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19 December 2018
By Bina Ahmad
Our Holiday Dinner
Our 2018 Holiday Dinner was held on Wednesday, 19 December, at 6 pm at the Old Stone Mill, Yonkers
 
Members present:  Sundra, Matts, Mahbub, Bina, Greg, Ali, Alix, Peggy, Philippe, Barbara, Shahid, Jeffrey, Harvey, Lee, Loren, Mayra, Sam.
 
Guests: DG Kris Chittur, Mary Shackleton, Tim Hodges (Prospective Member), Steve Simpson (Prospective Member), Aura Latif, Beth Bernstein, Enrico Giordano, Willy Louis, Sebastian Louis, Judy & Fred Mumu, Bee Oppenheimer, Karina, Anne Murphy + 7 Interact Club Members.

Event Highlights:
 
Two new members - Mayra Tepan, Manager of the Apple Bank, and Tim Hodges, 1st Deputy Chief of the Yonkers Police Department were inducted by DG Kris.  
 
DG Kris presented Certificates to Past President Alix for 2 achievements during the 2017-18 year.  The Club received the award for highest in the Zone per capita donation to the Rotary Foundation, as we had 2 Major Donors from the Club.  The second award was for the highest Club Donation for Polio Plus. Alix congratulated Shaw for the Polio Fundraiser.
 
DG Kris announced that the Disaster Relief Fund for Kerala was now open for Donations.
The Fund will be managed by the Rotary Club of BriarCliff Manor Foundation.
 
Interact Faculty Advisor at Sacred Heart HS, Anne Murphy. introduced the Officers of the New Interact Club at the School.
 
President Sundra recognized Club Members with gifts, who have been helpful to her. 
 
The Big event was the Raffle Drawing.  Harvey administered the drawing and the winning tickets were picked by one of the Interact Club Officers present.  The first drawing was for the 3rd prize which was won by PDG Greg.  The second drawing was for the second prize which was won by Debbie from Rand Realty. The final drawing was for the First prize which was won by Bina.  She donated $1000 back to the Club Foundation for the Library in Liberia Project.  Greg matched  that donation.  
 
Thanks to PDG Greg for making all the arrangements and handling all the logistics of the fun and festive event.  President Sundra laid out holiday ornaments for everyone attending the event.
 
We wish everyone a Happy Healthy and Safe New Year. 
May we all Do Good and Have Fun !
 
Russell Hampton
National Awards Services Inc.
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