Skan RC

RI President: Wilfred J. Wilkinson

Governor: Marlene Brown

Asst Gov: Area 11: Jim Gascon

Skaneateles Rotary Club

Skaneateles, NY, U.S.A., Rotary District 7150

Membership in the Skaneateles Rotary Club is by invitation - If you have an interest in serving your local and world communities, through the many programs of Rotary International and the Skaneateles Rotary Club, please contact our club’s president; John Hennessy 685-6061 or membership chair; Roberta Williams 252-8775

SRC’s Officers for this 2007-08 year:

President: John Hennessy

President Elect: Doug Rutan

Past President: Dick Kokosa

Vice President: Roberta Williams

Treasurer: Sue Keefe

Corr. Secretary: Art Fellerman

Rec. Secretary: Brad McLennan

Committee Chairs:

Administration, Phil D’Angelo; Fund Raising, Dale Zabel;

Leadership: John Hennessy: Membership, Roberta Williams;

Public Relations, Lori Ruhlman; Rotary Foundation, Dick Poppa;

Service Projects, Doug Rutan; Youth Exchange, Lee Bennett

LINKS TO OTHER SITES

Web Master: Ward Vuillemot - wardtvweb@mac.com

Meets at the Sherwood Inn, Thursdays at 6:30 PM

SRC’s Directors:

2009: Art Fellerman, Sue Keefe

Brad McLennan, Roberta Williams

2010: Lee Bennett, Phil D’Angelo

John May, Dale Zabel

Sergeant at Arms: TBD

Skaneateles Rotary Club History
In the latter part of the year 1926 several Skaneateles business men were approached by members of the Auburn Rotary club who suggested that a Rotary Club be started in Skaneateles. The suggestion was met with favor and — with the timely assistance of Warren Dean, of the Auburn club — a group of men were assembled and definite plans were made for the creation of a club.
The first meeting was held on February 23rd, 1927, at the Skaneateles Baptist Church and there were present 20 business men from Skaneateles, 9 Rotarians from Auburn and 4 Rotarians from Syracuse.
At this meeting Sam Kane was elected President; William G. Stuart, Vice-President; H. Winslow Thurlow, Treasurer; Arthur B. Bond, Secretary; Herbert C. Williams, George W. Tucker and Harry C. Wallace, Directors, and Dr. Albert D. Wells, Sergeant-at-Arms.
Subsequent meetings were held at the Baptist Church until May 12th, 1927, when the first meeting was held at the Kan-Ya-To Inn, now the Sherwood Inn.
Charter night was May 19th. This meeting was conducted by the Auburn Rotary Club under the direction of Warren Dean of the Club. The Charter was presented by District Governor William H. Campbell of Rochester, the toastmaster was William Paine and the opening address was made by the President of the Auburn Rotary Club — Dr. George Sincerbeaux.
A Bronze Rotary Bell was presented to the new club by Warren Dean also a certificate for $100.00 was presented to the club by William Haeffner. On behalf of the Skaneateles Club the bell was accepted by Vice-President William G. Stuart and the certificate was accepted by Secretary Harry C. Wallace. In latter years, this bell had been lost and relocated via E-Bay. (through the magic of cyber space.)
The speakers for the meeting were District Governor — Elect John J. Allen of Ottawa and Reverend George Beavans of Rochester, N.Y. Frank W. Weedon, Secretary of the Syracuse Rotary Club, was the song leader.
There were 311 Rotarians from 28 Rotary Clubs present at the Charter Night meeting. (Note: Current Skantarian, Chuck Williams' father, CL Williams, was one of the Auburn Rotarians attending this charter meeting)
One of the Club’s first acts of community support was to sponsoring Boy Scout Troop 61. The club continues that sponsorship and support today.
The Skaneateles Club has privileged to host two District Governors over the years; Arthur W. Hyatt (1956-57) and Ward T. Vuillemot (2000-01)
In June, 2003, the Skaneateles Rotary Club sponsored Skaneateles’ second Rotary club, the Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club. For more the on history of the Sunrise club, see their web-page (click here)
Our record breaking Fathers Day pancake breakfast started as a fly-in event at the Skaneateles Aerodrome under then President Jim Messenger in 1968. We currently serve over 3,600 breakfasts every Fathers Day at the Allyn Pavilion .

Check Above the Blue Header for Site Page links

1927-29 Sam Kane

1929-30 Byron H. Delevan

1930-31 Charles H. Abbott

1931-32 Art Birchenough

1932-33 Harry Wallace

1933-34 Seware Merrill

1934-35 Carl V. Warren

1935-36 C.R. Milford, Jr.

1936-37 Roy P. Smith

1937-38 Winslow Thurlow

1938-39 Robert Flannigan

1939-40 Robert Flannigan

1940-41 P.M.Helfer

1941-42 Lysle Young

1942-43 Allen Smith

1943-44 Arthur W. Hyatt

1944-45 Searles G. Schultz

1945-46 Dr. A.C. Rauscher

1 946-47 Ivan J. Stewart

1947-48 Harold H. Fonda

1948-49 Burke N. Carson

1949-50 Dwight Brainard

1950-51 Fred P. Fundis

1951-52 Beverly Lapham

1952-53 Edmund H. Easter

1953-54 Dr. Stewart Smith

1954-55 Dr. Bob Nichols

1955-56 Rev. John Dobson

1956-57 E. Roy Kuhns

1957-58 Don Clark

1958-59 B.Burdette Lee

1959-60 Gibert Hardy

1960-61 Donald Cain

1961-62 W. Jack Hellier

1962-63 Walter Hardacre

1963-64 Chester N. Hahn

1964-65 Douglas K. Howe

1965-66 John H. Manilla

1966-67 Farris W. Smith

1967-68 Richard Fairs

1988-89 Robert Johnston

1989-90 Pete O’Neill

1990-91 Ward Vuillemot

1991-92 Rud Trowbridge

1992-93 Jim Dorris

1993-94 Joe Mercurio

1994-95 Chuck Williams

1995-96 Bill Stevens

1996-97 Todd May

1997-98 Jack Marino

1998-99 Cindy Scaringe

1999-00 Dick Whalen

2000-01 Scott Wisner

2001-02 John O'Sullivan

2002-03 Joe Rodgers

2003-04 Dick Poppa

2004-05 Umesh Patil

2005-06 Duane Weaver

2006-07 Ralph Jurgensen

2o07-08 Richard Kokosa

Skaneateles Rotary Club’s Past Presidents

Skaneateles Rotary Club

Chartered Feb. 23rd, 1927

Club Projects

Rotary Youth Exchange - Host Rotary Youth Exchange (YE) students each school year who share our culture, traditions and customs while attending Skaneateles HS. (see YE page for more information)

Rotary Interact Club - As a commitment to our communities youth, the club organized and sponsors a Interact club for high school youth which focuses on community and international service.

Rotary Youth Leadership Award - Select & sponsor high potential Skaneateles HS Student for RYLA and seminar each year.

Halloween Party for Communities Youth - Every Halloween, the Skaneateles Rotary club hosts a Halloween party at the State Street School for all the children of the community. It includes refreshments, costume judging and fun for all.

Boy Scouts BSA - Sponsoring organization for the local Boy Scout troop.

Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast (fund raiser) - For over 38 years the Skaneateles Rotary club has held it’s pancake breakfast s it’s primary fund raiser to support it’s many projects in the village. For more information on this event, go to the Fathers Day Breakfast page.

Holiday Event for Food (fund raiser) - Each December, the club hosts a holiday event at the Skaneateles Country Club for the purpose of raising awareness and funds for local holiday Food Basket and other food distribution needs.

Community Maps (fund raiser) - The club organizes and distributes a community map showing places of interest for the region on a periodic basis.

Adopt A Highway - Keeping our community litter free. Club members clear the trash and litter along Hwy 20, from the village limits west to the county line.

Gazebo Restrooms - The club is organizing the restoration the much needed remodeling of the public restroom under the part gazebo. This is a collaborative project with funds and labor coming from the village and other volunteer organization in the community.

Rotary Centennial Pavilion - A collaborative project with the Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club to build a public pavilion at the Skaneateles Conservation Area.

Group Study Exchange (GSE) - Support and host GSE team and activities in CNY (see Rotary Foundation page for more information)

Polio Plus & Annual Giving - Financial support to these life saving and life changing programs (see Rotary Foundation page for more information)

Others - Members support many ad hoc projects for other community organizations, e.g. Town Fishing Derby, Garden Club, Historical Society, Library, Chamber of Commerce & Skaneateles Community Center.

1968-69 Jim Messenger

1969-70 John Russell

1970-71 Auston Dove

1971-72 Carl L. Tucker

1972-73 Howard H. Study

1973-74 Dana Coye

1974-75 Richard Malcolm

1975-76 John D. Hyatt

1976-77 John W. Wilson

1977-78 Lee Overstrom

1978-79 John MacDonald

1979-80 James Brown