The Rotary Club of Hamburg recently inducted two new members into its ranks. Rotary President Jerry Bastedo, middle, conducted the ceremonies welcoming Ryan Brunner, left, of the Baillie Lumber Company, and Tyler Shaw, of GCW Capital into the 76-year-old Hamburg service organization. Rotary supports projects on the local, national and international level. Locally, it coordinates Warm the Children, provides college scholarships to Hamburg and Frontier high school students and is one of the four service organizations that coordinates the Burger Fest each July. Rotary meets at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at JP Fitzgerald’s Restaurant.
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J. P. Fitzgerald's Restaruant
Hamburg, NY 14075
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For the 15th year, the Rotary Club of Hamburg is hosting a Breakfast with the Bunny for children, parents, grandparents, and anyone interested in an Easter holiday event. The breakfast will be held Saturday March 24th, 2018 at Oakwood Manor, 2985 Lakeview Rd. (across from the Hamburg Ice Arena). A pancake and sausage breakfast with other “breakfast goodies” will be served.
Face painting will be provided free of charge by the Hamburg YES students and a theme basket auction will be available with outstanding baskets. Our own Easter Bunny will be present to delight the children. Photos with the Bunny can be taken using your own camera at no charge.
Two seating times are available: 9:00 am to 10:30 am and 10:45 am to 12:10 p.m. Presale tickets are recommended due to limited seating and may be obtained by calling 867-8388 or by email at BreakfastWithTheBunny@gmail.com. Walk-ins will be accommodated on a space available basis. Tickets cost $5.00 for children 2-10 years old and $9.00 for ages 11 and up. Advance sale tickets will be available for pick- up at Brierwood Wine and Spirit Shoppe, 5452 Southwestern Blvd., at the corner of Southwestern Blvd. (Rte 20) and Rogers Rd.
All proceeds, as usual, go to local Hamburg area charities and your support is greatly appreciated. For a copy of the 2018 Breakfast with the Bunny Flyer please click here. https://clubrunner.blob.core.windows.net/00000000329/en-ca/files/sitepage/breakfast-with-the-bunny/breakfast-with-the-bunny-2018-flyer/BWTB-2018-Flier.pdf
“I’ve never spent $200 all at one time on clothing for my family!” exclaimed one grateful mother. “The Sears staff was so helpful, kind and nice to the families… in fact the cashier who checked us out was crying as we left, saying that Warm the Children is such a good cause for children in need,” said a longtime, volunteer shopper.
The Rotary Club of Hamburg once again participated in the Hamburgh Holidays Santa Claus Parade Nov. 25. The Easter Bunny was featured on their float as the club promoted its annual Breakfast with the Bunny that is set for March 24. Pictured is the Easter Bunny, Rotarian Barb Stanley, with the truck float driven by her husband, Rotarian Dale Stanley. The truck is a 1948 Ford F3 built in Buffalo. Granddaughter Haley came along for the ride. Rotarians Cindy Taylor and Eileen Hotho assisted the bunny along with volunteer friend Karen Klein and future Rotarians Jenna and Jack Sickau. The Easter Bunny was excited to meet up with her special friend, Santa Claus (Hamburgh Holidays’ Greg Jantzi). The Rotary Club celebrated 75 years of service in Hamburg earlier this year. Rotary is a supporter of Hamburgh Holidays, sponsors Warm the Children, which provides warm, brand new winter clothing for children in need throughout the Southtowns and is one of the four service organizations that put on the Burger Fest each July.
The Rotary Club of Hamburg inducted new member John Nowak into the club recently. Nowak is a former member of Rotary in the Virgin Islands and is retired from the Boy Scouts of America. He relocated to Western New York to join family members. Pictured are Nowak, left, and Bastedo. The Rotary Club celebrated its 75th anniversary this year and meets Tuesdays at 6 p.m. at JP Fitzgerald’s Restaurant.
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The Sears Store at McKinley Mall in Hamburg is the new location for shoppers through the Rotary Club of Hamburg’s Warm the Children Program. Store Manager Debra Mahaney met with Rotarians at their Sept. 22 meeting to display some of the store’s new winter clothing for children. Pictured from left with Mahaney, second from left are members of the Warm the Children Committee: Liz Angelbeck, coordinator; Kevin Neubeck, personal banker at Evans Bank; Maria Guizzotti, Rotary Club president; Barbara Stanley and Earl Knauss. Evans Bank and the Town of Hamburg Lions Club are partners in the program.
Rotary Club of Hamburg announces new partnership with Sears McKinley Mall store for Warm the Children program
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