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:
Invocation: Florine White/Flag Salute President Bonnie Miele - (No Song)
October Casino Trip has been postponed. Those who paid will be refunded.
See below for upcoming approved events for our club!
District News: The District is having a Drum Circle Certification course open to everyone. President Bonnie will be attending. Please CLICK HERE for more information
The District is asking that we collect non-perishable items for the Great Falls Food Pantry. Please bring items to our next meeting
Our next Rotary lunch meeting will be October 19th.
We are looking forward to having our very own Cy Yanerelli as our guest speaker, next Thursday 10/19, where he willwill give a presentation on "The Mustard Seed Children" of the Dominican Republic. Please be there at 12:15. $25 a person unless you've paid your dues, Then you get the first ten free.
TODAY'S SPEAKER
This Meeting's Speaker: Richard Polton
Our Guest Speaker today: Richard Polton - is a native of Paterson, attended local schools and went on to study architecture, urban history and planning at Columbia University, the Rhode Island School of Design and MIT. He is a professional real estate analyst and consultant and has published numerous articles in the leading appraisal and planning professional publications on topics related to urban development, and affordable housing.
His fascination with Paterson history has kept him busy, he accidentally came upon the story of Fred Wesley Wentworth a Paterson Architect, in 20065, while looking for Paterson memorabilia on eBay. As Polton became involved in the research on Wentworth, he realized that the architect had designed the buildings that had shaped his family history, The buildings where they were born, went to school, went synagogue, were married, worked were all Wentworth designed.
Richard was honored by the Jewish Historical Society of North Jersey for his outstanding leadership, generosity, and commitment to the preservation of Paterson's history.
We enjoyed a slide show of all of the historic buildings in Paterson, the year they were built and the significance of each in Paterson's history.
Richard's recently published book is: Paterson's Industrial Age (Image of America).
Christmas 2023 - John DeCando (Paterson Animal Control) is looking for donations of Dog & Cat treats for Christmas.
The Great Falls Pantry - requesting donations of Non-Perishable foods.
With almost 27,000 military veterans living in Paterson alone, many of them living under tight financial constraints, this pantry was just what they needed.
Located at 160 Ward Street in Paterson, NJ, the pantry will be open the 3rd Saturday of every month from 9-11 am. Veterans will need to bring proof of service and a tax return in order to shop. Currently, the pantry holds a variety of dry goods and the organizers plan to hold fundraisers in the future to continue to keep the pantry stocked for our vets!
We are asking all members to consider donating food for the Veterans, so they can enjoy Thanksgiving. We need rice, gravy, instant mashed potatoes, stuffing mix, canned vegetables, cranberry sauce, sweet potatoes, Mac and cheese, etc. or anything you can contribute. There are 20 families at Paterson Park Apartments. Catholic Charities will provide the turkeys.
Please bring you contributions to John Susani’s office 209 Union Avenue Paterson.
Food due by November 18.
We will deliver it on Monday November 20. Volunteers needed. Please click the registration list so we know who will donate and assist with delivery.
Guest Speaker Richard Polton & Gianfranco Archimede who assisted - (Paterson Historians).
Total people in attendance - 11 people
The Paterson Rotary Foundation
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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.
We are thinking for all of our members, family and friends who are suffering an illness or other adversities especially Tony Pecci (now back home and receiving physical therapy) and Gloria Counsellor. We are reminded to think about our brothers and sisters in Ukraine.
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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