On Saturday, February 27, 2021 from 10am-2pm, Wallkill East Rotary will host a drive-up & drop-off food drive at the Town of Wallkill Community Center.  This is the second time Wallkill East will participate in a food drive supported by Rotary District 7210.  The Town of Wallkill Police Department is also a community partner for this event.

 

Non-perishable items can be dropped off between the hours of 10am and 2pm.  If you would rather not get out of your car you can place items in your trunk.  When you drive up, just pop the trunk and a Rotarian can take the items out.  ALl items received will be donated to The Salvation Army in Middletown.  If you are unsure of what to donate, the following items are in low supply and The Salvation Army would greatly appreciate receiving:

 

Wallkill East Rotary, The Town of Wallkill Police Department, and The Salvation Army of Middletown thank you for any and all donations!

 

Hudson Valley Gives, a 24-hour online day of giving started by the Community Foundation of Orange & Sullivan Counties is on Wednesday, May 20th, less than FOUR hours away!

 

Wallkill East Rotary is participating this year to raise funds for our newly established Wallkill East Rotary Adopt-a-Family Fund.  This fundprovides assistance to families in our club's service area that have been hit hard by COVID-19.  Thus far, the fund has provided gift cards for food, clothing, and gas.  The fund has paid hotel expenses for families that have been displaced and has made payments to utility companies so gas & electricity is not turned off on families.

 

The need is great and we are hoping to raise additional funds on May 20, 2020 so that we can help as many people and families as possible!  Please consider visiting our Hudson Valley Gives page- https://www.hvgives.org/organizations/wallkill-east-rotary- and making a donation to the cause.  Every single dollar helps our fellow community members! 

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The Wallkill East Rotary Club has completed its 13^th annual dictionary distribution to third graders.  This year the dictionaries were given to third graders in the Pine Bush Central School District, the Harmony Christian School, the Middletown Christian School, and the Chapel Field Christian School.

Wallkill East distributed over 400 dictionaries in our area.  The Rotary club has chosen distribution of dictionaries to address one of the six primary focuses of Rotary International, which is Education and Literacy.

In the 13 years that this project has taken place, Wallkill East Rotary has given out over 4,400 dictionaries.  In addition, we have provided English/Spanish dictionaries when they are needed.  We receive the dictionaries from THE DICTIONARY PROJECT, which is an international project to provide dictionaries to students.

Dr. Bill Bassett, chair of the project for our club, is pictured here with some of the third grade recipients.








 

Due to the weather forecast, our regularly scheduled meeting tomorrow, 2/12/19, is cancelled.  

 

 

 

Logan grabs a breakfast sandwich with his mom at a local gas station each morning and noticed a man sleeping outside. He asked his mom why he was there and she explained that the man had no place to live. Logan took it upon himself to find out how he could help and Operation Socks was born!

Logan reached out to HONOR to find out what he could do and saw on their website that they serve 3,000 people a year.  So what else would an 11-year old do but set out to collect 3,000 pairs of socks for all the people HONOR serves?!  Wallkill East read about Logan's mission in the Times Herald Record and decided to reach out and help him reach his goal.

Sock goal met, Logan moved on to his next project.  Now he is looking to collect 3,000 new or gently used towels and washcloths for HONOR. If you would like to donate please contact any Wallkill East Rotarian or reach out to Operation Socks HQ directly at https://www.facebook.com/OperationSocksHQ/

Wallkill East Rotarian and Orange County Legislature Rob Sassi recognized Logan last month for all his efforts with Operation Socks HQ.








 

On Sunday, March 25, 2017, members of the Circleville Middle School Interact Club and Wallkill East Rotary Club participated in the Pets Alive Bowl A Thon, which raised also $5,000 for the agency.  The Interact club is very active with helping this agency and Wallkill East has always supported the club's efforts.  In addition to participating in the Bowl A Thon, the Interact and Rotary clubs also collected supplies for Pets Alive.