Rotary Club of Amherst East, New York, Elects Officers for 2005 – 2006 Rotary Year
The Rotary Club of Amherst East, in Amherst, New York, has elected officers for the 2005 - 2006 Rotary year. These are Cynthia Munschauer, president, Gerard DeSimone, president elect, Dave Eyeington, secretary, and Ken Redding, treasurer.
(PRWEB) December 16, 2004 -- The Rotary Club of Amherst East has elected its
2005 – 2006 officers. The new officers will be Cynthia Munschauer, president,
Gerard DeSimone, president elect, Dave Eyeington, secretary, and Ken Redding,
treasurer. Other 2005 – 2006 directors of the board will include George Oliver,
club service, Ken Weinstein, community service, Woody Maggard, vocational
service, Dr. Jon Olsen, international service, and Paul McAfee, who then will be
the immediate past president.
“As with the roughly 31,000 Rotary clubs
around the world, we have focused this year on celebrating Rotary’s 100th
anniversary,” said Paul McAfee, current president of the Rotary Club of Amherst
East. “The new slate of officers will ensure that we continue the club’s
membership growth and its proactive community support activities.”
The
Rotary Club of Amherst East raises money through its events, and it provides
support, each year for international and local causes. Just a few of the local
organizations the Club supports include:
- Amherst Youth Foundation
-
Amherst Museum
- Amherst Symphony Orchestra Association
- Boys & Girls
Clubs of Buffalo’s Amherst Clubhouse
- Resurrection Lutheran Church Health
Center in Buffalo
- A Williamsville East High School scholarship
- An
annual Christmas party for ECMC Hospital patients
- Vive La Casa (VIVE Inc.)
in Buffalo
- And food and clothing drives
Rotary is an organization of
business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian
service, encourage high ethical standards, and help to build goodwill and peace
in the world. Paul P. Harris formed the world's first service club, the Rotary
Club of Chicago, Illinois, USA, on 23 February 1905. The name Rotary is derived
from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices. Today there
are approximately 1.2 million Rotary club members of more than 31,000 Rotary
clubs in 166 countries.
The Rotary Club of Amherst East is part of Rotary
International with 23 members who are professional and business leaders in the
Amherst, New York, area.
- Rotary is a global network of community volunteers
that work to improve the quality of life for all people.
- Rotary initiates
local and global service projects to promote world understanding and peace and
improve the life conditions for people of all ages and cultures. An example is
PolioPlus through which Rotary is working to eradicate polio worldwide by 2005.
The Amherst East Rotary Club meets at noon on Thursdays at Daffodil’s
Restaurant on Maple Road, Amherst, NY. The club’s new website is www.amhersteastrotary.org.
The Public Relations Manager
for the Rotary Club of Amherst East is Paul McAfee. Paul is CEO of eXubrio, LLC,
(www.exubrio.com) a
management and marketing consulting firm based in Amherst, New York.
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