Welcome to another issue of our biweekly bulletin! Find out who our upcoming speakers are, what we covered during the last weekly meeting, and our up coming events and fundraisers!
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS:
R.I has designated May 20th as Day of Service for eight districts. The Paterson Rotary Club will participate by doing a site clean-up or planting a garden. Our Interact students will also participate. The R.I. theme for this event is “Get Behind The Wheel” (Rotary wheel) Tee Shirts with this logo are planned.
We need people to volunteer to take videos and photos for the press.
Our Gift of Life child is here with his mom. They will be with the Susani’s for the first night and will be hosted by Karen Fischer thereafter. They are scheduled to go back home to Honduras on May 27th.She will need some help with food, rides to doctor appointments etc. so ALL members are expected to help out in some way.
Our next Rotary lunch meeting will take place on April 27, 2023 at The Brownstone. Please join us for another great program.
Our guest speaker will be Nancy Kontos, President of Kontos Foods. Be sure to bring a guest. Don’t miss it!
TODAY'S SPEAKER
This Meeting's Speaker: Jack Cittarelli
Our guest speaker today is Jack Cittarelli, former gubernatorial candidate in New Jersey.
Jack said he was honored to be here with Rotarians.
Jack spoke on leadership. A good leader in his opinion, is anyone who does the right thing. He told the story of a young Marine, John Basalone. John was the first Medal of Honor awardee. John saved an entire battalion on Guadalcanal. He later died on Iwo Jima.
Jack tells us that the American dream and way of life is not easy, but it is attainable for all if we work for it.
Jack was asked if he planned to run for governor again and he said that he is planning to run in 2024.
He then opened the floor for questions.
A very interesting discussion!
Thank you to our program chair Vincent Iannaccone for another interesting program!
The Paterson Rotary Cookbooks are here! Pick one or more up for you and for gifts in time for cooking, baking, and gift giving for Christmas and the Holidays! The books are $15.00 each and feature 291 recipes! They are at PDG John Susani’s office and ready for pick up.
A Tricky Tray and Beefsteak Dinner is planned for May 3, 2023 and will take place at Portabello’s in Oakland, NJ. This fundraiser will honor PDG Joseph Dino. All members are asked to solicit donations of gift cards from restaurants and retailers you visit, as well as gift baskets, and gifts. Prizes include five vacations in Antigua and the Lottery Apron
Tickets are $65.00 per person and include one sheet of raffle tickets.
Your ticket includes: Antipasta, pasta, beefsteak, dessert and one sheet of Green, entry level tickets.
Brian Fischer, past president and today’s guest speaker.
Total Rotarians in attendance - not taken
Did you know?
Paterson Rotary was honored by having its first district Governor Harold E. Wettyen in 1936-37. The second was Judge Filbert Rosenstein, 1950-51 followed by Joe Grassey 1962-63; Bob Spaulding, 1971-72; Art Scialla, 1986-87; Bill Gates, 1992-93; Joseph Dino,Jr., 2005-06, Gloria Counsellor, 2006-2007 (second female district Governor and 50th in our district) Bonnie Sirower, 2012-13, John G. Susani, 2021-22. Paterson Rotary is honored to have had ten district Governors to date, the most for one club in District 7490.!
Make a difference with the Paterson Rotary Foundation, Inc
The Rotary is the world's first service club. The Paterson Rotary is Paterson's oldest service organization and we are the 70th club to be chartered worldwide. We are an organization of business and professional leaders. We provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and build goodwill and peace in the world. We are a recognized as a tax-exempt non-profit organization the EIN# is 22-3551397.
$170.00 HAPPY DOLLARS collected today by PDG Joe Dino
50/50 Today’s winner took home $85!
“The clock of life is wound but once, and no man has the power to tell just when the hands will stop, at late or early hour.
Now is the only time you own, so live, love and toil with a will.
Place no faith in time, for the clock may soon be still.” anonymous
We are thinking for all of our members, family and friends who are suffering an illness or other adversities especially Pat Scialla, Tony Pecci and Gloria Counsellor. We are reminded to think about our brothers and sisters in Ukraine.
We are asked to keep Past President Joseph Hessler’s family in our thoughts. Joe passed away this week and will be sorely missed. He was an honorary member and has always been a staunch supporter of our club.
ROTARIAN CODE OF CONDUCT
As a Rotarian, I will:
1. Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life
2. Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect
3. Use my professional skills through Rotary to: mentor young people, help those with special needs, and improve people’s quality of life in my community and in the world
4. Avoid behaviour that reflects adversely on Rotary or other Rotarians.
5. Help maintain a harassment-free environment in Rotary meetings, events, and activities, report any suspected harassment, and help ensure non-retaliation to those individuals that report harassment
(Updated from Rotary International January 2019 Mtg., Bd. Dec. 119).
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