Welcome to the Rotary Club of Larchmont

  • Are you an established professional who wants to make positive changes in your community and the world?
  • Our club puts you in touch with our community via regular in-person updates from community and county officials.
  • Our club members are dedicated people who share a passion for community service and friendship.
  • We have several ongoing projects that we do year-after-year, plus new ones which take on current challenges.
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Upcoming Events
Club News
Larchmont Rotary Holds Annual Blum Award
Blum award Catie Colao Larchmont Rotary
Rye Country Day junior Catie Colao was honored with Larchmont Rotary's annual Blum Award for leading the Saturday Reading Club at Mamaroneck's Community Resource Center.  A celebratory luncheon was held at the Larchmont Yacht Club on November 8, 2024.  The Blum Award recognizes local high school students for their initiative, leadership and creative pursuit to make a difference in their local community and beyond.

Club President Lester Nathan gave his opening remarks and Treasurer Marion Anderson welcomed club members and special guests.  Marian White, Club Rotary Foundation Chair, followed with the story behind the Blum Award and then introduced Catie Colao.
 
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DG Sayed Alirahi Visits Our Club
District 7230 Governor Sayed Alirahi and his wife Shazia visited our club on Friday, October 25th at the Larchmont Yacht Club. Sayed took over as the DG on July 1st of this year.  He was the charter president of the Rotary Club of Westchester, which recently chartered in 2020.  In that role, he directed the club's service events, trained new Rotarians and helped boost membership. He participated in the club's international service projects in the Dominican Republic and Pakistan. Prior to the Rotary Club of Westchester, he was a member of the Rotary Club of Elmsford, beginning in 2012.
 

 
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MADD Visits Our Club in October
Larchmont Rotary MADD
Paige Carbone, regional executive director of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), spoke to our club on October 24th via Zoom. She began her presentation with background information about MADD.  Candace Lightner began the organization in the early 1980s with the intention of ending drunk & drugged driving as well as support for its victims.
 
MADD’s new slogan is “Impaired driving ends here.”  They also have an annual walk, Walk Like MADD, which takes place at the FDR Park up in Yorktown.
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Larchmont & New Rochelle Clubs Walk to End Alzheimers
Larchmont Rotary Larchmont Rotary Club Walk to End Alzheimer's
Larchmont Rotary’s team participated for the third time in the annual Alzheimer’s Association - Westchester County Walk to End Alzheimer’s on October 6th. The Walk’s main purpose is to raise funds and awareness for Alzheimer's care, support and research.
 
In support of the five different Walks to End Alzheimer's happening across the Hudson Valley, the Gov. Mario Cuomo Bridge was lit up in purple on September 21st.
 
 
Dave Biskup, Barbara Crane, Marion Anderson & Lester Nathan
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The Passing of Former Club President Kurt Sauer
Kurt Sauer Larchmont Rotary
Kurt Sauer, 97, passed away peacefully Thursday, September 26, 2024 at The Legacy of Lexington, Lexington SC.

Born August 8, 1927, in Alsheim, Germany to Hartmann and E,lla Sauer. He was the youngest of 3 sons. Kurt was trained as an ophthalmic optician in Germany. In 1953 he immigrated to Montreal, Canada. Kurt married Mary Sauer, nee Harty in 1955, and they moved to New York in 1957. In 1967 Kurt became a naturalized US citizen after the birth of their daughter Susan.
 


 

 

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Larchmont Rotary Honors Essay Contest Winners
 
Six Hommocks Middle School students were honored by the Rotary Club of Larchmont as winners of the 2024 Essay Contest during its May 17th luncheon at the Larchmont Yacht Club.  Club member Marian White has led the effort for the last 22 years, coordinating in September with the Hommocks English Department to determine a relevant topic and then selecting Rotarian essay judges to determine the winners.  Each May, families, teachers, Rotarians and special guests have gathered to celebrate the most talented of the young writers.
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Larchmont Rotary Sponsors Kane Park Restoration Project
Kane Park Larchmont Rotary Larchmont Rotary Club Rotary Day of Service
 
On May 18th, a small group of volunteers gathered at Larchmont’s Kane Park to kick off this year’s ecological restoration. The project, with the aid of the Larchmont Rotary Club’s sponsorship, will transform one section of the park’s sod grass lawn into a thriving ecosystem containing a diversity of native plants, grasses and shrubs which will support an abundance of bird and pollinator species and store carbon from the atmosphere. The restoration has involved several dozen volunteers from the community helping to re-introduce plant species that are known to have grown in the area for millennia.
 
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An Introduction to New York Edge
Rachael Gazdick, New York Edge’s chief executive officer, was our guest speaker for the April 5th meeting at the Larchmont Yacht Club.  New York Edge is the metropolitan region’s largest provider of after-school enrichment programs.  It serves more than 30,000 students in 136 schools across all five boroughs and Long Island.  Over 85% of its students come from low-income households.  It began over 30 years ago under the “Schools Sports & Arts Foundation” from the efforts of tennis legend Arthur Ashe.
 
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