Mineola Garden City Rotary

Welcome To Rotary

DID YOU KNOW THAT ROTARY IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST

SERVICE ORGANIZATION of business and professional leaders with 34,000 clubs throughout the world? Incorporated in 1925, today, the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club welcomes as members individual businesses, corporations, schools, houses of worship and Garden City residents. Join us! Mineola-Garden City Rotary holds lunch meetings on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 12:15 through the year. Following Zoom meetings throughout

Meg Morgan Norris, the Covid 19 pandemic, the Club met in the charming outdoor facility

President, Mineola- at Garden City’s Calogero’s Restaurant during the summer months of Garden City Rotary Club 2021. Currently Rotary meets in the private dining room at Davenport Press Restaurant in Mineola.

The Club continues to feature noteworthy speakers from a cross -section of the professions. With its motto, “Service Above Self,” all Rotary clubs focus on various services which impact their respective communities and beyond.

For more information, to join Rotary, or register for an event or Zoom meeting, please contact Meg Norris, Club president at 516-294-8900; or editor@gcnews.com.

MINEOLA-GARDEN CITY ROTARY CLUB SERVES THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND

• ROTACARE: Created by the Mineola-Garden City Rotary Club in 1992, RotaCare provides free medical care for those In need. • GIFT OF LIFE: Provides life-saving cardiac surgery for children around the world who would otherwise not survive. • POLIO: has participated in successful efforts to eradicate Polio throughout the world. • SCHOLARSHIPS: Annual scholarships are awarded to a graduating, qualifying senior from both Garden City and Mineola High Schools. • RYLA: Club supports the Rotary Youth Leadership Program (RYLA), along with the Youth Exchange Program of Rotary District 7255. • SALVATION ARMY: Rotary volunteers ring the bell each holiday season for contributions towards the Army’s good works. • GENERAL NEEDS – Helps thousands of Loong Island Veterans and their families by providing basic necessities and beyond. • NEW GROUND – In efforts to break the cycle of homelessness, supports projects such as food drives, student needs in efforts to break the cycle of homelessness on Long Island. • ROTARY FOUNDATION – Supports efforts which provides mini grants to assist Rotary Club projects. • CAMP PAQUATUCK - Supports this special camp for children with special needs. • SUPPORTS ANNUAL ALFORD FAMILY THANKSGIVING DAY PROGRAM for homebound senior citizens and those in need. • SUPPORTS ROTARY FOUNDATION: Object: to achieve world understanding and peace through international charitable and educational programs. • INTERACT: Rotary-sponsored service club for young people, ages 14-18. Object: to develop meaningful service projects and leadership skills. • AWARDS – “Community Service Award” presented annually to deserving individuals or organizations. • MASK PROJECT: Distributed 10,000 masks to various charitable organizations during the Covid-19 Pandemic, and distributed signs to support first responders. • FOOD DRIVE: Held enormous food drive to assist “For the Love of Pete’s Pantry with food items for Thanksgiving