(Left to right), Rotary Assistant District Governor Bill Gormont, Wilmot Cancer Center representative Monica Lewis, Brockport Rotary President-elect Doug Clare and Brockport Food Shelf Director Marne Johnson are shown following the Brockport Rotary Club’s donation of $1,000 to the Brockport Food Shelf and $2,000 to the Wilmot Cancer Center. Provided photoBrockport Rotary president elect Doug Clare presented Rotary’s annual $1,000 gift to Brockport Food Shelf Director Marne Johnson. Johnson stated that the gift was very generous and would be put to good use. She also updated the club on food shelf changes such as the creation of a shopping experience for clients who now select from stocked shelves similarly to how they would grocery store shop. She mentioned that there has been an increased number of families (now about 125-150 per month) coming to the new St. Luke’s location.
Clare also presented a donation of $2,000 to Monica Lewis, Executive Director of Advancement for the James P. Wilmot Cancer Center. A cancer survivor who received quality follow up care from Wilmot, Clare said everyone knew someone who has had cancer – lending importance to having such a facility in our immediate area. He felt privileged to be able to state that Rotary’s total gift to Wilmot now stands at $10,500. The money was raised at the club’s annual Barbecue Festival this year to be held July 6 to 8 at Northampton Park.
Lewis, in turn, stated she was honored to accept the gift on behalf of the Cancer Center which just made the list of the top 70 such facilities in the country. She cited the creation of the first cancer vaccine by University of Rochester researchers as one of the reasons for the recognition.
The speaker for the evening, Rotary District 7120 assistant governor for Area 9 Bill Gormont of Greece, spoke about Rotary’s generosity which is rooted in the idea that we belong to many families. Families stick together and take care of one another. He believes that Rotary derives its strength from individual members who take seriously their commitment to the many families to which they belong whether immediate, community, Rotary, national, world, etc. Gormont used some of his magic (he is Empire Magic) to effectively integrate magic into his presentation.
