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Corning, NY 14830
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Club Meeting 7-29-21
Next Club Meeting: August 5th Zoom
 Program:  TBA 
 
7-29-21 Zoom Club Meeting [recording]
 
 
The bell was rung at 12:10 p.m.
The recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance was followed by the recitation of the Four Way Test
 
Announcements
  • The Lion's Club is sponsoring Wreaths across America at the Family Life Church in Erwin on Aug 7th from 1-5pm. No admission charge.
  • Grant Requests from our District approved by the Rotary Foundation:  This includes $2k to ARTS council for the  Lighting the Way Forward project 
  • Ernie read a koala card thank you from a student that we provided books for through our literacy project.
  • Bill Boland updated the club on the Cherry Blossom Trail. We have received $10k check from Corning Enterprises to pay for the landscape architect. Also received the invoice from Hunt Engineering for the architect that we will pay with the grant.
Community Service / Opportunities:
  • The next one currently scheduled will be at the Salvation Army -- details to follow.
Program [included in zoom recording]

Don Creath gave the club a synopsis of his time working on Community Service Projects throughout the Corning area.  The two biggest projects that he highlighted were the up grading of the Veteran's Memorial Park on Park Ave in the city of Corning and the First Responders Honor Park in Gang Mills.

Phase II of the Honor Park will be dedicated on 9-11-21. The upgrade will include a metal statue of a firefighter rescuing a child by Barbie the Welder of Erin, New York and a walkway around the statue dedicated to the memory of Father Lew Brown.

Anyone interested in donating to either the park or to the memory of Father Lew can send a check to the Crystal City Parks Foundation, 101 Columbia St. Ste. 100, Corning, NY 14830.  Make the appropriate designation on the memo line. You can also purchase a commemorative paver; see the information here.

To hear and see more of the presentation select the link at right: Meeting recording.

Club Service
  • Invocation: Ernie Danforth
  • Photographer: Bill Boland  
  • Story: Ernie Danforth
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First Responders Honor Park Phase II
Corning NY    August 5:  The second phase of the tri-county First Responders Honor Park in Gang Mills NY will be celebrated during the ceremony on 9-11-21, at the park.
 
The Mission: The Park is dedicated to honor and remember First Responders. Primarily those who have served in the Tri-County Region of Steuben, Schuyler and Chemung Counties. They are the first to respond to emergencies to save life, limb, and property from harm.
 
Location: The site is in the Town of Erwin at the corner of South Hamilton Street and Forest Drive in Gang Mills. It is conveniently located off Exit 11 of Interstate I-99.
 
Phase II: An addition to the park is being created at this time; a new bronze statue "The Lifesaver", honoring a firefighter rescuing a Child.  The new area also features an expanded green space, sidewalks and displays.
 
Be part of this: You can make a donation to the Honor Park by printing off and completing this form for a Commemorative Engraved Paver -- whether to honor someone from the past as well as our current First Responders.
Cherry Blossom Trail Update
 Corning NY  August 5, 2021:  Corning Rotary is partnering with the City of Corning, and other community organizations to create a Cherry Blossom Trail in Denison Park. The Rotary Cherry Blossom Trail was selected as the club's 100th anniversary project.
 
The project is fully paid for after donations from the club, the Corning Rotary Sustaining Fund, Corning Enterprises, The Community Foundation of Elmira-Corning and the Southern Finger Lakes, the Crystal City Parks Foundation, and the Corning Disk Golfers Association.
 
The structure of the agreement is that Rotary produces the trail design and gifts it to the City. The City will then manage and execute the remainder of the project. The Rotary Trail Design Review group members: Bill Boland, Jan Harvey, Andy Rochester, Dale Wexell, Stuart Sammis, Ernie Danforth, and John Brown.
 
The group reviewed the recommendations from our Landscape Architect and discussed two different design directions. The group chose the ‘Grove’ design, where designated areas within the site will have groupings of 5-6 trees, making up a groves along the trail. It’s anticipated that there would be 7 or 8 groves. Please click here for the presentation.
 
The goal is planting by October 1. Next steps include implementation of the design, with planting by Rotarians this fall.
 
Future Speakers
Aug 05, 2021 12:00 PM
Sep 23, 2021 12:00 PM
More to come ...
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Upcoming Events
First Responder Honor Park Phase II Dedication
Gang Mills
Sep 11, 2021
 
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Rotary Zoom meeting of Jul 22, 2021
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August 6
 
Gil Sweet
Harriet Sweet
August 7
 
Charlie Tyo
Bonnie Tyo
August 14
 
Jeff Ugoretz
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August 27
 
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Marie McKee
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