Goshen’s Got Talent (Aired on May 28 & 29, 2016)

Nan Gill-Wilson and David P. Wilson

Nan Gill-Wilson and David P. Wilson

Goshen Rotarians Nan Gill-Wilson and David P. Wilson are professionals in several branches of show business. The have brought their own talents and performing knowledge to the aid of their Rotary Club in a number of ways. Goshen Rotary manages to have at least one major event every month of the year. One of these fundraisers is “Goshen’s Got Talent,” a show based on local amateur performers—although David and Nan have found amateurs with professional chops. While “Goshen’s Got Talent” benefits the community service of Goshen Rotary—which includes dictionaries for elementary school, disaster relief, scouting, and the Braeside-Museum Village project—Nan and David also have developed “Once More Frankly!” which supports The Rotary Foundation. Their involvement in Willy Gilly Productions, the Acting Anyone Academy, and The Academy of Film Television Stage and Performing Arts also manages to entail Rotary connections in various ways.

Learn more:
Goshen Rotary Club
Willy Gilly Productions
Acting Anyone Academy
The Academy of Film Television Stage and Performing Arts

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May 28, 2016 · Posted in Arts & Letters, Events, Rotary Club Close-ups  

Rotary Youth: Interact & Youth Exchange (Aired on May 21 & 22, 2016)

(l-r) Kathy Kruger, Luisa Pereira, George Ouimet, Jonah Triebwasser

(l-r) Kathy Kruger, Luisa Pereira, George Ouimet, Jonah Triebwasser

In a live show at Millbrook Rotary RadioRotary interviews George Ouimet, this year’s president of the Millbrook High Interact Club, and Luisa Pereira, this year’s incoming Youth Exchange (YEX) student to Millbrook Rotary. Ouimet describes recent projects of Interact, including two canned food drives, two recent blood drives, the Purple Pinkie Project, and the Scott Meyer Memorial 5K Run. George joined Interact in his sophomore year because he wanted to give back to his community. Luisa Pereira competed with 180 other students to become a YEX representative from Brazil. Being a YEX student and living with three families in the Millbrook School District for a whole school year is not the entire exchange experience. She has traveled to Vermont, Connecticut, and New Jersey, and visited New York City several times. Luisa strongly recommends the YEX experience—the best year of her life so far.

Learn more:
Millbrook Rotary Club
District 7210 Youth Exchange
Interact
Rotary Youth Exchange

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May 21, 2016 · Posted in Education, International Exchanges, New Generations, Service Organizations, Youth  

Taste of Greater Newburgh (Aired on May 14 & 15, 2016)

RadioRotary is visited by Newburgh Rotarians Allie Sacks, Bob McCury, and Debbie Johnson on the occasion of the ninth annual “Taste of Greater Newburgh” festival of food, drink, music, automobiles, and art. Local restaurants and other food and drink suppliers form the foundation of this annual fundraiser, but a local band supplies music and in 2016 the festival featured both an automobile show and works by local artists. The money raised by the event is used by Newburgh Rotary to help fund fifteen community nonprofits, including the Salvation Army, services for senior citizens, and Peace Poles, physical reminders of the important Rotary goal of peace throughout the world.

Learn more:
Newburgh Rotary Club
Taste of Greater Newburgh
Salvation Army in Newburgh
Independent Living in Newburgh
Peace Poles

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May 14, 2016 · Posted in Events, Rotary Club Close-ups  

Kingston Rotary Celebrates 100th Anniversary (Aired on May 7 & 8, 2016)

(l-r) Georgiana Pangborn, Donna Miller

(l-r) Georgiana Pangborn, Donna Miller

RadioRotary interviews Kingston Rotarians Donna Miller and Georgiana Pangborn about the 100th anniversary of their club, the oldest Rotary club in the Hudson Valley. Rotary was only eleven years old itself when the Kingston Club was chartered by the Association of Rotary Clubs (which became Rotary International six years later). By then Rotary was active in Great Britain, Canada, and had its first non-English-speaking club in Havana, Cuba. The Kingston Rotary also became one of the first to admit women as members, beginning with Nuise Bhityakul and two other women in February 1988. Nuise is still an active member and brings many benefits from her association with Thailand to the club. Kingston Rotary meets each week for lunch, but for those who cannot attend a lunch, the Kingston Sunrise Club meets weekly for breakfast.

Learn more:
Kingston Rotary
Kingston Sunrise Rotary Club
History of Rotary

 

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May 7, 2016 · Posted in Events, Rotary Club Close-ups