Tina Buck heads Warwick Rotarians

Tina Buck, Key Bank branch manager, will serve as Warwick Valley Rotary Club president in 2019-2020.
Buck will also chair two of Rotary’s major projects: the End of Summer Luau on Sept. 28 at Wickham Woodland Town Park and the Backpack Snack Attack’s portion of the Christmas Project for Needy Children on Dec. 14 at the Reformed Church.
After serving a year as president-elect, Buck was sworn as president June 26 during the service organization’s 43rd annual installation ceremony at Chateau Hathorn.
New officers and directors
Rotary Assistant Governor Peter Sullivan of Walden gave the oath of office to Buck and the new club officers and directors.
Edward Lynch, owner of Lynch Wealth Strategies, Inc., will take over as president-elect of the 60-member service organization. Auto dealer Leo R. Kaytes will serve as vice president.
Additional officers for 2019-2020 include Laura Barca, recording secretary; Patti Lurye-Dempster, corresponding secretary; Ashish Anand, treasurer; Leo R. Kaytes, assistant treasurer; and Ed Wiley, past president.
Elected to the board of directors are Stan Martin and Laurene Iammatteo, club service co-chairs; Neil Sinclair, community service; Jan Brunkhorst and Ryan O’Leary, vocational service; and John Mickowski, international service.
All terms are for one year.
The Wiley administration
During Wiley’s year as president, Warwick Valley Rotary donated to 30 community non-profit groups, 10 domestic and international aid services and provided three $2,000 college scholarships, sponsored five Warwick students to the Rotary Youth Leadership program and provided scholarships for youngsters at Winslow Therapeutic Riding Center.
Warwick Rotary’s outgoing president spoke of the many accomplishment of Warwick Rotarians this past year, including the club’s being among the best in the 56-club district in most gift-giving categories, “epitomizing Rotary’s motto of ‘Service Above Self.’”
Wiley presented tokens of appreciation to his officers, board members and club project leaders.
The work of the Warwick Rotary
Warwick Rotarians help sponsor dozens of local projects and non-profit organizations through donations and volunteering of time.
They also assist in far-reaching projects, including disaster relief, pure water and sanitation projects, Rotaplast for cleft-palate operations and Polio Plus for eradicating polio worldwide
Local Rotarians sponsor the Warwick Valley High School Interact Club, which has more than 100 members. Jeanine Fogler is the Interact advisor.
The Warwick Rotary Club meets every Wednesday noon at The Landmark Inn. Persons interested in membership are invited to attend.