Members present: Sundra, Matts, Shahid, Alix, Peggy, Harvey, Harry, George Loren, Steve, Doug and Frank.
Guests: Janice Lubis Kushner, Senior Director JCY Westchester Community Partners (Speaker); Westchester County Executive and Visiting
Rotarian George Latimer.
Meeting Highlights:
Meeting was called to order by President Sundra. Members recited the Pledge of Allegiance. followed by
Invocation by Father Philippe, and the 4-Way Test The Rotary Club Song was sung by everyone.
Happy Bucks were collected in the amount of $26
A Special Veteran Pin was presented byGeorge Latimer to Frank.
New members Steve Simpson and Doug Hostetter were inducted.
Speaker Janice Lubis Kushner, Senior Director JCY Westchester Community Partners, gave a summary of the available programs. She thanked the Club for it's grant to them and for participating in their reading buddies’ program. She spoke about various afterschool
programs. They have a program at Hostos. We told her that we have an Early Act Rotary Club there. She also said mentoring is so important in the work they do.
JCY Westchester Community Partners have over 649 adult volunteers and 180 public school student members. They see 7,000 students weekly at 36 program sites. They train and support volunteers. This month is volunteer month. George, Steve and Shaw offered to volunteer.
Janice also spoke about their Holocaust Remembrance Program. Public school students hear first-hand accounts of Holocaust survivors. over 2,000 students come to listen to speakers. The public is also invited,
County Executive George Latimer was asked about the consequences for the country because of the Federal Government shut-down. George said TSA at the county airport suffer from stress and fatigue because of missed payments. Especially troubling is the fear about the air traffic controllers. Will they strike for a contract? There will be problems next week with snap, affordable housing and other lost opportunities. The government shutdown has not yet hit full force.
George Latimer said that we depend on not-for-profit organizations. They do a better job than the government and private for-profit groups and spend less money. We must not privatize education. NGOs augmentation is better.
The meeting was adjourned at 1:45 pm.
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