Rotary International comprises over 1 million members from over 25,000 Rotary clubs in 173 nations and geographical areas throughout the world. Rotary is the world's oldest service organization, founded in 1905 by Paul Harris, a Chicago attorney who wanted to encourage among his business acquaintances the fellowship he had known in his boyhood days in a small town in Vermont.

Service and fellowship are the hallmarks of Rotary and Rotarians Worldwide. The Rotary motto is "Service Above Self."

Rotarians must accept and practice the "FOUR-WAY TEST" of the things they think, say, or do:

• Is it the TRUTH?
• Is it FAIR to all concerned?
• Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP?
• Will it be BENIFICIAL to all concerned?

Club Focus

Our focus on community and international service gives us all a wide variety of opportunities and fellowship in service, through:

• Sponsoring a Rotary Foreign Exchange Student to attend Lansing High School and a Lansing student to attend a foreign school for a year
• Support local charitable organizations such as
  • Lansing Residential Center for Women
  • Salvation Army
  • Lansing Public Library
• Staging our annual Outstanding Service Award recognition dinner
• Co-sponsoring the Cornell Rotaract Club (college students dedicated to serving in the Rotary tradition)
• Contributing to the Rotary foundation, which supports
  • Worldwide relief and assistance
  • International Rotary Ambassadorial college
  • Polio-Plus campaign to eradicate polio worldwide
  • International Group Study Exchange of young business professionals
  • Matching Grants which share costs for foreign Clubs' projects
• Awarding scholarships to graduating Lansing High Students planning for international studies or assistance
• Awarding scholarships to Lansing High Students to attend the Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA)
• Participating in the annual VoPro Recognition Awards Program in cooperation with the Tompkins-Seneca-Tioga Area Vocational Center (BOCES), originated by our Club and now supported by many Clubs and organizations in the area
• Conducting a variety of fund raising activities, the biggest of which is our annual Chicken Barbecue held at the Lansing High School.

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Meeting Information

• DAY: --------------- TUESDAY
• TIME: -------------- 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM (food service begins at 11:45 AM)
• LOCATION: ------ Kendal at Ithaca (Blue Heron Dining Room)
• DIRECTIONS: --- CLICK here for directions and map

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Upcoming Programs & Events

• February 3 - Guy Tabacchi Rotary UN Day

• February 10 - IPEI Speaker

• February 17 - Peter Hobbs

• February 20 - TBA

• February 27 - TBA

• March - Lynn Irwing & Jo Ellen Hedlund

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Recent Events

   Recent Speakers and Awards

Chris Bogdon and Doug Armstrong January 27	Pres. Barack Obama January 20	Pres. Barack Obama January 20

Lurita Sotomayor, Veronica Palladino, & AnnMarie January 6	Karen & Dan Veaner, and Chuck Brodhead December 16	Dave Stoyell December 9

Club Officers

• Chuck Brodhead - President
• Doug Armstrong - Secretary
• Ed Siemon - Treasurer
• Hank Murphy - Historian
• AnnMarie Hautaniemi - Past President

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For Additional Information Contact: Ithaca-Cayuga Rotary Club Doug Armstrong - Secretary 15 Horizon Dr. Ithaca, NY 14850 (607) 257-2748 E-MAIL:  CayugaInfo@IthacaRotary.org WEB:  WWW.IthacaRotary.org/Cayuga

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Last Modified: 1/17/2009