Dr. Kristina Nicosia, Superintendent of the Highland Park School District, became a member of the Rotary Club of Greater New Brunswick at an induction ceremony that was held on January 11, 2023 during the luncheon meeting at the Harvest Moon Brewery/Cafe Restaurant in New Brunswick. Dr. Nicosia previously taught high school and middle school science and served as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for STEM for the Highland Park Public School District. She completed her doctoral studies at Rutgers University in the specialty of science education and statewide community of practice. The club is delighted to have Dr. Nicosia bringing her leadership and community service skills to help advance the mission of the Rotary Club of Greater New Brunswick.
Please allow me on behalf of our education committee to share some good news!
Dictionaries have been ordered and will soon be distributed in-person to all third graders in thirteen schools in our three school districts! Our long-standing and well received educational project will return to meet with third graders and their teachers which was briefly interrupted by Covid-9 protocols.
Thomas Kinslow will join Roz Shaw in developing presentations that will include readings from “Dewey-Does” and special comments on the resources available in our dictionaries. Their committee is looking for members and friends of Rotary who will volunteer and participate in the programs at each school.
Please contact Roz who is working on the schedules if you wish to be a part of this remarkable program this year. She will offer dates for when the third graders will assemble, and the dictionaries will be distributed at each school.
As you are probably aware our district grants no longer apply to this annual dictionary initiative of ours.
Therefore, it is also vital to the success of the program that we continue to fundraise and receive generous donations from members and friends each year.
Our club is appealing for your support and donations of $250 to cover the cost of $4,230 for the dictionaries. To members who have already offered to donate, please confirm your pledge by sending your check or use the website to transmit payment (via pay pal- noting “dictionary project”).
To others still considering support of this wonderful project, please let me know if you wish to donate $250 or more, and you would like to serve as a school sponsor with your name.
To all, on behalf of the Club Board, I wish to express my enthusiastic appreciation and thanks!
Dewey Does learns the role of Rotary, the value of being a neighborhood volunteer, and how volunteerism impacts those in need by placing service-above-self. The Greater New Brunswick Rotary Family is providing copies for every third grader in New Brunswick, Highland Park and North Brunswick annually. We are seeking donors to help sponsors schools.
Join us for our spring fundraiser Bunny Hop Pub Crawl on Thursday, April 14th to benefit Elijah's Promise. Give a $20 donation per person and join the crawl. Register here on our website through PayPal by hitting the donate button. For more info, please call Steve Ferrara at (908) 217-3060 or email sferrara@citifire.com
Greater New Brunswick club members and friends enjoyed our February and March special events. Our February special event was at the Stress Factory and our March 22nd event was at the Golf Cave. Check out our calendar for upcoming special events.
Please join us on April 14, 2022 for our Bunny Hop Bar Crawl in downtown New Brunswick. Teams of 10 are now forming for this event that will help raise awareness and funding for our local food pantries. Each team is collecting donations of food and money and selecting one local food pantry to help support. Teams can select five to seven Restaurants and or Pubs in New Brunswick to visit on the evening. To enter a team or gather more info, please contact Mike Blackwell at (732) 259-4297 or email mgbwell1@gmail.com.
The New Brunswick Rotary Club Foundation is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) and all donations are tax deductible. We are asking Rotarians, friends and other organizations to help join us as we provide much needed support for New Brunswick's Health Care Heroes, local restaurants and local food pantries. New Brunswick Rotary Club members have been collecting donations dating back to the Covid 19 outbreak in early March. We are helping to purchase ventilators, pay restaurants to serve meals at hospitals, making masks and collecting food for the local food pantries. Please donate and or help with any of our Covid 19 projects. Thank you.
Special thanks to our Rotary District 7475 for providing 26 boxes of packaged meals for the Rutgers Student Food Pantry and the Salvation Army Food Pantry. New Brunswick Rotarian Barbara Blackwell (pictured here) with 15 cases of assorted meals. Barbara is the Program Coordinator for the Rutgers Student Food Pantry. To help the RU Student Food Pantry, please email Barb at bblack@echo.rutgers.edu
Rotary District 7475 Donates Food to RU Student Food Pantry and Salvation Army
New Brunswick Rotarians and Rutgers Rotaract members annually have the chance to work together on a variety of community service projects. Our community service projects include cleaning up Cozzins Lane in North Brunswick twice per year, planting flowers and beautifying a variety of parks and public spaces annually.
Author and New Brunswick Rotarian Thomas Kinslow shares his passion for creating the series Dewey Does children's books at the club meeting on December 19th. Thomas is working with the club literacy campaign. For more about Dewey Does please go to https://deweydoes.com
Thomas Kinslow, Co-Author of Dewey Does speaks at the Rotary Club meeting
December is Rotary DIctionary Distribution month. New Brunswick club members are visiting all fo the elementary schools in New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park this month to deliver dictionaries to every third grader. The club is looking for school sponsors. It only costs $250 to sponsor a school. Please donate online here on our website and sponsor a school near you.
To learn more about the Rotary Club of Greater New Brunswick and our many activities, please call our President - Mike Blackwell at (732) 259-4297 or be our guest for our a lunch meeting. We currently meet on the first and third Thursdays of each month at 12noon on Zoom. Please email Mike at mgbwell1@gmail.com for an invitation.
(Left) The Officers of the newly formed Middlesex County College Rotaract Team at the Magic Event with Rotary President Mike Blackwell. The New Brunswick and Edison Clubs are working together to develop a new Rotaract Club for students at Middlesex County College. (Right) Rutgers Rotaract Club Members.
Middlesex County College and Rutgers Rotaract Clubs
The New Brunswick Rotary Club is currently seeking donors for two of our Literacy Projects. We annually provide dictionaries to every 3rd grader in New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park. We are also working with the Hub Teen Center and New Brunswick Public Library to provide free books and a new Little Free Library at 411 Joyce Kilmer Avenue in New Brunswick. Please email ctlarsson@aol.com or call (609) 658-7154 to get involved in either project.
The International Champion of Strolling Magic Will Fern performed for our club on Friday, October 25th at the Imperia. Will was absolutely amazing and everyone truly enjoyed themselves. This event featured a basket raffle and magic hat contest and helped raise money for the New Brunswick Rotary Foundation projects.
The New Brunswick Rotary and Rutgers Rotaract Clubs teamed up to clean up Cousins Lane in North Brunswick on Saturday, October 12th. The club has adopted Cousins Lane and enjoys working with North Brunswick Township in keeping clean streets annually with a spring and fall clean up.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick is very proud of our annual scholarship program. During the past twenty years our club has hosted an annual golf event on the second Tuesday in May that raises money to provided scholarships. To date we have raised enough money to provide more than $475,000 in scholarships for graduating Seniors from New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park High Schools. Beginning in 2019, Middlesex County College will now serve as our partner for the scholarship program. MCC President Mark McCormick (seated in the middle with members of the club surrounding him) and his team will help select four scholars annually and award them each with a full scholarship for two years and four semesters to complete their Associates Degree.
Every 3.6 seconds, someone in the world dies of starvation. In New Jersey, over one million people are living below the poverty line. One in five children is hungry and relying on food stamps for meals.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick provided dictionaries to all third grade student in New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park. Pictured is club member Patrick McDonald talking to the students before the dictionaries were handed out.
On the behalf of the Harmony Family Success Center and PRAB, profuse thanks for the planting/beautification at 255 Livingston Ave. Through the volunteer efforts of Rotary Club members, the center is even more attractive to our families and partners. How great is it to experience such warm and pleasant hearth, even on the outside of the facility. Photos commemorating this generous contribution will be shared within our networks. We look forward to future endeavors as we continue to uplift and empower the New Brunswick Community together.
Brian D. Rawls, MPA, M.Div. Family Services Manager
On June 14th at the annual Paul Harris Recognition Dinner four club members -Michael Freund, Susanne Winkler, Thomas Park, Pamela Stalcup, were recognized for their service to Rotary, and Mayor Gayle Brill Mittler for her commitment and dedication to the Highland Park community. In addition the club’s board officers and directors were installed.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick was honored by the Middlesex County Regional Chamber of Commerce with a Community Leaders of Distinction Award. We thank the Chamber for this prestigious recognition and we salute the evening’s other honorees: Windy White, Yezenia Ramos, Gabriel Lavigne, and Vinnie Brand.
Photo L-R: Bill Neary, MCRCC Chairman; Lina Llona, MCRCC President; Rotarians: Pamela Stalcup, Roz Shaw, Mike Blackwell, Charles Larsson and Joe Nastus.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick held the 22nd annual golf outing at Fox Hollow Golf Club in Branchburg on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Golfers enjoyed a beautiful spring day in the picturesque and rolling hills setting with breathtaking views of the golf course from the patio of the banquet facility. The Club has raised over $350,000 in the past golf outings. All proceeds are used to provide scholarships to graduates of New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park High Schools who enroll in college. Pictured are the finalists of the putting contest and Mike Blackwell, chair of the Golf Committee.
The Cozzens Lane clean up crew consisting of club members and Rutgers University Rotaract students after finishing their well done job on Saturday, April 21,
The Rutgers University Rotaract Club held its installation dinner on April 12 at the Rutgers Club. Distinguished guests included Rotary 7510 District Governor Robert Zeglarski; RVCC Rotaract Advisor, Professor Nikitovic; Rotary 7510 Distirct Director of Public Image and Membership, Bill Graham; and members of the RVCC Rotaract Club.
The Imperia, 1714 Easton Avenue, Somerset, NJ 08873
Student teams in Fashion/Costume Design programs will compete in this Runway Fashion Show. Students will create designs from materials purchased at local thrift shops. The evening also features catered h'ors d'oeuvres by area restaurants and entertainment.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick’s Murder Mystery Dinner was held on Friday, November 3 2017. What a night! The ballroom at the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick room was packed with guests attending a wedding. There were wonderful gifts at the Silent Auction and numerous varieties of wine were raffled off at the Wine Raffle. Throughout the evening actors from coLab Arts performed scenarios that culminated in a murder that took place during the actual wedding.
Rutgers Rotaract Club has just completed another year of numerous projects which embraced Rotary's mission of " Service Above Self ". The Club President for the current year Ms. Martha Flores has put together a very comprehensive Annual Report on their activities and I encourage all our members to review that by following the link below:Rutgers University Rotaract Club Annual Report
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick held the annual Paul Harris Recognition dinner and installation of officers and board members for the 2017/18 year at Panico’s Restaurant in New Brunswick on June 8, 2017.
The Club honors individuals as a Paul Harris Fellow when they perform exceptional and distinguished service in their community and contribute to the success of Rotary goals. Michael Blackwell and Sharan Jain were recognized as Paul Harris Fellows for the third time. Blackwell was also honored with a proclamation from Mayor James Cahill that acknowledged his community projects, charity work, and organizing large special events in the greater New Brunswick area while serving as Superintendent of Recreation for thirty-nine years.
THE ROTARY CLUB OF NEW BRUNSWICK ENTERTAINED 102 GOLFERS AT THE 21ST ANNUAL GOLF OUTING HELD AT FOX HOLLOW GOLF CLUB ON MAY 9, 2017! This record number of attendees found the well-manicured course challenging. The Club has raised over $350,000 in previous outings and has a target for reaching $500,000 by 2022.
Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Fox Hollow Golf Club in Branchburg, NJ
Tee off for Rotary Scholarships! Join us on Tuesday, May 9, 2017 at Fox Hollow Golf Club in Branchburg, NJ for the 21st Annual Rotary Club of New Brunswick Golf Outing.
To date we have raised $320,000 for scholarships. Our goal is to reach $500,000 by 2022! All proceeds fund Rotary Scholarships for graduates of Highland Park, New Brunswick & North Brunswick High Schools who enroll in college.
Wednesday, April 12, 2017 was a Rotary/Rotaract evening of celebration. The Rutgers University Rotaract Club joined with Rotary Club of New Brunswick members at a dinner at the Rutgers University Alumni Club. During the evening the Rotaract Club and its members were honored, and their new executive board was installed. Representing District 7510 was the incoming District Governor Robert Zeglarski. Nick Nikitovic the Rotaract Club Advisor from Raritan Valley Community College was there as well. Both men spoke about the importance of Rotaract and the important part it plays in Rotary International. The outgoing Rotaract club president, Martha Flores highlighted the club’s accomplishments during her tenure as president, and this was followed by a wonderful video that several of the Rotaract club members had put together. The video is now on youtube.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick Adopt a Road Cleanup on Cozzens Lane in North Brunswick took place during the morning of April 8, 2017. Rotary club members and eight Rotaract students bonded together during the 2 ½ hours that were spent picking up the trash. By the end of the morning the Rotaract students eagerly went with Steve Shaw’s to WAWA for a cup of coffee.
Michael Giacobello is officially welcomed to the Club!
The Club held a ceremony to induct Michael Giacobello to the club during the luncheon meeting on Thursday, March 16. He is employed at Investors Bank in downtown New Brunswick. Michael is a graduate of the University of Connecticut where he was also on the golf team. He and his wife Meghan reside in Bridgewater.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick is hosting Rags to Runway – local fashion design students will take "rags" from thrift shop purchases and recreate them into fashions for the "runway". Proceeds benefit the New Brunswick Rotary Foundation and Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey! Join us on March 2, 2017 at 6 p.m. at the George Street Playhouse for the pre-show reception with fare from local restaurants including Due Mari, Panico’s, Chapati House and Evelyn's Restaurant. Then, enjoy an evening of fashion and dance performances, with Bert Baron of 1450 WCTC serving as Emcee.
Sharan welcomed several guests. One was Chandam who works for MANVI. She is interested in becoming a member of the club. Rick Phelan, the President of the Edison Rotary Club, had been invited to speak about a project his club is working on to provide money for girls in Calcutta to attend school. His club welcomes financial contributions.
Sharan provided a highlight of the January 19 board meeting.
Beth Binde will become a member of the Friends of the Rotary Club of New Brunswick.
Club members are asked to support the fundraiser Rags to Runway that will provide funds for Prevent Child Abuse and the New Brunswick Rotary Club Foundation. Tickets must be purchased online, and they will be sold through George Street Playhouse at georgestreetplayhouse.org.
The slate of Club Officers and Directors for the 2017 -2018 Rotary Year is:
Sharan Jain welcomed everyone to the evening meeting. After the pledge, remarks by Justin, and the reciting of the Four Way Test, Sharan told us about a special Rotary event that took place when the astronaut Buzz Aldrin went to the moon and planted a Rotary’s Four Way Test pin on the moon’s surface.
Sharan Jain welcomed club members to the first meeting of 2017.
There was a guest attending the meeting who is from Nigeria. He introduced himself and mentioned that he was an educator in his country. He answered many questions, and club members asked him about his Rotary club and the differences between his club and ours.
Sharan welcomed everyone to the last Rotary meeting of the year. Highlights of the Board of Directors meeting were mentioned.
Kevin Fellin will become a regular member of the club, and he will be inducted during the evening meeting on January 13, 2017.
The board voted to continue with the buffet lunch. This gives time to conduct club business have a speaker, etc. before eating the meal.
The Rags to Runway project has a commitment from four teams as well as some high school teams. The next committee meeting is on January 4 at 7:30 AM at Omega Diner, North Brunswick. Club members are welcome to attend the meeting.
The club will continue with the Elijah's Promise service project. We are looking into other groups to help too.
The club raised $295 from the holiday party to donate to Elijah's Promise.
I give below our meetings program for the next four weeks:
1. December 15 at 5.30 PM - Holiday Party. We have had very good response from the members and please let me know by e mail if you are planning to attend and have not yet advised me.
Pam Stefanek from New Brunswick City Market was the first speaker. This organization is the management company for the New Brunswick Special Interest District. She gave an update on the plans, events, and activities that are and will be taking place in New Brunswick. In addition, she mentioned that our club can post activities on the organization’s Calendar of Events.
The second speaker was Adam F. Staats, Senior Project Coordinator of the Price Family Fellows Program. This is a transition program for youth who age out of foster care and attend Rutgers University. They need support in transitioning to adulthood and college. They are provided with internships, help with financial aid, and housing. There are internships and summer programs for them.
Roz gave a report on the Dictionary Project. So far it has been going well in all of the schools. Friday will be the last day for the dictionary presentations.
Joe Nastus has received his third Paul Harris pin for his generosity to the Rotary International Foundation.
Pam reported on the Rags to Runway Project that will take place on March 2, 2017. Sponsors are being solicited for the event. Club members are invited to attend the next meeting that takes place on 12/6 at 7:30 at the Omega Diner.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick hosted its largest Murder Mystery Event to date on Friday, November 4th with 148 guests and Rotarians in attendance. With all of the drama in this year's presidential election, the committee decided to feature yet another political debate as the theme. "The Final Debate" featured Harold Dormp vs Vivienne Blimpton at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick. A local group of professional actors from CoLAB arts, provided the script, actors and entertainment.
Induction of a new member: Aubrey Johnson, the Superintendent of the New Brunswick Public Schools, was formally inducted as our newest member. Following the brief ceremony, Aubrey commented on the academic goals and vision for the public schools embodied in a strategic plan for 2016-2021 that has been recently adopted.
Dr. Michael Norris gave a slide presentation of George Washington through the work of artists at the Thursday, September 8 evening meeting of the Rotary Club of New Brunswick. Using paintings from various museum collections, Mike described the legacy of Washington as a surveyor, member of the Virginia militia, tobacco farmer near the Potomac River at Mount Vernon, and commander of the colonial forces against the British that achieved American independence. Through portraits by past and modern painters, Washington was illustrated as the “indispensable man” whose leadership and presidency set the model for future generations. Mike Norris worked as museum educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for nearly twenty years and now gives public lectures on a variety of topics. His website is www.armchairarttours.com.
“The Artists of George Washington” –Evening Program on September 8, 2016
The New Brunswick Rotary Club has been delivering produce and fresh fruit to Elijah’s Promise, the community soup kitchen at 18 Neilson Street in New Brunswick. There are four deliveries each week. The food has been donated by the Costco Wholesale Warehouses in Edison and Bridgewater. Jim Zullo, Executive Director of the full-fledged social organization serving the community of Middlesex County over two decades, expressed his enthusiastic appreciation of the Rotary Club volunteers "You folks have been such an amazing source of support for EP! Thank you and please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist your efforts."
At the meeting of our Club on Aug 18, we inducted two new members:
Thomas J. Carto - President and CEO of New Jersey State Theater
Dr. Scott Taylor - Superintendent of Highland Park Schools
We welcome these distinguished individuals to our club and look forward to their active participation in Club's activities and for their initiatives in new projects for the benefit of the local communities.
Our Club meeting on July 14 was attended by 14 members and one guest( Bob Belvin from New Brunswick Library).
Johan gave a very interesting and informative presentation on Trade Agreements particularly on the Agreements now under discussions- Trans Pacific and Trans Atlantic. We will soon put his slides on our web site for all members information.
The updates were given on current projects and the Club Goals.
Our Club had its first meeting of the new year 2016-17 on the evening of July 7, 2016.
Our Treasurer for this year was duly installed and we also inducted three new members.
Sharan Jain gave an update on the changes in RI constitution approved recently by the Council on Legislation.
Sharan Jain also emphasized the need for all members to log into the Members section of the club web site and check their personal data and confirm that to Roz.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick held the annual Paul Harris Recognition Dinner and installed incoming officers and board members for next Rotary year on June 2, 2016. Four club members and two other individuals with distinguished public service careers were honored with Paul Harris Fellowships for their exceptional community service and whose personal and professional activities represented the Rotary value of "Service above Self."
Steve Shaw the committee chairperson of the North Brunswick Street Cleanup had made arrangements with Lou Ann Benson, Parks and Recreation Director to once again have the Rotary club participate in the semi annual two mile long street cleanup on busy Cozzens Lane in North Brunswick. This event has been taking place during the last 3 years.
Rotary Club of New Brunswick is very pleased to announce the successful implementation of an International Project in Delhi, India.
In 2014 , our Club partnered with the host Club of Delhi Uptown ( India) to apply for a global grant to supply three diagnostic/testing machines to a Children’s Clinic with three main objectives:
Our Club hosted its 20th Annual Scholarship Golf Event on May 10, 2016 at Rutgers Golf Course beginning at 8:30am and an awards luncheon at Panico's Italian Restaurant in downtown New Brunswick.
The golf event included 100 golfers competing for the top prize along with multiple other prizes featuring a putting contest, long drive contest, and hole in one contests for a BMW from Open Road BMW and a Camaro from Malouf Auto Group.
Dr. Kristina Nicosia, Superintendent of the Highland Park School District, became a member of the Rotary Club of Greater New Brunswick at an induction ceremony that was held on January 11, 2023 during the luncheon meeting at the Harvest Moon Brewery/Cafe Restaurant in New Brunswick. Dr. Nicosia previously taught high school and middle school science and served as the Director of Curriculum and Instruction for STEM for the Highland Park Public School District. She completed her doctoral studies at Rutgers University in the specialty of science education and statewide community of practice. The club is delighted to have Dr. Nicosia bringing her leadership and community service skills to help advance the mission of the Rotary Club of Greater New Brunswick.
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The Rotary Club of New Brunswick provided dictionaries to all third grade student in New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park. Pictured is club member Patrick McDonald talking to the students before the dictionaries were handed out.
On the behalf of the Harmony Family Success Center and PRAB, profuse thanks for the planting/beautification at 255 Livingston Ave. Through the volunteer efforts of Rotary Club members, the center is even more attractive to our families and partners. How great is it to experience such warm and pleasant hearth, even on the outside of the facility. Photos commemorating this generous contribution will be shared within our networks. We look forward to future endeavors as we continue to uplift and empower the New Brunswick Community together.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick held the 22nd annual golf outing at Fox Hollow Golf Club in Branchburg on Tuesday, May 8, 2018. Golfers enjoyed a beautiful spring day in the picturesque and rolling hills setting with breathtaking views of the golf course from the patio of the banquet facility. The Club has raised over $350,000 in the past golf outings. All proceeds are used to provide scholarships to graduates of New Brunswick, North Brunswick and Highland Park High Schools who enroll in college. Pictured are the finalists of the putting contest and Mike Blackwell, chair of the Golf Committee.
The Cozzens Lane clean up crew consisting of club members and Rutgers University Rotaract students after finishing their well done job on Saturday, April 21,
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick’s Murder Mystery Dinner was held on Friday, November 3 2017. What a night! The ballroom at the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick room was packed with guests attending a wedding. There were wonderful gifts at the Silent Auction and numerous varieties of wine were raffled off at the Wine Raffle. Throughout the evening actors from coLab Arts performed scenarios that culminated in a murder that took place during the actual wedding.
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick held the annual Paul Harris Recognition dinner and installation of officers and board members for the 2017/18 year at Panico’s Restaurant in New Brunswick on June 8, 2017.
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THE ROTARY CLUB OF NEW BRUNSWICK ENTERTAINED 102 GOLFERS AT THE 21ST ANNUAL GOLF OUTING.JPG)
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick Adopt a Road Cleanup on Cozzens Lane in North Brunswick took place during the morning of April 8, 2017. Rotary club members and eight Rotaract students bonded together during the 2 ½ hours that were spent picking up the trash. By the end of the morning the Rotaract students eagerly went with Steve Shaw’s to WAWA for a cup of coffee.
The Club held a ceremony to induct Michael Giacobello to the club during the luncheon meeting on Thursday, March 16. He is employed at Investors Bank in downtown New Brunswick. Michael is a graduate of the University of Connecticut where he was also on the golf team. He and his wife Meghan reside in Bridgewater.
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The Rotary Club of New Brunswick hosted its largest Murder Mystery Event to date on Friday, November 4th with 148 guests and Rotarians in attendance. With all of the drama in this year's presidential election, the committee decided to feature yet another political debate as the theme. "The Final Debate" featured Harold Dormp vs Vivienne Blimpton at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick. A local group of professional actors from CoLAB arts, provided the script, actors and entertainment.
The New Brunswick Rotary Club has been delivering produce and fresh fruit to Elijah’s Promise, the community soup kitchen at 18 Neilson Street in New Brunswick. There are four deliveries each week. The food has been donated by the Costco Wholesale Warehouses in Edison and Bridgewater. Jim Zullo, Executive Director of the full-fledged social organization serving the community of Middlesex County over two decades, expressed his enthusiastic appreciation of the Rotary Club volunteers "You folks have been such an amazing source of support for EP! Thank you and please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist your efforts.".JPG)
At the meeting of our Club on Aug 18, we inducted two new members:.JPG)
Our Club had its first meeting of the new year 2016-17 on the evening of July 7, 2016..JPG)
The Rotary Club of New Brunswick held the annual Paul Harris Recognition Dinner and installed incoming officers and board members for next Rotary year on June 2, 2016. Four club members and two other individuals with distinguished public service careers were honored with Paul Harris Fellowships for their exceptional community service and whose personal and professional activities represented the Rotary value of "Service above Self.".JPG)
Steve Shaw the committee chairperson of the North Brunswick Street Cleanup had made arrangements with Lou Ann Benson, Parks and Recreation Director to once again have the Rotary club participate in the semi annual two mile long street cleanup on busy Cozzens Lane in North Brunswick. This event has been taking place during the last 3 years.
Rotary Club of New Brunswick is very pleased to announce the successful implementation of an International Project in Delhi, India.
Our Club hosted its 20th Annual Scholarship Golf Event on May 10, 2016 at Rutgers Golf Course beginning at 8:30am and an awards luncheon at Panico's Italian Restaurant in downtown New Brunswick.
