2024 Men Who Cook - April 27th
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2024 MEN WHO COOK
April 27, 2024 at 6:00 PM
New Location - Patterson Recreation Center.
65 Front Street. Patterson, NY 12563
Honoring Michael Ingber
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Blues & BBQ FestivalBlues & BBQ Festival Saturday, September 14th & Sunday, September 15th, 2024 ** Save the Dates **  |
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2022 Community Service Award ScholarshipsTogether, we see a world where people unite and take action to create lasting change — across the globe, in our communities, and in ourselves. —Rotary International Undergraduate and Career & Technical Study Scholarships Guidelines and Applications Applications must be received no later than TBD The Patterson Rotary Club will be giving away up to $6,000 in undergraduate and career & technical scholarships to graduating high school seniors in the Brewster, Carmel, Dover and Pawling school districts! To read the guidelines and download an application visit our Scholarships Page. |
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Patterson Rotary Awards $7,000 in ScholarshipsPatterson Rotary Increases Scholarships to $7,000The Patterson Rotary, a club of 38 local community members, has awarded $7,000 in college scholarships to six college-bound area seniors. "This year we received a record number of applications from many highly qualified students," said Mary Cay Nilsen, chairperson of the Scholarship Committee. "To be eligible for these awards we expect a high level of community service or someone who has a high level of commitment to family, work, and school." The Rotary Club offers five different awards each year for a variety of Community Service achievements. In 2019, they added a sixth award to honor Geoffrey Reinwald, a long time Rotary member that wanted to highlight a young person who may not have had the time for a large community project but found extraordinary ways to give back and demonstrate a "Service Above Self" mentality. The recipients of the 2020 Patterson Rotary Scholarship are: Olivia Roman - Olivia is the recipient of the William H. Kiernan award for Community Service. She has logged over 3,000 hours as an ambassador for the Tourette's Association of America. She also founded the Carmel Cares Thrift Shop in Carmel High School. She will major in Broadcast Journalism at E. W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University. Riley Damiano - Riley is the recipient of the Community Service award. She is the founder of The Blue Lollipop Project and has raised over $20,000 for kids with cancer. Riley is a member of the Patterson Interact Club and has demonstrated a high level of leadership and innovation in her extracurricular activities at school and in the community. Bene Farrell - Extraordinary volunteerism and dedication made Bene the recipient of the Geoffrey Reinwald Award for Inventiveness. Bene has volunteered at many community events and organizations including Camp Herrlich, PARC, various blood drives, Patterson Rotary's Men Who Cook and the Carmel Tree Lighting. Leading by doing is Bene's strong point. Noah Wahl - A winner of the Community Service Award, Noah's Eagle Scout service project was to build a 14-foot gazebo for his church. The project was dedicated to the memory of the late wife of the Deacon. He is a varsity football player, Kent Police Cadet, and has volunteered at roadside and trail cleanups. Courtney Smith - It is easy to see why Courtney was a recipient of one of the Community Service awards. She was a volunteer at the 4-H Fair, CoveCare, Putnam Cap, Plaza at Clove Lake, and helped organize a fundraiser for the Patterson Pirates softball team. A well-deserved award for a rising star in our community. Sarah Durante - Sarah would like to be a Pediatric Neurologist. She is a highly motivated young woman and is a clear example of what it means to put service above self. Sarah's many accomplishments include being a founder of several projects at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital, and a volunteer at Putnam Humane Society, Green Chimneys, and her Sunday School. Patterson Rotary wishes all our scholarship recipients good luck and is inspired by their creativity and dedication to the community. |
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2020 College Scholarship Applications Now AvailablePatterson Rotary's 2020 College Scholarship applications are now available. We are providing $6,000 of scholarship funds to local high school students who will be attending college in the fall. Applications are due by April 15th, 2020. The scholarships are broken down into two components: A total of $4,500 in scholarships available under Community Service Scholarships A total of $1,500 in scholarships available under the Geoffrey L. Reinwald Inventiveness Scholarship. |
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Touch A Truck - October 19th
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The Feast of Camp Sundown |
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Apply for a Peace Fellowship |
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What is Rotary? In this story, I hope to answer some of the deep, dark and mysterious things about Rotary that perhaps you were afraid to ask or maybe just didn't know who to ask! Click this link to get some in-depth information about Rotary. But I will also give you some real Rotarian insights! Who is Rotary?Every year, 1.1 million people around the world work hard to improve their communities through Rotary. Rotary is people. Plain and simple. People who want to get together and do something for their community. Rotarians are people of actions who want to become part of a larger group to make a bigger splash in a big pond. What is Rotary?Rotary is broken down into clubs. Each club is a local organization that is made up of local people who want to do good in their community! In the age of making money and the soft sell, let me confirm to you what it is NOT! It is not a pyramid scheme or way to make money. We are not going to ask you to sign up a friend, so they can sign up a friend. We don't sell makeup, groceries or anything else. We perform service. It is an organization that wants to give back to the community. To join, you must be committed to helping your neighbors, friends, and community and make that fabric stronger, tighter and more connected through service tasks, fundraisers and community outreach. Our particular club meets on Tuesdays for breakfast at 7:30 am. If you asked any of our 30 something members what Rotary is, you might get 30 answers. We would, however, all agree on one thing - it is a place where we start off our day laughing, hooting and hollering about something - sometimes meaningless and trivial and other times serious. I've been in this Rotary for a few years now and I was hooked from day one. Mostly because I left the meeting laughing and giggling. People have often told me - "that's insane, 7:30? I can't do that". But in the few years I have been a member, almost everyone who has expressed an interest leaves laughing and comes back to join. Of course, each club determines when and where they meet. Some for dinner, others for lunch. Find a club that meets in the time frame you need! Where are these "so called" clubs?Ok, let's not get the wrong idea. There are no secret passwords. No funny hats. You do get some very fine pins though. There are tens of thousands of clubs worldwide. In the US, there over 7500 clubs! You can always find one at Rotary.org, but as you drive around - look for signs with the Rotary wheel on it! They will usually tell you where and when the club meets. Our little club meets at the Patterson Rec Center with a great breakfast! Do I have to sell cookies or raffles? Do I have to tell you the name of all my friends? What are you going to ask me to do?The short answer is - you do have to be engaged in what your club wants to achieve. You give what you can. For me, sometimes I make a joke or I laugh. I don't claim to have any special talents so I volunteer to keep our events clean by taking out the garbage. It might not be glamorous for sure - but you would notice if you came to an event and it was strewn with junk! Ok..I digress. What do you have to do? We don't want any of your friends and families names. The fact is, some clubs may sell cookies or raffles. Others have events like dinners, music events with food or something to raise money so that we can give it back to the local non-profits that need it. You will be asked to help at those events - wherever your talent lies! Of course, if you want to take on a club function you can! If you join our club, you may even become president by just looking presidential - so watch out! Whatever club you join - your role is governed by what YOU want to do - but you will have to do something. In reality, when you see the reward of giving away money or personal assistance to those that need it most - you will want to do more! And because it is local, you really feel connected to what is happening. So What Else?If I haven't convinced you to go to your local club or you have any unanswered questions - contact us! We are always looking for new members. Send an email to pattersonrotaryny@gmail.com or just show up Tuesday morning if you are in Patterson, NY or at ANY rotary club. You will be welcomed and ready to start on something big! For more information about Rotary, see the link below: Thanks for reading! Bob D.. |
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Our Fall Giveaway Makes our Community Stronger Why join Rotary? What good can I do? What does Patterson Rotary do with the money they raise? There are a lot of reasons why you shouldn’t show up at our 7:30AM meetings on Tuesdays. You could sleep in after all! Perhaps you are just to busy. But when you give that hour a week you become part of a infectious group that strives to be People of Action. If that sounds like something of interest - take a look at what we did for our community during our Fall Giveaway. Our small club is all about making our community stronger. To do that, we vet qualified groups that help our community and neighbors. These are all staffed by special people that want to help and feed the homeless in our community, provide resources for battered women, offer camp scholarships for those that can’t afford it, help our environment, stock a food pantry and so much more. Our giveaway may indeed touch thousands of lives in our community. Because of the funds we raise through our events, The Patterson Rotary was able to provide funds to the following groups: Carmel FBLA George Fisher Middle School "Camp Herrlich" Scholarships Hospice Care of Putnam/Visiting Nurses Love Holds Life Matthew's Hearts of Hope Matthew Patterson Elementary School "Camp Herrlich" *5 students* Patterson Community Center Church Food Pantry Putnam County Sheriff's Cadets Putnam Dental Associates - Putnam Dental Missions Putnam Ridge Christmas Gifts Xeroderma Pigmentosum - Camp Sundown We are proud to provide support to these many great causes and the people they help. Just as important to us is to keep our community involved. Come join us for breakfast on Tuesday’s! If you can’t - contact us at pattersonrotaryny@gmail.com to see what you can do to help. It takes a lot of effort to organize, staff and make our great events happen to raise money for these very worthy causes. We are an all volunteer organization that wants to do good things and are always looking for new members to help! Congratulations to all recipients of our Fall Giveaway. We thank you for all that you do for our community. |
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Having Fun While Supporting Our Community
The Rotary Club of Patterson takes their motto, “Do Good and Have Fun”, very seriously.  Just a few days after donating thousands of dollars to the Brewster Emergency Shelter Partnership (BESP) and the Putnam County SPCA (to help with the purchase of a much-needed police vehicle), they hosted another successful Blues & BBQ Festival on September 15th & 16th. And now they’re gearing up for the much anticipated Touch A Truck for Heroes on Saturday October 6th from 10:00am - 4:00pm at Thunder Ridge Ski Area in Patterson. This year’s Touch A Truck is expected to be the club’s biggest, with more trucks and big rigs for kids (and kids-at-heart) to climb on - and more horns to honk! Local veteran support organizations will have informational display booths, and there will be a flag decommissioning ceremony for worn flags. The public is invited to take part by bringing worn flags. Patterson Rotary began Touch A Truck in 2015 to raise money to purchase a shed for the local Putnam County Veterans’ home. It is now an annual event producing big smiles and a day of fun for the whole family. All proceeds support local Veteran projects. Entrance is FREE. Donations are welcome and there will raffles and a 50/50 draw. At the end of October Patterson Rotary will load up a dump truck full of pumpkins and a carload of pumpkin donuts and apple cider for their Annual Fall Pumpkin Festival for children at The Fairmont School and Samara Community School in The Bronx. The event began as an idea that club member and Putnam residents, Jason Maxwell and his wife Hilda Delgado, brought to the Rotary Club of Patterson. Delgado teaches Pre-K at The Fairmont School. They felt that the children attending those particular schools were missing out on the childhood experience of pumpkin picking. The majority of children attending these schools live below the poverty line and would otherwise never have this experience. Many had never even seen a pumpkin outside of pictures and media. Two days later Patterson Rotary Club will be at it again, this time for their Fall Giveaway on October 30th. The semi-annual event (formerly the February Giveaway) is one of the main reasons for all the fundraisers, festivals, and events that the club hosts. Twice a year, in spring and (now) fall, Patterson Rotary gives away thousands of dollars to local Putnam County charities and non-profit organizations. Past recipients include CoveCare Center, Putnam County SPCA, Women’s Resource Center, Help Our Military Heroes, NY Riders, local scholarships for high school students and summer camps, and many more. To end the fall season, members of Patterson Rotary will come together again in November, to do good and have fun. This time the club will pack up about 35 dinner baskets filled with all the fixings for complete Thanksgiving meals, including home-baked desserts and gift cards for turkeys. Baskets will be distributed through Putnam CAP (Community Action Partnership). |
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Blues and BBQ - September 15 and 16th Are you getting ready for two days of fun, music, love and of course - great food. Save the weekend of September 15th and 16th. Click For Details. Do you want to sponsor an event that attracts over 3,000 people? Are you an organization that is looking to have your name stand out in front of the local community? Want to find out more? Click Here for Sponsor and Event Information
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The passing of a great friendIt’s with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of our long time Rotarian and friend, Geoffrey Reinwald. Whether you remember him as the whistleblower at Men Who Cook, the guy manning the bratwurst grill at Blues and BBQ, or the king of the parking lot at Touch A Truck and the Putnam County 4-H Fair, he always had a smile and a ‘Geoffrey’ joke. He was always ready to help, whether it was ‘painting’ rooms (somehow painting everything except what needed to be painted) and pulling weeds (aka poison ivy). He was a Rotarian at heart and was a living example of ‘Service Above Self’. Geoffrey was a special and unique personality that had a lot to do with shaping the personality of what our club and our local community has become. From sponsoring many, many members over the years to making our early morning meetings fun, he will truly be missed by his Rotary family and all that knew him. Until we meet again Geoff. Keep those jokes ready for us.  |
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The 23nd Annual Men Who Cook is coming! |
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Fall means two awesome Patterson Rotary Events!Join us at Patterson Fire Dept. on September 16th and 17th for great music, delicious food and more at our 6th Annual Blues and BBQ Festival! Click here for more details! Then just a few short weeks after that comes our 3rd Annual Touch a Truck for Heroes! Come and explore your favorite trucks, meet the people who drive them and help us support local veteran groups. Join us on October 7th from 10 am - 2 pm at Thunder Ridge Ski Area. Click here for more details!
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A visit from My Brother VinnyAt this past Tuesday's meeting we heard from Paula Miratello and her organization, My Brother Vinny. She started the organization as a way to honor her brother after his passing by assisting those with mental health issues find housing and support programs. Over the last few years the main focus of her work has turned to working with the local VA's and shelters to assist homeless veterans get into new homes. Paula told us how most veterans qualify for housing assistance through the VA, but there is no program to assist them with furnishing their new apartments. My Brother Vinny provides them with everything from furniture, to housewares and even art work for the walls, so the empty apartment becomes a home. She and her volunteers, mainly veterans who she has helped that want to get involved, have helped over 435 veterans and their families in 9 counties in the Hudson Valley/Metro NY area. For more information on My Brother Vinny or to find out how you can help, check out their website: http://www.mybrothervinny.org.  |
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The 21st Annual Men Who Cook is Coming! |
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Now accepting applications for our 2017 Scholarships!
 We are now accepting applications for our 2017 Scholarships for high school seniors! Click the link on the left for more info and an application.
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Helping out for ThanksgivingThis morning was the meeting most of our members look forward too all year. We packed 35 boxes full with everything a family would need for a Thanksgiving dinner. We include gift cards so they can buy a turkey, boxes of stuffing, rolls, canned vegetables, cranberry sauce, potatoes, pies, cookies, and so much more.
We were able to pack 9 boxes for families in need at Matthew Patterson Elementary school and 26 to Putnam Community Action Program.
ALso, this past weekend, we participated in Putnam CAP's THanksgiving Weekend county wide food drive. Members from our club and our Interact club volunteered at Putnam Lake Market in Patterson and Kobackers in Brewster. We were pleased to find out when we dropped off the boxes this morning to Putnam CAP, that the food drive had gone so well, they were able to add fresh carrots and celery to our boxes as well!
So thank you for supporting us, whether it's coming to a fundraiser or donating at the food drive this weekend. We are proud to work with our community to help those in need.
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Our Interact Club is now official!The Patterson Rotary Club celebrated the chartering of their new Patterson Interact Club. Interact is a branch of Rotary that teens from the ages of 12-18 can join. They do service projects in their community and around the world and learn how to live our motto, Service Above Self. We are so proud of these kids. We currently have students from 4 different schools, Brewster, Carmel, Pawling and The Wooster School in Danbury, CT. In just a few sort weeks, these kids and learned about each other and how to be a team. We asked them to bring one service project idea to a meeting and these amazing kids came up with over 20!
We have also be lucky enough to have a couple of kids who aren't quite old enough to join Interact, but want to do good, so we are also in the process of starting an EarlyAct club.
If you have a child that wants to get involved, send our advisers an email at pattersoninteract@gmail.com.
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20th annual Men Who Cook was a great success!Our 20th annual Men Who Cook was a great success!
We have a few thank you's to mention.
To all the chefs and restaurants for the delicious food!
To the sponsors for helping us make it the best event ever.
To the Carmel FBLA kids, for all of their help throughout the night.
To everyone who came and made it a great night!
We all had a blast and hope that you did too. Mark your calendars for next year, April 29, 2017!
Check out pictures from the night by clicking on the photo album on the right.
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Episode 5 of About Rotary is coming to a TV near you! |
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Did you know we have our own TV show?If you are local to the Patterson area and are a Comcast subscriber, you can check us out on Channel 8. About Rotary is a show that we produce once a month and it tells about what Rotary is doing in our area and around the world.
If you don't use Comcast, or are unable to catch us on cable, you can check out our YouTube Channel (click the red button on the left side of our home page).
Here is last month's episode, with the founding members of STEP, or Schools to End Poverty.
Ed and Howard are coming to our March 15th meeting to talk to us about the good they are doing around the world. If you would like to learn more, check out their website at http://schoolstoendpoverty.org/home/index or stop in for breakfast with us when they are visiting.
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2016 Scholarship Applications
Calling all high school seniors!
The Patterson Rotary Club is now accepting applications for our 2016 Scholarship awards.
Click here to download the application packet. Applications are due by April 15, 2016.
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Semi-Annual Community Giveaway
This morning we celebrated the good we do in the world with representatives from many of the local non-for-profits that we work with. After treating them to a delicious breakfast, President Bill Flash turned it over to President Elect Anthony Molé who presented the certificate and checks. In total, we gave out over $11,000!
We would like to once again thank these organizations for all that they do:
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Semi-Annual Community Giveaway
It's almost time for one of our Semi Annual Giveaways! It's one of our favorite breakfast meetings, where we invite the local organizations we support to join us for breakfast and we present them with a check for them to continue their good work in our community. If you have ever attended one of our events like Men Who Cook or Blues and BBQ, the money we raise at those events all get distributed at our giveaways!
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Men Who Cook FundraiserIt's the event everyone has been waiting for... This year's honoree: |
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THANKSGIVING COMES AGAIN! |
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FALL PUMPKIN FESTIVAL AT CLARA BARTON SCHOOL, BRONX, NEW YORK |
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Blues & BBQ 2014
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Doing Good in the World
Click on the following link to learn how Rotarians around the world work together to make a better world: |
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2013-2014 Community Giveaways
During the 2013-2014 Rotary year which runs from July 1 through June 30, President John Kelly was very pleased with the good the Rotary Club of Patterson did in the local and international community. Well over $30,000 of funding as well as many hours of volunteer services were given back to the community throughout the year. Over 40 organizations and numerous local individuals have benefitted from the hard work and fundraisers the members have taken part in throughout the year. For a list of some of the organizations who the Rotary Club has assisted this year, click on the link below to see more. |
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Rotarians Break Two World Records 5/30/14On Friday, 5/30/14 Rotarians from around the world broke two world records. While at the Rotary International Convention held this year in Sydney, Australia, Rotarians broke two world records while on the Sydney Harbour Bridge. One record previously held by Oprah Winfrey audience members was broken when 340 Rotarians climbed the Sydney Harbour Bridge at one time. The Rotarians simultaneously broke another record by flying the most country flags from the bridge. Click on the following link to see the Rotarians in action breaking the records: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FlbF-lAJIvo |
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Recent CDC Video on Rotary's Polio Eradication Efforts
A recent video released by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) focuses on how Rotary International is the main force behind Polio eradication around the world: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGkdm-M1-Yk&feature=youtu.be. |
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Annual Men Who Cook 2014 Patterson Rotary Club's 18th Annual "Men Who Cook" Fundraiser! Saturday, April 26, 2014 A casual evening of food and festivities to benefit local Putnam County and Tri-County area non-profits, organizations and scholarship programs.
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Rotary Brick Dedication Ceremony at Putnam Hospital Center 8/15/13
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New Officer Installation 6/15/13
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Our Spring GiveawaySome of our favorite meetings are when we are able to give back to the local community organizations. Here are some of the June 2013 recipients with our 2012-13 president Peter Hansen:
- Bill Kieran Jr. Memorial Scholarship: Hailee Casella |
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A Prayer of Reflection - Newtown 12/14/12
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Newtown Rotary Sandy Hook School FundThe Newtown Rotary Foundation announces the establishment of the Newtown Rotary Sandy Hook School Fund. |
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Join us the 2nd through last Tuesday each month.Our weekly meetings are held at the Patterson Recreation Center at the end of Front Street in Patterson NY. Networking begins at 7:15 AM and the Bell rings promplly at 7:30 AM to start the meeting. |
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Welcome to our two new members!Congratulations and welcome to our two newest members!
Rich Parente (on right) with President John Kelly and membership chair Jim Byron 8/13/13, and |
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