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Today's meeting features two of our Youth Services programs, RYLA and High School Learning Center. President Pauline Emery, opened the meeting and we celebrated our August birthdays. Lots of news and upcoming events. Two great presentations from RYLA students on their experience at the RYLA event.

Thank you for your Club Service:

• Invocation: Bob Walker
• Greeting/50:50: Bob  / Ernie
• Photographs:  Gil here
• Tech: Andy. 

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Several Corning Rotary members and Interact students joined the Friends of the Chemung River Watershed for a cleanup on Saturday 7-25-26. It was a perfect day; although it started cool, the work warmed everyone up. 

Corning Rotary Yumiko Akiba shared that several of the Corning Rotary Interact students came, as well as Rotarians (Pauline Emery, Mayu, Yumiko) to assist the FCR members. Among the riverside gatherings: “trash, 3 tires, tent, broken furniture, and many more items. Everybody worked really hard.”

Corning Rotarians worked with Ready, Set, Grow! on Saturday 6-27-26 to distribute a mountain of mulch [there was much mulch!!]. Because of the great turnout, the job took only an hour. The kids that were waiting to play were on the playground just as soon as it was finished 😀. 

Thank you to one of our newest Rotarians, Darro Snyder II with other members of our Corning Rotary Club: Stacy, Pauline and our Rotarian Head Garner, Stu 🪏🪴

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Our Annual Changeover Picnic comes each year at the end of June – and is the “changing of the gavel” for Corning Rotary; our previous President [Jen Batzing] retires and we introduce our new President [Pauline Emery]. Our meeting also featured one of our Corning Rotary Scholarship winners, two Paul Harris recognitions, and the induction of 5 new members to our Club, and more! Thank you to Boomers Burrito Bar for a delightful buffet meal!