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Welcome to the Kuyahoora Valley Rotary club! I am honored to be selected as Club President for the coming Rotary year. Our club is very active, both locally and internationally. We support many local groups and work on several fundraisers throughout the year. Those include parking assistance at the Town of Ohio Snow Bash, an Annual Rotary Auction and our year-long bottle and can drive.

Funds raised are spent in a variety of ways including an annual Youth Fishing Derby, six scholarships for deserving seniors at Poland and West Canada Central schools, and to assist many local charities and organizations in need, such as Scouting and the volunteer Ambulance and Fire departments. Additionally, funds are spent giving every 3rd grader in the two-school area a dictionary and sending books internationally (Books for the World) as part of our literacy outreach program. We also try to engage in international projects such as clean water and KIVA that will benefit native populations long-term.

Annually we sponsor Incoming and Outgoing Foreign Exchange students (Youth Exchange Program). Incoming students attend one of the two local high schools for a year and live with local families.

We are also involved in local beautification projects such as public highway clean-ups and maintenance of one of the local Fishing access areas.

Welcome to the Kuyahoora Valley Rotary web site. We invite you to take a look around our site and find out more about our Club and about Rotary. Also see our Facebook Page.

Rotary Theme 2018-2019

Yours in Rotary,

Dorene Gortner

President

Kuyahoora Valley Rotary, New York

Students of the Month 2-19-19

At the February 19, 2019 meeting Students of the Month from the West Canada Central School were honored. The Kuyahoora Valley Rotary Club honors students for the academic and service work accomplished during the school year. Each month a student is selected alternating between Poland Central School and West Canada Valley Central School as the Rotary Student of the Month. Students of the Month and their immediate family are invited, as guests, to the clubs meeting for dinner and presentation of the award. Caeli Campbell, selected for October 2018 and Jordon Murphy, selected for December 2018 were each provided a card and $100 check for their accomplishments. Pictured from left to right are Caeli Campbell, Tom Lindsay (Rotary Past President) and Jordon Murphy.

Save the Dates

Kuyahoora Valley Rotary

Save the Dates

The Kuyahoora Valley Rotary has 2 annual events (27^th Annual Auction and the 21^st Annual Fishing Derby) coming in the spring of 2019. The Auction will be May 4^th and the Fishing Derby will be May 18^th of 2019.

The auction is a major fundraiser for the club, where the club collects used household items and vendor certificates to later auction at the 27^th Annual Auction. The Auction location will be at Snyder Fuel Service, Main St, Newport NY. Viewing of auction items will start at 8AM on May 4^th 2019 and the auction will start at 10 AM sharp the same day. The club collects donated items throughout the year. Anyone wishing to donate for this year’s auction please call John at 315-725-2393 or Tom at 315-794-2995 or email to tomlin@roadrunner.com. All donations are greatly appreciated.

The 21^stFishing Derby will be held May 18, 2019. The fishing derby is funded by the Kuyahoora Rotary Club for the grade school students (Pre-school through 6^th Grade) of the Poland Central and West Canada Valley Central School Districts. Prizes for the largest fish caught in each age group and prizes for largest overall fish caught will be provided. Annually, a couple of weeks prior to the fishing derby the club purchases 100 12–15“ trout to stock the pond.

Students of the Month

Posted on Feb 05, 2019

At the February 5, 2019 meeting Students of the Month from the Poland Central School were honored. The Kuyahoora Valley Rotary Club honors students for the academic and service work accomplished during the school year. Each month a student is selected alternating between Poland Central School and West Canada Valley Central School as the Rotary Student of the Month. Students of the Month and their immediate family are invited, as guests, to the clubs meeting for dinner and presentation of the award. Devon Drapper, selected for November 2018 and Gabrielle Stemmer, selected for January 2019 were each provided a card and $100 check for their accomplishments. Pictured from left to right are Devon Drapper and Gabrielle Stemmer.

Check Presentation

As part of the Habitat for Humanity project the Kuyahoora Valley Rotary has been working on, at the Kuyahoora Valley Rotary Club meeting on December 18 2018. The $1850 check from Terry Stanley of AvanGrid Renewables was presented to Pat Miller of the Habitat for Humanity. Pictured below from left to right are; Ann Maher (Rotary Member), Terry Stanley (AvanGrid Renewables), Pat Miller (Habitat for Humanity) and Dorene Gortner (Rotary President).

Tool Box Bash Event

On October 20, 2018, the Kuyahoora Valley Rotary Club held a dinner dance (Tool Box Bash) at the Miner’s Table to top off the service project it began earlier in the year to raise funds, organize volunteers and acquire an inexpensive home in the Kuyahoora Valley which could be renovated by the Herkimer County Habitat for Humanity for a family in need of decent and affordable housing.