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THE CLUB RAISES FUNDS TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR THE ACADEMIC AND SOCIAL NEEDS OF THE PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COMMUNITY AND ENRICH THE EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE OF THE CHILDREN AND THEIR FAMILIES. FUNDS ARE ALSO MAINTAINED FOR THE DISCRETIONARY USE BY THE PRINCIPAL OF PETROVA ELEMENTARY, THE LIBRARIANS OF PETROVA ELEMENTARY AND PETROVA MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND ANY GRADE THAT SOLICITS FUNDS FOR A SPECIFIC EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITY. EXPENSES: 2,718 REVENUES: 2,010 NORTHERN LIGHTS CHOIR. THE CHOIR IS A MULTIGENERATIONAL COMMUNITY CHOIR THAT REHEARSES AND PERFORMS IN SARANAC LAKE. THIS NEW CHOIR WAS LAUNCHED IN JANUARY 2013 AND DRAWS SINGERS FROM SARANAC LAKE, LAKE PLACID, TUPPER LAKE, KEENE VALLEY, MALONE AND WILMINGTON. THE MISSION OF THE CHOIR IS MANIFOLD: 1) TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE THE APPRECIATION AND ENJOYMENT OF SINGING IN AN OUTSTANDING MIXED CHORAL ENSEMBLE. 2) TO TEACH AND LEARN MUSIC CONCEPTS AND DEVELOP TECHNIQUES TO IMPROVE THE SKILL OF SINGING; NORTH COUNTRY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS EARN COLLEGE CREDIT FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE NORTHERN LIGHTS CHOIR. 3) TO DEVELOP RAPPORT AND CAMARADERIE AMONG CHOIR MEMBERS. 4) TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE WELL BEING OF THE COMMUNITY AND ENRICH THE MUSICAL EXPERIENCES FOR THE TRI-LAKES AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. 5) TO RAISE FUNDS TO PURCHASE MUSIC AND HIRE PROFESSIONAL MUSICIANS TO PLAY WITH THE CHOIR IN CONCERTS. EXPENSES: 7,415 REVENUES: 6,430 NORTHERN CURRENT. NORTHERN CURRENT IS AN ALL-DAY FREE COMMUNITY MUSICAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATING COMMUNITY AND FOSTERING A LOVE OF MUSIC AS A CREATIVE OUTLET. THE FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE ON SUNDAY OF LABOR DAY WEEKEND IN THE SMALL VILLAGE OF SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK. THIS EVENT CARRIES ON THE TRADITION OF "HOBOFEST- AND IS IN ITS 14TH YEAR. NORTHERN CURRENT SHOWCASES MANY OF THE AREA'S FINEST MUSICIANS PAIRED WITH IMPORTED TRAVELING PERFORMERS. THE FESTIVAL FEATURS A CHILDREN'S ACTIVITY BOOTH, WHICH IS A TENT WITH ART INSTALLATIONS, AND VARIOUS FOOD VENDORS ARE ON SITE. NORTHERN CURRENT RETAINS THE GRASSROOTS ORIGINS OF "HOBOFEST- AND EMBODIES IDEALS AND ASPIRATIONS OF SMALL-TOWN AMERICA. THE FESTIVAL HAS CAPTURED THE COMMUNITY'S HEART AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO KEEPING THE EVENT FRESH AND ENHANCING IT YEAR-AFTER-YEAR. EXPENSES: 16,892 REVENUES: 14,847 THE LAKE KIWASSA SHOREOWNERS ASSOCIATION. THE LAKE KIWASSA SHOREOWNERS ASSOCIATION WAS ORGANIZED FOR THE PURPOSE OF PRESERVING AND PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF LAKE KIWASSA, ITS ADJOINING WATERS, LANDS AND FORESTS; AND TO PROTECT THE PURITY OF ITS WATERS. CURRENTLY, THERE ARE THREE AQUATIC INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE LAKE. THE MAJOR FOCUS OF THE ASSOCATION HAS BEEN WORKING TO FIGHT THE SPREAD OF THESE INVASIVE SPECIES IN THE LAKE. EXPENSES: 10,622 REVENUES: 0 WAKE THE NORTH COUNTRY. WAKE THE NORTH COUNTRY, DBA BRIDGES TO THE LAND, WORKS AT THE INTERSECTION OF LOCAL GROWING AND ORGANIC FOOD PRODUCTION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. STARTING WITH, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BRIDGES TO THE LAND WORKS TOWARD BUILDING RETORATIVE SYSTEMS THAT ARE INCLUSIVE AND DIVERSE. THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM HAS BEEN FOUND TO DAMAGE EVERYONE TOUCHED BY IT: PEOPLE WHO ARE INCARCERATED, AND ESPECIALLY INCARCERATED YOUTH AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES, AND ALSO PRISON STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES. ALL PROJECTS UNDER WAKE THE NORTH COUNTRY/BRIDGES TO THE LAND SEEK TO ADDRESS THESE HARMS. THEREFORE, ALL WORK WILL BE DONE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF CHANGING SYSTEMS FROM PUNITIVE TO RESTORATIVE AND KEEPING IN MIND THE MANY WAYS THAT NATURE, AND ESPECIALLY THE GROWING, PREPARING, AND EATING OF HEALTHY FOOD HAS POSITIVE IMPACTS ON ALL INVOLVED. EXPENSES: 1,106 REVENUES: 0 BING BANG BOOM. BING BANG BOOM, INC. IS A PRODUCTION COMPANY BASED IN SARANAC LAKE, NEW YORK, DEVOTED TO PRODUCING VIDEO CONTENT IN COLLABORATION WITH ORGANIZATIONS IN THE ADIRONDACK REGION TO HELP TELL THEIR STORIES, SUPPORT THEIR INITIATIVES, AND SPREAD AWARENESS OF SOCIAL AND/OR ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES. THE OBJECTIVES ARE TO CREATE VIDEO(S) THAT WILL HELP SPREAD AWARENESS OF EXISTING OPPORTUNITIES TO HELP HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NAVIGATE LIFE AFTER GRADUATION, SUCH AS SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, COUNSELING, AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING, ETC. BING BANG BOOM WILL DEVELOP AND PRODUCE THESE VIDEOS BY WORKING CLOSELY WITH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS, REPRESENTATIVES OF EXISTING PROGRAMS IN THIS FIELD, AND WORKING WITH PROFESSIONALS WHO HAVE SUCCESSFULLY NAVIGATED LIFE AFTER HIGH SCHOOL. THE VIDEOS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE ADIRONDACKS AND MADE AVAILABLE ONLINE FOR FREE. EXPENSES: 15,098 REVENUES: 0 OSGOOD POND. THE OSGOOD POND ASSOCIATION IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING AND PROTECTING OSGOOD POND AND THE SURROUNDING ENVIROMENT AS A TREASURED RESOURCE FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF THE ADIRONDACK COMMUNITY. ITS PURPOSE IS TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE QUALITY OF THE WATER OF OSGOOD POND AND ENVIRONMENT SURROUNDING IT, TO EDUCATE AND ASSIST MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO USE OSGOOD POND IN A RESPONSIBLE MANNER, WITHOUT DEGRADING THE NATURAL STATE OF THE POND, ITS SURROUNDING LAND, OR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND TO IMPROVE THE WATER QUALITY OF THE POND AND ERADICATE ANY INVASIVE SPECIES, IF FOUND. THE ASSOCAITION EXPECTS TO ESTABLISH BENEFICIAL RELATIONSHIPS WITH STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND AGENCIES AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD AS A MEANS TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND MANAGEMENT OF THE POND, ITS SHORELINE, AND WATERSHED. EXPENES: 4,497 REVENUES: 5,450 AFGHAN FAMILY FUND. THE SARANAC LAKE AFGHAN FAMILY FUND SEEKS TO SPONSOR AN AFGHAN FAMILY'S APPLICATION FOR HUMANITARIAN PAROLE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE FAMILY IS TWO PARENTS AND TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO LIVE IN KABUL, AFGHANISTAN AND ARE THREATENED BECAUSE OF PRIOR ASSOCIATION/EMPLOYMENT WITH THE US IN AFGHANISTAN. THE PROGRAM UNDER WHICH THE FAMILY IS ELIGIBLE TO COME TO THE US REQUIRES FINANCIAL SPONSORHSIP TO ENSURE THAT THE INDIVIDUALS SEEKING RESIDENCE IN THE US DO NOT BECOME A BURDEN ON PUBLIC PROGRAMS. EXPENSES: 150 REVENUES: 3,170 WHITEWATER PARK. FRIENDS OF THE SARANAC LAKE WHITEWATER PARK'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT THE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND ADVOCACY OF THE SARANAC LAKE WHITEWATER PARK. THE "FRIENDS OF" GROUPS GOAL IS TO SUPPORT THE WHITEWATER PARK PROJECT THROUGH THE DESIGN, PERMITTING, CONSTRUCTION, AND OPERATIONAL PHASES. A WHITEWATER PARK IS A MODIFIED SECTION OF RIVER THAT WORKS TANDEM WITH NATURAL FEATURES SUCH AS DEPTH, SLOPE, AND WATER FLOW TO CREATE A WHITEWATER FEATURE (WAVES, EDDIES, ETC.) THAT ENCOURAGES THE ENJOYMENT DERIVED FROM ALL MANNERS OF PERSONAL WATERCRAFT. BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY AND LOCATION INCLUDE 1) REFURBISHMENT OF THE RIVER CORRIDOR IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF THE VILLAGE OF SARANAC LAKE, 2) LEVERAGING AND BUILDING ONTO THE ALREADY STRONG CULTURE AND SENSE OF PLACE THAT EMBODIES SARANAC LAKE, 3) ACTING TO DRAW LOCALS AND VISITORS TO THE DOWNTOWN CORRIDOR FOR RECREATION AND GENERAL SIGHTSEEING, AND 4) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RECREATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TOOL THAT CAN BE UTILIZED BY AREA YOUTH, LOCAL COLLEGE OUTING CLUBS, AND TOURISTS. EXPENSES: 150 REVENUES: 0 DEATH CARE COMMUNITY. THE ADIRONDACK DEATH CARE COMMUNITY IS A TRI-LAKES BASED ORGANIZATION COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE, IN REDISCOVERING A MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH GRIEF, END OF LIFE AND AFTER DEATH CARE. THE ADIRONDACK DEATH CARE COMMUNITY GOAL IS TO CREATE THE SPACE AND SUPPORT NECESSARY TO REDISCOVER A MORE MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIP WITH GRIEF, DEATH AND LOSS THROUGH EDUCATION, WITNESSING, ADVOCATING, NETWORKING AND COLLABORATION. EXPENSES: 472 REVENUES: 1,337 THE ROTARY CLUB OF SARANAC LAKE SUPPORTS EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES WHICH LEAD TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE SARANAC LAKE AREA AND ITS RESIDENTS. COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS ARE INVITED TO APPLY. GRANT AWARDS TYPICALLY RANGE FROM 200 TO 1,000. EXPENSES: 26,280 REVENUES: 25,451 THE ADIRONDACK FOLK OPERA (AFO) SEEKS TO BRING SIGNIFICANT STORIES OF ADIRONDACK LIFE TO THE STAGE WITH MUSIC AND DRAMA. AFO CELEBRATES THE UNIQUE ROLE THAT THE ADIRONDACKS PLAYED IN THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM AND LIBERTY. PRIOR TO THE CIVIL WAR, ABOLITIONISTS INCLUDING GERRITT SMITH, JOHN BROWN AND FREDERICK DOUGLASS SOUGHY TO GIVE FREE BLACKS THE RIGHT TO VOTE BY FULFILLING THE PROPERTY REQUIREMENT WITH ADIRONDACK FARMLAND. AFO WILL BRING TOGETHER ADIRONDACK SCHOLARS, ARTISTS, AND EDUCATORS WITH OUTSIDE SUPPORT TO ENSURE THAT NORTH COUNTRY CONTRIBUTIONS TO REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL HISTORY ARE SUFFICIENTLY RECOGNIZED AND CELEBRATED. AFO RETELLS THE UNIQUE STORY OF ABOLITIONIST AND HEROIC, FREE BLACK FARMERS THAT WORKED TO SECURE THE VOTE IN THE 1840S-50S. EXPENSES: 150 REVENUES: 0 THE SARANAC LAKE AFTER PROM PARTY IS ORGANIZED TO PROVIDE AN EVENT WHERE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO ATTEND AN ALCHOHOL AND DRUG FREE, SAFE, FUN EVENT ON THE EVENING OF THE PROM, WHICH WILL SERVE TO AVOID COMMUNITY DETERIORATION AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY. EXPENSES: 12,841 REVENUES: 9,778 FRIENDS OF MOODY POND IS COMMITTED TO PRESERVING AND PROTECTING MOODY POND, AND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOO FORM 990, PAGE 2, PART III, LINE 4D TO ACQUIRE AND PROVIDE RESOURCES TO LOCAL CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS AND MUNICIPALITIES FOR CHARITABLE WORK, EDUCATIONAL PROJECTS AND PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS. FORM 990, PART VI FORM 990, PART VI, SECTION C, LINE 19: THE FORM 990 IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 6 THE SARANAC LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION BOARD IS COMPOSED OF ELECTED MEMBERS FROM THE SARANAC LAKE ROTARY CLUB. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 7A THE SARANAC LAKE ROTARY FOUNDATION IS COMPOSED OF ELECTED MEMBERS FROM THE SARANAC LAKE ROTARY CLUB. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 11B FORM 990 IS DRAFTED AND SENT TO BOARD MEMBERS FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL BEFORE IT IS FILED. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 12C ANNUAL RENEWAL OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST POLICY BY MEMBERS. FORM 990, PAGE 6, PART VI, LINE 19 NO DOCUMENTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC SARANAC LAKE ROTARY CLUB P O BOX 628 SARANAC LAKE NY 12983 146048713 NY 501C4 N/A false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false