Annual Scholarships Awarded To Deserving Poland and West Canada Valley Seniors. Award Winners were announced at each school’s Graduation in June. The recipient and his/her family were invited to an August Rotary Dinner where the monetary award was presented.
Welcome to the Kuyahoora Valley Rotary Club’s website. I am privileged to serve as President of the Club for the 2021-22 year. Which began July 1st 2021. I look forward to working with the Club to serve the local community to meet some needs of our youth, elderly and those less fortunate. We also hope to bring to the attention of others in the area and the state what a great place this is to live and work. Our club has a great membership base that has worked on amazing projects in the area. We hope to add new members to keep this great work going and bring new ideas.
Our annual KV Rotary Club goals will revolve around the same themes we have always held. The questions we will ask ourselves will be:
How can we support our community?
How can we support our youth?
How can we support global needs?
How can we support one another?
We hope you will support our community efforts by attending an event, contributing to our fund-raising projects, or better yet, joining our Club! Contact myself or any member of the club for more information.
Yours in Rotary,
Bub Barra
President 2021-22
553 Gould RoadNewport, NY 13416
315-867-8278
On Sat Oct 24th, the Rotary Club held our first drive thru Chicken BBQ at the Town of Russia Park. The event was a success, with all 225 dinners sold and picked up. Thanks to the club members and volunteers who made this fundraiser event a success. Pictured below is the crew including young volunteers from the Boy Scouts and Interact Clubs.
Kuyahoora Valley Rotary Club Fall Fundraisers
The Kuyahoora Valley (KV) Rotary Club has become creative in their fundraising efforts, in reaction to the pandemic’s impact. You can support the club’s projects and eat well at the same time, by purchasing pre-sale tickets for their October 24th Drive-Through Chicken Barbecue at the Town of Kuyahoora Valley Town Park, 8916 N. Main Street, Poland, NY 13431. This is a new project for the club, with the chicken prepared by Newport Firemen; tickets will be sold in advance of the event, pickup of the chicken BBQ will be between 12 and 2 PM on Oct 24th and no dinners will be available that day without a ticket. Tickets may be purchased from any KV Rotarian, or call Ann at 315-717-4257.
Another fundraiser currently underway is a Raffle which will yield 3 prizes of $1000.00, $600.00, and $400.00. The winners will be drawn at a KV club meeting on Dec 8, 2020. A $50.00 donation to the club will help our community outreach projects. Only 100 tickets are available; contact a KV Rotarian soon for your ticket, or call Jim at 315-794-2786.
Visit the KV Rotary website at www.kuyahooravalleyrotary.org, follow our Facebook page, or attend a dinner meeting on Tuesday evenings. The Rotary motto of “Service Above Self” is active by our local club and we are always looking for new members.
The Kuyahoora Valley Rotary Club has again given out $4,000 in awards to six graduating
Seniors from the two local schools, Poland Central School (PCS) and West Canada Valley Central School (WCV). This year the Rotary Foundation supplemented our awards to meet our goals. The Arthur Whaley Award ($1000) is given to two seniors (Emily Walther - PCS and Caeli Campbell - WCV) for academic excellence, The Richard Rausch Award ($500) is given to two Seniors (Baily Dunn – PCS and Sarah Costello – WCV) for exhibiting strong effort in school. The Kenneth Young Award ($500) is given to two Seniors (Jack Oczkowski – PCS and Casey Dibble – WCV) for outstanding community service. In addition, one Senior (Portia Camardello) in West Canada Valley Central School is recognized with a $1,000 award for academic/athletic excellence in memory of Patricia Coman. All winners attended a Rotary dinner meeting with their parents at the Town of Russia Memorial Park in Poland, NY. We are very proud of them all. Pictured below from left to right is: Sarah Costello, Emily Walther, Baily Dunn, Ann Maher (Club President), Casey Dibble, Portia Camardello, and Caeli Campbell. Absent is Jack Oczkowski. Also See photoalbums/2020-senior-awards
