125 Denison Parkway
Corning, NY 14830 United States of America
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Corning Rotary Sponsors Oratorical Speech Contest Second Place Winner Louis Ferratella
The Corning Rotary Club is proud to congratulate Louis Ferratella from the Corning-Painted Post Area High School on his second place finish in the District 7120 Rotary Oratorical Speech Contest on Ethics on 3-4-23.
The Oratorical Speech Contest was based on the Rotary Four-Way Test. Contestants presented a five to seven minute speech on how they plan to live their lives based on the four-way test. The Oratorical Contest helps build public speaking skills and confidence.
Lou was coached by retired communications teacher Judy Cross. For practice, Lou presented his speech at a lunch meeting of the Corning Club. Club members were impressed by his speech, being reminded of how the Four-Way Test influences the lives of Rotarians. Lou has also participated in last year’s RYLA experience.
Louis (4th from left) with other participants and officials at the Finals of the Contest.
We gathered at the Corning DoubleTree for our first Thursday Club meeting - with a busy agenda, under the leadership of President Stu! Zoom recording is here; Paul Harris event here; New Member here; and Program here.
But first, the Club Service providers:
Photos: Jim Webb
Invocation: Jeff Ugoretz
COGS: Jennifer Batzing
Visiting Rotarians and Guests: numerous guests for Nancy Doubt.
Announcements:
Pauline Emery announced the Paul Harris Fellowship Award, Nancy Doubt. Nancy has demonstrated clear and regular active and effective club service, she has high personal, moral, and professional standards, is widely recognized for her outstanding character, and she has demonstrated exceptional Community Service for many decades.
Welcome to our new Rotary member Kendra Mourhess. She is already hard at work with Kate Foss and others on our Holiday Event in November. More to come on that!
🐝 Service Project #1: March 11th Spelling Bee.Join us and volunteer. This is a huge event and your help is welcome; bring a friend and introduce them to Rotary at work.
🪴📚 Service Project #2: March 22-23-24 Agricultural Literacy Week, reading with 2nd graders and planting. Corning Rotary, Bath Rotary and Cornell Cooperative Extension , Book choice "Tomatoes for Neela" We still need more reader/planters; details and signup are here.
Program:
- Lyndi Carson, Volunteer Coordinator from CareFirst New NY; Hospice and Palliative Care gave us a helpful presentation on all aspects of care - and important things to consider/plan during this important time of our lives. See the presentation here.
For Extraordinary Community Service to Nancy Doutt
The Corning Rotary Club awarded a Paul Harris Fellow to community member Nancy Doutt at a recent club meeting. The award was presented to Nancy by Rotarian Pauline Emery.
Nancy was honored for her community service work stretching more than 40 years. Her efforts target a variety of community needs and issues. Her efforts to promote literacy and education, target food insecurity, the arts and senior needs personify the issues about which she is eternally passionate.
A member of the Friends of the Library since 1982, Nancy Doutt has served as board member, vice president and president. She coordinated the twice yearly book sale for the library for many years and continues to this day. Support from the Friends of the Library book sale allows the library to provide quality programming for adults, teens and children and much more. These programs serve thousands of community members each year. The Friends Book Sale has provided well over $1,000,000 since the library’s reopening in 2000. Nancy has volunteered at the library since it reopened as the Southeast Steuben County Library in 2000. Nancy is in the library every week doing work to preserve local history.
Nancy has been a stalwart volunteer for over 40 years with Hospice of the Southern Tier (now Care First), Corning Meals on Wheels and the Rockwell Museum of Western Art. In 2007, Nancy received the Jefferson Award for Public Service. Of the five award recipients, she was selected to represent the Southern Tier of NY at the National Jefferson Awards in Washington, D.C.
Congratulations to Nancy with our sincere appreciation for her commitment to volunteering, exemplifying service above self within our community.
Corning NY: Rotary collaborating with Cornell Cooperative Extension Steuben County
Our club is working with Cornell Cooperative Extension Steuben County in celebrating 2023.
This project is part of the New York Agriculture in the Classroom project.
We will be reading in the elementary schools of the Corning Painted Post Area as well as in Addison. Times differ on Wednesday, March 22nd through Friday, March 24th. Volunteers are needed to read the book, Tomatoes for Neela, and to help with a planting project. SIGN UP HERE. This is a short time commitment with a huge payback to the kids!
Agricultural Literacy Week celebrates the connection of food and culture and how it ties generations together. Food is the center of celebrations in families and cultures, and though our backgrounds may be different, many of the same ingredients can be found as the base of the dishes we love. We will explore with Neela how tomatoes are grown and the ways they are used in cooking her favorite foods from recipes passed down by her grandmother in India.
Corning Rotary District 7120 Grant is a great way to for our Club to support a group or cause. Please visit the form [downloads the file] for details and be sure to get it submitted to our Grants Committee well before April 1, 2023. The Grants Committee reviews the requests and then forwards them to the District, as appropriate.
Corning Rotary Sponsors Oratorical Speech Contest Second Place Winner Louis Ferratella
onal standards, is widely recognized for her outstanding character, and she has demonstrated exceptional Community Service for many decades.
The Corning Rotary Club awarded a Paul Harris Fellow to community member Nancy Doutt at a recent club meeting. The award was presented to Nancy by Rotarian Pauline Emery.
