PROJECTS
The
Lake Placid Rotary club is very active in community improvements. We
select a specific area of need and concentrate on completing a major
community project every year.
Our Club Committee Plans
for 2008-2009:
Reason 2 Smile…..Gene
Gengel & Duncan Winter will organize financial support for Jambo
Jipa School in Kenya. Hopefully to include other Rotary clubs and obtain
a foundation grant.
Membership….Gene's
membership thrust will be on Rotary Education. He reminded all that they
were a major part of membership recruiting and retention.
Public Relations…..Ed
Finnerty is our P R person . Communications to all are key..Club with
monthly bulletin, use of our "improved web site, News paper
articles, an improved club brochure and hi quality hand out for
visitors.
Club Administration….John Davies
looking for a back up for Camilla, continued program organization (will
take suggestions from members, a monthly Greeter assignment for members,
Christmas party to get organized in October.
Service Committee…..Ed said
that the Service committee
would be meeting, soon. We
will continue with Bell ringing, highway pick (organized by John
Davies), looking at renovating a 3rd park, Kate Smith Award, Service
above self award, Yuri's UN Day activity.
Polio Plus….Bill Stowe
is organizing our Polio Plus Campaign. We need to raise $ 3,000 over the
next 3 years 9our share of meeting the Bill & Melinda Gates
Challenge). Bill has located an Iron lung and will organize a fundraiser
involving the Ironman. He'd welcome any other ideas.
Foundation……Bob
Hanna, our foundation chair congratulated the club on it's support of
the Foundation. With 14 active Paul Harris Fellows, 16 Foundation
Sustaining members and almost $ 100/member contributed last year. We'll
hope to get to $ 100/member this year, have additional Foundation
Educational presentations and maybe elevate the PHF status.
ROTARY
CLUB COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS (07/30/08)
Membership Gene Gengel, Ch.
Bob Hanna, Hal Lennon, Heather Perkins, Dick Brewer
Public Relations Ed Finnerty, Ch.
Gene Davis, Scott Wilson, John Huttlinger, Randy Quayle,
Club Administration John Davies, Ch.
Camilla Palumbo, Treas., Carlos Caguiat, Sec., Allen
Dunham, Krista
Frei, Bill Stowe, Bob
Hanna
Service
Projects
Joe McAvoy, Susan Hockert, Scott Wilson, Mary Liz Alexander, Gene Gengel, Jim Donnelly, Debbie McLean,
Roberta Radloff, Yuri
Gaspar
Polio Plus Bill Stowe, Ch.
Michele Byno, Allen Dunham, Hal Lennon, Ernie Stretton, D.J.
O’Neil, Ed Roetman
Reason 2 Smile Gene Gengel & Duncan Winter, Co-Ch.
Ed Finnerty, Krista Frei, Jamie Rogers, Ernie Stretton, Zay
Curtis, Mary Liz Alexander
The
Rotary Foundation
Bob Hanna, Ch.
June 2008
On June 21, we added a Sand Car to the Train in Jetraw park. Something else for the visiting & Resident children to enjoy. To see the history of our Parks Projerct see..Parks
The installation is complete, (on left), On Right is our first customer on 7/2 after Gene Gengel, Gene Davis & Bob Hanna neatened it up. A nice child friendly surface will be put added befre the end of July.
How our day Went:
We started digging Yuri Planned Serious Digging
What's that for ?? Are we there, yet ?? Is it level ??
Looking GOOD !!
Highway Pick Up May 2008
Our biggest group, yet. Ed Finnerty was appointed Safety Observer.
We had fun along the way. DJ was our Final Inspector.
Highway Pick up August 2007
Several braved the light rain on 8/18/2007. Our next Pick up will be in October, just before it snows.
Picured are John
huttlinger, Al Dunham & John Davies. Not shown ware Ed Finnerty
& Bob Hanna.
Parks Revitalization
Project 2004-7
Aug 10, 2007
We addd a special playground rubberized cushion around the train.
We dig & Raked Yuri added a plastic bourder
All most finished.
Sept 23, 2006
A climbing wall & swing was added to the Mill Pond Park in 2006, following the completion of the Power St sewer project. The park was "dedicated" at a block party on October 14.
How the day went
Pre
construction conference
Of
course there was digging to do. The Village Highway dept. did the heavy
stuff, Jamie Rogers finished it up.
The
Assembly Crew
Final
leveling prior to pouring concrete
June 4 , 2005
This train was installed in Jewtraw Park
How the day went ........Getting organized
Digging
Assembly Crew
.
Finished at 5 PM
Our Group leader is happy
On Feb 10, 2005 we dedicated our phase one work. Come spring we will install playground equipment in both parks.
The Power St Park is located on
the north side of Mill pond in the village of Lake Placid. The park has
been neglected for some years. It could be a lovely place to picnic,
fish or just relax and commune with nature, except was neglected
and showed it..
We have cleaned up the park. planted new trees, added gardens &
cooking grills,and fixed the fences. Additional picnic tables and
a secured playground area with suitable equipment will be added later
this summer .. Part of the project was to survey the users of the park
to determine their specific desires. We held a very successful fund
raiser dinner & a "Dam Duck" race at Lisa G's
Restaurant on July 15 (numbered ducks went over the mill pond
dam). as part of our fund raising/publicity programs. Club members have
performed the manual work of tree pruning , gardening, fence
repair/replacement, and grill installation.
A second park, located
adjacent to the train station (on the south side of Mill pond) is an
excellent place for train passengers to rest while waiting for
the train to return. Neighbors will enjoy picnics in the park ,as
well.
Both parks have benefited by the addition of a total of 21 trees. Existing trees have been pruned & picnic tables , grills and flower gardens have been added.
The
Completed Picnic area, in
Jewtraw
Park, ready for
cooking. Power St Park has one, too.
Because of our interest
and community survey the village has agreed to post park hours and
install dog pooper scooper stations in all seven community parks.
Imagine having a family cook out
in the Mill Pond Parks, with a newly
installed grill for your use, nice picnic tables and super views.Just before Labor Day a
small sand box was added. There is some interest in building a covered
pavilion for the sand box. It turns out that sand is very popular with
small children.
The
most recent addition
10/6/05
This Playground
climbing/slide piece was relocated from one of the village parks. It is
the beginning of rounding out the playground in Power St park.
Flowers were planted at the entrance to Power St Park. In the spring
we'll all enjoy the color provided by the 100 bulbs that Camilla
Palumbo planted (picture to follow in May 2005) in both parks.
In the summer/fall of 2006 we will have the climbing wall and the toddler swing installed in Mill Pond Park. (we delayed installation til after the Mill Pond Road construction is completed.
The Train was installed in the Jewtraw Park, which is just down
the road from the Lake Placid Train Station.
OnSeptember 21, 2006 a Climbing wall & swing set were installed in Power St Park. Some finishing to do. The Work crew consisted of President Yuri, Steve Detwiler, Carol Treadwell-Stietz, John Huttlinger, Jamie Rogers, Joe McAvoy & Bob Hanna
.
Jamei digging for the foundation. Actually thre Town dug the hole and
Jamie is finishing it.
Prior
to assembly a critique was required.
Wall
asembly
More
instruction was necessary
At
Day's end both the wall & the swing were installed.
For other Parks pictures click...Parks Project.html
Highway Pick up
Three times a year we pick up Rt 73 from the Camp Tree Tops to the Mt Van Hovenberg Rd.
Past Projects
Thomas Shipman
Youth Center
The Thomas Shipman Youth
Center was a major project for the club in the 1997-99 time period. We
raised over $ 20,000 mostly with the “Great golf ball jump”. Numbered
golf balls were rolled down the outrun at the 90 meter jump., with the
ball that went the furthest being the winner. Members of the club
contributed significantly to the construction. All the interior
partitions were constructed by Rotary members. Additionally much of the
insulation, siding and sheet rocking was credited to Rotary. Well over
3,000 hours of volunteer effort from our club in the construction of
the Thomas Shipman Youth Center.
Several of our
members remain active on the Youth Center Board and with activities at
the center.
Van for Nursing
home
In 2001 we
learned that
the Uihlein Mercy Center was in need of a handicap van. We held several
Casino Night fundraiser and obtained some business grants, raising
over $ 5,000. A fellow Rotarian from Goshen, NY learned of our quest
and sold us a used van well below market value. We had the van painted
by Bosies in Malone
Life
Flight Defibrillator
In 2002 we donated a $
17,000 defribulator to Adirondack Life Flight. This enables this
emergency medical service to be capable of caring for critical Heart
attack patients while in flight
Up Dated 6/26/06