The Bridge That Unites Us

Service Above Self

 
Grand Island Rotary will be prepared to help our Island Community recover its vibrancy as we look beyond the current emergency. 
Grand island is all about bridges - most of us use one or the other bridge each day. Even our lucky friends who live and work on the Island, often need the bridges to shop, visit friends, enjoy dinners out or sporting events.
 
Grand Island Rotary is about bridges also - bridges of friendship and joint service activities join all our Members in fellowship.
 
Rotary Club of Grand Island has 'Flexible Meeting' Concept, with 2 meetings per month, one AM, one PM. During current pandemic we are meeting by Zoom session. Please see Calendar attached to this Web Site for Club meeting schedule and venues.
Club News
Interact Club Collecting for Homeless!
Despite a new school year like no other, the Grand Island High School Interact Club, sponsored by G I Rotary, got themselves organized and well started with a drive to collect socks, hats, gloves, plus ‘travel size’ toiletries for the homeless of the Buffalo area.  Club President Sophia Terlecki said: “Due to the upcoming winter season, we believe a hat and glove collection would greatly benefit those who are homeless or in need. Additionally, we decided to collect toiletries during this season of giving and I couldn’t be more excited to put these toiletries bags together.” The students have arranged two drop-off sites on Grand Island, the Dollar General store (great place for people to buy the items!) and Niagara Frontier Publications. Club Secretary, Grace Ahne said: “We have found that while collecting these items, you start to realize how truly lucky we are to have access to these things every day.”  That lesson has already made the drive a success for the students, said, Kari Nowak, the Club’s new Teacher Advisor. 
  
Prevention Focus This Wednesday
Interesting meeting coming up this Wed. Nov 18, at Grand Island Rotary - A proactive approach to keep healthy people healthy and gives those at higher risk a better chance of avoiding dangerous and unhealthy behaviors. ‘Preventionfocus’ - presented by their Executive Director, Matthew G Smith, will show us a way to ‘get ahead’ of problems facing, particularly youth:  Underage drinking, substance abuse, problem gambling, bullying, obesity, violence, suicide, and a host of related problems can be reduced when the proper prevention strategies are implemented. Preventionfocus puts such strategies to work every day in an effort to stop problems before they start. They give children, teens, and adults the skills and information needed to make safer and healthier choices. We also work to impact laws, policies, norms and beliefs that make those choices easier and more likely. Members and guests need to contact us to be on this Wed. evening ‘Zoom’ meeting.
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