To the Editor:

Thank You Massena and Northern New York for helping make this year’s 66th Massena Rotary Pancake Day a great success. The pancake breakfast raised over $15,000 which will be used to support the food banks and many other local causes.

We want to thank the following businesses who were financial sponsors: North Country Colocation Systems, Dufrane Real Estate LLC, Vanacker Chiropractic, An Italian Affair, Alcoa, Arconic US LLC, Barkley & Burnett dba Alkies’, Eylands, Fay Motors, Frenchies’ Ford and Chevrolet, Fourth Coast Café, Hindsight Records, Kramer Wealth Strategies, Mark Bogdan, Massena Hospital Foundation, Massena Savings & Loan, Morley’s American Grill, MX Fuels, OVIA Insurance Agencies, Pease & Gustafson LLP, Phillips Memorial Home, SeaComm Federal Credit Union, The Traveling Chevaliers, Trego Realty Group LLC, Whalen Davey & Looney CPA, LLP, and Virtual Precision. We thank Stephens Media Group and Elijah Winfrey for live coverage of the event.  We thank Martz Communications and CKON Radio for media coverage.

We thank St. Peter’s Parish and Father Mark Reilly for use of the hall, Massena Meals on Wheels for the mixer, Haun Welding and Gas for donating a tank of gas, Liberty Utilities for hooking up the gas grills, Frenchie’s for use of the truck and trailer, the Gramuglia Family for storage of our equipment, and Johnson’s H2O for water dispenser and bottled water.  

We thank the Massena Central School District students that helped us: Interact Club, Varsity, Junior Varsity and Modified Baseball teams, Varsity and Modified Softball teams, Girls Modified Lacrosse team, Spring Track team and Boys Varsity Lacrosse team.  We thank Chris Lincoln and the MCHS student cast of Legally Blonde for entertainment.

We thank the Massena Rotarians who  worked: Chrissy Amo, Sue Bellor, Pat Brady, Ron Burke, Eowyn Doud, David Frary, Angie Frost, Eric Gustafson, Emily Kimble, Jerry Manor, Ken Marlow, Andy McMahon, John Murray, Julia Rose, Gail Schneider, Darcy Sharpe, Christina Smutz, Lucas Vanacker, Jim Venier, Nick White, Joy Fay, Honorary Rotarian Scott Manley, Baldwinsville Rotarian Scott Northrup along with volunteers Nicole and Scott Coupal, Kent and Gina Bigness, Amy and Cecilia Stark, John Finnegan, Brendan Frost, Jason Chilton, Sally Manor, Brian Sharpe, Julianne Fowler, Tim Doud, Trevor Kemison, Mia and Carter Rabideau, Phoenix Janovsky, Jim Paquin, Jim Wills, and Mike Chartrand.

We thank Massena Town Supervisor and Rotarian Susan Bellor and the Massena Town Council for authorizing a declaration making March 29, 2025 a Day of Recognition and Grateful Remembrance of two Massena Rotary Club Rotarians who dedicated their volunteer efforts and assistance to many in our community, Real “Frenchie” Coupal and Thomas “Tom” Gramuglia.  The Proclamations were presented to the family of Real “Frenchie” Coupal at the event and will be presented to the family of Thomas “Tom” Gramuglia after the event.