12-17-2008: Musician Gary Placentini with Rotarian Ted Firetog.. Mr. Placentini played beautiful keyboard music as he led the Rotarians in a holiday sing-a-long.

12-10-2008: Social workers, PamSnyder-Ball and Ellen Kramer with Rotarian Mike Muchmore.

12-03-2008: President Prakash Pisipati with guest speaker Robert Lucas. Robert, a civil engineer by profession, gave a powerpoint presentation on the Christmas Trees.

11-26-2008: President Prakash Pisipati. with Leslie Dunbar - Make a Wish Foundation.This charity seeks to grant wishes to children aged 2.5 years to 10 years who have life threatening illnesses.

11-19-2008: President Prakash Pisipati.with Mr.David Catalano - Director, Bethpage State Park. Mr.Catalano spoke about the history of park. He also presented some interesting facts/details on the upcoming US OPEN GOLF -2009 tournament.

11-05-2008: President Prakash Pisipati.with Howard Gold - Adjunct Asst Prof. at SUNY Farmingdale. Howard spoke about business communications including tips for delivering good power point presentations.

10-29-2008: President Prakash Pisipati. with Jerry Zezima (Newsday editor) who entertained the memebers with "humor for everyday life".

10-22-2008: District Governor Tom Gelsdorf with ADG Ruth Betz and President Prakash Pisipati. DG Gelsdorf paid an official visit to the club He stressed on the importance of increasing membership in the district.

10-08-2008: District Rotary Foundation Chair Ed Monroe with President Prakash Pisipati. Ed stressed on the importance of contributing to the Rotary Foundation (TRF) to achieve the Object of Rotary - "Service to Humanity" .

10-01-2008: Joseph Sheehy, Wine Specialist, from Stew Leonard's treated the Rotarians with a variety of wines from his store and explained all about winemaking.He is with the Rotary President Prakash Pisipati in the picture.

09-24-2008: President Prakash Pisipati with Karen Gelles from Farmingdale State College. Karen gave a wonderful presentation on the history of Farmingdale State College.

09-10-2008: President Prakash Pisipati with Ed Howard, Wells Fargo. Ed provided latest information to the members about reverse mortgages.

09-03-2008: President Prakash Pisipati with Gary Brown PhD, who is the chairman of SUNY Farmingdale’s Ornamental Horticulture Dept. Farmingdale offers four academic programs in horticulture.

08-20-2008: President Prakash Pisipati with Brian Herrington , Asst Dir for Inter Gov Affairs -Office of the Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo. Brian educated the Rotarians about internet safety.

08-20-2008: Vice President John Cuccia with the Rotary scholarship winner Stephanie Zimmerman. (Halsey B. Knapp Scholarship)

08-20-2008: Vice President John Cuccia with Rotarian Lisa Mueller, who spoke about the alternative energy options.

08-13-2008: Nassau County Deputy Commissioner, Office of Consumer Affairs, Jim Reed spoke about the latest scams and ripoffs!.

07-23-2008: Meeting was held at the Republic Airport. Airport Director Michael Geiger (DOT) presented an overall view of the developments at the Airport. Airport Manager Shelley Larose-Arken organised a tour of the Airport for the Rotarians.

07-16-2008: President Prakash Pisipati. with Rtn Donna Rivera-Downey , Asst Dist Governor for 7250. Donna spoke about the District Youth Exchange Program.

07-02-2008: President Prakash Pisipati. with the Farmingdale Rotary Scholarship winners Rianna Rosen ( Howitt Scholarship) and Leigha Snider (White Scholarship)

06-18-2008: Acting President Prakash Pisipati. with the newest member of the club, Joan Falumenbaum. Joan gave her classification speech.

06-11-2008: Acting President Prakash Pisipati. with the guest speaker Rotarian Jim Ryan. Motivational speaker Jim spoke about his book "Simple Happiness".

06-11-2008: Installation of new member Joan Flamenbaum by acting President Prakash Pisipati. Joan's classification is "Realtor". Sal Nicosia has proposed the new member.

06-04-2008: Rotarian Bob Callahan speaks about the Dead Sea Scrolls - part II.

05-28-2008: President Robert Diaz with guest speaker Wendy Gentile, Orthopedic Patient Care Coordinator for Huntington Hospital..

05-21-2008: President Robert Diaz with guest speaker Denise Barton Ward of Littler, Meldenson PC..Denise spoke about the importance of hanving an employee handbook.

05-21-2008: President Robert Diaz presents "Best Rotarian of the Year" award to Rotarian Lenny.

05-21-2008: President Robert Diaz presents certificates of appreciation to Rotarian Paul Gatto and Neil for their performance at Wine & Food.

05-14-2008: President Robert Diaz with guest speaker Cynthia Sucich of Interfaith Nurtition Network. INN helps the hungry and homeless people in Long Island.

05-07-2008: President Robert Diaz with guest speaker Dr.Sagar, who spoke about the prevention of Kidney disesses & hypertenstion.

05-07-2008: President Robert Diaz with the visiting Rotarian from Germany Rolf Rimpo..

04-30-2008: GSE team from Philippines.

04-30-2008: President Robert Diaz with the GSE team from Philippines.

04-23-2008: President Robert Diaz with guest speaker Jay Charno, of LTC Financial Partners. Jay spoke about the importance of planning for the Long Term Care. Ph#516-935-4029

04-16-2008: President Robert Diaz with guest speaker Dan Sater. Dan shared his expertise on credit reports and credit scores with the Rotarians. Dan helps his clients in raising their scores by 30 -100 points. Ph# 631-514-4193.

04-02-2008: Guest speaker Ralph Ekstrand with President Robert Diaz. Ralph reminisces about NY Yankees and displays his baseball memorabilia. Ralph is the newly elected trustee of Farmingdale Village. He is also the owner of Moby Drugs on Main St.

04-02-2008: DG Sammy Hsiao(Dist. 7250) visits our club and informs the members about the upcoming District Conference in May 2008. He encourages everyone to attend the conference during May 16-17.

03-26-2008: Guest speaker, Federal Agent Charles Bernard (DEA) with President Robert Diaz(L), Joe Trudden, and retired DEA detective Patrick Dowling(R). Charlie gave an overall view of the operations of DEA.

03-19-2008: Guest speaker Arlene Soete(R) with President Robert Diaz. Arlene is the Co-chair of American Cancer Society - Farmingdale Relay for Life.

03-12-2008: Guest speaker Steven Labriola(L) with President Robert Diaz. Steven is the Town Clerk with the Town of Oyster Bay.

03-05-2008: Guest speaker Steven Taibbi(C) with President Robert Diaz and VP Prakash Pisipati. Mr. Taibbi is a board member of Transplant Speakers Intl,. Mr. Taibbi himself is the recipient of a transplanted heart.

02-27-2008: Rotarian Jim Careny gives his classification speech. Jim's Classification is "real estate appraiser".

02-20-2008: Rotarian Bob Callahan speaks about the Dead Sea Scrolls. Bob is the club historian also.

02-13-2008: President Robert Diaz(L) with Nassau County Comptroller Howard Weitzman(C). Mr.Weitzman explained his plan to reduce the taxes by eliminating redundancy and waste and by improving the effeciencies in the county government. Vice President Prakash Pisipati on the right.

02-06-2008: President Robert Diaz with Suffolk County Supreme
Court Judge Dan Loughlin.(R).

01-30-2008: President Robert Diaz with Rotarian Bob Nostrand(R). Mr.Nostrand presented the club with a beautiful slide show of his travels to Scotland and Greece.

01-23-2008: Prof.Varanasi(C), SUNY Stony Brook, enlightens the members with the causes and effects of global warming. President Robert Diaz (R) and Vice President Prakash Pisipati(L).

01-16-2008: Jules Steinhauer(C), active naval reserve officer, gives an interesting speech on the nuclear submarines, past and present. President Robert Diaz (R) and Dr.Ben Giminaro(L).

01-09-2008: Installation of new member Diane Dilello by President Robert Diaz(R). Diane was sponsored by Rotarian Yesh Purandare.

01-09-2008: Service awards were given to Rotarians Ted Firetog, Mary Ann Mangels, John Cuccia and Lenny Constaninopoli for being a chair/co-chair of a fund raiser.

01-02-2008: President Robert Diaz(L) with Charles Cannam(C), President of Gift of Life, Inc. Charles re-introduced the Gift of Life program to the members. Lenny Constaninopoli is on the right.