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Peekskill Rotary Country Fair & Virtual Horse Show Raffle Drawing

Watch Our Raffle Drawing Live
Date: October 8, 2021
Time: 6:00 PM

Attractions included live music, kids’ entertainment, food trucks, raffles, craft vendors, silent auction, pumpkin painting, horse themed children’s games, arts and crafts, bike skills rodeo, country maze, inflatables games, batting, pitching and balloon games, and more.

Thank you to all our sponsors, advertisers and vendors that made our event a huge success.

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Peekskill Rotary's 1st Annual National Hispanic Heritage Essay Contest

The Hon. Lissette G. Fernández, Peekskill City Court Judge and Luis Segarra, Principal & CFO, The Crescent Companies & Peekskill Rotary Club sponsor the 1st Annual National Hispanic Heritage Month Student Essay Contest

Rotary’s National Hispanic Heritage Month Student Essay Contest is open to all students enrolled in the Peekskill City School District in grades 4th-12th. Interested students should submit a written essay describing what this year’s Hispanic Heritage Month theme – “Esperanza: A Celebration of Hispanic Heritage and Hope”– means to them. Five winners will be selected and awarded a $100.00 scholarship.

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Serving Our Community Since 1919

Service Above Self

We meet In Person

Thursdays at 12:15 PM

American Legion Post 274

936 McKinley Street
Peekskill, NY 10566
United States of America

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2020 Scholarship Awards

Zoom meeting screen shot with student scholarship winners.

Peekskill Rotary Club awards yearly scholarship awards via zoom! This past May and June, during Don Rizzo’s Presidency of the Peekskill Rotary Club in its’ hundredth year, scholarships were given to students with a virtual zoom call. The scholarships are presented to deserving students by the Peekskill Rotary Club every year.

Gift of Life Operations

Surgery For Two Children This Month

Mother wearing surgical mask holding infant.

The Peekskill Rotary Club sponsored two children to have heart surgery through Gift of Life, Diego (pictured with his mother) and Derick.

New Member Dr. David Mauricio

School Superintendent Joins Peekskill Rotary

Dr. David Mauricio wearing his new white Rotary hat.

Dr. David Mauricio joins the Rotary Club of Peekskill during our Zoom meeting on May 7, 2020. Dr. Mauricio is the acting Superintendent of the Peekskill City School District. He is pictured here wearing the signature white Rotary hat that new members receive when they join our club.

New Members Ridvan Foxhall and Moises Muniz

Peekskill Rotary Welcomes Its Newest Members

Ridvan Foxhall wearing new white Peekskill Rotary hat.

Moises Muniz holding up his Peekskill Rotary new member packet.

Moises Muniz was inducted at our April 16, 2020 meeting and Ridvan Foxhall was inducted on April 23, 2020. This was the first time that Peekskill Rotary has welcomed a new member during on online meeting. How we handle the traditional method of acquiring signatures on the new white hat remains to be seen.

Disinfecting Fogger Donation to PCVAC

The Peekskill Rotary Club raised over $4,000 in donations from its members for the Peekskill Community Volunteer Ambulance Corps. at our regular Rotary meeting on Thursday April 16th which was held online via Zoom. The donations are for a "fogger," which is an innovative new surface treatment system that combines proven electrostatic technology with trusted disinfecting products to quickly and easily provide superior coverage in even the hardest-to-reach places.

Rotary Club of Peekskill Food Distribution

Food for the Peekskill Community, Tuesdays and Fridays (ended July 2020)

The Peekskill Rotary is a big part of this Great City, and when called upon, we are always ready to help. It is our pleasure working with Feeding Westchester, Manzer's Landscape Design & Development and HOPE For Youth Foundation distributing food to families in the Peekskill Community.