Coffee, Tea, or Golf? (Aired on April 2, 2023)

Wappingers Falls Rotarians Steve Crew and Sue Bennett visit Radio Rotary to promote the annual festival, A Cup of The Valley, co-sponsored by the Rotary Club of Poughkeepsie South, Harney & Sons Fine Teas, and Greenwood Lake Roasters Craft Coffee. Attendees can sample fine teas and coffees along with pastries and other local delicacies and also purchase these products to bring
home. There is also live music and other entertainment. A Cup of the Valley is one of the main fundraisers for the scholarships and meal support that the club provides. A second fundraiser for the club is the annual golf tournament at the Powelton Club, one of the oldest golf clubs in the nation.

Learn More:
A Cup of The Valley: https://acupofthevalley.com/
A Cup of the Valley on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cupofthevalley/?hl=en
Wappingers Falls Rotary: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/2259
Wappingers Falls Rotary on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Wappingersfallsrotary/
Poughkeepsie South Rotary on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/poughkeepsiesouth.rotaryclub/
Harney & Sons Fine Teas on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/search/top?q=rotaryclubofwappingersfalls
Greenwood Lake Roasters Craft Coffee: https://www.gwlrcc.com/
Powelton Club: https://www.powelton.com/

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April 10, 2023 · Posted in Events, Rotary Club Close-ups  

The MARC Foundation, Funding Awareness & Recovery (Aired on March 26, 2023)

                    

Radio Rotary hosts Mike Carber of the MARC Foundation Board of Directors to learn about programs funded by the Foundation and its coming fundraising events. The MARC Foundation, which grew out of the MARC Agency (now a part of Mental Health of America of Dutchess Country), funds programs and organizations that support addiction prevention and recovery, including addiction to alcohol or other drugs or to character defects such as gambling. Recently this support has included developing an overdose memorial, providing scholarships for addiction therapy, and helping substance abusers transition to a drug-free life. Money for this support is raised at the Annual Luncheon and by the Tom Gannon/Cliff Andrews Day of Golf, as well as from contributions to the overdose memorial and donations from the public. A new fundraising event this year is a bowling tournament. Learn the details of these events from the radio show or from the MARC Foundation website, http://www.marc-foundation.org/.

Learn More:
MARC Foundation: http://www.marc-foundation.org/
Mental Health America of Dutchess County: https://mhadutchess.org/
Dutchess County Substance Misuse Prevention and Treatment,  https://www.dutchessny.gov/Departments/County-Executive/Breaking-Through.htm

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April 10, 2023 · Posted in Addiction Recovery, Dutchess County, Mental Health, Support Groups  

Greystone’s Leap for Autism (Aired on January 30, 2022)

From Greystone Programs Tracilyn Vaticano, Assistant Executive Director, and Samara Enders, Director of Philanthropy, report to Radio Rotary about the charity’s annual Leap for Autism and other aspects of Greystone’s work with autistic individuals. Since 1979 Greystone Programs has provided essential community-based and residential services and life-enriching opportunities to
more than 600 children, adults, and families who deal with autism in Dutchess, Orange, and Ulster counties of New York State. One annual fundraiser is a tandem skydive at Skydive the Ranch in Garrison, NY, an event that brings 60 to 70 donors along with Greystone staff to parachute from airplanes in support of Greystone Programs—the seventh annual Leap for Autism. In a tandem skydive and trained diver manages the parachute for both divers, who descend connected from a single chute.

Learn More:
Greystone Programs: https://www.greystoneprograms.org/
Skydive the Ranch: https://skydivetheranch.com/
NYS Office for People with Developmental Disabilities: https://opwdd.ny.gov/
Autism Spectrum Disorder: https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/autism/facts.html

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April 10, 2023 · Posted in Developmentally Disabled, Education, Events, Service Organizations