"Rotary Club is pleased to be a financial sponsor of the 5K run/walk event organized by Good Grief, Inc., to be held on June 3, 2018 at Giralda Farms in Madison. Good Grief, based in Morristown, provides support to young people who have suffered the death of a mother, father or other close relative. More information on the event may be found at www.good-grief.org."
Please join us at Charlie Brown’s next Thursday May 3, 2018. The meeting will run from 6 – 8 pm and the topic of the evening will be a new fundraiser. The fundraiser will be a Bean Bag Toss “Cornhole” Tournament to be held on Saturday July 21 at the Madison Elks Lodge, 192 Main St, Madison 07940. Click Read More for additional details.
Madison May Day was held on Saturday May 5th. Thanks to the 20 plus Rotarians who volunteered to help maintain the grounds of the Madison Public Library. This has been a history project that Madison Rotary has done for year. A special thanks to Tom Haralampoudis for organizing Rotary volunteers. A special breakfast was also held inviting the adult volunteers to who help with End Hunger to provide information about Rotary and to give another volunteer opportunity to work on a Rotary service project.
Madison Rotary approved 3 new members at its last board meeting on April 12, 2018. Welcome (left to right) Salvatore Minardi, Carol Martorana and Ray Rubino (picture not available)
Rotarians Needed - Contact Carmela Moeller to volunteer at carmoeller@aol.com Just in time for Spring Cleaning, the Madison Rotary Club will host another Community Shredding Day joined by Habitat for Humanity’s ReStore truck. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturday, May 19, 2018 at Municipal parking lot #1, the corner of Prospect Street and Kings Road by the Ambulance Squad. The event is open to the public and it is not necessary to be a Madison Resident. Click Read More for additional details
Madison Rotary was well represented by Barry Kroll and Woody (pictured above) along with Ray Freaney and McGurkin who participated in Rotary Walks held May 6th. Madison Rotary raised over $400.00 of which 50% comes back to the club and the other 50% will go to support St. Huberts and the Raptor Trust.
Exchange of Club Banners - One of the colorful traditions of Rotary clubs is the exchange of small banners, flags or pennants. Rotarians traveling to distant locations often take banners to exchange at “make up” meetings as a token of friendship. Many clubs, including ours, use the decorative banners they have received for attractive displays at club meetings and district events. Exchanging club banners is a very pleasant custom. Banners tell an interesting story of community pride. The exchange of banners is a significant tradition of Rotary, and serves as a tangible symbol of our international fellowship.
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.
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 three weekly meetings: Thursdays, 7:47 am breakfast at the YMCA, 12:15 pm lunch at the Madison Hotel or 6 pm the 1st and 3rd Thursdays at Charlie Brown's in Chatham. To learn more, join or visit a Rotary meeting - contact Barry Kroll, at barrykroll@aol.com or 973-476-2772.
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
