| DUNELLEN-GREEN BROOK ROTARY CLUB |
| CLUB PROJECTS |
| The Object of Rotary is to “encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise.” Rotary is a service organization. Since 1910, the Rotary Motto has been “Service Above Self.” Rotary strives to achieve its objective of “Service Above Self” through activities in four primary areas. These are often referred to as the Four Avenues of Service. The Dunellen-Green Brook Rotary Club endeavours to fulfill "The Object of Rotary" by member planning and participation in community and international projects as exemplified by the Four Avenues of Service. Club Service This “Avenue” promotes the development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service. It involves the activities necessary to make the Club function successfully and achieve its goals. Art on the Green -- Now in its 37th year, Art on the Green is a premier arts and crafts festival held in Washington Park, Dunellen, on the first Saturday after Labor Day. This year it will be held Saturday, September 12, 2009. Hundreds of crafters and artisans showcase their own creations in a lovely, shaded park setting. For more information or to obtain a vendor application, contact Leonard Siskin, 326 US Highway 22, #6B, Green Brook, NJ 08812, 732-752-6606, AOTG@optonline.net Pasta Festival -- Every Monday night in April, our club runs Pasta Festival where people come for all you can eat of three kinds of pasta and four kinds of sauce. It is a bargain for the entire family. Our next Pasta Festival will held on April 6, 13, 20 and 27, 2009, at the Dunellen Hotel, 120 North Washington Avenue, Dunellen, 5 -- 8 p.m. Classic Car Show -- Come to Skinner Plaza, Dunellen, on the first Sunday in June for our Classic Car Show featuring 100's of classic, vintage, and unique automobiles. Walk the aisles of history and dance to the music you grew up on. Our next Car Show will be in June, 2009. Vocational Service This "Avenue" represents the opportunity that each Rotarian has to represent the dignity and utility of one’s vocation as an opportunity to serve society. Rotarians promote and foster high ethical standards in business and professions and promote the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations. Our Club is pleased to support the Scholarship and Career Corner of the Dunellen Public Library. All books and materials in the section are available to students, parents and Guidance Counselors at all local area schools and colleges. Community Service This “Avenue” relates to the activities that Rotarians undertake to improve the quality of life in their community. Particular emphasis is given to helping children, needy families, the aged, the handicapped, and those most in need of assistance. Rotarians strive to promote the ideal of service in their personal, business, and community lives. Dictionary Program -- All third-grade students in Dunellen and Green Brook receive a free dictionary. It is our way of putting a good word in for them. To learn more about The Dictionary Project, click here: Dictionary Holiday Lighting Ceremony in Washington Park -- As the December holidays approach, our club invites all the borough's residents to join us in Washington Memorial Park for a tree lighting ceremony, hot chocolate, and song. We proudly sponsor the Dunellen Little League. Our banner hangs on Center Field, Clem Santy Little League Field, McCoy Park, Dunellen. Two other projects involved the construction and furnishing of public monuments and buildings in Dunellen. Below, on the left, is the Announcement Sign in Washington Memorial Park, Dunellen, and on the right is the Concession Stand, located in Columbia Park, Dunellen, furnished as part of the 100th Rotary Year Project. Past President Tom Schleppenbach oversaw this cooperative effort between our club and the Borough of Dunellen. Other Community Projects include: Girl Scouts Dunellen High School Project Graduation Watchung Reg. H.S. Project Graduation Dunellen Education Foundation Green Brook Education Foundation Dunellen Rescue Squad Green Brook Rescue Squad Cerebral Palsy Association of Middlesex County Dunellen Public Library Our proudest achievement is our commitment to the education of our youth. Over the past 40 years, our club has raised and donated over $100,000 in scholarships to graduating seniors from Dunellen High School and Watchung Regional High School so that they may pursue varied careers in the arts, sciences, and vocational studies. International Service In this area, Rotarians strive for the advancement of international understanding, goodwill, and peace through a world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service. International Service Projects are designed to meet the humanitarian needs of people in many lands, with particular emphasis on the most underprivileged children and families in developing countries. PolioPlus Gift of Life Rotary Homes of Hope We have joined with other clubs in District 7510 in support of a community in San Pablo, a village in Ecuador. We work to enhance the lives of the residents through the improvement of their housing, sanitary and power infrastructure, education and employment. For more information, contact Brian Fischer at (908) 797-8475 or e-mail brian@economicconcepts.com. Pure Water Campaign This is another cooperative effort between local and international Clubs in what may be Rotary's next great humanitarian effort: supplying pure water for all earth's inhabitants. For more information, contact Byron Miller at 908-233-4300. |
| Charlie and Jesse help staff the food concession at the annual Art on the Green Festival, held in early September every year. |
| Past President Bill presents a donation to Doug Merritt for the Rotary Homes of Hope. For more information on this International Project, see www.rotaryhomesofhope.org. |
| At our most recent Scholarship Lunch, 12 June 2008, scholarships were presented to students from Dunellen High School and Green Brook students attending Watchung Hills Regional High school. In the photograph above are, top row, William Mundy, Adam Ambrozewycz, Lawrence Miller, Gerald Stefanski, John Lestrange and Sandhira Wijayaratne. Bottom row, Charles Facciponti, Marissa McGrath, Kristie Smith, Cathy Zhang and Randi Axelrad. |
| Roseann Gansel, right, presents a check to Joan Henry, Past President and Director of the Dunellen Public Library, in support of the library's Rotary Scholarship and Career Collection |