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!
WELCOME to Francescos!
Flag Salute - Not Reported
Invocation - Not Reported
Song - None
CLUB ANNOUNCEMENTS - John Susani could not attend, Bonnie Miele ran the meeting:
Events we are looking to do:
Bowling at the T-bowl, $27 per person. Look for emails.
Paint and Sip - open to all
Yankees Baseball Game - sandwiches will be purchased from Subway
Night at the racetrack - Roberta and Sandy are working on this.
Our next Rotary lunch meeting will be April 24th.
Please be there at 12.15pm. $25 per person - Please bring a friend!! (For our known meeting schedule, scroll to the end or click here https://portal.clubrunner.ca/3496/speakers)
Valley Hospital Presentation
Bob Guarasci - (President of New Jersey Community Development). .
NJCDC was started by Bob in 1994, he is the founder and current chief executive officer, Bob worked in Former Governor Jim Florio's administration from 1989 through 1993, spending most of his time in the state's Human Services Department.
Bob, in 1994 decided to launch a nonprofit organization in Paterson. He visited City Hall to
meet with at the time Mayor Bill Pascrell Jr. to introduce himself and his goals..
Under N.J. Comm
unity Development are the following:
The Community Preschool Charter School, Money Management Counseling for adults, Teen Centers at area High Schools, Vegan Cooking Class at the Barclay Place Apartments, Great Falls Youth Center, and the NJCDC Help Center on Spruce Street.
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!
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.
We are thinking for all of our members, family and friends who are suffering an illness or other adversities especially
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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