Q. Where did you get so many bamboo poles for the Sukkah? 

A. Bernie Saul (obm) owned and operated “Saul Equipment” a restaurant supply business in downtown Albany. His shop near where the Times Union Center (formerly The Perpsi and before that the Knick Arena) was a landmark of sorts (its actually situated over a historic archeological site or something) and sometimes when miscellaneous items would be left neglected at the Port of Albany, he would go down with his trademark blue Chevy truck and bring home some treasures. One year he got a huge pile of US Army blankets which he shared with members of the community. Back in the day they would roll carpets on bamboo poles and often left those poles at the port when loading them on trucks. Bernie was a long-time good friend of Rabbi Israel Rubin and Capital Chabad, so he gave all those poles to use for the Shabbos House Sukkah.

P.S. You can buy them at Sukkah stores in the NY area, but they are relatively expensive. Nowadays most get bamboo mats instead of the indivdual poles, but the poles still have their use.