The Architect Guy Gets a New Cape
Rob Stromski Installed as the Newest President
of the Rotary Club of Riverhead
The weather was picture perfect and set the stage for a wonderful night of celebration and song.
Not only was President Rob and the new Board installed, but many of our members were also recognized for their hard work and generous contributions to our club.
Rob Stromski Installed as the Newest President
of the Rotary Club of Riverhead
The weather was picture perfect and set the stage for a wonderful night of celebration and song.
Not only was President Rob and the new Board installed, but many of our members were also recognized for their hard work and generous contributions to our club.
Outgoing President Randy gave shoutouts to Dariia and Kim for their efforts with our new Oyster Program, and to Mary H. for her work with the new Hometown Hero Banners and continued work with the special Rotary Days of Service. The Uncorked and Garden Fest teams, raising $75,000 and grossing $273,000 respectively, were applauded for their amazing efforts, and the Scholarship Committee, led by AnneMarie Z. gave out a record of $145,000 in scholarships.
Randy also pointed out that we were blessed by six -- um, eight as it turns out -- new members during his tenure as President: John Castella, Jill Gevinski, Renee Gosselin, Brandon Ip, Dominick Morreale, Jacob Smith, Jennifer Talley and Britney Zatarga. A warm continued-welcome to you all.
Next in line were the Paul Harris award winners. They went to Kimberly Judd (for amazing work as our Secretary), Thud Hill (recruiter extraordinaire), Chrisand Castella (the cheerful and always ready volunteer), Sean Murray (for service as Program Chair and Web Master among other doings), and in absentia to David Troyan (for his work as Survey Master and help with website and PR) and Dariia Protsiuk -- her first -- for her work on several of our projects including the Oysters and Strawberries. Randy, too, was honored for his service as President.
Other awards included Rotary jackets for Beth, Dariia, and David who completed their work on the board, backpacks for outgoing past-President George and Kim C., our Treasurer Phenom, and watches for both Ron and Randy.
Of course, the big event was the official installation of our President Rob, which was nicely handled by Danny Lanieri, Rob's caping by Ron, and the formal installation of the board. And finally, the evening was capped off with Rob's address as new President. Among other things, this year will see a return of club member bios, several evening events, and continued building on our strengths.
The teasing, followed by the awkward straight-boy hug, and the caping:
The full new board:
And what happens when you give Ron your phone when you go to pick up an award:
