The Rotary Club of Ossining, New York
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February 23rd, 2005 Happy 100th Birthday, Rotary!

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Meeting Schedule The Ossining Rotary Club meets every Wednesday at 12:30 at the Tuscan Grill on North State Road. Guests are welcome. The Rotary Club of Ossining is meeting at the Rotary Pavilion in Cedar Lane Park on Wednesday July 28th 12:30PM
The Duck Race took place on May 22nd at 11:00 AM. It was a great success. There were storytelling and juggling, hot dogs and duck hats. In a nod to these hard times, this year's ducks were offered at a new low price: $5 each or 5 for $20 Funds raised from the Duck Race will support community projects and organizations.
Ossining Rotarian and former club President writes book about Paul Harris Called Paul Harris, Grow UP!, it's a children's biography that tells the story of Paul Harris' growth from rapscallion to founder of Rotary International.				The Annual Election Eve Scholarship Fundraiser was, as usual, a fun evening, held on November 2, the night before the elections. The Byington Memorial Scholarship The Robert J. Huntz Scholarship The Howard Pinkus Memorial Scholarship The Albert Moses Scholarship Award were awarded.
Ossining Rotary in the News
And the winners are... DUCK # 261 Mary Beth Gallagher sold by John Gallagher $1,000 DUCK # 179 Francine Vernon sold by Bill Kress $ 500 DUCK # 465 Ossining Public Library Circulation Department sold by Beth Bermel $250
Rotary donates $600 to Kaushik Foundation for Women, founded by Ossining resident Dr. Surendra Kaushik $500 goes to Northern Westchester Shelter for victims of domestic violence. $500 goes to AIDSfreeAFRICA, founded by Rotarian and Ossining Resident Rolande Hodel, to help build pharmaceutical plant in Cameroon.
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Please Donate Bikes for Ossining Kids The Rotary Club of Ossining and the Ossining Recreation Department, in a joint effort, is once again collecting gently used bikes from local residents and from the Community Policing Program. The Rotary Club will clean and check the bikes, before giving them to local youngsters who would not otherwise have them.
Ossining Rotarian to be District 7230 Governor for the years 2010-2011 George has been a dedicated Rotarian since 1980 and has held many offices in his club and the District				2nd Generation Rotarian writes book about working with poor children >
Ossining Rotary Past President George Camp returns from a trip to Bangladesh, as a volunteer, to immunize children against polio Dispatch from Dhaka: "I went out again...into the slums of Dhaka. Although the people are extremely poor they have always been polite and quite often invited us into their homes for tea of fruit...But in the interest of finding the next child that had not been inoculated we politely refuse and move on to the next household. Today we visited almost 300 households and were able to find 28 children. At one household we ran into a rather stern older man and he reused to allow his (I assume) grandchild to be inoculated. The volunteer and health care worker were about to give up when I offered to take a photo of the baby and then the family. He agreed and I felt that I was able to really help in this small way." Since 1986, Rotary International's contributions and volunteer services, in conjunction with the UN, have reduced the incidence of polio in the world by 90%. Only four pockets of infection are left; Bihar is one of them. It is Rotary's goal to make polio, like smallpox, a thing of the past. To help George bring small gifts to the children he is immunizing, donations can be made at Dorsey Funeral Home, 14 Emwilton Place.
Buy a Bench! Honor a loved one and support Rotary by purchasing a bench along the Hudson River. Your bench will have a permanent brass plaque attached to it, inscribed according to your instructions. For more information, contact Joan Beldotti at 762-7500.
Handmade greeting cards help Bangladeshi women In Bangladesh, the most densely populated country in the world, Mary Beth Gallagher, Rotarian and Maryknoll Lay Missionary, was welcomed into Muslim, Christian and Hindu homes. There she discovered a group of women who make wonderful hand crafted cards, which are available for sale at only $2 each by writing to jpsenter@agnionline.com.