The Rotary Club of Union, following the motto of Service Above Self, holds monthly drives. During November, Club members held a food drive to benefit the Union Food Pantry. Members collected food at their places of business or sent it to Hillmann Consulting, who also support Rotary drives.  A generous Rotarian donated $500 so that 50 ShopRite gift cards could be purchased. So much food was donated that the bags filled a pick-up truck! The food was delivered to Nicole Leavey and Mary Fox, pictured, at the Clerk's Office at Town Hall for distribution to our township residents who are in need during the cold winter months. 

 

 

 

Please join us for an evening of cocktails, delectable hors d' oeuvres, tapas, and a sumptuous Viennese dessert table as we confer Scholarship awards to 3 Speech Contest Winners from Union High School.
We will also present the Rotary Excellence in Education Award to Robert Cowper, the Township of Union Superintendent of Recreation, and Board Member Nancy Minneci from the Township of Union Board of Education and honor their commitments to education and longstanding support of Rotary's Marvin Orella Speech Contest.
This event starts at 5:30 pm and is open to the public to hear the speeches and celebrate as the winners are announced. To help raise additional funds, there will be a 50/50 raffle, and Ad Journal. Members can register on the left with the Red Box.

 

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Members of the Rotary Club of Union gathered to assemble "sweet treats" for teachers in the Union Public Schools. They made baskets filled with goodies for the teachers and staff in the ten schools in the district. Each basket, accompanied with a handwritten note of appreciation for all the work and time the employees devote to the children, was delivered to the schools for the staff and teachers' enjoyment. The Union Club wanted to honor those in education since September is Rotary's Basic Education and Literacy Month.

On Jun 08, 2022, at 05:30 please join us for an evening of cocktails, delectable hors d' oeuvres, tapas, and a sumptuous Viennese dessert table as we confer Scholarship awards to 3 Speech Contest Winners from Union High School.
We will also present the Rotary Excellence in Education Awards. We will honor all of their commitments to education and longstanding support of Rotary's Marvin Orella Speech Contest.
This event starts at 5:30 pm and is open to the public to hear the speeches and celebrate as the winners are announced. To help raise additional funds, there will be a 50/50 raffle, and Ad Journal. Event Page https://portal.clubrunner.ca/6622/Event/rotary-club-of-union-s-eloquence-soir%C3%A9e-1

 

Committeeman Figueiredo stopped by the Rotary Club of Union, NJ 2nd Annual Fall Family Fitness as the community enjoyed a day full of fitness classes, food vendors, arts & crafts, music, cornhole, and fun games for all.

The Rotary Club of Union was thrilled to finally be back in person to celebrate our 80th Annual Installation of Officers! We were honored to be joined by District Governor, Ann Walko who helped introduce our 2021-2022 Officers and Directors, including President-Elect, Kathy Arminio. District Governor Walko also helped us install Claudia Schiavone as club President for her second term! We didn't stop there... we got to celebrate 3 of our members who were recognized as Paul Harris Fellows this year as well! As always, thank you to every member who makes our club so amazing. We can't wait to see what the 2021-2022 year has in store for us!

It was a beautiful day at the Liberty Hall Museum and Arboretum for an in-person meeting!!!! We were all so happy to have a wonderful tour and picnic lunch. We also made a donation to help support all of the wonderful programs Liberty Hall offers our community. https://libertyhall.kean.edu/gardens/

For anyone that owns a business and has a website we all know it's expensive to host and maintain a website. You may notice we have sponsors on our website to help defray those costs and make sure our funds go to great causes in this community and the world. All of the banners you see are Rotarian-owned businesses that volunteer their time to positively impact people's lives in the Township of Union.

  

Rotary is Humanity in motion. Rotary is ordinary people working together to make our community and the world a better place. When you start with Rotary, good things happen. Join us today. Email us at info@unionrotary,org and join us virtually to make good things happen in Union as well as the global community.

Did you know our club's Facebook Page is turning 10 this year? We have 448 Likes,  and 79 of those likes are from people who live in Union Township. 48% of those likes are from females and 51% are from males. Our highest age bracket is over 65 and that represents over 25% of our fans. I encourage all of our members and fans to like our posts and share with your friends and family. I see no reason to pay Facebook for boosts or ads so why not click the like button on our club posts. Once you conquer that monumental task you can like our member's company's and posts as well. You can find our page at www.facebook.com/unionrotary. Let's see if we can hit the 500 like mark and share our good news with the community and friends. Once you like our page you can also invite others to join our page. We also have a group just for Union Rotarians to share club news and events from the comfort of our smartphone. You can join that group here https://www.facebook.com/groups/unionrotary/ and right now we have 25 members. Once you join please share your business page so we can easily follow that as well. I will update the above stats at the end of the month to see how our campaign did.

Giving Tuesday happens once a year, but your gift of Rotary will make a difference for a lifetime. This Giving Tuesday, consider making a special gift to The Rotary Foundation and together our club can continue Doing Good in the World.  If you missed Laura's presentation about the Rotary Foundation or haven't had the time to donate to the foundation you can do so on Giving Tuesday or anytime you have some time. Here are the instructions that Laura shared with us:

 

Happy Monday! Rotary Club of Union, NJ recently partnered with to host a food drive for the Union Township Food Pantry. Today, Rotarians Geralanne Maglione, Sharon Brangman, Kylie Nemeth & friend of Rotary, Rebecca Nehlsen, dropped off a HUGE food donation just in time for the holiday. We are thankful for our amazing club and everyone who supports our community. From our family to yours, we wish you all a happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Rotarian Sharon Brangman got to visit our friends at Turning Point Community Services and drop off all the diapers we collected through our Diaper Drive! We were so excited to be able to help the women and children in our community for two years in a row with this drive. Thank you so much to everyone who donated and made this possible!

Hosted by the Rotary Club of Union, the Fall Family Fitness Festival at Rabkin Park brought families and neighbors together while social distancing for a day of fitness.

Join Union Township and the Rotary Club of Union at Rabkin Park on Saturday, September 26th from 8am - 2pm for our Fall Family Fitness Festival! Guests will enjoy a day full of fitness classes including Danze Cardio, Yoga & Mediation, Tai Chi, HIIT, Cardio Kickboxing, and Zumba! Enjoy food trucks, arts & crafts, music, cornhole, and fun games for all! Proceeds from the event will go to Union Township students and families in need during these turbulent times. We can't wait to see you there!!

 

Please visit our Facebook page for more details and the latest news for this exciting event.

 

 

We especially thank our first two table sponsors Hillmann Consulting & Northfield Bank!!!!

 

The Union High School Interact Club was busy before life got crazy with COVID-19! Club members actively participated in community service events both in and out of town as well as fundraising activities throughout the academic year. With their fundraising proceeds, the club made a $500 donation to the PTA for UHS Senior Scholarships and a $2,000 donation to Gift of Life NJ! Our Union Rotary Club is very proud to sponsor such a great group of young individuals and we appreciate all of their efforts. Keep up the great work and we look forward to seeing all of your amazing accomplishments! 

President Rob O'Connell dropped off 100 N95 masks, 30 face shields, and 60 disposable gowns to Overlook Medical Center earlier today! Fellow Rotarian, Michael Atanasio who is the Director of Food & Nutrition, Parking and Patient Transportation at Overlook Medical Center, was there to accept the packages. A huge thank you to all of our healthcare workers for everything you are doing to get us through these difficult times. Another special thank you to Rob for delivering the supplies. We hope everyone and their families are staying safe and healthy!! ❤️

 

The Rotary Club of Union, NJ donated six-foot subs from Padonno's Pizzeria to the Union Emergency Medical unit which as you can see are the perfect length for practicing social distancing! Last week we also donated a Special Delivery for the Union Emergency Unit Team from Cafe Z!! of Union NJ

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Remember that Suburban Golf Club is closed and we will be on the road starting January 30th. Our meeting this week will be the President's Ball at the Sommerville Elk's Club on Feb 22, 2020 at 6:00 PM. Next week we will be meeting at Northfield Bank at 1305 Morris Avenue, Union NJ on Wednesday, February 26th at 5:30 pm. 

On behalf of our entire club, we would like to thank everyone who came to our Automobilia event Friday night! It was a spectacular evening and we all had a great time getting together to support two meaningful causes. All of the money raised will go to the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation who provides aid to Union County families faced with the crisis of pediatric cancer. A donation will also be made to Union High School football player Kofi Ansah, who is on the road to recovery from a spleen injury. We would like to extend a huge thank you to all of the restaurants and members that generously donated the delicious food we enjoyed during the event. Without all of you, none of this would have been possible! Thank you again and we look forward to seeing you all next year!!

Yesterday was a very special meeting for our club! We had the pleasure of spending some time with RotaryDistrict7475 Governor Ray Freaney who has been a Rotarian for 25 years. It was wonderful hearing about the impact Rotary has had on the communities around us and we can't wait to continue doing great things in the future!

Today we inducted Kylie Nemeth of Hillmann Consulting, LLC. We are so lucky that she joined our Rotary team! It is great to see our club continue to grow and inspire others to give back to the community!

"I am so excited to finally be a member of the Union Rotary Club! I am very proud to be a part of this amazing group of people and look forward to my future as a Rotarian!" -Kylie

Great meeting as we stuffed backpacks for the YWCA Union County with essential school supplies. Thank you Hillmann Consulting, LLC for getting the supplies and backpacks. President Rob and Frank dropped off all of the backpacks safely at the YWCA Union County. Great job everyone.

 

 

 

On Friday June 21 Union Rotarians helped refresh and paint the  S/Sgt. Mike Moretti Barn interior and storage room door. Project Horses For Forces' mission is to provide opportunities for healing for military veterans of all eras and active service members who have incurred visible or invisible wounds co-incident to their service, and includes their families, and also open to survivors of military loss and suicide loss. They provide no-charge opportunities to develop horsemanship skills and everything related to horses and their care, from farm and barn maintenance to horseback riding. All sessions are facilitated by a PATH Intl. Certified Riding Instructor and are designed to enable participants to experience stress relief, rebuild trust, restore well-being and a sense of hope for the future, through interacting with horses and a supportive Veterans volunteer team.

Rob O’Connell, President of the Union Rotary Club, accepted the 2019 Distinguished Sponsor Award.  “The Union Rotary has been an active part of our community in many areas,” said Morrison.  “They have been a sponsor of the Giants team since our inception in 1954 and this year they are sponsoring a second team.”

 

Each March, the Rotary Club of Union, NJ purchases and personalizes dictionaries for every 3rd-grade student in Union Township, Union County, NJ. Students are given a brief introduction to Rotary when they are presented with their dictionaries.

We thank everyone for their support to make this event a wonderful success. We can't wait to present The Community FoodBank of New Jersey with a check when we go to help out in Hillside in April. We especially thank Pao Andrea Fitness and https://www.instagram.com/danze_fitlife/ for running the classes. We also encourage everyone to support our generous sponsors Summit Physical Therapy, City Fire Equipment Company, and Northfield Bank in Union. Also we can't forget to thank the  YMCA Union Wellness Center for hosting this awesome event.

UNION, NJ - For 75 years, the Union Rotary Club has worked to improve the community, support humanitarian efforts and encourage high ethical standards in business and professional fields. The club was founded on December 7, 1941 and was sponsored by the Rotary Club of Roselle-Roselle Park. The first President was Franklin Hardcastle who served from December 1941 to June 30,1943.

Current Club president Laura Bretzger recently announced plans to celebrate the occasion in February at the Galloping Hill Inn. It is a very special year for the club as Union Rotarian Charlie Minton is serving as Governor for District 7510 in Central New Jersey, The Capital District.

Projects such as the Annual Eloquence Soiree which honors Union High School student winners of the Marvin Orella Speech Contest; Automobilia Night at the Museum event to benefit the local community:
distribution of dictionaries to local third graders; establish and maintain the Rotary Park at Union Center; are just a few of the causes which the local Rotary club members are dedicated to year round.

The Rotary Club of Union also participates in humanitarian, educational and cultural programs that positively impact people's lives int the Township of Union, as well as the global community of Union through service to youth, civic promotion, scholarship programs and contributions to local community organizations.

The club welcomes any member of the community who might like to join our group in putting "Service above Self". Meetings are held every Thursday at the Suburban Country Club at 12:15. For more information about Rotary, please contact Membership Chair, Sharon Patel at 908-964-6422 , visit our Facebook page or visit our website at unionrotary.org

 

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