Greater New Brunswick Rotary installed three new members this month. Please welcome Laurie Lazovick and Adrian Brown to the club in photo to left. Sibylle Pearce is installed in photo to right at our Leap Day Business Networking Event at Jersey Cyclone Brewery.
Amanda Lyons and Lisa Kelly from the Middlesex College Foundation joined our club meeting today and accepted donation checks from our club to continue our annual scholarships and to sponsor 20 Chromebooks for students. Education and literacy are priorities for the Rotary Club of Greater New Brunswick.
In 2024 the Rotary Club of Greater New Brunswick will host two lunch meetings per month. The second Wednesday of each month the club will meet a noon upstairs at Harvest Moon Brewery and Cafe. On the fourth Wednesday of each month the club will host a noon meeting in the private room at Victoria's Tratta Italiano. Guests and interested individuals are encouraged to join us for one free lunch meeting to learn more about Rotary and how to get involved in helping the Greater New Brunswick community. The club is also hosting one monthly social events in the evenings. Please consult our calendar schedule for more events and opportunities.
Local Literacy Projects
The Greater New Brunswick Rotary is currently seeking help from the local community for our annual Literacy Campaign. We are seeking help in the form of sponsorships for each of our local thirteen elementary schools. Annually we plan to provide one Dewey Does book titled "I Am Your Lil Super Hero" and one Special Rotary Dictionary for each local third grader. Provided we receive enough sponsorships and funding, we plan to include every third grade class in thirteen schools in three local school districts! In addition to the traditional uses, the students dictionary includes additional resources that are utilized by the teachers throughout the school year to help deliver geography, history, math and science lessons.
Dewey Does Author Thomas Kinslow and various members will organize presentations at each school. Sponsoring individuals and corporations are invited to join and share in this experience. Please contact Thomas who is working on the schedules if you wish to be a part of this remarkable program this year. We will offer dates for when the third graders will assemble, and the Dewey Does books and Rotary Special Dictionaries will be distributed at each school. Our club is appealing for your support in the form of donations of $250 for each school. To members who have already offered to donate, please confirm your pledge by sending your check or use the website to transmit payment (noting “Literacy project”). Please reach out to Thomas Kinslow tomas@deweydoes.com or call (917) 280-8142.
This years’ 2023 Cozzens Lane Cleanup or “The Shaw’s Cleanup” on December 2nd was another successful endeavor leaving Cozzens Lane in North Brunswick looking cleaner than ever. Our club president, Geoff Dietzel, along with Steve Ferrara, assisted the Rutgers University’s Rotaract Club with the removal and cleanup of debris that’s accumulated over the year – providing a great service while setting an fantastic example for the people of North Brunswick.