| 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 35th 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 8, 2007. 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 Dunellen Street Fair -- Our club, as a major community partner with the Dunellen Merchants and Professionals Association, helps organize the annual Dunellen Street Fair. We will share in coordinating the day's events and we run a food concession stand. This year it will be held Sunday, September 23, 2007. For more information or to obtain a vendor application for the Street Fair, click here: www. dunellenmerchants.org, or call Bill at 732-713-6068. Pasta Festival -- Over five Monday nights in April and early May, 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. This year, Pasta Festival will be held April 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, 2007. 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. This year, the Car Show will be held June 3, 2007. Super 50/50 Raffle -- We are holding a Super 50/50 Raffle with $10,000 in prizes, drawing on the afternoon of the Car Show, June 3, 2007. Proceeds go toward our annual scholarships. 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 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. |
| On October 15, 2006, our Club presented dictionaries to the third grade students at John P. Faber Elementary School in Dunellen and the Irene E. Feldkirchner Elementary School in Green Brook. Pictured below at Faber School, left to right, are Dictionary Project Coordinator Joan Henry, Assistant Principal Sandra Hoy, Faber Principal Robert Altmire, Third Grade Teacher Jane Campbell, Ann Marie Hill, Roseann Gansel, and Bill Mundy. |
| President Bill presents a check for $500 to Joan Henry, Club Secretary and Director of the Dunellen Public Library in support of the Dunellen-Green Brook Rotary Club Scholarship and Career Section of the Library, March 22, 2007. |
| Charlie and Jesse help staff the food concession at the annual Art on the Green Festival, held the first Saturday after Labor Day, every year. |
| In the photographs above, members enjoy a delightful day working the Rotary concession table at the Dunellen Street Fair. On the left, Roseann, in the middle, George, and on the right, Doris and Paul and Debbie and Bill and Nereida. |
| President Bill presents a donation to Doug Merritt for the Rotary Homes of Hope on April 19, 2007. For more information on this International Project, see www.rotaryhomesofhope.org. |