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Antiques ShowsFor 38 years Mendham Rotary Club has had a Antiques Show at the West Morris Mendham High School in Mendham, NJ. Due to the Covid pandemic, our last two years' show had to be cancelled. Funds raised at this show were used for many project among which were scholarships for Mendham High School students. Since we could not have this fundraiser, Mendham Rotary solicited local businesses who had supported the show in the past for funds to support these scholarships this year. We would like to thank all of them for their loyalty and willing to support us during this pandemic. Please follow this link for the list of these valued supporters. 38th Annual Antiques & Art Show Great Show 38th Annual Antiques & Art Show sets a new direction for Mendham Rotary Club's Spring Show .jpg) Great looking Antiques  Many Local Artists displayed their work |
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Labor Day Parade 2018Mendham Rotary Marches in Mendham Borough Labor Day Parade  Club participates in traditional parade through Mendham Borough |
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2018 HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLARSHIPSMay 31,2018 AT MENDHAM ROTARY'S REGULAR MEETING Three Mendham High School students were awarded Mendham Rotary's annual scholarships .jpg) Katia McGreal, Quinn Collins & Marissa Spletter joined Mendham Rotary President Bill Connelly at the podium to receive their scholarship which resulted from the Club's review of the many scholarship applications received by the Scholarship Committee Congratulations to Katia, Quinn & Marissa |
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Mendham High School Mock Trial TeamThe Mendham High School Mock Trial Team again won the NJ State championship for 2018 Team returned from Nationals in Reno where they placed 10th in the country. Two Members of the team Andy Sager and Joe Gulino along with their Attorney Coach, Bill Connelly  visit the Mendham Rotary Club to preview their opening and closing arguments for the trial completion in Reno where they placed 10th in the country. Congratulations! Well Done. |
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2018 Antiques Show and SaleMendham Rotary presented their 37th annual Antiques Show and Sale fundraiser at Mendham High School Weather was cool and lots of people showed up. The show looked never better! April 7-8, 2018  This annual event is the Club's main fundraiser and supports many of the Club projects during the year as well as scholarships awarded to High School Seniors based on achievement, community service and need. |
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END HUNGER 3.6Mendham Rotary Joins other Rotary Clubs to sponsor 2018 END HUNGER 3.6 at Drew University in March 2018   A few hundreds of Rotarians, Friends and young people gathered to pack many thousands of food packet for distribution to local NJ support groups. .jpg) Even after a one day postponement, most of the volunteers showed up to participate in this worthwhile community project organized by the Madison Rotary Club and sponsored by many clubs. Thanks goes to Madison for organizing and running this event |
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Camp Merry Heart 2017Camp Merry Heart Carnival Day 2017 Each year Camp Merry heart has a carnival honoring District 7470 Clubs that have contributed to their efforts over the years. Mendham Rotarians participated in support of the Camp and District 7470  Mendham Rotary Club received a certificate thanking them for participating.  |
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High School Scholarships 2017Mendham Rotary Club awards Five Scholarships to High School Seniors .jpg) Mendham Rotary awarded five scholarships to Mendham High School Seniors at their meeting on June 7th. The five students were selected from a list submitted by the school and interviewed by the Club's Scholarship Committee. One of the scholarships was in memory of former, longtime, club member Georgine Meyer. Pictured above are Joan Little on the left and Bill Connelly on the right, Committee Members, and Melinda Meyer, daughter of Georgine Meyer. Students (from left) are Kevin Stoltenborg, James Nanchanatt, Elise Spouls, Emily Sullivan and Abraham Cook |
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Mendham High School Mock Trial visits RotaryMendham High School Mock Trial Team
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.jpg) 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. |
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Gift of Knowledge 2016Just 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.
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Scholarships 20162016 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.
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Kundane School Globa GrantDilip Visits Global Grant site
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Taste of Mendham.jpg) 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.
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The Art of Networking At last week' meeting, Ray introduced us to a friend of many years Murray Karten of FujiFilm. Murray made a presentation on The Art of Networking telling us his life experience and how important networking is to all of us. He let us know how important Networking is to our careers as well as all endeavors we take on in our lives.
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Paul Harris Fellowhsip awarded.jpg){kind=spacer} 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.
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Thanksgiving 2015Thanksgiving has come and gone. How Sad?
Always one of the nicest holidays we have. Mostly family, food, sports and no gifts. It gives us a chance to think beyond ourselves and consider what is going on in the world outside. As we live our normal, rush around, busy lives, we hardly ever give pause to consider how lucky we are. First to live in the US without a lot of the chaos that most people have to deal with every day. Although our problems seem big at times, if we look outside, we can not help but be grateful.
Mendham Rotary and The Rotary Foundation is a path through which we can address some of the pressing World Problems. Our club participates in the RI grant programs. We donate funds that we raise in our club fundraisers to help many causes both local and foreign. All the grant money that RI gives out in grants comes from money that we as Rotarians and other generous people gift to The Rotary Foundation (TRF). In order to keep this going and to assure TRF has money for our's and other's grants, it is important that we include TRF in our family giving program. There are many ways to do this and they can be found on the District 7470 and the RI websites.
If you are not familiar with all that Rotary does, it is well worth taking a look at these sites and see the good work that is being done. Its a great place to get ideas as to where we can help in the future.
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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.
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Taste of Mendham 2015 Taste of Men dham 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. |
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RYLA StudentsAt 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)
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MASH Dinner/SpeakerOn 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)
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Mini-Golf 2015August 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) |
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DG Frank Geraghty VisitOur new DG, Frank Geraghty, visited our club at our July 8th meeting. (Click on "read more..." to continue) |
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4th of JulyOur 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.....
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2015-2016 Officer InstallationJune 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)
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2015 ScholarshipsAt our June 10th meeting we awarded three very deserving Mendham High School Seniors with a Mendham Rotary Scholarship. (Click on "more....") to continue
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Niel HenryOur speaker at our May 20th meeting was Mendham Borough Mayor Neil Henry, who spoke of the "State of the Borough".
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RYLA StudentsAt 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. |
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DG Visit Part IImagine the hole there would be in the world without Rotary...... |
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This Week's Notes: DG Visit Part I
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Short-Term Exchange to Japan - Summer 2014At 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. |
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2014 4th (5th?) of JulyHappy 4th (5th?) of July! Ok, so we had the threat of a Hurricane (which fortunately stayed offshore), and a storm front with potentially severe thunderstorms, which all let to a postponement of the Brookside parade from Friday the 4th to Saturday the 5th. This turned out to be a great decision. Saturday dawned sunny and dry (and not too hot), with a nice breeze all day. A perfect day for a parade and cookout. As usual, we had our food booth serving Hamburgers/Cheesburgers, Veggie Burgers, Hot Dogs, Brats, and drinks (soda, water, ice tea). There was a good turnout and our booth was successful. This year we added a "Dog Bar" (water bowl and dog biscuits), which seemed to be very popular with the 4-legged crowd. |
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2014 ScholarshipsAt our June 11th meeting we hosted the recipients of our High School Scholarships. Last week we hosted the recipients of our High School Scholarships. |
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2013 RYLA StudentsAt our meeting on Oct. 16th we hosted our RYLA Students and their moms. In June, we sponsored three Mendham High School Students to attend the RYLA weekend. On Wed. Oct. 16th they were our guests and spoke briefly about their experiences at RYLA. All three students were enthusiastic about the program and really enjoyed it. They were honored to have been chosen, and their moms were so proud of them. (Click on "more..." to see pictures) |
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DG Barry Kroll VisitOn Oct 2nd, DG Barry Kroll, accompanied by AG Ron Kelly visited our club. We enjoyed meeting Barry and Ron. |
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2013 4th of JulyOn Thursday July 4th we had our Food Booth at the Brookside (Mendham Township) 4th of July Parade. Each year we set up on the field behind the Brookside Community Club (where the parade ends) and sell Hamburgers, Hot Dogs, and Bratwurst. Thank You Everyone who worked so hard at our Food Booth at the Brookside Fourth of July Parade. It's a long day with set-up beginning at 7:30am and food service/cleanup after the parade ending about 2pm. Thanks to all your efforts, we had the best 4th of July ever! |
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2013-2014 Officer InstallationAt our June 26th meeting, we installed the officers and board for the 2013-2014 Rotary year.
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Paul Harris Awards - Jan 2013At our Jan 30th meeting we presented five club members with the Paul Harris Award. Four first-timers and one repeat (Sapphire pin). |
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Honoring the Sisters of Christian CharityAt 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. |
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2012 Holiday PartyOur Club Holiday Party was on Saturday, Dec. 15th at the Cioppettini's house. Frank and June provided the food (and cooked!). The party doubled as a fund raiser for the Kopila Valley High School that Maggie Doyne is raising money to build. Instead of paying a restaurant, we gave the money to Blinknow.org towards building the school. Between our holiday party, and a speech that June gave to the Newark Rotary Club (Frank's former club), $1550 was raised. That is approximately 1/3 of a classroom. (The 4 classroom school will cost $20K) A big THANK YOU to June and Frank for organizing, hosting and cooking!!! |
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Buzzy Thomas Paul Harris AwardOn Monday, Nov. 10, 2012 the Mendham Rotary Club presented Evan "Buzzy" Thomas with a Paul Harris Award. Buzzy is the OEM for Mendham Borough and Mendham Township. The award was for his outstanding service to the community during and in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. The award was presented at the Mendham Township Committee Meeting. |
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This Week's NotesDG AVI TILAK Club Visit Wed. Aug. 1st 6:30pm Board mtg. with DG Avi prior to meeting at 6pm .jpg) .jpg) |
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2012-2013 Officer InstallationAt our meeting on July 11th, we installed our officers for the 2012-2013 Rotary Year
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2012 4th of JulyThis Wednesday July 11, 2012 2012-2013 Officer Installation (Board Mtg. at 5:30pm) .jpg)  |
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2012 High School Scholarship StudentsOn June 13th we had the pleasure of hosting our High School Scholarship winners and their parents at our meeting. We extend our congratulations to the scholarship recipients Christina Diana, Elise van Leeuwen, and Jennifer Viveiros. We enjoyed having them at our meeting and wish them all the best as they continue their education.
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DG Visit and New MembersOn Oct. 12th we hosted our DG Jim Allison, and inducted two new members.
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Paul Harris AwardsAt our meeting on Sept. 28, 2011, we awarded four Paul Harris Awards. Three of these
went to club members Betty Kiser, Georgine Meyer, and Jim Laughlin. One
went Bob Diffin, a Mendham business owner who has done a lot for the
community. While Bob's award was known, the three club members were
surprised with their awards. |
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2011-2012 Officer Installation On June 2th we installed the officers for the 2011-2012 Rotary Year. We were
joined by our guests, (then current) DG Maurie Mader accompanied by his
wife "District Saint" Peggy, our AG Carol Pellet, and our former
Exchange Student Dwayne Dottin.
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Cell Phone RecyclingMendham Rotary Club is collecting used cell phones to support the environment and help fund a water project. Follow this link for more information.
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Rotary Water Projects updateCheck this report from Rotary International about water projects
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2011 Antiques Show
Our 30th
Annual Antiques Show was the weekend of April 9th and 10th. The weekend
seemed to go well, and the feedback from the show patrons was favorable.
Comments received indicated people thought it was a better show with
better quality/variety of dealers than recent past shows.
A BIG THANK YOU to all those who worked hard to make this year's show possible!!! Pictures of the show coming soon. |
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DG Visit and other Notes |
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2010 Mendham Borough Labor Day Parade
Monday, Sept. 6th was the Annual Labor
Day Parade in Mendham Borough. The weather cooperated and the parade was
attended by many residents and visitors. As usual, participants
included various bands, fire/first aid equipment and personnel, military
groups, youth sports/activities organization, local politicians, and
civic organizations. Mendham Rotary was represented in the parade by
Beth Smith (driving her red Jeep) with passenger President-elect Ray
Altenburger.
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Burke's Visit Joan in Spain
Club Member Bill Burke and his wife Laurie recently visited last year's
Rotary exchange student Joan Pages in Spain. Laurie and Bill were one of
Joan's host families - and his "mom and dad" while he was in the US.
Bill sent me these pictures for the bulletin. The pictures are also on
the club homepage in the photojournal "Burke's visit Joan in Spain"
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Award, Graduation, and News
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Effective Immediately Board meetings will be on the last Wednesday of the month at 5:30pm
Mini Board Mtg Wed, July 28th at 6pm
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New Officer Installation and other business |
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Scolarship Recipients and things |
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Antiques Show & SaleThis year's Antique Show and Sale went
off without a hitch. The weather was not so good and the economy not so
go but Mendham Rotary did well enough to fund most of their annual
charity commitments. We look forward to another year of service with
confidence and continue to look for new challenges.
We are looking for help in running next year's Antique Show and Sale and would like to talk to persons who may wish to participate in it's management. We would like to do a water project this year with Seeds of Light in Africa but the way is still unclear as to how to do so through the new Rotary Foundation International Grant program. We will find a way. Last year's water project in Guatemala should be coming to an end shortly as the funds have arrived in Guatemala and the filter will be distributed shortly. |
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Water MonitoringWe are happy to report that the Great Swamp Watershed Association (GSWA) has made contact with the Environmental Club at the High School. Hopefully, the GSWA will be able to get a date to train the Environmental Club regarding the Passaic River water monitoring project that they want to participate in. The GSWA project which is coordinating participation of High School students through Rotary District 7470 is just right for Mendham as one of the headwaters of the Passaic River is right behind the High School.
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Seeds Of LightMendham Rotary Club's participation in the Seeds Of Light project is another effort in the Water and Sanitation efforts of Rotary International. Seeds of Light has dug a water well in Northeaster South Africa to supply water to a school which not only provides water for the children but also water to irrigate a vegetable garden at the school which grows food for the children to take home.
Again this year, Mendham Rotary has donated money to this project and they are in the process of digging another well. This time it is in a small village called Rooiboklagte in the Acornhoek area in Mpumalanga Province. For more information, you should look at their website at www.seedsoflight.org. We have happy to know that the Seeds of Light group has located a Rotary Club that might be interested in hosting a Well Drilling project in the future. See Seeds of Light thank you letter in Download files on right. |
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Guatemala Water Project
Mendham Rotary has now completed the Matching Grant process for the Guatemala Water Filter Project. Although no matching funds were available at the Rotary Foundations, enough funds were collected from other club, the High School International Club's efforts and our District 7470 funding to make the project valuable. The money for the filters should now be in the hands of the Huehuetenango Rotarians to acquire the filters and distribute them.
Rotary in conjunction with Heart to Heart International ran a Rotary Volunteer trip to Guatemala in November. Five Rotarians from New Jersey including one from the Mendham club make up a third of the Rotarians nationwide who are participating in this humanitarian trip. Some pictures are in the Photo Journal on the right. Also, Check out this Blog from the Olathe Kansas club for a narrative of the trip: http://org2009.blogspot.com/ Take a look at this website: http://guatemalawaterproject.wordpress.com/ http://mayanfamilies-sharon.blogspot.com/2009/10/water-filters-being-distributed-in-pena.html October 17, Guatemala Water project Matching Grant Application to The Rotary Foundation (TRF) was approved in August by the District 7470 Foundation Committee. This was to give the project matching funds from the TRF for the moneys being donated by Mendham, Bernardsville and Florence OR Rotary Clubs. Unfortunately, The Foundation ran out of funds again this year before being able to support our project. |
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RYLA Students Visit Club
WMMHS students Ann Prybylowski and Robert Rafferty visited the Mendham Rotary Club last week to talk about their experience at the RYLA weekend at Drew University. They are pictured here with their guidance counsilors from shcool, Joe Trainor and Abby Stead and Assistant District Governor, Jim Laughlin and Club President, Denise Goetting. Also in the picture is Gauthier Stainier, Mendham Rotary's exchange student from Belgium.
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New Rotary Road Sign
Our new Rotary Road Sign has been installed at the corner of Route 24 and Tingley Road. The new sign is now complete with the addition of the MENDHAM sign on Friday. The picture has not been updated yet.
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Short Term Exchange Student
Short Term Exchange Student, Rebecca Tishman came to our Club's meeting, accompanied by her mother Pam, to tell Club members about her experience on the short term exchange in Japan. It seems that she had a great trip which gave her insight into the cultural differences between Americans and other peoples of the world. Just what the program is intended to accomplish. Rebecca and Pam are shown with Rotarian Sandi Laughlin.
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Service Above Self
 
The Mendham Rotary Club is a local service club which serves both the local community as well as the world community. Click on the above moto for more information |
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