The Rotary Club of Madison has an enthusiastic and engaged network of ordinary people doing extraordinary things to serve humanity in our local and global communities. We have 88 members and are inviting like-minded individuals to join our successful and vibrant club. President Michel Belt encourages you to come learn about Rotary by attending any one of our three weekly meetings as our guest. You have your choice of two weekly meetings: Thursdays, 7:47 am breakfast at the YMCA, 12:15 pm lunch at the Madison Hotel. To learn more, join or visit a Rotary meeting - contact Barry Kroll, at barrykroll@aol.com or 973-476-2772.
The new format this year for the Installation Dinner will be a backyard BBQ on Friday, June 29, 2018, 5:30 pm to be held at the home of Barry and Judy Kroll, 27 Laurel Way, Madison. Cost is $45.00 per person including a catered BBQ, beverages, etc. Plan now to attend this new event. RSVP to Barry Kroll at barrykroll@aol.com or use the sign up sheet that will be passed at meetings. Come and honor the installation of Club and Foundation Officers.
Save the date - once again District 7475 will host a carnival for the participants of Camp Merry Heart on August 8, 2018. Stacy Russo has coordinated club's activities for the last 15 years. Additional information will be forthcoming. Camp Merry heart is located in Hackettstown, NJ. Time for the carnival will be from 2 - 6 pm. Volunteers will be needed to work the club's booth that provides an opportunity for the physically/emotionally challenged camp participants to have a fun day.
Most Rotary clubs ring a bell to call a meeting to order or to adjourn a meeting. Both bells and gavels have a long association with Robert’s Rules of Order, the definitive manual of parliamentary procedure in North America. Early Rotary leaders adopted Robert’s Rules as a way to govern meetings.
With 16 new members, it is time to wear your Rotary name badge. The club maintains duplicate name badges for you one in the morning and afternoon badge box. A name badge is an instant introduction which tells a person who you are your classification.…so you’re no longer a stranger.
Look for our new members who will be wearing a RED badge indicating that they are new members and make a connection and get to know them
A goal of our club is to build fellowship and wearing your name badge helps each member to learn the names of other members. You may think you know every member in the club and you probably do know most everyone. Test yourself at a meeting and go around and see if you know every individual in the room. We always have visitors and new comers. Let 's make everyone feel welcome!
Rotary District 7470, The Madison Rotary Foundation and Madison Rotary (program sponsors) wish to thank the 600 volunteers, 40 sponsors and 24 local Rotary Clubs who participated in packaging 159,112 meals that were distributed to needy individuals and families in norther New Jersey. The program took place March 10, 2018 and is the largest Rotary food packaging program in the country. Ellsworth Havens, program chair, said "we are grateful to have such a supportive community and sponsors to make a program like this happen. Hunger is a very real problem for many people in our community and we are dedicated to making a difference." As we conclude the 2018 End Hunger 3.6 program we are already thinking about how to have a greater impact in 2019.
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