ShelterBox

Given the recent disasters in the Caribbean and elsewhere, the timing couldn't have been better for this morning's visit from District 7190 ShelterBox Ambassadors Jack and Nancy Faddegon, seen below with our club VP Bob Brilling. The photo above is one of their small boxes.

ShelterBox is a project partner with Rotary International. For more information about this highly rated charity, click on this link to their web site:https://www.shelterboxusa.org/

 On another topic, don't forget our blood drive Friday.

Coming Up

See above to schedule an appointment to donate blood on Sept. 29, at our Rotary-sponsored Red Cross blood drive. Or see Barbara Conner, who is also coordinating club volunteers on the day of the event.

And see Bob Bonney to get a flyer/poster and tickets for the Oct. 15 pancake breakfast at Malta Ridge Fire House, which will benefit both our Rotary club and Leatherstocking Honor Flight.

At our next meeting, on Sept. 28, Bob Brilling's guests will be Jack and Nancy Faddegon, speaking about ShelterBox, a project partner with Rotary International. By working together, these two organizations are able to combine resources to ensure support for more communities in desperate need of shelter. As our hemisphere continues to deal with the aftermath of hurricanes and earthquakes, now would be a great time to learn more about this highly-rated and effective organization. (It receives a 4-star rating on Charity Navigator.)
Please join us for a most interesting talk and demonstration.

Also on Sept. 29, after the blood drive, you might want to head down to Clifton Park, where the Twin Bridges Rotary Club is sponsoring a karaoke fund-raiser. Twin Bridges member Rich Griesche, below, stopped by our club meeting on Thursday to pitch that event. (Rich also told us about his 10-day trip to Haiti last November with To Love a Child, Inc.)

Duel of the Supervisors

Paul Sausville, longtime Rotarian and master of the dunking booth, takes aim at the red dot, aiming to plunge Vince DeLucia, Paul's successor as Malta town supervisor, into the water, as Steve Ames looks on. This was at Malta Community Day in Shenantaha Park, where the generosity of participants and dunkees enabled us to raise $413 for local and international charitable programs.
Dunkees in addition to DeLucia included town Councilman John Hartzell and Kristan Gottmann, along with Rotarians Doug Martin, Miles Cornthwaite and Larry Levine.
In picture below, Bob Conner observes DeLucia with New York State Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner, another member of our club.

To Dunk Or Be Dunked

Malta Community Day is coming up this Saturday, Sept. 9, at Shenantaha Park, and we will be there operating the trusty dunking booth from 11 to 4. For a small fee, you or your kids can toss baseballs to dunk a politician, or whoever else we can persuade to take the hot (or not so hot) seat. If you're willing to be dunked, contact Paul Sausville, or just show up Saturday and let us know. Paul is also hoping to hear from more club members to let him know they can assist in running the activity, which helps fund our various charitable activities in this community and the world.

At our board and membership meetings this week, we elected Bob Brilling as vice president, Cynthia Young as treasurer, and Stephen Ames as chair of the Budget and Finance Committee.