The Rotary Club of Madison has an enthusiastic and engaged network of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to serve humanity in our local and global communities. We have 88 members and are inviting like-minded individuals to join our successful and vibrant club. President Michel Belt encourages you to come learn about Rotary by attending any one of our three weekly meetings as our guest. You have your choice of three weekly meetings: Thursdays, 7:47 am breakfast at the YMCA, 12:15 pm lunch at the Madison Hotel or 6 pm the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at Charlie Brown's in Chatham. To learn more, join or visit a Rotary meeting - contact Barry Kroll, at barrykroll@aol.com or 973-476-2772.
Please join us on Thursday May 17, 2018 at our evening meeting. We meet at Charlie Brown’s in Chatham Township from 6 pm – 8 pm . Madison Rotarians Peter Flemming, Tom Haralampoudis, Marty Horn as well as Madison resident Charlie Horsey are undertaking a new business venture as they prepare to open up the refurbished Bottle Hill Tavern…formerly Poor Herbie’s. They will discuss the history, purchase, process and projections of their new establishment. Please try to be there and bring a friend.
Rotarians Needed - Contact Carmela Moeller to volunteer at carmoeller@aol.com Just in time for Spring Cleaning, the Madison Rotary Club will host another Community Shredding Day joined by Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore truck. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Municipal parking lot #1, the corner of Prospect Street and Kings Road by the Ambulance Squad. The event is open to the public and it is not necessary to be a Madison Resident. Click Read More for additional details
It is time again to honor those who served and those who paid the ultimate price in our Nation's history. Memorial Day is Monday, May 28 and we would like to invite as many Madison Rotarians to join us marching in the Madison parade. Receive instructions as to the order of march from Tom Granata who is staging the parade at Condurso Park at 9:00. Parade begins at 9:30. Please wear a Rotary hat or shirt. Flags will be supplied. Any questions, please let me know.
Madison May Day was held on Saturday May 5th. Thanks to the 20 plus Rotarians who volunteered to help maintain the grounds of the Madison Public Library. This has been a history project that Madison Rotary has done for year. A special thanks to Tom Haralampoudis for organizing Rotary volunteers. A special breakfast was also held inviting the adult volunteers to who help with End Hunger to provide information about Rotary and to give another volunteer opportunity to work on a Rotary service project.
Madison Rotary was well represented by Barry Kroll and Woody (pictured above) along with Ray Freaney and McGurkin who participated in Rotary Walks held May 6th. Madison Rotary raised over $400.00 of which 50% comes back to the club and the other 50% will go to support St. Huberts and the Raptor Trust.
"Rotary Club is pleased to be a financial sponsor of the 5K run/walk event organized by Good Grief, Inc., to be held on June 3, 2018 at Giralda Farms in Madison. Good Grief, based in Morristown, provides support to young people who have suffered the death of a mother, father or other close relative. More information on the event may be found at www.good-grief.org."
In most Rotary clubs, such as ours, it is customary to open weekly meetings with an appropriate invocation or blessing. Usually such invocations are offered without reference to specific religious denominations or faiths. Rotary policy recognizes that throughout the world Rotarians represent many religious beliefs, ideas and creeds. The religious beliefs of each member are fully respected, and nothing in Rotary is intended to prevent any individual from being faithful to such convictions.
Rotary District 7470, The Madison Rotary Foundation and Madison Rotary (program sponsors) wish to thank the 600 volunteers, 40 sponsors and 24 local Rotary Clubs who participated in packaging 159,112 meals that were distributed to needy individuals and families in norther New Jersey. The program took place March 10, 2018 and is the largest Rotary food packaging program in the country. Ellsworth Havens, program chair, said "we are grateful to have such a supportive community and sponsors to make a program like this happen. Hunger is a very real problem for many people in our community and we are dedicated to making a difference." As we conclude the 2018 End Hunger 3.6 program we are already thinking about how to have a greater impact in 2019.
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