1930: Our Club was responsible for the program that eventually resulted in changing the City of Binghamton Government to the City Manager Plan.

1. Built a cabin on the Garry Stone Estate on the old Powderhouse Road for Troop 15. Materials were donated and labor performed by Club members.

1938: Purchased the Girls’ Clubhouse located at 82 Carroll Street for $8,500. Based upon our sponsorship of the Girls’ Club, they were invited to become one of the Community Chests agencies.

2. Collected and shipped a large assortment of medical supplies for British and Greek War Relief.

3. Assisted the Girls’ Club Board of Directors in purchasing their new Clubhouse at 28 Frederick Street by donating $1,000 cash and furnishing one of the kitchens at a cost of $650.

4. Purchased 25-acre camp, complete with buildings and lake, on Johnson Road in Town of Kirkwood, and presented it to the Binghamton Boys’ Club. The property cost $20,000. The Boys’ Club Board of Directors made the down payment of $6,000 and we assumed the $14,000 mortgage.

5. Held Binghamton Press Paper Sale. Gave $2,500 toward Camp Sertoma mortgage.

6. Held Press Paper Sale. Gave $1,250 toward Camp Sertoma mortgage. Celebrated National Freedom Week by presenting a framed copy of the Declaration of Independence to the Mayor, Donald W. Kramer, Club members conducted “Service Fund Project” each member doing a service voluntarily. Funds used to assist Boys at Camp Sertoma. Total amount raised $500.

7. Held Press Paper Sale. Results $1,750. Contributed $1,000 to the Camp Sertoma mortgage. Sponsored Triple Baseball Game at Johnson field to establish a Tommy Saxby fund. About $400 was realized from this benefit. Tommy Saxby and his mother were very badly burned when their house was destroyed by fire. Mrs. Saxby died as a result.

1960: Won the International Exhibit Award at the Miami, Fl. convention. The officers of the “Junior Sertoma Club” were taken to the International Convention in Miami, Fl. At a cost of $1,724. Held Press Paper Sale, raised $1,695. Gave $1,000 to the Camp Sertoma mortgage. Chartered a CBAC Club in Afton, NY with our club members contributing $168.

8. Purchased an additional 50 acres of land adjacent to Camp Sertoma for future expansion plans. Chartered the Binghamton Breakfast Club as a CBAC project. Held Press Paper Sale, raising $2,000. Gave $2,500 to Camp Sertoma mortgage.

9. Chartered the Endicott Sertoma Club. Service to Mankind Award winner won the District Award for Mrs. Evelyn Storer. Held annual Press Paper Sale and netted $3,400. Gold Honor Award won by the Club. Spent approximately $3,000 on Auditorium at Camp Sertoma. Sold tickets for symphony and made $365.

10. Loaned $1,000 to the Jr. Sertoma Club scholarship fund. Paid $20,000 mortgage in full on the Auditorium at Camp Sertoma and burned the mortgage on this building.

11. Essay contest in area schools. $30,900 presented to Tom Saxby on 25th birthday from trust. Press Paper Sale nets $2,900. Auction $1,200, Radio Day $600.

12. $1,900 donated to R.S.I. Million Dollar Antique Show begins. $8,000 netted in first year.

1985: First club in New York State to have women as members.

13. Purchased three TTY’s for Southern Tier Independence Center. $33,000 donated to Camp Sertoma for new boys’ and girls’ bathrooms and showers and new septic system. Antique show nets $12,000. Club participates in valet parking for R.S.I. “Slam” Stewart album conceptualized in September and finished by late November. Slam died December 10, 1987. Signing Santa sponsored at the Oakdale Mall Annual Event.

14. At the February Antique Show, “The Cats Are Swingin” limited edition is introduced. October 2nd Salute to “Slam” Stewart at the Anderson Center for the Arts at SUNY Binghamton and National Release of “The Cats are Swingin’”

15. Antique Show nets $13,000. Sallie Connelly wins Regional Secretary of the Year. Sponsored the Regional Sertoma Convention with ethnic heritage as the theme, nets $10,000 and is huge success. Valet Parking continues to grow, nets $8,385. Signing Santa at the mass very successful as participation grows.

16. Million Dollar Antique Show nets $17,000 for a total of $122,000 over eight years. $10,000 donated to Camp Sertoma, $1,500 donated to R.S.I. TTY donated to BOCES for use by deaf students. “Slam” Stewart’s “The Cats are Swingin’” now available on compact disc.

17. Antique show nets $__. $1,500 donated to RSI.

18. Million Dollar Antique Show nets $__. Donated $1,500 to RSI.

19. Million Dollar Antique Show nets $__. Donated $1,500 to RSI.

20. Million Dollar Antique Show nets $14,100. Donated $1,500 to RSI.

21. Million Dollar Antique Show nets $23,000. Donated $1,500 to RSI. Made $8,000 interest-free loan repaid from Sertoma Foundation Superfund grant to RSI to buy playground equipment.

22. Million Dollar Antique Show nets $16,500. $1,500 donated to RSI through the joint Sertoma Committee and an additional $1,560 donated for software for the Speech Department. $14,000 was donated to purchase a replacement van for the Binghamton Boys & Girls Club.

23. Million Dollar Antique Show netted $24,000. Donated $5,500 to RSI for purchase of computers for speech in preschool. Joint sponsor with the Endicott Sertoma Club of the “Bids-for-Kids”, an auction to raise funds for the Boys and Girls Club of Binghamton and Western Broome, which nets $18,357.

24. Million Dollar Antique Show netted $21,500. Donated $1,500 to RSI. Joint sponsor of “Bids-for-Kids” with Endicott Sertoma which nets $ for the Boys and Girls Club of Binghamton and Western Broome.

25. Sole Sponsor of “Bids-for-Kids”. Nets $23,215 for the Boys and Girls Club of Binghamton.

26. “Bids-for-Kids” sponsorship nets $25,610 for the Boys and Girls Club of Binghamton.
Adopt a Family Holiday Program spent $ on holiday shopping for a local family.
Club supported the BC Open through valet parking during the event. RSI received a check for $ from Broome Community Charities.

27. Star dedicated on the Walk of Fame in downtown Binghamton to former Club member Slam Stewart
Million Dollar Antique Show netted $
“Bids-for-Kids sponsorship nets $ For the Boys and Girls Club of Binghamton
Club supported the BC Open through valet parking during the event. RSI received a check for $ from Broome Community Charities.
Grant awarded for Camp Sertoma Dining Hall Project from Sertoma International Foundation.
Adopt a Family Holiday Program spent $ on holiday shopping for a local family

28. Million Dollar Antique Show netted $
Scholarship Program established. Each year a award will be given to a Binghamton High School Student entering a language/speech related field.