The joint meeting of Madison Rotary and Madison Interact has been move from April 26, 2018 to May 17, 2018 to be held at 8:30 am in the Madison High School Library.
Madison Rotary will present four $1000 scholarships to Madison High School Seniors living in Madison. Students who live in Harding and attend Madison High School are also eligible. Six volunteers are need to evaluate the scholarship applications (the first week of May) selecting the top applicants and then interview those students on Tuesday, May 8, 2018 from 2:30 to 4:30 pm selecting the top four students to receive scholarships. Please contact Barry Kroll at barrykroll@aol.com to volunteer.
Author Ann Huber of "Lost and Found" will be speaking at breakfast meeting (7:47 am) at the YMCA on her memoirs of surviving displacement, finding love and uncovering secrets. Plan now to attend and hear this extraordinary speaker
Congratulations and thank you to the following Rotarians who participated in Rotary Leadership Institute held last Saturday, April 21st at the West Orange High School. Participants were involved in a variety of classes learning about leadership development and Rotary. Those in attendance included: Left to right - Jeff Andrews, Michel Belt, Carla Matrisciano, Jim Allison, Jeannie Tsukamoto, Ed Kalinka, Vanessa Crespi and Liz Parker. Not pictured above was Barry Kroll.
Madison Rotary invites junior students who are members of Madison High School to participate in a Laws of Life Essay Award. The purpose of the essay award project is to encourage students to explore their core values, such as honesty, perseverance, and compassion. Click Read More for additional details.
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
The Rotary Club of Madison will provide four $1,000 scholarship awards to graduating seniors who exemplify this motto through their volunteer service activities and actions. Examples would include but not limited to participation in a service club like Interact or Key Club, participating in organized mission trips, volunteering to help others, volunteering at a community organization like the YMCA or food bank, scouting, shoveling sidewalks for seniors, raising money to benefit others, etc. Click Read More for additional details
A wheel has been the symbol of Rotary since our earliest days. The first design was made by Chicago Rotarian Montague Bear, an engraver who drew a simple wagon wheel with a few lines to show dust and motion. The wheel was said to illustrate “Civilization and Movement.” Click Read more for additional details
Do you shop on Amazon? The Rotary Global Rewards program has made an arrangement that Amazon will contribute 6% of total purchases to Rotary International for those individuals who logon to Amazon through the Rotary portal. Additionally there are hundreds of additional discounts on things like car rentals, hotel accommodations, major stores, etc - Click Read More for details
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.
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.
