Rotary International welcomes a new Club in Town

Rotary International, the third largest service organization in the world, announced the addition of a new club in town. On Wednesday, November 14, Southeast Rotary was officially chartered and the Officers of the new club were installed during a dinner meeting at the Clocktower Grill on Route 22.

Rotary District Governor Christine Giangrasso welcomed the members and their guests to Rotary and with an impassioned speech encouraged them to maintain Rotary's mission of service before self. She recalled how Rotary helped her and her family as a young girl on Long Island and reminded them that every minute of every day a Rotarian somewhere in the world is helping someone obtain fresh water, perform surgery, provide shelter, vaccinate someone and provide hundreds of other services for those less fortunate.  She reminded the members that together there is nothing they can't do. She then read the charter and welcoming letter from the president of Rotary International and installed the club officers and its members.

Dr. Anuja Joshi - President

Barbara Evans - President Elect

Carol Cecere - Secretary

William Evans - Treasurer

Bob Foss - Sgt. At Arms 

Also in attendance were district Governor Elect Cindie Kish. District Governor Tony Marmo. Past District Governors Penny Byron and Jim Damiani were also on hand to welcome the new Rotarians as were several members of the Brewster Rotary.

Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian service and to advance goodwill and peace around the world. It is a non-political and non-sectarian organization open to all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. There are 34,282 member clubs and 1.2 million members worldwide. 

The newest members of Southeast Rotary, in addition to the officers are; Charles Carr, Pamela Evans, Domenick Accurso,  Patrick Bonano, Dr. Nasser Aqeel, Patrick Perry, Ed Kielkucki, Paule Daniele, Glenn Fedio, Richard Winters, Govind Vanjani, Robert Curtis, Gregory Borges, Theresa Stockburger, James Ryan, Tony Traina, Jennifer Dabry and Willis Stephens.

The Southeast Rotary club will hold its weekly dinner meetings on Thursday evenings at the Clocktower Grill on Route 22 at 5 pm. William Evans, the new clubs treasurer encouraged anyone who wants to learn more about Rotary or is interested in joining Rotary to attend one of their weekly meetings. You can also learn more by visiting www.rotary.org

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