Life, Work and other Gifts

Shown is a Rotary Gift of Life donation box for used clothing, shoes and textiles. It is on Farm to Market Road (Route 109) just northeast of the intersection with Route 9 in Saratoga County, a little south of the Town of Malta. (You can also send donations of money to Gift of Life, or otherwise get involved, through our Rotary District 7190.) 

Our Zoom speaker last Thursday was Rob Raylman, chief executive officer of Gift of Life International,  himself an active Rotarian in New York state who noted the organization's Rotarian roots. Gift of Life provides essential help to children with congenital heart defects and other heart health problems in more than 80 countries. Discussion after the presentation included one member getting contact information for a Ugandan program which our club has helped.   

In other business, we are planning to meet in person this Thursday morning at 7:15 at Panera, east of Exit 12. A Zoom link also should be available for those who will not be attending in person.

This Saturday, at 8:30 a.m., we will meet at Forest Cleaners for our semiannual Dunning Street cleanup. And we are tentatively scheduled to again assist the Red Cross with a blood drive at the end of August.

Last Saturday, three of our members, Mike Williams, Cynthia Young and Barbara Conner (indirectly assisted by Tom Disinger), helped out at a work project for the Malta Veterans Appreciation Program.