THIS TIME IN HISTORY
1912: Amelia Earhart is the first women to fly the Atlantic Ocean solo.
MEETING LEADER: President Scott Lanoff
PLEDGE: Scott SONG: Sy PRAYER: Bishop John
ROTARIANS PRESENT: 18
GUEST: Colin Halbach (grandson of Bishop John)
HAPPY THOUGHTS
ANNE: re mother's' day success, She is motivated
BISHOP JOHN: club provided a TV to Phelps, and his grandson is from Minn.
MARK S.: ($5) to be here, since missed a number of meetings
ELLEN WOODS: ok re TV, her son graduated Muhlenberg (she is our
newest member and the secretary of the Phelps CEO, Dan Blum)
REBECCA: is just happy
SCOTT: is happy just to be here
KEN: to meet new members
RICH: is just happy
SPEAKER RE OPEN DOOR HEALTH HELP: Julie Peskoe, Director of Strategy
for Open Door and lives in Briarcliff. She went to elementary and high
school in Mamaroneck, with a B.A. from Boston University and an MBA
(masters of business administration) from Columbia University.
SUMMARY OF TALK
She has been a member of Open Door since 1972. They now have over 500
members and mostly serve Westchester and Putnam Counties, mostly kids. She
trained at Phelps in physicians' school. Open Door is open six days a week
and includes two dentists in a van. Open Door has nine social workers. All
are volunteers, that is, they do not charge for their time. Most patients
come from Ossining and Port Chester, with about 90% below the poverty
level.
THIS FRIDAY we have Past District Governor Helen Lynch who will talk about
ROTARY.
TEXT: Elinor Yuter with helper Sy.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: There is a Briarcliff Rotary fundraiser on Tuesday, June
14, from 6:00 to 9:00 PM at the Captain Lawrence Brewery in Elmsford,
which for $50 per person can have unlimited beer and wine, raffle and food
(via Eric) and (via Rachel) there will be the usual parade on Memorial
Day, Monday May 30, starting around noon (at the old barber shop) and pool
will be opened (Elinor and Sy will be visiting Cornell May 29, and coming
back home MAY 30, where their grandson (third generation at Cornell) will
be graduating, majoring in computer science (he already has a job at
MICROSOFT in Seattle) and minoring in Japanese (he is half Japanese but
that language was NOT spoken at home)). (Via Anne) Interact club at
Briarcliff high school needs volunteers for gardening project at Atria, Tuesday, 5/24 at 2:24PM Atria Briarcliff.
We meet every Friday at The Briar's Restaurant) on North State Road for
luncheon around 12:15. Call 914-762-0111 for any details
