• There will be no regular Rotary Club meetings on December 25 and January 1.
  Enjoy the holidays, and we'll see you again in 2003!

• On March 20, 2003 the Ithaca Rotary Club will officially charter a new Rotarac Club at Ithaca College. The group became active during the Fall term with about 20 involved students. Currently, they are working on a shoebox project to send to Bulgaria. We'll provide more information as we get closer to the chartering event.

• New Member Introduction: Chris Sanchirico, sponsored by Joanne Florino
  
  Chris first came to Ithaca from Yorktown Heights, NY in 1975 to attend Cornell University. She graduated in 1977 with a BS in Plant Science, and remained in Ithaca to work as a lab technician at Cornell. Chris later decided to change careers in the mid-nineties in order to be more involved in the community, so she joined the Literacy Volunteers of Tompkins County for three years becoming the Interim Executive Director. In January 2000, she earned a Masters in Communications at Ithaca College. Currently, Chris is the Executive Director at the Ithaca Breast Cancer Alliance.
  
  Chris is married to Donald Specker, and has three children: Andrew, 25, working with Americorps in Iowa; Laura, 16, and Emily, 14, both honors students at Ithaca High School.
  
  Please take a moment to welcome Chris into the Ithaca Rotary Club!
  
  
• Our Ambassadorial Scholars
  Today we met two of our Ambassadorial Scholars, and they said a few words to the club.
  
  

  Jiyoung Ahn, from Korea, came to us two years ago as a Scholar. She stayed on in Ithaca to complete a five year doctoral program in Nutrition. Jiyoung thanked the Rotarians for this opportunity we helped to provide.

  Mauro Calderon is our Ambassadorial Scholar for this year. He is from Grenoble, France, and speaks French, Spanish, and English. Mauro enjoys sports, movies, traveling, and listening to music. He is now enrolled in the College of Engineering at Cornell University, and working on a Masters of Engineering in the School of Operations, Research, and Industrial Engineering. Mauro is enjoying a true international experience here in the States, as his roommates come from Greece, Ireland, and Australia. The Australian roommate is Polish, so the four of them and Jiyoung Ahn often meet for dinner for some lively international discussions.

The Rotary Club meet at Emmerson Suites at Ithaca College this week to enjoy the enchanting voices of the Ithaca College Madrigals. Lawrence Doebler conducted the IC student group with traditional carols from the 16th and 17th centuries.

We would like to offer special thanks to Ithaca College for their hospitality and to Peggy Williams, President of Ithaca College and honorary Rotarian, who helped make today's arrangements possible.

• Please view the calendar posted on the main page of this website for the most up-to-date information. [View Rotary Calendar]

Program Chair: Scott Whitham
Music: Jack Burns, Tony Pesco
Photography: John Ziegler
Editor: Matthew T. Dearing

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