The Skantarian

The Skaneateles Rotary Club, Skaneateles New York  

SPECIAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST EDITION !  

        Special Edition                                          June 10 , 2022  

Pancake Breakfast Timetable: June 16th is our final organizational meeting for our Father’s Day Pancake Breakfast and we need every Rotarian to attend for final assignments, review of responsibilities and trouble shooting. The rest of  the schedule for all Rotarians is as follows: 

6/17 Friday 8-10 AM to set up the sinks, grills, egg cooking and batter mixing areas, tables/chairs, etc. Rotarians with strong muscles report to David Lee’s barn on Pork St. at 8 AM. Everyone else be at the rink at 8 AM. 

6/18 Saturday at 8 AM we wash serving equipment, set up side serving areas, clean/test the grills/cooking equipment, dress the tables, etc.  

6/19 Sunday at 7AM-2PM for the breakfast and cleanup/packup afterwards.  

6/20 Monday at 8-10 AM for breakdown, storage (pick-ups, vans and muscles again needed) and rink clean-up.  

This event only works if every Rotarian makes a full commitment! We need volunteers (family, friends, neighbors, etc.) so please recruit anyone and every one you can and give the names to Mary for assignment.  

Here’s a few final reminders:  Please everyone, we need a final push to sell tickets particularly since the weather on event day can be unpredictable. All Rotarians and volunteers are requested to park on the grass along the east side of the rink to free up spots in the paved parking lot for our Sunday customers. Please inform our volunteers of this parking requirement. Don’t forget to wear comfortable, safe, no slip shoes. Please be at the rink by 7:00 AM on Sunday to get organized and sample the tasty food and don’t forget to bring your Rotary hat and apron. Finally, please everyone stay after we close at noon on Sunday to help clean up so we can all leave by 2:00 PM. 

Assignment Roster attached below If there are any changes and or additions you would like to make, please contact Mary Giroux at 315-291-7146 or email at: mfgiroux0614@gmail.com. 

INTERESTING HISTORICAL TIDBITS REGARDING THIS 52ND ROTARY FATHER’DAY PANCAKE BREAKFAST 

The first Skaneateles Rotary Club pancake breakfast was held in 1968 under the presidency of Jim Messenger, who at that time was the manager of the Skaneateles Airport.  The breakfast, held in the hanger, featured a fly-in and in addition to the local crowd, some 80 to 100 planes from around the East would come and go. 

In 1977, the breakfast was moved to the larger Austin Park Pavilion.  In these early years the Rotary Club owned virtually none of the equipment needed to put on the breakfast so that everything from tables and chairs to grills, mixers and pots/pans were borrowed from almost every organization in the town, e.g., Churches, Grange, Masons, Firehouse, etc.  Apparently, many tall tales can be told about getting this equipment to and from the rink including the 300 lb cast-iron mixer from the Skaneateles Bakery that ended up on a Rotarian’s foot. 

In those early days when penny pinching was more the norm for a fund raiser like the breakfast, the plastic “disposable” utensils used were recycled year to year after a thorough dishwasher scouring up at the Cedar House Restaurant.  The “gorgeous” flower arrangements came from many a local garden 

including euonymus from the walls of the Methodist church and the bank courtesy of By Lee.  Back then, there was even a tall tale of liquid refreshment from the back room being included in the secret Rotary formula for our pancakes. In fact, they were for a time known as beer batter pancakes. 

Today our Father’s Day event has become something extraordinary and a highlight of the spring in Skaneateles and the surrounding communities.  We expect to serve about 3,000 hungry breakfast eaters. At our peak mid-morning time period we serve about 900 people per hour, which equates to about one person served every 4 seconds. We typically serve over 10,000 pancakes, 10,500 eggs, 600 

pounds of sausage and about 225 gallons of orange juice. Our “net proceeds” have been between $9,000 and $14,000 depending on the weather, which is a key determinant of total attendance.  Almost all of these funds go back into the community to support our many service and worthy cause projects.            

“Everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.” ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 

Sausage Cooking 

Lee Bennett Co-ChairAndy Stevens

Chuck Williams Co-Chair

Pancake Flipping

Timer Whittingham Co-ChairJoe Bianculli (v)

Dave Lee Co-ChairDoug Hill

Duane WeaverEd Evans

John O'Sullivan

Pancake MixingCraig Froelich

Bill Conole

Eggs WestJeff Dove (v)

  Jack Hyatt Co-ChairJed Dove (v)

Bill Buterbaugh C0-ChairJohn Cromp (v)

Mary GirouxRick Keyes (v)

Eggs East

  Dale Drake ChairCheryl Silvestrini

Jamie CiaccioSteve Schwartz

Coffee Making

Dan RocheBeth Belinski (v)

Robin Jowasis

Ticket takers/Counters

Roberta Williams ChairWard Vuillemot

Gary OzminkowskiJune Vuillemot  (v)

Cashiers

Marv Langley ChairLori Ruhlman

Outside Traffic/Parking

Robin Jowaisis/Fire Dept

Maple Syrup Sales

To be assignedBarb Carmody (v) 7:00 to 9:30

5050 Raffle

  Jack EmmerRosemary Mondo

 John Moran

Plates and Utensils

Gary Ozmikowski

Al Coates

Floor ServiceWestEast

  Tyler LoreyGard Lorey

Jay StithJason Armijo

Mike TierneyAyhem Boucher

Supplies WestSupplies EastOwen

Bill C and Craig F to help in "down" time

Chuck Oneil

Clean Up CrewEveryone

 
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