THE ROTARY CLUB OF SYRACUSE • CLUB #42 • ROTARY INTERNATIONAL DISTRICT 7150 • CHARTERED 1912 • FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017 This Week: OHA ~ "1917" A Look Ahead Gregg Tripoli presents: "A Year of Service, Sacrifice, Support" OCTOBER 20 Program Committee 11:00 am historical, genealogical, sci- Syracuse Rotary Foundation 1917: From America's en- entific and literary material October Trustee Meeting trance into World War I, related to Onondaga Coun- 12:00 pm through the beginnings of ty. Today, in addition to their RCS Club Meeting the New York State Troop- founding mission, OHA has become much more. OHA Program ers and the organization that Greg Tripoli of OHA would become the United is a private nonprofit educa- "1917" Way, to amazing civilian tional association of heritage contributions, our commu- related services, museums, re- OCTOBER 27 OHA's ED, Gregg Tripoli nity showed what it means search and educational cen- 12:00 pm to give of oneself during this ters, and retail operations. RCS Club Meeting momentous year in our history. OHA's downtown location contains Program The Onondaga Historical Associ- administrative offices, the Onondaga InterFaith Works ation (OHA) was formed in 1862 by Historical Museum, an extensive re- Refugee Resettlement community leaders and officially char- search center, and the Gift Gallery Mu- seum Store with an expanding, collec- NOVEMBER 3 tered in April of 1863 by an act of the New York State Legislature with the tion-inspired product line. Their reach 12:00 pm purpose of collecting and preserving goes beyond the walls of their building RCS Club Meeting downtown. see OHA. page 3 >> Program Marcellus Rotary Work Camp Project Scene & Herd ~ Reboot: Recap of October 13 NOVEMBER 10 Anonymous Syracuse Rotarian hospital and that cards are welcomed. 11:10 am October 13 ~ Prez Marylin was back We were apprised of the upcoming Rotary Club of Syracuse at the podium, ably wielding the gav- CNY Veterans Recognition Veterans Board of Directors Nov. Meeting el on a nice fall day. We pledged, sang Day Dinner on November 8 benefit- 12:00 pm America and attentively listened to ting Honor Flight and urged to attend. RCS Club Meeting PP John’s historically short invocation For more info, go to www.CNYVRF. Program featuring the powerful Wizard of Oz com. Visiting Rotarian Dee Patel from Seeds of Peace prayer from the Chittenango Rotary Vacaville, CA. was introduced. He’s in Club. town for Parent’s Weekend at SU. Dr. NOVEMBER 17 PP Brad reminded us of the Sympho- Daya also introduced his distinguished 12:00 pm ria Rotary outing on November 11 and guests from the Bangalore Rotary Club. RCS Club Meeting urged all those wishing to attend to let Prez Marylin introduced her long Program him know right away so he can get the time friend, Ben Walsh, who is the Ronald Bagliere tickets, using our new Rotary discount Independent candidate for Mayor of Sir Edmund Hillary Foundation code--RO1718. PP Jim Morrow men- Syracuse. Ben, a resident of Syracuse, tioned that Pat Spadafora was in the shared his journey to the Mayoral race, see BANGALORE page 2 >> PRESIDENT PRESIDENT-ELECT SECRETARY TREASURER SERGEANT-AT-ARMS MARYLIN GALIMI KEVIN VISCONTI MICHAEL GEORGE DAN MORROW JAMES MORROW FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017 Bangalore Rotarians step up big-time << from pg. 1 ROTARIAN BIRTHDAYS including his passion for public from PP Frank Decker (go SU vs service, and talked some about Clemson--and go they did!). his Syracuse Rising platform. For Prez Marylin introduced our RAMON "RAY" more info, consult www.benwalsh- own Dr. Daya to report on his LEACH formayor.com. $100 from 100 worldwide Rotary Bob Sargent won the right to Clubs project to fund prosthetic Birthday: October 17 draw for the 50/50’s Red Queen hands to 100 kids in Africa and Joined: May 1974 but chose the 5 bucks instead, India and to provide a health edu- leaving one of our Bangalore Ro- cation, nutrition and comprehen- tary guests to draw for the “face sive school health program to 100 ANTHONY FINNOCHIO Birthday: October 20 Joined: July 2016 'Breathe' Details Life of British Polio Survivor Dave King | RI Great Britain & Ireland | rotary.org The Rotarian contingent from the Rotary Club of Bangalore, with President Galimi and Dr. Daya. As Rotary prepares to celebrate World Polio down” Queen, unsuccessfully it children in remote northeast In- Day on October 24, an inspiring new film de- developed. Happy Dollars includ- dia. Joining Dr. Daya were 4 rep- picting the devastating impact of polio is hit- ed one from PP Jim Glad (happy resentatives from the Bangalore ting theaters. for the recent visit of his daugh- Rotary Club which, as we learned, Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy star in the ter), another from Dr. Daya (wel- has done some amazing charitable love story “Breathe,” now playing in select U.S. coming his Rotarian friends from work of its own. Thanks, Dr. Daya theaters and scheduled for wider release over Bangalore), another from Rotari- for your ground breaking project the next month. The movie tells the story of an guest, Dee Patel (happy that his and for updating us on its signif- British polio survivor Robin Cavendish, who kid chose “Snowacuse”), one from icant progress. That’s what Service contracted the disease in Kenya in 1958. Ben (happy to be with us) and one Above Self is all about. z At the age of 28, he was paralyzed from the neck down, confined to a hospital bed with a respirator, and given just months to live. How- ever, with the encouragement and help of his Syracuse Rotary Venue Update wife, Diana, Robin was able to leave the hospi- Editor, The Rotary Press | Jim Morrow tal and spend the rest of his life advocating for people with disabilities and popularizing a new Members of The Rotary Club of Syracuse will be sharing their buffet wheelchair with a built-in respirator. lunch this week with a group of ESF Emerti professors, as they have Rotary is working with the film’s producer, once or twice last winter. This group utilizes the Onondaga Room at Robin and Diana’s son, Jonathan Cavendish, Drumlins once per month, occasionally coinciding with the Club's Fri- to promote the organization’s work to eradi- day luncheon. Pascals promises another tasty lunch offering on Friday, cate polio. so bring your appetite. Speaking at the film’s European premiere in Also, next Friday, 10/27, Syracuse Rotary will meet in the member's London, Jonathan, who is featured in the mov- lounge, adjacent to the restaurant on the first floor, due to a large fund- z ie, described Breathe as “probably the most ex- raiser booked by Pascals in Drumlin's Onondaga Room. pensive home movie ever made.” see POLIO page 3 >> Page - 2 SYRACUSE ROTARY PRESS The number of FRIDAY | OCT 20 cards left in the THE ROTARY CLUB OF SYRACUSE Queen of Hearts FOUNDATION TRUSTEE 45 drawing for Oct 20. OCTOBER MEETING | 11AM | DRUMLINS Polio frightened people << from pg. 1 OHA, a unique experience in discovering our past << from pg. 1 “The message of this film is that you can Opened in November 2015, the Onondaga Creekwalk and every- achieve anything if you have the right peo- Skä•noñh – Great Law of Peace where in between (and beyond) you ple around you,” he said. “If you put every- Center, in Liverpool, presents the can find OHA wherever history was thing into your relationship and really go history and values of the Haudeno- made. for it, life will start looking rosier and bet- saunee (Iroquois) from the perspec- The organization also provides ter.” tive of the Onondaga Nation. This services for the public, including Since Robin Cavendish died in 1994, po- cultural center and research facility presentations and lectures, tours, lio has declined sharply. Now, thanks to the introduces visitors to the oral histo- educational programming, product work of Rotary and its Global Polio Erad- ry tradition of the Haudenosaunee development and licensing oppor- ication Initiative partners, there are just a and to the amazing contributions of tunities, customized exhibits for handful of cases worldwide. Robin’s moth- these native people to our current organizations and businesses, and er, Diana Cavendish, who is played by Foy, American way of life. The site also research services, just to name a few. said she loved watching the film. includes a recreated 17th Centu- Friday's "1917" presentation will Speaking at the red carpet premiere host- ry compound, which served as the be given by OHA's Executive Di- ed by the British Film Institute, the now- Mission of Sainte Marie Among rector, Gregg Tripoli. As director, 83-year-old said, “I decided I was going to the Iroquois. Gregg is responsible for strategic adopt a very detached attitude. My grand- OHA is also working with a num- planning, fiscal management, day to son told me to pretend it is somebody else. ber of nonprofits, government agen- day operations and staff supervision. But I think they have made a really good cies, and local businesses to create a He reports to the Board of Direc- job of it.” unique experience for residents of, tors and serves as the primary staff Golden Globe winner Foy, who starred and visitors to, central New York by liaison. in “The Crown” and “Wolf Hall,” described bringing the historic Gustav Stick- After many years of being away Diane as a down-to-earth and very humble ley house back to life as a unique from the local area, Gregg returned woman. “When I met Diane, everything House Museum/Boutique Hotel. home to central New York where he about her impressed me,” Foy said.