Holiday Food Deliveries
On Saturday,
December 18, 2010, members of the Morris Rotary Club assembled and delivered over
80 food boxes for needy families in the Butternut Valley. Each box contained enough food to prepare a
traditional holiday meal and varied in size to match the family size. Several community
agencies helped to develop the list of recipients. Cash donations came
from numerous individuals to help support the project. The Naylor Company allowed use of their facility to stage the project.
At the same
time, another 80 fruit boxes were prepared to remember the area’s senior
citizens. The gift boxes were decorated and packed by assorted youth
groups. Several students, like Abby Schwarzhans and Chase Miller, helped to pack the boxes.
December 13, 2010 Special Event
Members and guests of the Morris Rotary Club strolled the corridors of Chase Memorial Nursing Home in New Berlin to serenade the residents. The evening of singing Christmas carols has become an annual club outing. Visiting exchange student Carole Nesbitt and friend Abby Schwarzhans (far left) joined Rotarian Mike Virgil (right) at the event.
November 29, 2010 Program
The generation of electricity by wind power was the topic at the weekly meeting of the Morris Rotary Club. Owen Grant of NorthWind and Power LLC, an Albany-based generation firm, presented a program on Wind Generation in New York State. He reviewed existing projects on the Tug Hill Plateau near Lowville and along Route 20 near Fenner Ridge, Munnsville, and Sangerfield. Grant said that every project needs a consistent source of wind, community support, and access to transmission lines to move their power onto New York's electrical grid. The State has set a goal of producing 30 per cent of its energy from renewable sources by 2015.
NorthWind and Power LLC focuses on Community Scale Generation Projects of 8-12 turbines near communities of about 2,000 people. They are currently taking measurements at Otsego County locations in the towns of Maryland and Richfield as well as working with customers in Delaware County.