The Hyde Park Rotary Club will be hosting its Annual Gifting Breakfast on May 11th at the Eveready Diner in Hyde Park.  This is a special meeting open to anyone interested in learning more about Rotary and the projects that the Hyde Park Chapter is involved in.  If you are interested in attending please call (845) 876-5132 Ext. 3 and leave your name and phone number or you can email us at info@hpnyrotary.org with your contact information.  The breakfast starts at 7:30 am and runs about an hour and a half.  The guest speaker will be Larry Palant from Shelter Box which is a Rotary sponsored organization that provides disaster relief all over the world.

Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide to provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world. There are approximately 1.2 million Rotary members of about 30,000 clubs in 163 countries.

The Hyde Park Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at 7:30 am at the Coppola's Italian & American Bistro on Route 9 in Hyde Park.  New members are always welcome.

Joyce Garrity, Executive Director of the Dutchess County SPCA presents at a recent Rotary Meeting.  Assisted by Randy Soden from the Hyde Park Rotary.  For more information on the Dutchess County SPCA visit their web site at www.dcspca.org