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

• April 22 - Linnett Short from Tompkins County Solid Waste will talk on "How can we reduce the garbage that we throw away.''

• April 26 - Highway cleanup with Cornell Rotaract and East Hill Flying Club. Meet in the Ramada Inn parking lot at 9:00 AM. This will be our first highway cleanup with our new partners the East Hill Flying Club.

• April 26 - GSE Team from District 3740 in South Korea arrives in the District for their month long tour of the area.

• April 29 - ANNUAL CHICKEN BBQ - 5:00-7:30PM, Lansing High School cafeteria.

                 FANCY CAKE AUCTION - 6:00-7:30PM

         

• May 2-4 - District Conference, the Owego Treadway

• May ?? - Philip Penepent - Describing with photos how he spent his spring break from college building a house in Katrina ravaged Mississippi.

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Recent Events

   Martine Eimer Ambassadorial Scholar - Guest Speaker - April 8

	Martine Eimer is a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar from Germany studying International Law at Cornell.

   Melissa Doak - GSE Team Member - April 8

Melissa Doak (left) was introduced by Club Secretary Doug Armstrong (right). Melissa is a Rotary Group Study Exchange (GSE) team member leaving for South Korea. Melissa is sponsored by our Club. While in South Korea the team will visit other Rotary districts and clubs, and various businesses. GSE is another of Rotary International's activities to have people of other nations get to know each other on a personal, one-to-one basis. Follow the travels of the GSE team on their BLOG at: http://gse7170.blogspot.com

   Clara Barrett - Guest Speaker - March 11

AnnMarie (left) introduced Clara Barrett (right) of Lansing All Saints Church who talked about the rising food costs that have forced Haiti's poor to resort to eating dirt. Clara learned that Vita Food could supply vacuum sealed packets of dried rice and soy protein that would tolerate Haiti's heat and humidity. For every $1.00, these packets serve 34 meals (~$0.03 per meal). Clara is raising money through the children's education classes of All Saints to send food packets to Haiti. Contributions may be made by check payable to "All Saints" with a memo line note "Haiti Fund" and sent to the church at 347 Ridge Rd. Lansing 14882.

   Reenie Sandsted - Guest Speaker - Feb. 19

	Reenie Sandsted gives a presentation about the recent progress of project the Methodist Church has been undertaking to assist with the development of a village school and its surrounding grounds in Benique, Haiti. See the Feb. 19 issue of the VISTA and the Feb. 15 issue of the Lansing Star Online for more details.

   Julie Crowley - Guest Speaker - Feb. 12

	Julie Crowley, owner of Triphammer Liquor and the Ithaca Coffee Company, talks about taking over a long standing family business and expanding it. Chuck Brodhead was a hockey referee when Julie was on zipping around the rink for the hockey team. See the Feb. 12 issue of the VISTA for more details.

   YEP Activities

   March 1 - YEP St. Patrick's Day Parade in Binghamton

			St. Patrick's Day Parade in Binghamton. March 1 (not 17th) was a cold breeze day. 22 YEP students fly their county's colors.
			After the parade a pizza lunch/dinner in downtown Binghamton, a helping hand back onto the bus. A photo-op at the Park & Ride lot.

   Dec. 27-28 - Tomas visits with his Area Advisors, Dick & Mary Breuninger in Oneonta

			Tomas has an Over Night with Dick & Mary Breuninger, District Area Advisors for Slovakia & Germany, and the YEP student from Germany. Tomas finds the trip back to Ithaca much more scenic than the car ride to Oneonta the previous day in the freezing rain and snow.

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Club Officers

• Dennis Mogil - President
• Doug Armstrong - Secretary
• Art Muka - Co-treasurer
• Ed Moy - Co-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: 3/25/2008