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rian Bill Connelly brought guests Matthew Riss (left) and Eric Szakiel (right) to a Club meeting. Both Matthew and Eric are on the High School Mock Trial team. The student lawyers impressed the club members with opening and closing arguments for a trial involving a complex current topic. Bill is a local lawyer who runs the Mock Trial team at the Mendham High School which has had great success.

RI Weekly Update

Posted on Jun 30, 2017

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Rotary International Weekly Update (June 2017)

Rotary Vocational Update (April 2017)

Rotary Giving & Grants Update ( May 2017)

The Rotary Leader (January 2016)

Rotary Service (June 2017)

Rotary Youth Exchange (May 2017)

End Polio Now Newsletter (April 2017)

Membership Minute (April 2017)

Gift of Knowledge 2016

Just before Thanksgiving, Mendham Rotary Club completed their Gift of Knowledge project in Mendham. The Club distributed dictionaries to all third grade students at Mendham Borough and Mendham Township grammar schools as well as St. Josephs school. The club has done this every year for the last 10+ years in hopes of promoting education and understanding of the world beyond the local community.

BlinkNow

BlinkNow Board of Directors and Director Ruth Dekker made a surprise visit to our Club at last week's meeting.

We had the pleasure of meeting four of Maggie Doyne's children from Nepal who are here visting. One is returning to Kopila Valley Home and School and the other three will remain here and attend school for the fall term. Two will attend Mendham Township Middle School and the third will attend Peck in Morristown.

Their names are from the left Bhakta, Krishna, Sagar, Padam . Together they told us about their lives and experiences both since they arrived here and their lives growing up in Surkhet. They were very happy that chicken was on the menu at the Rotary meeting.

Thank you to Frank and June for orchestrating this program.

Scholarships 2016

2016 High School Scholarships

Mendham Rotary awards this year's scholarships to Mendham High School senior.

This year Mendham Rotary was able to award scholarships to five Mendham High School seniors. Three were Rotary Club Scholarships. In addition, this year, we awarded The Georgine Meyer Memorial Scholarship funded by a bequest from Georgine Meyer's will. A second scholarship, The Adrienne Pinto Community Service Scholarship was awarded which was funded by donation in memory of Adrienne Pinto who was President of the Mendham Rotary Club when she passed away recently.

Scholarship recipients in picture from left: Ella Cusano, John Kemp, Matthew Hanks, Andrew DiCarlo and Nicholas Agoglia are being presented with their scholarships by Frank Cioppettini of the Scholarship Committee.

Member, Harry Pinto, and daughter Stephanie present student John Kemp with the Adrienne Pinto Community Service Scholarship

Melinda Meyer attended meeting for the presentation of the Georgine Meyer Memorial Scholarship.

MASH District Grant

MASH GRANT

Mendham Rotary recently completed a District Grant in favor of the Mendham Area Senior Housing (MASH) in Mendham. The grant supplied MASH with an All-In-One computer along with an All-In-One printer which can copy, scan, print, etc.. The new system was setup for MASH by the Village Computer Center in Bernardsville. The system is already experiences high usage by the MASH residents confirming that it was greatly needed.

MASH Executive Director, Catherine Maresca takes a turn at the new computer system installed in their common room at the facility.

Kundane School Globa Grant

Dilip Visits Global Grant site

Mendham Rotary Club joined with the Dhule Crossroad Rotary Club in Dhule India in a Global Grant to renovate two schools: the Kundane School and the S.V School in the Dhule area.	In February 2016 Dilip Vora (right) of Mendham Rotary Club and Madhur Kucharia (left) of the Dhule Crossroad Rotary Club visited the schools to view the progress which had been made.
This picture shows the renovated bathroom block at the school	Dilip Vora, along with his wife Rajni, and Madhur Kucharia visit a class at the school

Taste of Mendham

Posted on Jan 18, 2016

Rotary presented a check for $2,600 to the Interfaith Food Pantry which represented the profits realized from the Taste Of Mendham project. From left are: Russ Hall and Caroline Lake of the Interfaith Food Pantry, Stan Gorski, organizer of Taste Of Mendham, June Cioppettini, Mendham Rotary project coordinator and party planner and Adrienne Pinto, Mendham Rotary President.

Paul Harris Fellowhsip awarded

At the Club's annual Christmas party last Saturday, President Adrienne had the pleasure on behalf of the club of awarding a Paul Harris Fellowship to long time Mendham Borough employee Helen Cleary. Helen retired recently after 27 years of service in the Borough offices in Mendham. She worked in many departments over the years but most recently ruled over the Department of Health and the Tax Assessor's office. The first face you always saw when entering the Bowers Building was Helen's welcoming presents. Always polite and helpful with whatever you were looking for. She made gave Mendham a reputation of standing out among municipalities in servicing the town and its residents.

Gift of Knowledge Oct 2015

Mendham Rotary delivered dictionaries to the 3rd graders Mendham Township Lower School in Brookside on November 10th. Thanks to all who participated. Mendham Rotary and the Dictionary Project got a good write-up in the Mendham Township Elementary School (MTES) Tiger Tales which was nice. https://mtestigertales.wordpress.com/ Take as look.

Taste of Mendham 2015

Taste of Mendham took place at the Brookside Community Center Sunday Night sponsored by Mendham Rotary in favor of the Interfaith Food Pantry (IFP). Inspite of the cold, there was a good turnout and everyone seemed to enjoy the event. Thanks to the Rotarians who helped setup and man the show. Special thanks to June and Frank who organized it.

RYLA Students

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Sep 29, 2015

At our Sept 30th meeting we hosted three of our six 2015 RYLA students (unfortunately, the others had schedule conflicts) - Faith Antonek, Hannah Staples, and Sarah Stover - as well as Mendham H.S. guidance counselor Lauren Buhowski. (click read more.... to continue)

MASH Dinner/Speaker

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Sep 20, 2015

On Sept 16th we hosted dinner and a speaker at the Mendham Area Senior Housing (MASH). We provided baked chicken, caesar salad, and dessert. The speaker was Jake Whalen, who spoke about Medicare. (Click Read More.... to continue)

Mini-Golf 2015

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Aug 30, 2015

August 26th was our Annual Mendham Rotary Mini-Golf outing. We paired up in teams of two (drawn randomly) and teed off shortly after 6pm. No Jason Day's or Jordan Spieth's among the group, but we had a lot of FUN! Afterwards we enjoyed a picnic dinner of Fried Chicken, Salad, Sides, and Dessert (salad, sides, dessert supplied by various members). We were fortunate to have great weather for an outdoor event in August (temp in the 70's and low humidity). The team members scores were combined, and the top 3 teams earned medals. Congratulations to Harry & Mario (1st place), Jim L. & Steve (2nd place), and Stephanie P. & Sandi (3rd place). Click on "read more..." to view pictures (courtesy of June)

Japan Exchange Trip #2

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Aug 10, 2015

On Wed, Aug 5th, Kate Haagensen returned to speak about her second exchange trip to Japan (you may remember her from last year when she spoke about her experiences on the Ross Redman Exchange Trip). Katie first went to Shikoku to visit one of her host families from last year's Ross Redman Exchange Program, then she spent several weeks with a family in Tokyo. Katie and her mom are now hosting Mina for several weeks. Mina is from Katie's Japanese host family. Katie, Dawn (her mom), and Mina were all at our meeting. Katie showed us pictures from her trip.

DG Frank Geraghty Visit

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Jul 06, 2015

Our new DG, Frank Geraghty, visited our club at our July 8th meeting. (Click on "read more..." to continue)

4th of July

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Jul 06, 2015

Our first activity of the new Rotary year was on July 4th - the Food Booth at the Brookside Parade. Unfortunately, we have no control over the weather..... We got all set up, the parade began, and then the rains came.....

2015-2016 Officer Installation

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Jun 30, 2015

June 24th was our last meeting of the 2014-2015 Rotary Year. The main event at the meeting was to install our officers for the 2015-2016 year. However, before the installation, outgoing President June Cioppettini gave a brief summary of all we did in the past year. (Click read more to continue)

2015 Scholarships

Posted on Jun 22, 2015

At our June 10th meeting we awarded three very deserving Mendham High School Seniors with a Mendham Rotary Scholarship. (Click on "more....") to continue

Niel Henry

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on May 26, 2015

Our speaker at our May 20th meeting was Mendham Borough Mayor Neil Henry, who spoke of the "State of the Borough".

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Maggie Doyne Paul Harris Award

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on May 12, 2015

The Madison Rotary Club is hosted Maggie Doyne at their meeting on Apr 30, 2015. Our club president June Cioppettini presented Maggie with a Paul Harris Award at the Madison Rotary Club's meeting in recognition of her work in Nepal. We also had received word that Maggie and everyone in the Kopila Valley area are safe from the both of the Nepal earthquakes (although they felt some tremors, Surkhet is hundreds of kilometers from the epicenter).

For more information on Maggie's work in Nepal see her website at Blinknow.org

Mendham Rotary Club President June Cioppettini pins Maggie Doyne with her Paul Harris Award. Looking on is Madison Club President Deb Starker

RYLA Students

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Oct 19, 2014

At our Oct 8th meeting we hosted Skyler Mattioli and Matthew Hanks, two of our RYLA Students, each accompanied by a parent. Skyler and Matt spoke to us about their experiences at RYLA in June.

Short-Term Exchange to Japan - Summer 2014

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Aug 02, 2014

At our July 30th meeting we had the pleasure of hosting Katie Haagensen. Katie was one of the High School Students that went to Japan for three weeks via the Ross Redman Short Term Exchange Program. Katie was sponsored by our club and she (along with her mom Dawn) joined us last week to tell us about her trip. It was primarily on the island of Shikoku (mainly the cities of Osaka, Kyoto, and Naru), although it ended with a trip to Hiroshima.

Honoring the Sisters of Christian Charity

Posted by Janet Cicariello-Cook on Jan 13, 2013

At our Jan 9th meeting, we honored the Sisters of Christian Charity (SCC), Mallinkrodt Convent, Mendham, for their service to the community in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The Sisters opened up their home as a shelter in the aftermath of the storm, where they housed and fed many people form the Mendhams and the surrounding communities.