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Madison Rotary Meets in Person

Interested in Rotary - Madison Rotary now has two in person weekly meetings on on Thursdays 7:45-8:30 am at the Madison Area YMCA and on Thursdays, 12:00-1:30 pm at Firehouse Pizza on Central Avenue, Madison. Continental breakfast is $8.00 and full lunch is $20.00. Each week Rotary conducts a short business meeting followed by a speaker. Topics and descriptions are on the left under Upcoming Speakers. The morning meeting will continue to be a hybrid meeting and those wishing to attend virtually CLICK HERE at 7:40 am on Thursdays. Recordings of morning meetings are posted above. Guests are invited to participate free of charge contact Joe Smith at info@njrotary.org for details. Information on how to join Rotary is below - check it out!

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12,000 Meals for Ukraine's Food Shortage

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Madison Rotary Makes Soup

On Monday, April 11, 2022, eighteen Madison Rotary member came together and made 64 quarts of soup that was delivered to Homeless Solutions (homelessolutions.org) families the next day. Four different kinds of soup - 16 quarts each. We partnered with Soup Sisters (soupsisters.org) and a local Madison business, Healthy Italia. This service project hit tow of our three Madison Rotary Causes, addressing food insecurity and partnering with other local organizations to make Madison better. Feedback from the project was very positive and we are planning to make "soup making" and ongoing service project. So be on the lookout for our next Ladle out of Love and Give A Hug in a Bowl date and you too can stand behind the 64 quarts you helped make. For more information contact info@njrotary.org or visit Madison Rotary website at madisonrotary.org

Madison Rotary & MHS Interact at End Hunger 3.6

On March 12, 2022, Madison Rotary and Madison High School Interact Club participated in a food packaging program End Hunger 3.6 to provide food for those insecure. 125,000 meals were packaged. Additionally 53,000 were sent to Ukraine.

Madison Rotary Mission

Madison Rotary members actively engage to eradicate food insecurity in our community, to empower youth and to partner with other local organizations to enrich the Madison community for all.

Madison High School Interact Club Supports Maasai Girls

Madison High School Interact Club is a school service club. Students with the support of faculty advisor Carole Rawding and support from members of the affiliated Madison Rotary, identified the Maasai Girls Fund, a local NJ foundation that makes possible scholarships for young Maasai village girls in rural Kenya. Without the Fund’s help, these girls would have only a few basic grammar school years, then lives of hard servitude, being sold in exchange for cattle as genitally cut child brides into polygamous marriages. The Fund, led by Paul and Avery Mantell of Kinnelon, also Rotary members, arranged to stop cutting, and has helped dozens of these village girls attend four-year boarding school including tuition, uniforms, room and board. MHS Juniors Nina Kornchankul and Owen Weller led a successful Walk-a-Thon fund raiser campaign in Madison back in May that, combined with a follow-up online fund raiser, netted over $2,600, enough to fund four years of high school for one young lady, Leah Malano, pictured.

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Madison High Interact Club Shines Light on Food Insecurity

Madison High School students came together with the Madison Rotary Club during a time of hardship. They worked together to develop a plan to support Madison families struggling during the pandemic. The town should be proud and continue to support this group as they work with foresight and maturity to bring a balance to the lives of our neighbors. Tom Haralampoudis, a veteran Rotarian and Madison resident stated, “I am so proud of this dedication and success from the program” referring to the Interact Club’s free food collection service. Click HERE to read more.

Rotary International President Elect Jennifer Jones Announces 2022-23 Theme

Rotary International President-elect Jennifer Jones wants members to imagine the possibilities in the change they can make to transform the world.

Dictionary Service Project Goes Virtual

Madison Rotary has distributed a personalized dictionary to every third grader in Madison for the last 20 years. This year the Covid pandemic has made in person dictionary distribution impossible. Judy Degennaro, Dictionary Program Chair, has worked with all of the schools in Madison and Rotary will continue the long-standing tradition of ensuring that all of the 218 third graders attending school in Madison will receive their personal dictionary. Everyone knows that a dictionary is a powerful tool for increasing vocabulary, helping young readers to advance their reading level and expand their written and spoken level of communication and expression. Below is the video that was shown to all third graders that explains Madison Rotary and the Dictionary program. For additional information about Rotary or how to join contact Madison Rotary at info@njrotary.org

Madison Rotary Becomes Official Charity

The Madison Rotary has transitioned into a 501(c)(3) organization as of July 1, 2021, announced the rotary. The Rotary Club of Madison, a social welfare service organization, has been serving our local and global communities since 1923, said the organization. Over the past 33 years, the Rotary Club of Madison Foundation has successfully carried out humanitarian projects, such as End Hunger 3.6, to help fight food insecurity locally. The two entities have merged after a year-long, unification process to streamline governance, administrative and financial development operations, they announced. Click Read More for additional details.

End Hunger 3.6 - A Great Success

Rotary District 7475 and Madison Rotary say "thank you" to over 1,000 volunteers who packaged 185,000 meals that will all be distributed to those who are food insecure in New Jersey. Volunteers came from local Rotary Clubs, community organizations, churches, youth groups, schools, individuals and families and more. Another special thank you to all sponsors and donors who are critical to the success of the program. We also appreciate the support of Drew University and the use of Simon Forum on March 7th where the meals were packaged. Our program is the largest food packaging in New Jersey and in the Northeast. What was accomplished will make a difference in the lives of hundreds of people. If you would like to become involved as a volunteer with Madison Rotary or End Hunger contact Barry Kroll at barrykroll@aol.com or 973-376-2772 for additional details.

End Hunger 3.6 Video

Madison Rotarians Read to 2nd Graders

Reading to children has been proven to be the most effective way to improve a child's reading ability because the reader can engage with the child at his or her level of comprehension rather than at the child's own reading level, which might not be at the same level. Most importantly, it is key to have fun with reading: to illustrate to the children that reading is a joy that they will have forever, that it can take them wherever they dream to go, and give them the opportunity to learn whatever they choose. When I ask the children why they like to read, my favorite answer is, "Because it's fun!" Madison Rotarians visited the Madison second-grade classrooms and read “Andy & Elmer’s Apple Dumpling Adventure” to the children. This project promotes literacy and a love of reading while also introducing the children to Rotary and the concept of The Four-Way Test. The book was developed by a Rotary Club in Ohio and has become a national service event.

Rotary Donates $50,000

From left are Madison Rotary Club President Elizabeth “Liz” Parker; Madison Rotary Club Treasurer David Farrell; Madison Area YMCA Senior Director of Organization Advancement Amie Herman; Madison Area YMCA President & CEO Diane Mann; Barry Kroll, Madison Rotary Club past president and district governor; and Madison Area YMCA Associate Development Director Leigh Anne Soroka.

The Madison Rotary has pledged $50,000 to the Madison Area YMCA's capital campaign. "The Madison Area YMCA is excited to announce that the Madison Rotary Club Board of Directors pledged an exceptionally generous $50,000 gift to the Madison Area YMCA’s multi-million-dollar Family Center expansion" YMCA President and Chief Executive Officer Diane Mann said.

The Rotary Foundation

For the 11th consecutive year, The Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating — four stars — from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S. Click read more for additional information.

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