The South Shore Rotary Club joined the other Rotary clubs from Staten Island to continue the annual tradition of providing Thanksgiving dinners to those less fortunate. Volunteers from every club and local students embarked to SCARAN Heating & Air Conditioning to assemble hundreds of baskets that would then be distributed [...]
The South Shore Rotary’s Coats and Shoes for Kids Project has begun! President Rosemarie Sienicki stopped at PS 37 to drop off new coats and shoes for students in time for the cold winter season. The District 75 school is located in Great Kills. Principal Cori Regan was on hand [...]
During our weekly meeting, member James O'Keefe spoke about Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. As a pancreatic cancer survivor, James spoke about his first-hand experience with the disease. Thank you, James, for speaking to our members about this. The club also celebrated our November birthdays, which included member Bill Barillari!
The South Shore Rotary visited our Interact Students at Staten Island Tech High School as they hosted their annual “Stuck for a Buck” event. Students can purchase tape to stick their teachers and their principal to the wall. All money raised is donated to a charity of their choice. Special [...]
Members of the South Shore Rotary Club were buzzing as they served as judges for the PS 22 Spelling Bee. President Rosemarie Sienicki and Rosemarie Dressler helped the Graniteville elementary school select the top three performers. Ariel Serrano won first place and received a $75 Barnes & Noble gift card. [...]
For the second year in a row, the South Shore Rotary and PS 6 teamed up for a Halloween candy drive. Students at the Tottenville school donated their extra and leftover Halloween candy to the South Shore Rotary, which will distribute the sweets to veterans and residents at local nursing [...]
The South Shore Rotary Club welcomed Teresa Cirelli, chief development officer at Seamen’s Society for Children and Families, during its weekly meeting. The mission of Seamen’s Society for Children and Families is to provide the highest quality services in the community to strengthen and preserve families so that children and [...]
South Shore Rotary Club member James Cohen, from Simonson & Cohen, LLP, was our guest speaker at the weekly meeting as he presented on estate planning. Members also took advantage of the warm weather to hold a lunch outside.
Several members of the South Shore Rotary Club attended the Catholic Charities of Staten Island's annual Drumgoole Dinner and Awards. President Rosemarie Sienicki, COO Lynne Persing, and Board Member April Cass attended the annual event to show support for Catholic Charities of Staten Island and its CEO Claire Atalla.
The South Shore Rotary weekly meeting was well attended, and our guest speaker was member Bill Russonello. Bill visited from Florida and gave an excellent presentation about the United States Constitution. It was also a beautiful tribute to Frank Cilento, who recently passed away. Thank you to the Cilento family [...]
