Members present: Sundra, Matts, Seeme, Bina, Mahbub, Jeffrey, Harry, Barbara, Peggy, Harvey, Frank, Pete.
Guests: Mark Johnson (Speaker), George Latimer, Nicole Standard, President-elect Bronxville Rotary, Mayra Tepan (prospective Member), Beth Bernstein, Joseph Fordyce (prospective Member)
Meeting Highlights:
Sundra opened the Meeting. Following the Pledge of Allegiance and Invocation by Barbara, Members recited the 4-way test and sang the club song.
Happy Bucks: Happy bucks collected $26
Mahbub as New DGE: Sundra and Club members congratulated Mahbub on his appointment as the District Governor-Elect of our District. He will take over as DG on 1 July 2019.
Dream Court: Pete Spano spoke about the Basketball court. He is very enthusiastic about it and is playing key role. Pete said the project received $8,000 from a Rotary Club in Korea and $5,750 from our Club. He further mentioned the anti bullying program. Mayor will be Guest Speaker, George donated cookies and candy for the kids in the program. Pete thanked Mahbub for continuing to support the program. He thanked Barbara for helping out with the Global Grant application.
Pajama Program: Bina spoke about Pajama Program with the Yonkers Chamber. So far 29 pairs are collected. The handover is expected to be the first week of November.
Interact Club: Peggy had meeting with High School seniors involved in School Government. Peggy and her daughter handed out flyers. 9th November will be the first meeting regarding Interact Club Peggy further talked about Sacred Heart School Program for Thanksgiving saying they feed 300 families.
Speaker: Mark Johnson, President Briarcliff Rotary spoke on Cookstove Project. Bina raised funds for the project and the Club matched the amount for a total of $1,000 for the project. Mark Johnson stated that smoke from open cooking fire is injurious to health.
Nearly 4 million death per year are attributed to the health effects associated with cooking over open fires. Inhaling smoke from open fire cooking is as bad as smoking 40 cigarettes a day. It’s also too much of trouble to collect wood from far away and it’s also dangerous for women as they are exposed to all sorts of dangers. Clean Cookstoves reduce emissions of harmful substances. Mark Johnson added that the Cookstove project aims to eliminate the death, diseases and dangers using locally sourced material like banana trees. The most important thing is with the clean Cookstoves, families are breathing clean air. With our donation 100 families are now breathing clean air
Sundra adjourned meeting.
50/50
Sundra won $17
QUEEN’S DOWRY
The winning card is the Queen of Hearts.
There was no Queens Dowry winner
Happy Bucks collected - $26
Bina deposited to the Bank
