Sayville Rotary

It is with deep regret that The Rotary Club of Sayville announces that Sayville Rotarian Emil J. Polak, 84 of Sayville, LI, past away on Thursday, April 8th, 2021. Mr. Polak was predeceased by his wife Patricia in December 2020. Friends and relatives will gather Tuesday, April 13th, 3-5pm at Raynor & D'Andrea Funeral Home in Bayport. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 11:15am on Wednesday, April 14th at St. Lawrence the Martyr RC Church in Sayville with interment to follow at the parish cemetery. RIP Emil.

and the winners are.......... John Blazich - The View Allison Brown - Le Soir Patti Houdek - Stella Trattoria... Jim Morgo - Cafe Joelle Deb Walsh - Chachama Grill A Big thank you to everyone who supported us for our Valentine Raffle. Happy Valentines Day!

On Behalf of the Rotary Club of Sayville i was pleased to present a check for $1000 to Gift if Life LI Chairman James Lamantia

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and this past week Sayville Rotary was honoured to have local Bayport resident, Sal Makely as our guest speaker. She regaled those in attendance on the story of how she and her daughter, Okiah (16) began fundraising 4 years ago for the Stony Brook Cancer Center. In true Rotary fashion, Sayville Rotary donated $250 to her cause for 2020.... To learn more about this fundraiser please visit; https://runsignup.com/Race/NY/Bayport/PrettyinPink

We unfortunately have to report that our annual Beefsteak fundraiser has been cancelled for 2020 due to the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. We are actively looking into different fundraising activities, so that we can continue to foster and support our local, national and international projects and organizations.

Unfortunately, due to the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19, this years Pet Parade has been postponed TFN. Additionally, our annual Beefsteak Fundraiser has been postponed to September 25th. Please stay tuned for additional updates. If you would like to be added to our email list for up-to-the minute information, please email us at [email protected]

Thanks to Phase 3, this past Thursday, Sayville Rotarians were able to return to our "normal" weekly lunch meeting. It is the first time that we have interacted as a club for an in-person meeting since the 1st week of March. It also marked the end of an era, the last meeting hosted by Bob Draffin as President of The Rotary Club of Sayville. Like all municipalities, July 1st starts the Rotary Year and the commencement of our new slate of Officers. This coming Thursday will ...feature our new President, Brendan McCurdy taking over at the helm. We wish Brendan and his team the best of luck going into his new year. At the meeting, President Draffin hosted a year in review coupled with a high-light reel of the clubs successes and achievements during his term as president. President Draffin described this last year "Making a difference, while having fun." We are sad to report that our Annual Beefsteak, which was scheduled for July 30th, has been postponed to September 25th due to COVID 19. No decision has been made regarding our Annual Pet Parade.

Yesterday, Sayville Rotarians got creative on how/where to hold our Installation of 2020-2021 officers.....let's hold it on a beautiful evening in Rotary Park! Congratulations to Brenden McCurdy - President ... Amy Hutchison - President-Elect Sal Annarumma - VP Drew Baldwin - Secretary Jillian Cassar - Treasurer To our out-going President, Bob Draffin, thank you for your service, dedication, drive and passionate devotion to not only Sayville Rotary, but to the Greater Sayville community.

***FYI*** While Sayville Rotary supports anyone's 1st Amendment right to protest, We, The Rotary Club of Sayville have no affiliation with any scheduled protest.

Last year at this time, Sayville Rotary raised over $1800 for a NFP, www.sustainablecambodia.org, for their "Bicycles for Cambodia campaign. With no busing service available, this fundraiser raised enough money to provide approximately 50 bicycles for school aged students to commute the daily, 5-10 mile journey back and forth to school. Prior to this bicycling opportunity, they were forced to walk to school each day, sometimes enduring temperatures exceeding 100 degrees! ... Can you imagine that happening today in our society in the United States? What would the PTA say? What would the school board do? Everyday, 1.3 million Rotarians around the world are attempting to make an impact and difference in other peoples lives. What have you done lately?

The Greater Sayville Civic Association is hosting a zoom call on Wednesday night, 5/13/20 at 7pm. We will be joined by elected officials from the State, County, Town, School Board, Chamber of Commerce and other Civic groups (ie: food pantry) to give insight and updates on the COVID-19 Pandemic and its affect on each of those institutions. You must pre-register to attend this event.