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Jason Miller thanked the club for planting trees in his father’s name, for sympathy cards and Alysha for all her help during this difficult time.   He then donated $100 to Angels of Mercy (revenue from his dart competition collections).

Pasta Dinner Committee -  Bob Spatola has locked in Nov. 1st as the date with BK administration.  Committee meetings to be scheduled by Dan Dwyer soon.

Camp Haccamo's 70th Anniversary party - September 19th.  See camp Haccamo’s website for more info and to register.

Foreign Exchange - Hannah Christensen, our club's former exchange student, contacted us and asked for our club to find a youth exchange host family for incoming exchange students.  The District is deparately looking to find host families here so the District can send more students out to foriegn countries.  There is a requirement that a district sends only the number of students that it will, in turn, host in the district.

One Rotary Summit - this is a District Learning event to ignite passion and drive action in Rotary Clubs.  It is being held Saturday, September 12, 2026 at Harris Beach Murth law offices in Pittsford.  See President Steve if interested in attending.

Trees at Camp Haccamo - The trees in our club's garden at Camp Haccamo need some TLC due to deer.   Need people to volunteer to take charge of that project.  Also need landscaping around the Playhouse.  Sounds like a spring project.

Bob Scheidt reports that the Rochester Historical Society is working on a project with Indigenous Nations.  TBT plan is to erect a sign at Durand that explains the 6 nations.  FYI, as we may look to help with installation

Ukrainian Open World Delegation - Lily Schwock and Ray will attend.  See Tamara Denysenko if interested in attending.

Dave DeMers is from Spencerport Club and is Past District Governor.  He recently joined Camp Haccamo board and is starting to go to club meetings to enhance awareness of Camp Haccamo and its activities.

Among the five Rotary-sponsored summer camps for children with disabilities and challenges in District 7120, Camp HACCAMO is unique. In addition to serving campers with physical, developmental, and cognitive challenges, Camp HACCAMO—unlike the others—also welcomes those with emotional and behavioral needs. These are campers for whom there are few, if any, away-from-home, overnight camping experiences.

He told the story of one family with 2 children with autism.  The rest of us take it for granted that they could go out on date nights, etc.  but these parents needed to provide 24/7 care year round.  They learned about Camp Haccamo 10 years ago and it has been a great treat for the kids and much needed respite for the parents.  “Create Lasting Impact” is the Rotary theme this year and it totally explains Camp Haccamo.  Kids can be kids sometimes for the first time.  Remember that 140 kids at camp = 600 relatives that are impacted in a positive way.   

This year is the 70th Anniversary of the camp. See WEBSITE for more info and to register.

Camp Haccamo is in dire need of a Sustainability plan to keep funds going so that it can last another 70 years.  One of Dave's jobs is to go to all the clubs who have dropped support for Haccamo and those clubs who are new and try to gain more support.  Our club is one of the most supportive in the District so he felt like he was preaching to the choir for our club – but it was a good trial run as he moves on to other club presentations.  

Recently , Camp Haccamo received a Grant for $50,000 thanks to the work of Rotarian JoAnn Terry!

See more stories about Camp Haccamo at it's WEBSITE BLOG.

Many contributions for our speaker, Jason Miller & Family, Foundation, Polio and Haccamo's 70th Anniversary

Happy Birthday to Doug Decker!

Bob Spatola's granddaughter Frankie's first day attending Rochester Hearing and Speech Therapy.

BJ Cunningham for Bob Scheidt joining the Rochester Music Hall of Fame Board of Directors.

Lynn Wozniak for both granddaughters attending Camp Haccamo and loving it!