"20220628 Daryl Moss Inducted as Club President"
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Daryl Moss Inducted
RCWP President #107

June 28, 2022 -- New club President Daryl Moss was officially inducted for the 2022-2023 Rotary year. Daryl gave a simple yet complete and moving acceptance speech that motivated all members to confidently look forward to the upcoming year.

Outgoing president Jill Owens was unable to attend due to work obligations, so Jill recorded her year's "remembrances" on a 10-minute video. We passed the gavel from the former presidents to the newest, and Daryl officially became the club president.

"20220712 Walk for Alzheimer's in Westchester"
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"20220719 Equestrian Lauren Reischer on Special Olympics"
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Lauren Reischer from Special Olympics presented the organization to us via Zoom, from her office in NYC. Lauren is not only an equestrian, but such a positive leader and influencer who is paving the way to create equestrian sport inclusive for all riders. After being born with cerebral palsy, she was introduced to therapeutic riding at a very young age and has stuck with it ever since.

As she continued her riding career, Lauren was able to join the equestrian team at Brown University and later even became captain of the team. Here's a wonderful writeup of her at Brown University: https://brownbears.com/news/2019/8/19/go-forth-unafraid-lauren-reischer-cerebral-palsy-and-brown-equestrian. Here's another link to the fascinating 14-minute video: https://youtu.be/Rzyg_HsjFeY

"20220726 All About Wine (Don't Be Afraid to Ask)"
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"20220802 At The BOULDERS Baseball Game"
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"20220809 Paris and Normandy Tour"
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"20220816 Superintendent Joe Ricca"
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"20220823 Field Trip to Paws Crossed"
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"20220830 Melanoma Educational Foundation"
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"20220913 Barbara Turk from Hope's Door on Domestic Violence"
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"20220920 Slater Center"
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"20221002 Walk to End Alzheimer's"
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Rotary Clubs Supported the Walk

District 7230 Impact: 12 Teams raised $15,274

Some Rotarians marching...

Paul Ficalora, Ted Nygreen, Jonathan Schere, County Exec George Latimer
(plus next to George, Nancy Nygreen with puppy Aspen)

"20221004 Field Trip to WPPL with Director Brian Kenney"
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"20221011 Italian-American Culture Contributions"
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"20221018 Bonnie Hagan of Bright Energy Wellness"
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"20221029 Miracle League 'Field of Screams'"
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'Field of Screams'

The Miracle League of Westchester is the organization that runs an adaptive baseball league for disabled kids and adults.

This event was hosted by the Miracle League at the Ridge Road Park, Hartsdale. More than 800 kids registered for this special Halloween dress-up party.

We handed out candy and interacted with the kids and parents. Of course everyone came in costume!

Some Rotarians in formal wear...

Libby Hollahan, George Kontogiannis, Nick Wolff, Charlie Goldberger

"20221101 District Governor Martin Schulman Annual Visit"
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"20221115 Bronx Lacrosse Phenomenon"
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"20221122 Ukraine Seminar"
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"20221206 NYS Commissioner of Human Rights"
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"20221220 Holiday Luncheon"
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"20221231 Year-end Miscellaneous"
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"20230110 Assembly"
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"20230117 Yes She Can"
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"20230207 Public Safety Commissioner David Chong"
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"20230214 Sustainable Westchester"
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"20230221 BHM Celebration by Creative Artist Heather Miller"
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"20230307 Mayor Tom Roach - State of the City"
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"20230314 White Plains Hospital Chief Medical Officer"
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"20230404 David Buchwald Presents Meltek (and himself)"
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"20230411 Feeding Westchester Karen Erren"
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"20230502 White Plains Beautification Foundation"
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"20230509 Mark Ferris Book Star Spangled Banner"
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"20230516 Annual Scholarships Awards"
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"20230520 ROTARY DAY OF SERVICE"
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"20230529 Memorial Day Parade"
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"20230606 Dinner to Elect Jill Owens to Prestigious HALO CLUB"
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Past President Jill Owens' term ended June 30, 2022, but we delayed having the Halo Club dinner until June 6, 2023. So in Jill's 49th week as a "past" president, we held the dinner at the Harrison Meadows Country Club. The food was excellent; the speakers were exciting; the Halo Club members praised Jill and ultimately voted (unanimously!) to admit her into the prestigious club.

One highlight of the evening was the song written by Karl Milde to "welcome" Jill into the Halo Club. Sung to the tune of Frere Jacques, the song is titled Sister Jill. Karl's lyrics are very creative, asking if Sister Jill is ready to join the club, because "we heard knocking."

Click here to download/open the following files:

PDF of Lyrics to Sister Jill
Word .DOCX of Lyrics to Sister Jill
PDF of the Program for the evening, created by Andrew Morzello

"20230620 Juneteenth at the Slater Center"
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