Our club celebrated its 100th year of service in 2023. In 2026 we have just reached another century mark – we now have 100 members serving the community. We are happy to welcome Brian and Rachel Mortensen, Maureen Fraser, Lisa Scanlon-Dill, Bill Rice and Kaitlin Casey to our team. If YOU want to learn more about Rotary and how we make the town and world a better place, contact Joe Smith at info@madisonrotarynj.org 

Our motto is Service Above Self – a commitment that comes with Fun, Fellowship and Good Feeling!

Our High School Interact Club continues to demonstrate its – and Rotary's – commitment to improving the lives of others, this time by  preparing personal hygiene supplies for residents of the Homeless Solutions shelter in Morristown.  

Our Club sent May out with a bang of recycling - We offered paper shredding so that folks could safely and securely dispose of confidential documents. At the same time, we co-hosted an effort to collect used bicycles and sewing machines, which were then packaged for shipment to Belize, where they will help local residents and develop local economies.

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Last Saturday, during Madison’s Green & Clean activity day, our Rotary Club, as we have for many years, weeded and mulched the grounds at the Library – a welcome service for one of our community partners. Click to see the results of our members being “People of Action!”

At the Club’s April 23^rd meeting, we heard from leaders of the Madison Education Foundation (MEF), a non-profit organization that awards teacher-initiated grants in Madison Public Schools. The MEF funds great ideas that inspire educators and energize the academic and creative lives and social / emotional health of students. Since 2003, MEF has awarded more than 700 grants totaling more than $2.2 million dollars across all grade levels and curriculum areas. To learn more about MEF and its work, visit www.mefnj.org . For more on Rotary events and speakers, check out the panels at left.

                                  MEF leaders (l-r) Jen Gregory, Dominique Peck-Meyer, Marlena Fass and Megan Porio with Club President Jim Fraser

At the Club’s April 16^th meeting, we heard from Nadine Despeine-Udoh, Director of Self Help, Advocacy and Education of the Mental Health Association. Ms. Despeine-Udoh dispelled many of the myths surrounding mental illness, highlighted many of the challenges that can lead to mental illness and discussed the efforts of the Mental Health Association in working with other professionals to address mental health crises. To see a list of upcoming events and speakers, check out the panels at the left, or come to one of our meetings!

Rotarian John Hogan and Madison High School Interact Club member Alexandra Porio proudly presented a $2,400 check to Rotarian Avery Hart and Paul Mantell of the Maasai Girls Fund. This contribution will provide a full four-year high school education for a girl in a Maasai village in Kenya.  For the last four years, the Madison High School Interact Club has worked tirelessly to raise this amount annually, ensuring that young women in the Maasai community—who otherwise would not have access to secondary education—can pursue their studies, expand their opportunities, and transform their futures.

Education is often the key to breaking cycles of poverty and inequality. By investing in the education of these young women, Madison’s Interact students are living out the Rotary motto, “Service Above Self.” Their efforts demonstrate the power of young leaders to make a lasting global impact, connecting Madison, New Jersey to communities across the world.

The Madison Rotary and Madison High School Interact Club remain deeply committed to service both locally and internationally—addressing food insecurity in New Jersey while also supporting educational opportunities abroad.

(Photo, left to right: Paul Mantell, John Hogan, Alexandra Porio, and Avery Hart)

For the 16th consecutive year, The Rotary Foundation has received the highest rating — four stars — from Charity Navigator, an independent evaluator of charities in the U.S.  The Foundation earned the recognition for adhering to sector best practices and executing its mission in a financially efficient way, demonstrating both strong financial health and commitment to accountability and transparency.