Get ready for our 5th annual World Polio Day event, co-hosted with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. We will stream live from Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington to bring together more than 50,000 viewers around the world. Join us as global health experts and celebrities share our progress on the road to polio eradication. CLICK HERE to discover how to participate.
THIS WEEK-Oct 26, 2017 - Sherwood Inn, 6:30 PM - CNY Veterans Recognition Foundation Veterans Day Dinner & Honor Flight Mission 10 - Bill Conole
NEXT WEEK
Nov 02, 2017 - SCS Capital Improvement Project 2021 - Ken Slentz, SCS Superintendent.
WHAT BILL GATES SAID
ABOUT POLIO ERADICATION
“There's been an amazing organization that's been behind this .... it is due to Rotary that the campaign was started"
MEETING SETUP & ASSIGNMENTS
ASSIGNMENTS
Oct 26
Nov 02
50/50 Ticket Sales
Jamie Ciaccio
Kathy Crelot
Meal Ticket Sales
Al Coates
Tim Donovan
Pledge
Rob Cooper
Dale Drake
Invocation
Robyn Cooper
Jack Emmer
50/50 sales folks should arrive and setup 20 minutes early
Please find a replacement if you will not be present for your assignment!
CLICK HEREto see 50/50 & Meal Ticket Sales duties and instructions
PRESIDENTS' CORNER ... by Pres., Mary Giroux
Lots is going on right now:
Christmas Basket - The Christmas Basket committee met last week to kick off preparations for this year's dinner. Anyone wanting to help. let Cheryl or Marv know. The dinner is only six weeks away from our next meeting.
Books - Bookleggers will be busy next Saturday packing up excess children's books from the Jordan Fall Festival. We will be starting a brand new pallet for shipment!
Shelter Box - Tom Deuson, Watertown Rotarian, will be setting up a Shelter Box at the high school on Monday the 23rd. This completes our grant project thanks to Cathy Powell and Ward Vuillemot. We also received a nice "thank you" from Shelter Box telling us that our tents are already in use.
World Polio Day is next Tuesday the 24th. Bill Buterbaugh our Rotary Foundation Chair will be speaking to us soon about the Foundation.
Club 200 - raffle progresses.......There are still six more chances for you to win from $50 to $500.
Cider & Donuts for Haunted Hallways - Keeping up with the season, Brad McLennan is working with the folks from the school to provide cider and donuts for Haunted Hallways.
Thank you to everyone in the club working on these projects!
LAST WEEK: .... by Cheryl Silvestrini The Program: President Mary introduced Colleen Deacon, the Governor’s Regional Representative in Central New York. Collen gave an overview of what the Governor is working on as he is “building a new New York State”. The highlights include: fiscal spending is down to 2%; we have the lowest middle-class tax rate since 1947; the creation of NYS Council on Women & Girls; over $200 million has been invested to combat the heroine epidemic; over $100 billion has been invested in the infrastructure in NYS – including Hancock Airport; paid Family Leave Act was created; and the Excelsior Scholarship Program which 22,000 students have used.
50/50 - Was won by David Lee The queen of spades eluded Cathy’s deft draw. Only 11 cards remain in our shrinking deck.
Guests - Colleen Deacon, featured speaker.
Attendance - Members attending: 18at 33% attendance
Current Membership - 57
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS FUNDRAISER – December 7th ... by Cheryl Silvestrini
The Skaneateles Rotary Club’s Annual Christmas Fundraiser will be held on Thursday, December 7th, at the Skaneateles Country Club. We will begin with a Happy Hour at 6 p.m., followed by a traditional family-style turkey dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 and can purchased in tables of 8 and 10. You may contact Amy Tormey for tickets. Pre-paying for tickets with either cash or a check is highly recommended.
Please encourage Rotarians, family, friends, co-workers, etc., to not only buy a ticket to the event, but to ATTEND the event. The money from the donations of attendees is what we rely on to make this event successful. Also, we need the support of all Rotarians in coming up with raffle prizes. The goal is to have at least 50% of those who attend win a prize.
While local merchants and professionals will be canvassed again this year for prize donations, all Rotarians are also asked to donate prizes. The committee encourages Rotarians to buy prizes worth at least $30 and to purchase from local merchants. This year – on a trial basis – the committee has decided to forego purchasing prizes from Best Buy. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that all Rotarians contribute a prize for the raffle. Also, consider donating a prize from your business or the company you work for. Please let Roy MacDonald or Dave Piper know in advance of the event what you will be bringing in the way of a prize. Even if you can’t attend the event, please contribute a raffle prize.
And finally, if you’d like to be involved in organizing this year’s event, please see Cheryl Silvestrini or Marv Langley.
AND THE LUCKY WINNERS WERE...by Cheryl Silvestrini
The third drawing of the Club 200 fund raising raffle occurred last week ... and the winner ... were (drum roll here) ... Cheryl Silvestrini and Dana Coye.
200 Tickets at $20 each are being sold to members, friends & neighbors between now and October when 10 tickets (2 per week) will be drawn weekly with the winners receiving $50 each. The winning tickets will be recycled into the draw-bin for next drawing on the same day or following weeks. So ..... multiple chances to win on a single ticket or even twice in on same day, if your luck is really running high.
The whole event ends on Nov 16th, with two tickets will be drawn for $250 & $500. The two $50 draw dates are: Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26 & Nov 2, and the $250 & $500 tickets will be drawn on Nov 16. ... and ... you do not have to be present to win!
IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO PARTICIPATE - Cheryl Silvestrini still has the tickets for sale over. Do not miss out on this opprotrunity as it is limited to 200 tickets.
This is fun way for our Club to raise up $2,750 to use for worthy causes throughout the year. We can only make the maximum amount ($2,750) if ALL 200 tickets are sold. The key is for ALL members to participate in selling (and buying) tickets.
MEETING at CAYUGA ONONDAGA BOCES
The SRC's November 9th meeting will be held at the Cayuga Onondaga BOCES facility, in Auburn. The culinary students will be preparing dinner for us and there will be a tour afterwards. The menu will be:
Fall salad with roasted pumpkin seeds, cheddar cheese oven cured tomatoes, red onion and maple vinaigrette
Salmon Picatta with lemon blanc sauce
Chicken cordon bleu
Herb roasted red potatoes
Root vegetable medley
Chocolatte mousse tarts with fresh berries
The cost of dinner is $20 and we will need to have a count of those that will be going. Please contact Mary at:mfgiroux0614@gmail.com or use the signup sheet that Mary has at the Thursday evening meetings.
AUBURN ROTARY CLUB'S
JIM BALLONI MEMORIAL
PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Come enjoy breakfast for a great cause. Please mark in your calendar. It's at the Cayuga Onondaga BOCES campus on West Genesee Street Road.
Sunday, Nov. 5th, 8am - Noon
WEEKLY PROGRAMS - Needs your input ... by Ward
I would like to start this out by saying SUPER KUDOS to Bill Conole for seeking out and providing our Rotary Club meeting with excellent weekly programs, for the past years. They have been informative, exciting and fun. Bill is asking for our help to continue with this effort Look about your busy and exciting world to find folks that have an interesting life, profession, business or a community or world experience that would make an interesting program. Pass this information, along with contact names and information to Bill so that he may arrange to fit it into our weekly programs schedule. It's a interesting & exciting world out there, and let's share it!.
Check the website; Speakerson the Home page for upcoming programs and open (TBD) dates.
District 7150, RI & OTHER EVENTS
Oct 24, 2017 - World Polio Day - CLICK HERE to discover how to participate.
Nov 04, 2017 - Rotary Leadership Institute- The Inn on the Lake, Canandaigua, NY - Info & Registration link
Nov 18, 2017 - Grants Management seminar - The Elks Lodge, Little Falls, NY - Info & Registration link
Rotary International Convention - Toronto, June 23 - 27, 2018
Seldom do we have an opportunity to attend a RI International Convention this close to home. The last one was in Montreal 6 or more years ago. So .... Give it some thought and plan on seizing this opportunity to meet Rotarians from around the world and learn of great works they a doing to make this a better world. CLICK-HERE for the RI on-line registration website and get in on the early bird registration and find accommodations prior to the Spring rush.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS & SPEAKERS
See SPEAKERS below orCLICKon the Speaker's tab on our website's Home Page.
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President Mary introduced Colleen Deacon, the Governor’s Regional Representative in Central New York. Collen gave an overview of what the Governor is working on as he is “building a new New York State”. The highlights include: fiscal spending is down to 2%; we have the lowest middle-class tax rate since 1947; the creation of NYS Council on Women & Girls; over $200 million has been invested to combat the heroine epidemic; over $100 billion has been invested in the infrastructure in NYS – including Hancock Airport; paid Family Leave Act was created; and the Excelsior Scholarship Program which 22,000 students have used. 
The Skaneateles Rotary Club’s Annual Christmas Fundraiser will be held on Thursday, December 7th, at the Skaneateles Country Club. We will begin with a Happy Hour at 6 p.m., followed by a traditional family-style turkey dinner at 7 p.m. Tickets are $30 and can purchased in tables of 8 and 10. You may contact 
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I would like to start this out by saying SUPER KUDOS to Bill Conole for seeking out and providing our Rotary Club meeting with excellent weekly programs, for the past years. They have been informative, exciting and fun. Bill is asking for our help to continue with this effort Look about your busy and exciting world to find folks that have an interesting life, profession, business or a community or world experience that would make an interesting program. Pass this information, along with contact names and information to Bill so that he may arrange to fit it into our weekly programs schedule. It's a interesting & exciting world out there, and let's share it!.
Seldom do we have an opportunity to attend a RI International Convention this close to home. The last one was in Montreal 6 or more years ago. So .... Give it some thought and plan on seizing this opportunity to meet Rotarians from around the world and learn of great works they a doing to make this a better world. 
