New City Rotary Installs New Slate of Officers

The New City Rotary recently installed its officers for the new year, from July 1 to June 30, 2011, with designer Lenore Congemi of Decor & You as president.

At a recent ceremony at the Nyack Seaport, the following officers were installed:

Lenore Congemi, President

Steve Botto, President Elect

Harry Bloomfeld, Vice President

Iram Imran, Treasurer

Steven Bard, Secretary

Steven Arietta, Immediate Past President

Sandi Jeanette, Senior Advisor

Lisa Hayes, Director of Club Services

Gillian Ballard, Director of Community Services

Mike Solomon, Director of Vocational Services

Larry Luxenberg, Director of International Services

Tom Condon, New City Rotary Foundation

Rotary International is the world's first service club organization, with more than 1.2 million members in 33,000 clubs worldwide. Rotary club members are volunteers who work locally, regionally, and internationally to combat hunger, improve health and sanitation, provide education and job training, promote peace, and eradicate polio under the motto Service Above Self.

The New City Rotary meets on Mondays at La Terrazza restaurant on Main Street in New City. As part of it efforts to support the community, the club this week awarded scholarship to local high school graduates. Additionally, the club is supporting Clarkstown's new Operation Lifesaver effort, which is designed to help families and caregivers be prepared in case a loved one or client with an illness such as Alzheimer's desease wanders off.

Operation Lifesaver provides radio tracking bracelets that can be activated when a person is reported missing. Clarkstown police personnel will then use specialized radio gear to track that person.

Rotary is providing funding to cover the cost of five bracelets to be given to people who cannot afford the program registration fee. Operation Lifesaver costs $300 for the first year, and then $10 per month after that.