Small but effective, that’s how people describe the Commack-Kings Park Rotary Club.
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Commack - Kings Park Rotary Club President Phil Facquet recently recognized Rotarians Elsie Service, John Washington and Arthur Olmstead for their work on the water project. The Commack-Kings Park Rotary Club is a small club (about 14 members) that does big things. In 2012 club members helped fundraise to build a well in Myanmar to provide clean drinking water to an orphanage. In 2013 club members completed a healing garden at the Nissequogue River State Park (NRSP) in Kings Park. Recently the club has taken on another international project. This year they are working to help provide clean water for 300 families living in the area of Molatuhan-Alto, Lopez Jeana, Misamis Occidental, Mindanao, the Phillippines.
How do they get things done? They invite Rotarians and non-Rotarians alike to work together and support projects. In 2013 the club worked with the Nissequogue River State Park Foundation to fund the garden at the NRSP but it was a donation by non-Rotarian Eric Hagenbruch of Finesse Landscape design in St. James that made the garden a beautiful reality.
Building a well is not cheap but walking away from 300 families without clean water is not an option for club members. So Rotarians will continue to do what they do every year which is to dig deep into their pockets and hope others to do the same. “We are Rotarians it’s what we do” said one Rotarian. If you would like to make a donation to the Commack - Kings Park Rotary Club’s water project checks can be made out to Rotary District 7255 Foundation, Inc. and mailed to Commack-Kings Park Rotary Club PO Box 96, Commack, NY 11725. To learn more about the club visit http://www.commackrotary.org/