More in-formation to follow in future newsletter. Should you or your club be interested in learning more, please contact Lana Rouff @ LanaRouff@gmail.com.

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We raised $6K for PolioPlus!

Our District’s 2nd Annual ‘7 Runs, 7 Counties, 7 Days' se-ries of events raised $6,105 for PolioPlus. About 31 Ro-tarians, from 14 of our District's 44 clubs, participated by walking, running, setting up, or donating, during the 7 con-secutive days of events from June 20th thru 26th.

The intended result of this series of events is twofold: Raise money for PolioPlus during the 7 days and get Ro-tarians together. The clubs in each of our District’s 7 coun-ties (Delaware, Otsego, Chenango, Tioga, Cortland, Broome, Tompkins) were to work together to plan, pro-mote, setup, and execute an event of their choice. Thanks

to the folks in Delaware, Broome, and Cortland counties for their help! Hopefully in 2022 we can get more partici-pation by clubs so more Rotarians can enjoy each other companies and reach a goal of $10,000 for PolioPlus!

In 2022 we will try make the events more social (food & drink) as more Rotarians are likely to participate. If you have any ideas or would like to help in your county please feel free to step up.

Thanks go to the Rotarians from the following clubs for their support and participation. Binghamton, Binghamton Breakfast, Cortland, Cortland Breakfast, Dryden, Endicott, Endwell, Owego, Sherburne, Stamford, Johnson City, Greene, Edmeston, Schenevus-Worcester, Ithaca.

-Evan Kurtz

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The Rotary of the Year award goes to...

. . . Cindy Burger! (photo provided by Ann Machlin) The award was pre-sented by DG Matt Adler at the District Pass the Gavel event on June 17, 2021 at Traditions at the Glen in Johnson City.

Well deserved!

For more pics of the District 7170 Pass the Gavel event (Thank you, Lori Rae Silvers!): https://m.face-book.com/story.php?story_fbid=10225913209286952&id=1535692159.

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Club News .:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:._.:*~*:.

Welcome, New Club Members!

Bainbridge Rotary

Member: Pamela Tompkins Sponsor: June White

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Cooperstown Rotary

Member: Kathleen Seitel-West Sponsor: Gail Barton Owego Rotary

Member: Frank Cavaliers Sponsor: Richard Sternberg

Member: Sharon Rankins-Burd Sponsor: Judy Steiner

Member: Bill Waller Sponsor: Richard Sternberg

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Binghamton Breakfast Rotary

Binghamton Breakfast Rotary 27th Annual Golf Tournament

When: Thursday July 29, 2021 Location: Genegantslet Golf Club

Format: Captain & Crew

Breakfast at 9:00 AM Shot Gun Start at 10:00 AM

Donation: $80.00 per person

Includes: Breakfast, 18 Holes of Golf, Lunch at the turn, Dinner & Beverages

• Top prizes for the 1st place team in different

flights • All Par 3 holes will have Hole in One Prizes,

including a 2021 Vehicle • ALL TEAMS MUST BE PAID FOR WHEN

RESERVATIONS ARE SENT IN!

Please respond by July 1st Make Checks Payable to:

Binghamton Breakfast Rotary PO Box 2302

Binghamton, NY 13902-2302

-Darrell Dennison

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Binghamton Rotary

Goody bag delivery to fifth graders

For the 5th year, The Rotary Club of Binghamton recog-nized seven fifth graders - one from each of the seven elementary schools in Bing-hamton - as Student of the Year 2021. These students were chosen by their teachers and administrators as models of cooperation, collaboration, respect, and engagement. They were recognized as they consistently have gone out of their way to assist others and are a model of positive attitude as they set the tone for their classes. In some cases, they have improved dramatically in academics or behavior and have achieved in spite of obstacles and challenges.

They received a certificate of merit as well as a bag filled with candies, college memorabilia, pens and pencils, puz-zles, and more. Congratulatory letters from their school su-perintendent, Tonia Thompson, and President of Bingham- ton Rotary, Brian Jester, were included as well as $10 gift certificates from Lupos and Subway.

Many thanks to Frances Traficante, Linda Biemer, Cindy Burger, Vikki Collazo, Paul Pool, Brian Jester, Sharon Chesna and Lana Rouff in making this happen.

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Cortland Rotary

1-mile Open Water Swim and a 5K Swim

July 24, 2021 -- 8:30am START Skaneateles Lake

To register to swim, go to: https://go.rotary7170gives.org/register-to-swim

To donate, text “Swim” at 607-251-0003 https://go.rotary7170gives.org/swim2021

The fundraiser will support food programs in Cortland County and youth projects in the community.

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Endicott Rotary

On Thursday, June 17, another Rotarian, Robin Alpaugh from the Binghamton noon club gave us a fantastic video

Superintendent Tonia Thompson and Frances Traficante, member of The Rotary Club of Binghamton

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presentation, Cars that Fascinate: "Time Machines and their Stories"

Robin narrated the show and also brought his 1966 Lincoln Continental with a 462 cubic engine V8 from his collection of personal cars. Everyone could see the car parked out-side of the restaurant of our meeting place. Robin gave us a slide show tour of his other cars in his collection and offered many historical stories of each acquisition. Some of Robin's car collections have been used in famous movies and theater performances.

Pictured is Robin on the right, along with Barbara Fiala, for-mer Broome County Executive and our President, William Campbell. .

Robin Alpaugh is a suggested speaker for any future Rotary meetings. He currently serves as Director of Operations for Senator Akshar's office.

-Darlene Leonard

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Groton Rotary

Long time Rotarian Gary Wood presents Groton Rotary Interact Club Advisor, Babs Carr, with a thank you gift for all she has done this past semester with the students. From road cleanup to food drives and many more projects, these stu-dents will hopefully become future Rotarians.

-Mona Forney

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Groton Rotary Golf Classic

Friday, JULY 16, 2021 Rain or Shine

Golf Course & Banquet Facility 549 Stevens Road (off of Lick St.) Groton, NY 13073

“CAPTAIN & CREW” GET A HOLE IN ONE:

WIN A TRIP or $10,000 Grand

PROCEEDS to benefit Groton Rotary Club

$75.00* PER PERSON* 8:30 Shotgun Start * Send your team money with Zellepay.com

For more information about the Groton Rotary golf classic and sponsorships, contact Brian Forney, 573-512-0241, forneybw@yahoo.com

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Groton Rotary 10% Fundraising Night!

Monday, July 19, 2021 3:30pm – 10:00pm

DINE IN OR TAKE OUT at Texas Roadhouse® on this night to support the Groton Rotary Club

Support this cause by presenting this invitation to the listed Texas Roadhouse® location and they will donate 10% of your total food and beverage purchases to the fundraiser!

Call-ahead seating 607-272-1621 719-25 S. Meadow Street; Ithaca NY 14850

-Mona Forney

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Ithaca Rotary

Get Your Motor Running @ Ithaca’s 8th annual Rotary Rally!

Sunday, August 8, 2021 Check in from 1:00 - 2:00pm; all cars on course by 2:00 Starting location in Ithaca TBA (near hospital) $25 per adult | $10 children 12 – 18 | free under 12

All proceeds benefit the Club’s James L. Gibbs scholarship fund

Register now online: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/2079/Sto-ries/rotary-road-rally-2020b

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Join us for the 8th annual ROTARY ROAD RALLY! The FUNdraising activity is open to everyone and is a real blast! Never done a road rally before?

Now’s a great time to grab your friends and family and take a drive – all are invited to join in this fun activity, rain or shine!

Follow clues in your car along 30 +/- miles of country roads around the area, answering questions, taking pictures, and picking up scavenger hunt items along the way. Finish by 4:30 pm at a mystery location to be eligible for prizes.

We’ll visit for a bit and enjoy an early dinner (on your own). Winner and prize announcements will be made on Wednes-day, August 11

Online registration is now open and is STRONGLY ENCOURAGED! -Kelly Buck

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Ithaca Sunrise Rotary

We held it together since everything shut down in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In early-April we be-gan meeting via Zoom like many other clubs and organiza-tions. At the time, way before “Zoom fatigue” began to set in, it was a joy to see virtual faces following a few weeks of shutdown quarantine. Thanks to a combination of club mem-ber generosity and a modest club reserve, we were able to put into motion a few initiatives.

Loaves and Fishes – April 2020 As the pandemic took hold in the spring of 2020, we wanted to help a local food organization during this uncertain and challenging time. We made a one-time contribution of $500.00 to Loaves and Fishes of Tompkins County in sup-port of their efforts to provide food to those who need it most during this COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

Adopt-a-Family Program – December 2020 The Adopt-A-Family program is for those low income and struggling families that are facing a severe economic, emo-tional, or physical crisis around the holidays. It is one of our annual projects with the Salvation Army. This year we spon-sored a single parent with 1-year-old. Through member do-nations, we collected about $250.00 and purchased a selec-tion of toys, books, clothes, and non-perishable food items that had been requested by the family. These items were de-livered in mid-December 2020.

India COVID Relief Project – May 2021 As news spread about the COVID crisis in India earlier this year, we partnered with the Rotary Club of Eastwood and raised a total of $2050.00 via individual member donations and a club matching contribution for a combined total of do-nation of $10,000. These funds were raised for the purchase and shipment of oxygen concentrators to benefit patients in Bangalore and the surrounding rural area, where assistance is currently needed the most. Visit https://www.face-book.com/aarogyaseva for updates on this effort.

-Christine Haase

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Johnson City Rotary

President Ken Wilcox received a message, from a friend that fellow Johnson City Rotarian Frank and Darlene Bianco were asking if he knew of any landscaping people as they needed the front of their home redone. Frank is a long-standing member of Rotary, a WWII veteran and was re-cently admitted into a nursing home for dementia.

Ken’s focus for the last two years as President of JC Rotary has been “Service Above Self”. Seeing an opportunity, he asked our members if they would like to do this as a service project for our fellow Rotarian.

The response was overwhelmingly "YES".

On June 19th, eight JC Rotarians showed up at Frank and Darlene‘s home and in a matter of three hours they pulled weeds, planted bushes and flowers and spread mulch. Dar-lene was overwhelmed that we would do such a task. This was completed in less than two weeks from the original re-quest from Darlene. Rotarians ARE People of Action.

-Sue Paredez

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Oneonta Rotary

Oneonta Rotarians Celebrate Honors Students

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During June of this year, Oneonta Rotarians paid tribute to over fifty graduating Honors students from Laurens Central School District and Oneonta Senior High School by host-ing a small reception for the students at each school. Rotar-ians also presented each student with a Rotary 4-Way Test magnet.

In photo above: Graduating honors students from Laurens Central School District with Rotarians Cindy Struckle, Carlton Cleveland, Meghan Sheehy and Dan Buttermann, and School Superintendent Bill Dorittie.

In photo above: Graduating honors students from Oneonta Senior High School with Rotarians Rosalie Higgins, Cindy Struckle, Dan Buttermann and Meghan Sheehy

- Lynne Sessions

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Owego Rotary

Rotary has been a partner with ShelterBox in disaster relief since 2012. The partnership extends beyond financial sup-port and around 1,000 Rotary members are involved with ShelterBox as volunteers, staff, or response team members. Rotary is involved in the planning stages and final evalua-tions of disaster support. Rotary members help ShelterBox make community contacts, organize logistics, and reach

disaster-affected families in remote areas, often those that are overlooked by others, to reach vulnerable people in need of life-saving shelter and supplies.

ShelterBox is a specialist in providing emergency shelter for persons displaced due to natural disaster and by providing the essential tools needed to help rebuild homes as quickly as possible after disaster. ShelterBox puts families first by asking communities and families what they most need to support their own recovery after disaster. After a response, an evaluation is made of the provided aid by talking to, and learning from, the families who use it.

ShelterBox is extremely focused on Syria and Africa but provides assistance all over the world. I will be glad to give a Zoom presentation to District 7170 Clubs.

- Meredith Kohn Bocek | 607-658-6589

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Save the Date! Join Owego Rotary for the Centennial Celebration Gala, 20’s Then & Now

Saturday, October 16, 2021 5-9:00pm Terra Cotta Conference Center, Owego, New York

Join us for a night of fun with live music, dinner, drinks, basket raffles, prizes & celebrate 100 years of our great ser-vice organization! Ticked event with an opportunity to re-serve group tables... More details to come!

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Sherburne Rotary

Sherburne Rotarians are hosting "Music in the Park" for five consecutive Wednesday evenings in July at Gaines Park in the center of beautiful and historic Sherburne New York. The dates & bands are as follows:

07/07/2021 Grit N Grace 07/14/2021 Mike & the Laughing Buddha’s 07/21/2021 Jenni & Tom (great event for kids) 07/28/2021 Beadle Bros 08/04/2021 Elvis!

Music starts at 6 pm until 8 pm. If cancelled due to rain, it will be held the following Thursday evening.

Limited food available: Hamburgers, hot dogs, French fries, ice cream and homemade pies. Soda and water available for

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purchase. See you there for a night of musical enjoyment and good food!

-Brenda Crandall

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Sidney Rotary

The Rotary Club of Sidney & Cullman Child Development Center present

Summer Series

HANDS ON LEARNING ACTIVITIES FOR ALL AGES

Family of Heroes Sunday, July 11, Veteran’s Memorial Park, 1 – 3 PM

Dairy Day Sunday, July 25, Keith Clark Park, 1 – 3 PM!

Big Rig Day Saturday, August 7, The Cullman Center, 11 – 2 PM

Buzz About Honeybees Sunday, August 22, Keith Clark Park, 1 – 3 PM

All events will have free craft kits, crafting opportunity, coloring books and free samples. Find us on Facebook: The Rotary Club of Sidney, NY for more detailed information!

-Anna Ritchey

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Stamford Rotary

43rd Annual Antique Auto Show

Russ Archibald Field, NY State Rte 10

1 mile north of the Village of Stamford

****July 4, 2021**** **9:00am – 3:30pm Rain or Shine**

General Admission $3.00, under 12 free Note: Property is NOT handicap accessible.

Music! Entertainment! Door Prizes! Food Trucks!!!

Entry fee $12.00 at the gate – no pre-registration.

For more information, call Heidi at 518-577-4106.

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Trumansburg Rotary

Despite the challenges of the pandemic months, Trumans-burg Rotary, “The Little Club that Could,” held together via weekly Zoom meetings, and even attracted some new and enthusiastic members.

As COVID-19 numbers faded in our county, we renewed our annual Supermarket Sweepstakes and ran our first-ever Rubber Duck Race, both of them popular and successful; our members and friends were just so eager to get out of the house and have some safe fun, and our local ShurSave su-permarket was generous in letting us spend weeks in their entryway hawking tickets. Working with local volunteers, we completed a tree-planting project at the Trumansburg Fairgrounds, a project sidetracked for a year by the pan-demic.

We’re looking forward to offering our golf classic: Tburg Rotary 21st Annual Golf Classic NEW THIS YEAR: Cash prizes for top 3 teams!

Friday, July 9, 2021 Shotgun start at 8:30am Trumansburg Golf Club 23 Halsey Street Trumansburg, NY

Late Registration July 1 - July 9, 2021 $90 per golfer / $340 per team

Visit www.tburgrotarygolf.com for more details and to register.

Questions? Contact Mary Guy-Sell at tburgrotary-golf@gmail.com

Finally, we’re back to meeting in person at Trumansburg’s American Legion Hall, cooking dinners for one another, and working with the Legion to develop hybrid meeting ca-pabilities. Look for our Rotary Chicken Barbecues the third Saturday of each month through October in the Atlas Bowl parking lot on Tburg’s Main Street! -Peggy Haine | peggyhaine.1@gmail.com

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Vestal Rotary

Vestal Rotary celebrated outgoing president Ethan Cook as he passed the gavel to incoming president Bill Scannell. The club was honored by the presence of DGE Rocky Martinez.

Ethan has done a remarkable job leading the club through the past challenging year adapting with innovative ideas. He did so during a year full of personal excitement including his wedding, a job pro-motion, the start of a career for his wife and the adoption of a four-legged addition to his family.

Ethan exemplifies service above self. Well done and congratula-tions, Ethan!

-Bill Scannell

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Club Flyers

You can also see these on the district’s Facebook page at https://m.facebook.com/RotaryDistrict7170/

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The Last Page . . . for reference

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Chat with the 7170 DG Track

On the 5th of every month, starting Monday, 05 July, at 7:00 PM we have our District's 'Chat with the 7170 DG Track'. This is an opportunity for any Rotarian in 7170 to ask ques-tions and talk with members of our District leadership. Details are on the District homepage, just scroll down to 'Up-coming Events' Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82651401728?pwd=aFVqakIxcmFIQ2VRWGRhNkU4dHFKUT09 Meeting ID: 826 5140 1728 Passcode: 646571

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Getting club events on our District Calendar is easy!

If your club uses ClubRunner: While cre-ating the event post for your club’s calendar, look toward the bottom of the page and you will see a radio button labeled ’Show Event in District Calendar?’. Select ‘Yes’ to make your event visible on the District calendar!

If your club does not use ClubRunner: Send an email with all the pertinent information to 7170Calendar@gmail.com. Include title, date, times, location, costs, event description, and a point of contact. If a point of contact is not provided, the default will be the club president. It may be several days before this gets seen and posted, so please allow time.

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Submission and publication schedule Please send content for the newsletter to 7170newslet-ter@gmail.com by the 15th of the month (soft deadline) if possible. Content must be received no later than 3 days be-fore the end of the month (hard deadline) to allow time for final editing prior to publication on the 1st.

Published newsletters can be found on this path after being posted online:

https://rotarydistrict7170.org/ District 7170

District Newsletters

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Are you a writer? Do you like expressing yourself with the written word? Did you attend or participate in a club or district event, face-to-face or virtually?

TELL US ALL ABOUT IT! Write up a report about it and send it to: 7170newsletter@gmail.com!

Here’s what to include for a good story:

Who is involved/invited? What is the event/activity? When did it (will it) happen? Where did/will the event/activity take place? Why did it (will it) happen? How did it happen? Other details…Other people to contact…

Remember to include your name and your club in the subject line! And attach photos if you got ‘em! ����

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District Governor: Evan Kurtz Dryden Rotary Mobile: 607-423-2693 emkurtz56@gmail.com Log into ClubRunner for more info.

Editor: Christine (Chris) Haase Ithaca Sunrise Rotary P.O. Box 6565 Ithaca NY 14851 | USA 7170newsletter@gmail.com

Did you like this issue? What did you like? What could be better? What do you want to see in it? Let us know: 7170newsletter@gmail.com!