Burnt Hills—Ballston Lake

Rotary Club Newsletter

September 7, 2004

2004-2005 Officers and Directors

Officers

President Steve Caine

1st Vice President Rey Whetten

2nd Vice President Linda LeTendre

Secretary Len Porter

Treasurer Ken Crotty

Past President Carl Thurnau

District 7190 Governor Blair Hartman

Assistant Governor Dan Stec (area 4)

Board of Directors

Mary Anderson

Mitch Frasier

Clarence Linder

Garry Morrow

Val Mosier

Lynn Rafalik

Ron Serapillo

Meetings are held every Tuesday at 6:15 PM at the

Burnt Hills Methodist Church or at The Old Homestead

Restaurant Annex unless otherwise stated.

Last Week: Beth Palmer “Shelter Box USA, Inc.”

This Week: Mary McSwegan “Bagpipes” “TIB Presentation”

Next Week: Matt Gilbert “New Investigative Role of NYS Police”

Coming Up:

September 21 Ed Warren “Election Memorabilia”

September 28 Club Assembly

October 5 Junior Nationals Volleyball

October 12 Ann Cargile “Zimbabwe “

Suggestions for future programs may be given to Rey Whetten or Linda LeTendre

Other Events Coming Up:

Sept 9 (Thursday) Gift of Life Golf & Bocci Tournament at Antler’s Golf Club

September 28 @ 5PM Board of Directors & Chairs meeting.

October 16 BHBL Apple Run at the BH-BL Middle School.

December 14 Christmas Party at the Glen Sanders Mansion.

Greeter/Invocator/Minute for Rotary Schedule

Date Greeter Invocator Minute for Rotary

September 7 Bill Lonergan Need a volunteer Len Porter

September 14 Mary Anderson Garry Morrow Garry Morrow

September 21 Mitch Frasier Dan Stec Walt Grattidge

September 28 Ken Crotty Need a volunteer Mary Anderson

WEBSITES:

BHBL Rotary: www.bhblrotary.org

District 7190: www.capitalregionrotary.org

Shelter Box USA Addresses Disaster Needs

Beth Palmer, Executive Director of Shelter Box USA, reported at the 8/31 meeting how the Lakewood Ranch Rotary Club, where she is currently a member and a Paul Harris Fellow, became the American affiliate for Shelter Box, a program that originated in the United Kingdom. Shelter Box is a local club program, not an RI program, and has spread since it began in 2000 to Rotary clubs in Canada, Australia, Japan, and the US. Shelter Box distributes its “boxes” directly to people, not governments. Where relief agencies understandably focus on food and medicine when natural or man-made disasters strike, Shelter Box focuses on providing critical shelter and warmth to the victims. Each ”box” contains a high quality 10-person tent, 10 sleeping bags, at least a 6 month supply of water purification tablets, and a variety of other items. To date, over 18,000 victims have been sheltered. Decisions on where to send the boxes are based on input from relief agencies like the Red Cross. The boxes presently have an all-inclusive cost of $720 each. Ms. Palmer visits clubs like ours regularly to inform Rotarians about Shelter Box in the hope that more local Rotary clubs will sponsor this worthy humanitarian effort.

News Briefs

Club Meeting Sites:

The Board of Directors has agreed that starting in October the first two Tuesdays of the month club meetings will be at the Methodist Church and the remainder of the meetings for the month will be at the Old Homestead.

Town in Bloom Awards:

Town in Bloom presentations to the Commercial Recognition winners will be made at the September 7 club meeting at the Old Homestead.

Golf/Bocci Volunteers Contribute $1400 to the Gift of Life:

Garry Morrow announced that eight golfers and eight bocci playing BH-BL Rotarians are registered for the Gift of Life Tournament at the Antlers Golf Course on September 9. Garry reported that this total registration will result in a $1400 contribution to Gift of Life.

Know Your Fellow Rotarians?

Our club members hail from many locations throughout the world. Try your luck at matching the Rotarians listed 1-10 with the appropriate letter of their hometown. Email your responses to ewarren@nycap.rr.com. The first one to have a perfect score is eligible to win a “highly coveted” Rotary gift. Good luck!

1. Ken Crotty a. Norwich, VT k. Canton, MS

2. Fritz Neumann b. Syracuse, NY l. Painted Post, NY

3. Bill Dotter c. Bozeman, MT m. Hershey, PA

4. Dick Wood d. Malone, NY

5. Steve Caine e. Wickenburg, AZ

6. Bill Lonergan f. Union Springs, NY

7. Doug Turpen g. Ellendale, ND

8. Bill McClary h. Monroe, IA

9. Alec Davis i. Ft. Edward, NY

10.Mary Anderson j. Toronto, ONT

Communicate news items, program information and scheduled events to

Dick O’Rourke at 372-8287 / robrwo@aol.com

or Ed Warren at 663-7669 / ewarren@nycap.rr.com