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ONLINE: Weekly Zoom Mtg - November 25th

Youth Empowerment - Session 4
Our meeting will take place in two sections. Session #1: AI and Healthcare: the New Normal—Mustafa Husain, M.D. and Session #2: Advances in Biotech—Thanos Papa Ioannou. Our moderator will be Sourav Sinha.

Link to the Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82755463059
Please register in Advance at EVENTBRITE

report inside.

REPORT: International Breakfast – November 18th

Posted by Andreas Runggatscher

International Breakfast - Nov 18th
Our featured speaker was Consul General Francesco Genuardi, who has extensive diplomacy experience over 23 years across multiple positions within the Italian government and NATO.

Read the full report inside.

ONLINE: Luncheon Zoom Mtg - December 3rd

Featuring Colin Coleman.
Our meeting guest, Colin Coleman, is a Senior Fellow at the Yale Jackson Institute for Global Affairs. He has a 25 year history in banking prior to the Jackson Institute, before which he was involved in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement.

Link to the Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86205822490
Please Register in advance.

more about Colin Colman inside.

ONLINE: Luncheon Zoom Meeting - December 10th

Amiri Anderson
Amiri Anderson is author of a new novel, "Five Feet of Water", an inspiring book about overcoming obstacles in domestic life. (Amiri replaces Dhomonique Ricks Murphy, was unfortunately made unavailable at the last minute.)

Link to the Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86842854073

much more inside.

ONLINE: Weekly Zoom Meeting - December 16th

Wolfram von Heynitz
Our evening meeting guest on December 16 from 7:00 - 8:00 pm will be Wolfram von Heynitz, Deputy Consul General of Germany in New York He'll be speaking to us about "The Future of Transatlantic Cooperation”

Link to the Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89042659881

about Consul von Heynitz inside.

VIDEO: Youth Empowerment #3

Oct 28 Session a Success
Our Third Youth Empowerment meeting was another most successful virtual event, masterfully organized by our Membership Chair Bolor Erdene with lots of great insights. We also thank our presenters Jean Sini and Olivier Oullier and our talented moderators Cherrie Chung and Maria Brodskaya. There's a video available on YouTube for you to watch.
Don't miss November Session #4 - Information will follow soon.

REPORT: International Breakfast – Oct 21st

Posted by Andreas Runggatscher

International Breakfast - October 21st
Our October 21st meeting featured Consul General Adrian Kubicki of Poland who explained its status as an area of economic investment in the United States. He expressed his optimism in Poland’s future as a young democracy that is investing in innovation and technology.

Read the full report inside.

REPORT: Oct 15th Zoom Meeting

China Overtaking America’s Dominance
Our October 15th Zoom meeting featured Sarwar A. Kashmeri, Int'l Relations Specialist, Author, Commentator and Fellow, Foreign Policy Association. He has sent us a letter with some additionally promised information.

letter & info plus video of meeting inside.

EMPOWERMENT: Transform Young Lives

Tackle Today’s Problems
On August 26, 2020 the RCNY conducted its first virtual Youth Empowerment Session. Presenters were Dr. Nouriel Roubini, an economist, and Vivian James Rigney, a telecommunication executive and executive coach.

more info & photos inside.

REPORT: October 8th Zoom Meeting

Posted by Andreas Runggatscher

CSPAN Allows Citizens To Curate How They're Informed
Our Oct 8 meeting featured Joel Bacon & Jenae Green of CSPAN, who (among other things) explained that what separates CSPAN from other networks is that the network empowers citizens to view public events in their entirety.

Full Report and Link to a Meeting Video inside.

CONGRATULATIONS: Rotary Int'l to GPEI

WHO African Region is Polio-Free
Rotary Congratulates African Region on becoming wild polio-virus-free. Rotary and its partners the the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are proud to announce an historic public health achievement as the World Health Organization's African region is now certified wild polio-virus-free.

Press Release & more inside.

GIVING: Farmstands Project

World Central Kitchen in Manhattan
Another successful Farmstands Project with World Central Kitchen took place this week on Thursday in three Manhattan locations. The project is co-sponsored by your New York Rotary Foundation and a number of members & officers enthusiastically participated.

more info & photos inside.

PACKING: Help for Those in need

Collaboration with World Central Kitchen
This Saturday, June 27 several Rotarians led by President Larry Cohen and including Past President and PDG David Del Monte, others from Metro Club and Brooklyn/Queens Club helped package 18,000 pounds of fresh produce and dairy products into more than 1200 boxes of food headed for local communities in need.

photos inside.

VACCINE: More than COVID-19 is needed

Posted by Thomas McConnon

We Need to Vaccinate Children
While the world is waiting for the development of the vaccine to curtail corona-19, the United Nations’ W.H.O. and its partners released a survey this week showing that 80 million babies under a year old were at risk of missing their routine immunizations.

more info inside.

PRESS: AM New York

RCNY & FSCLI at Elmhurst
AM New York featured RC New York and Foundation for Sustainable Community Development Initiative Inc. in a recent story about our mutual support of Elmhurst Elmhurst hospital regarded as one of the most adversely impacted in the fight against COVID-19.

story inside.

APPRECIATION: FSCDI and RCNY

Appreciation for Essential Health Workers
United by our common mission of building a better community and humanity, Foundation for Sustainable Community Development Initiative Inc. and the Rotary Club of New York joined hands on May 15th for a "Thank You" to front-line staff at Elmhurst hospital regarded as one of the most adversely impacted in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic.

full story inside.

COLLABORATION: Two Hard Hit Clubs

Collaboration with Rotary Bergamo
On March 26th 2020 the first virtual Interclub was held between RCNY and the Rotary Club Bergamo Hospital 1 GXXIII. It was a spontaneously born collaboration due to the closeness of intent and feelings between the Clubs, as they are both serving in two of the cities most affected by COVID-19.

more info & links inside.

INSIGHT: Elmhurst Hospital Queens

Health Care Struggles
We've received valuable information from our respected member Dr. George Onourah regarding Elmhurst Hospital Queens. After suffering 13 COVID-19 deaths in a 24-hour span last week, Elmhurst Hospital has become the epicenter of the growing novel coronavirus outbreak in New York City. we may have them represented at our Zoom meeting on April 9th.

more info & photos inside.

FUNDRAISING: Support NY Healthcare Workers

Help Those Who Are Helping Us!
As we are dealing with the hardest pandemic that ever hit NYC we are well aware of the need our Health Care workers have right now. As this very need is further defined we as the Rotary Club of New York and its Foundation hope to raise funds to purchase supplies for the workers at the frontline of the COVID-19 virus. Thanks for your help and generosity! (CLICK HERE)

RECOGNITION: For Childhood Cancer Society

Our Efforts Receive Notice
Childhood Cancer Society, an RCNY supported charity, has received some superior recognition in the just-published online blog of Give Kids The World, Give Kids the World Village offers children with critical illnesses and their families weeklong, cost-free vacations in Central Florida.

more about Give Kids the World and links to the blog inside..

CELEBRATIONS: Ronald Mc Donald & Fraternitê

RCNY Gives
On Dec 4 RCNY, represented by President Larry Cohen was proud to present a check from our New York Rotary Foundation at the Ronald McDonald House’s 40th anniversary Holiday Open House Celebration. A second part of the evening brought President Larry and Andreas to the Toy Drive Event for Fraternitê Notre Dame's Toy Giving in Spanish Harlem.

more about the events & photos inside.

DONATION: Fraternities Notre Dame

Providers of Much-Needed Services
Our Foundation Chairman, Jim Thompson, on behalf of the members of the legendary Rotary Club of New York, presented a much-needed donation to the Sisters of Fraternities Notre Dame. These French Nuns nourish (physically, as well as spiritually) the hungry of our beloved city.

more about the Sisters inside.

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	It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs; who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat. Theodore Roosevelt

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Visiting Rotarians & Guests

Our regular meeting schedule is currently being replaced by online meetings via Zoom - view the homepage or visit our calendar to join us.

Evening Zoom Meeting - Youth Empowerment - Nov 25
Zoom

Nov 25, 2020
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Luncheon Zoom Meeting - December 3
Zoom

Dec 03, 2020
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
Luncheon Zoom Meeting - December 10th
Zoom

Dec 10, 2020
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Evening Zoom Meeting - December 16th
Zoom

Dec 16, 2020
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

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New York Rotary Foundation

Andreas Runggatscher
Rotary Club of New York
at the Union League Club
38 East 37th St., Box 58
New York, NY 10016
Tel. 212.633.1311
Fax. 212 633.1954
executivedirector@nyrotary.org