Name: Jere Blackwelder

Club Role: Member

Career: Pensioner & Gnomonist

Time in Rotary: 42 Years (Dilworth Club – Charlotte NC, Bryan TX Club, Ballston Spa)

Favorite Part of Rotary: Fellowship and meeting interesting people.

Bio: Jere is married with two grown children.  His hobbies include sundials, antique automobiles, traveling and opera. His career highlights include Co-owner and President of Ivan Allen Company of Charlotte, Inc., Co-owner and President of Brazos Brewing Company, LLC, Vice President and General Manager of Applied Computing Services, Inc., and Fundraiser & Director of ReStore Operations at Habitat for Humanity BCS.

Contact: 518-885-7862 or jere@blackwelder.org

Last night we celebrated 2017-18 and looked forward to 2018-19 at our annual Installation Dinner.

Pete Champagne was recognized as Rotarian of the Year, Blade Osborn was recognized as Citizen of the Year, we honored several Paul Harris Fellows, Outgoing President Steve Williams was recognized, Incoming President Donna Dardaris and the 2018-19 Board of Directors was welcomed, 4 new Rotarians were inducted, our foreign exchange student and host families were celebrated, the Student of the Year was presented, and more!

Click here for photos from the Installation Dinner.

ShelterBox, a great organization which we are proud to support, has been nominated for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of their humanitarian efforts in areas of extreme conflict around the world.

Learn more about ShelterBox: http://www.shelterboxusa.org/peace

Join us on Saturday, April 21 from 8am-Noon for our Community Cleanup Day in Ballston Spa.  We’ll be cleaning up the Village parks to get them ready for spring and summer. All are welcome, please bring a rake and gloves if you have them. We’ll meet in Wiswall Park at 8am and break off into groups from there.  See you then!