Trumansburg Rotary Club hosts Guest Speakers during their weekly meetings. Topics are diversified and provide an opportunity for learning and discussion. The public is always welcome to attend our meetings. Information about our meetings is available here.
Guest Speaker Schedule
For more information about the agencies listed below, click on the agency name (highlighted in blue) to link to their website. Summaries of our Guest Speaker presentations are included in the Trumansburg Rotary Meeting Minutes and are available here.
June 30, 2022 - NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)
Alan Wylie, NASA Mission Planning and Analysis Division, Retired
June 23, 2022 - The American Red Cross
​Tylar Hensen, The American Red Cross
The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors.​
May 26, 2022 - Big Friend/Middle Friend
Ethan Cramton, Director, Big Friend/Middle Friend
​Big Friend/Middle Friend connects T-burg students in a way no other program does! Go on field trips. Partake in teambuilding activities. Get an older buddy who can help you in school and in life.
March 10, 2022 - Genealogy in the British Isles 
Kathleen Overbaugh
February 17, 2022 - New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
​Bill Overbaugh, New York State Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act
​We’re on a mission to reduce New York State’s carbon footprint, make our communities more resilient, and adapt to a changing climate. Through thoughtful planning and collaboration, we will tackle climate change and create new opportunities for future generations. Our efforts will breathe new life into our economy with well-paying clean energy jobs, new industries and business opportunities, while improving the health and quality of life for all New York families and communities. Creating a green economy also means spending less on fossil fuels, keeping our energy dollars in the local economy, and in the pockets of hardworking New Yorkers.
February 10, 2022 - Friendship Donations Network
Meaghan Sheehan Rosen, Coordinator, Friendship Donations Network
Friendship Donations Network rescues fresh, nutritious food that would otherwise be thrown away from stores and farms and redistributes it to neighbors in need. We provide food donations to hunger relief programs that serve more than 2,000 people a week, and divert over 1,000 lbs. of good food from local landfill every day. A model of efficiency, we are almost entirely volunteer-run.
February 3, 2022 - Salvation Army
Stacy McNeil, Salvation Army
Savation Army - Our motivation is Doing The Most Good - In these four words - to feed, to clothe, to comfort, to care.To rebuild broken homes and broken lives. By walking with the addicted, we can lead them to recovery. In fighting hunger and poverty, we can feed and nurture the spirit. And, in living and sharing the Christian Gospel by meeting tangible needs, we give the world a lasting display of the love behind our beliefs.
January 20, 2022 - Trumansburg Fire Company
​Kevin Romer discussing the "Jaws of Life."
November 18, 2021 - Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Monica Adelman and Tracie Miller, Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services (C.A.R.S.)
Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services transforms lives and the community with flexible and inclusive person-centered treatment. Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services (C.A.R.S.), founded in 1972, is a nonprofit substance use disorder treatment services provider in Tompkins County, New York. C.A.R.S. seeks to build a stronger community through innovative addiction recovery programming including outpatient, opioid treatment program, and residential rehabilitation services.
October 21, 2021 - Rehabilitating Orphaned or Injured Wildlife
Jane George, Stay Wild Rescue
October 14, 2021 - Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrency Benefits
Rordan Hart, Mayor of Trumansburg Village and Financial Adviser at H&H Financial Group
​October 7, 2021 - The Downside of Bitcoin​
Yvonne Taylor, Seneca Lake Guardian
September 30, 2021
​Evan Kurtz, Rotary District 7170 Governor   
September 23, 2021 - Avoiding Cyber Scams
John Overbaugh, Information Technology
September 9, 2021 - Protecting our Environment
Jeff Smith, Former Rotary District Governor, Environmental Sustainability Rotary Action Group (ESRAG)
ESRAG is a global Rotary Action Group formed in 2015 with ambitious plans to make a real difference in creating a world for future generations where our environment thrives. Our membership includes Rotarians and the wider Rotary Family of Rotaractors, Interactors, Alumni and others.  
August 12, 2021 - ShelterBox, Providing Emergency Shelter Around the World​
​Bill Tobin, Rotary Relations Manager, ShelterBox
May 27, 2021 - Palm Oil and the Environment
​Lydia Light
May 20, 2021 - StoveTeam International
Forest Resener, Operations Director, StoveTeam International
April 22, 2021
​Gertrude Noden
April 15, 2021 - Stewart Park
Ricking Manning
March 11, 2021 - Zoonosis
​Lydia Light
February 25, 2021 - All About Snails
​Marla Coppolino, Snail Wrangler
The Snail Wrangler℠ promotes awareness about the importance of land snails in the ecosystem to general audiences. When snails are brought into the public eye through our educational talks, materials, and appearances of snails as beautiful animals in popular media and merchandise, they are appreciated and revered for their vital role to a healthy ecosystem.
February 11, 2021 - Big Friend/Middle Friend
​Ethan Cramton, Trumansburg/Ulysses Youth Services Program Manager
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