Rotary District 7475, Madison Rotary Foundation and numerous other Rotary Clubs have a goal of packaging 250,000 meals on Saturday, March 9, 2019 form 9 am to 4 pm. Hunger is a very real problem for many people in our community and we are dedicated to making a difference by distributing all of the meals locally. 130,000 meals were packaged in 2017, 160,000 were packaged in 2018 and we are excited about achieving the goal of 250,000 in 2019. Ellsworth Havens, program chair, said "we are grateful to have such a supportive community and sponsors to make a program like this happen". We are in the process of securing donations from individuals, sponsors and corporations for this year's program. The cost per meal is approximately 25 cents. A contribution of $10.00 equals 40 meals; $100.00 equals 400 meals, $1,000 equals 4,000 meals. It will take 800 onsite volunteer on March 9th to make this happen. Volunteer registration start January 15, 2019. Click the DONATE or VOLUNTEER button on the left to Donate or Volunteer.
Madison Rotary held it 50/50 raffle drawing on December 13, 2018. All 600 tickets were sold. $60,000 was raised - $30,000 goes to the winners listed below and $30,000 is used to support local charities in the Madison Area. Congratulations to the winners and a big think you to everyone who supported the raffle by purchasing a ticket.
The next meeting will be this Thursday, December 20th, 8:30 am at the Madison Area YMCA following the morning meeting. All members are invited to attend.
Rotarian Code of Conduct - As a Rotarian I will: 1.) Act with integrity and high ethical standards in my personal and professional life. 2.) Deal fairly with others and treat them and their occupations with respect. 3.) Use my professional skills through Rotary to: mentor young people, hel those with special needs, and improve people's quality of life in my community and in the world. 4.) Avoid behavior that reflect adversely on Rotary or other Rotarians.
Madison Rotary kicked off its annual membership drive on November 1st at its Club Assembly meeting. The goal is to increase the number of members from 84 to 100. The more Rotarians in the Club the more things we can accomplish is serving the community locally and globally. The strategy is to ask each member to identify/select one or two individuals as member prospects and invite them to participate and join in Club activities. Members can select individual(s) from the Club prospect list or identify a new prospect. Support materials will be distributed on a regular basis to support your efforts. Below is a video with the 5 most commons reasons people say "NO" to becoming involved. The information may help you overcome their concerns. The following members need to identify/select a prospect to cultivate. Adamczyk, Boles, Budd, Cesaro, Cooney, Coviello, Dalena, DeGennaro, Derossa, Dunn, Fastiggi, Foster, Freaney, Greene, Haralampoudis, Harootunian, Havens, Hoover, Horn, Iossa, Kerkeslager, Kopenski, Launchi, Mann, Marchese, McConnell, Meek, Minardi, Morozoff, Odell, M, Odell, W, Pancirov, Powell, Rabasca, Richter, Rosania, Rowe, Selen, Umana, Zimmerman
From 1905 until the 1980's, women were not allowed membership in Rotary Clubs, although Rotarian spouses, including Paul Harris’ wife, were often members of the similar “Inner Wheel” Club. Women did play some roles, and Paul Harris’ wife made numerous speeches. In 1963, it was noted that the Rotary practice of involving wives in club activities had helped to break down female seclusion in some countries. Clubs such as Rotary had long been pre-dated by women’s voluntary organizations, which started in the United States as early as 1790. Click Read More for additional details
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.
It’s that time again! Time for the annual Gift of Life Super Bowl raffle! Each year at this time, our district’s Gift of Life committee sells raffle tickets to raise funds for this great project by selling chances on a trip to the Super Bowl. This year, the Super Bowl will be played at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, GA on February 3, 2019. The tickets are $20 each and the Super Bowl package is worth $10,000! Drawing will be held on January 11, 2019. All sold tickets stubs and checks should be returned to Jim Allison
Do you shop on Amazon? The Rotary Global Rewards program has made an arrangement that Amazon will contribute 6% of total purchases to Rotary International for those individuals who logon to Amazon through the Rotary portal. Additionally there are hundreds of additional discounts on things like car rentals, hotel accommodations, major stores, etc - Click Read More for details
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