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Madison Rotary - District 7475 is a 501(c)3 Charity

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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Madison Rotary Partners With Local Charities

On June 13, Madison Rotary made 64 quarts of soup for JBWS, formerly known as Jersey Battered Women’s Services, to benefit the survivors of domestic violence. The event was held in partnership with Soup Sisters at Healthy Italia in Madison. “Our mission is to help alleviate food insecurity in our community, to empower youth, and to partner with other local organizations to enrich the Madison community and beyond for all. Click Read More for additional details.

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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.

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.

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.

Rotary

Madison Rotary members and others are needed to volunteer to help Madison Library "Touch a Truck" program on July 30th to be a success. Please click the box below to access volunteer signup.

District Banner Exchange
Park Avenue Club

Jun 30, 2022
6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
Columbia Day Dance
North Star Athletic Club

Jul 23, 2022 7:00 PM –
Jul 24, 2022 1:00 AM
Touch a Truck
Madison Public Library/YMCA

Jul 30, 2022
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Soup Making Service Project
Healthy Italia

Aug 08, 2022
6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Community Shredding - ReStore Pick Up
Ambulance Corp Parking Lot

Oct 08, 2022
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Madison Christmas Parade
Ambulance Corp Building

Nov 25, 2022
5:30 PM – 6:30 PM

Breakfast - Patrick Kizehe

Jun 30, 2022 7:45 AM

Giving Refugees Hope in Uganda

Patrick Kizehe is a husband, father of 5 children, inter-cultural trainer and social worker. Through his social work he supports adults and children in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Patrick was originally born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which was known as Zaire. Due to political instability and a civil war in Congo, He fled into the neighboring country of Uganda where he lived for almost 10 years as refugee. He immigrated into Canada 13 years ago from the refugee camp in Uganda and founded Giving Refugees Hope in Uganda. This charity supports refugees from all over Africa who have fled to Uganda. Currently GRHU is building a medical center, runs a children home where it supports 16 orphan children, and sponsors a training program that helps equip widowed women to learn skills to help them get back on their feet.

Lunch - Hermann Fickenscher

Jun 30, 2022 12:00 PM