Board of Directors Rotary Club of Madison

John Caffrey Jim Greene Bill Raas Fran Ryan Clarissa South-Holland Joseph Martone Thomas Uhlman William Van Ryzin Madison Rotary Club Foundation

Nancy Adamczyk Jim Allison Barry Kroll Hal Moeller

President: Ellsworth Havens President-Elect: Joseph Smith Vice-President: Carmela Moeller Treasurer: Arthur Powell Asst. Treasurer: Marsha Ann Zimmerman Asst. Treasurer: Mara Johnson

Membership Secretary: Barry Kroll Secretary New Membership: Ben Wolkowitz Correspondence Secretary: Cathy Coultas

Sergeant-At-Arms Morning: Nino Coviello Sergeant-At-Arms Afternoon: Robert Chapman Immediate Past President: Patricia Naylor

April 28, 2011 Volume 2011-9

The Four Way Test

1) Is It The Truth 3) Will It Build Goodwill and Build Better Friendships 2) Is It Fair To All Concerned 4) Will It Be Beneficial To All Concerned

These Are The Words We Strive To Live By ~In Business and In Our Personal Lives

WWW.MADISONROTARYNJ.ORG

Saturday, April 30th in the Provident Bank Park Parking Lot 98 Madison Avenue, Madison, New Jersey

Get your files securely shredded! Volunteers Needed! Contact Carmela Moeller

. . . and on the same day we are again hosting the Long Term Exchange Student Pizza Dinner at the YMCA. Volunteers are needed to serve and mingle with the students. Contact if you are interested n helping

Visit Our Website For All The Most Up To Date News, Articles, Pictures and Other Info Regarding Our Club!

Rotary Club of Madison Upcoming Events

Saturday, April 30, 2011 Our Semi-annual Shred-It Event

Time: 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. Where: Provident Bank Parking Lot-98 Main Street-Madison, New Jersey

Volunteers AND Customers Wanted ~ Sign Up at Thursdays Meeting Or Contact Carmela Moeller

Also In The Evening on Saturday April 30th at 5:00 P.M. The Madison Rotary Club is hosting the traditional Pizza Dinner

For The Long Term Exchange Students Volunteers are Needed to Serve & Mingle With the Students

Contact: Ellsworth Havens if You Are Interested

Sunday ~ May 1st , 2011 WalkFest ~ 9:00 A.M. Loantaka Brook Reservation

Contact: Ernie Cicconu

Saturday, May 7, 2011 Madison May Day! Join Us At 8:00 A.M. at the Madison Public Library

Wednesday, May 11, 2011 Japan Relief Morris Museum ~ 6:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M.

Thursday, May 12, 2011, 12:15 P.M. Charitable Distribution Luncheon ~ Rod’s Steak House Madison Hotel

(Check to See About The Morning Meeting)

May 21, 2011 ~ May 25, 2011 Rotary International Conference ~ Join us in New Orleans!

Sunday ~ May 22, 2011 ~ 9:00 A.M. to Noon Interact Car Wash in The Elks Parking Lot ~ Main Street, Madison N.J.

Funds to Support Interact Programs Such as Polio Plus & The Buy a Net Malaria Prevention Program

Thursday, June 2, 2011 District Assembly ~ Drew University ~ 3:00 P.M.

Learn More About Rotary and Support Our Incoming Governor Jim Allison

Friday, June 3, 2011 RYLA Leadership and Development Weekend ~ Contact: Camper Bull

The Rotary Club of Madison Installation Dinner WEDNESDAY June 8, 2011

Mayfair Farms ~ 6:30 P.M. ~ Dinner & Open Bar Come Celebrate The Great Year, Efforts & Accomplishments

of the Current President of the Madison Rotary Club, Ellsworth Havens And Welcome Our New, Incoming President, Joseph Smith!

Free For All Paid Up Members ~ $55.00 per Guest

Thursday Evening, June 23, 2011 District Banner Exchange ~ Mayfair Farms at 6:00 P.M.

Come Join Us As Our Current District Governor, Maurie Mader, Transfer the Governor’s Banner To Our Incoming District Governor,

Our Own Jim Allison Come Join Us and Cheer Jim On To A Rousing Start To His Term As Governor!

Meeting Memos -Thursday, April 21st:

This was a great day for attending meetings at the Madison Rotary! We had some special guests at this morning's meet-ing, Including our long term exchange student Sarah Bitner, and Barry Kroll's wife, Judy.

At the morning session Lois Bhatt introduced Beth P. Riley of the Potted Garden, who came to speak to us about "Waking Up Our Gardens For Spring!" Beth does custom designs for gardens and homes. She explained that this is now a good time to plant, and do some prunning. She went on to explain the best ways to prune, the correct way to

treat mulch, and how we should be cleaning up and inspecting our gardens now, in preparation of spring.

For more information on prunning and taking care of your garden, visit the Madison Public Library for books

from the American Horticultural Society, or you can contact Beth at: victorianrileys@aol.com or visit her

website at: thepottedgarden.biz.

The 50/50 was won by Cathy Coultas at the morning Meeting. Ralph Engelsman won the 50/50 at Lunch.

Two of our other members made announcements that, while not Rotary functions deserve mention. Pat Miller

spoke about the Postal Workers Food Drive. As you may know the Postal workers collect food for the hun-gry at this time. Campbell’s Soup has agreed to contribute a huge amount of food to the effort m through a special corporate program. Contact Pat for the website and more information. Rose Pancirov put forth a special invitation to

Madison Rotarians to attend the opening night of “ I Hate Hamlet” at the Morris Museum Bickford Theater, and a chance to meet and mingle with the cast. Con-

tact Rose for prices and more information on these event.

A word about May Day. The Rotary Club of Madison has taken on the responsibility of maintaining the gardens around the Madison Public Library. Twice a year members weed, prune, trim the plantings that grace the library,

and generally clean up the grounds. But May Day is our big push when we try to get as many members out as we can, as we do all of the above, and add mulch

as well.

This is not only a great opportunity to participate in a club activity, give something back to the town, but it’s also a great opportunity to do something

with your kids (or nieces, nephews, grandchildren, or other whoever). The chil-dren all seem to enjoy it, and the extra help is always welcome.

So this May Day is Saturday, May 7th, and our leader in this effort, Tom Haralampoudis asks that we get there between 8 and 9 A.M.,

and don’t forget, you get a free T-Shirt as well, as a make-up.

Meeting Memos: Thursday, April 21st (continued): In the afternoon our Madison High School Interact Club joined us and gave a

presentation and slide Show on their most recent efforts.

This is the 5th year for the MHS Interact Club. In that short time the Club has won numerous awards, including the MHS Service Club of the Year two years in a row. We’ve seen them raising their purple fingers up in support of Polio Plus at various events such as Bottle Hill Day.

Jack Conley, the current Club President, led the presentation, and spoke about what’s coming up with Interact. Continuing with their support of Polio Plus, the Interact Club is also expanding their efforts to raising funds for a program which buys nets to help prevent malaria in Uganda. As a kudos to their efforts, the Interact Club recently received a letter from Raymond G. Chambers, the Secretary General’s Special Envoy for Malaria, congratulating them for their work.

This year the Club has raised over $2,000.00 for the mosquito nets; and $1,700.00 for Polio Plus. They do this through a variety of different things; as we said before manning a table at Bottle Hill Day, checking coats at the Taste of Madison, Video Game Nights at the YMCA, monthly bake sales at the high school, and the upcoming Car Wash on May 22nd. The Interact will be holding a rummage sale, and are looking for donations. Talk to Bob Conley about where and when to drop them off.

The Club goals include more of an effort to increase membership (the Club currently has be-tween 10 and 20 members), and to plan for fund raising for three projects each year, one local or community project, one national, and one international. I am sure that these resourceful kids will succeed in their efforts, and am just as sure that they can count on the support of every Madison Rotarian. If you are interested in being a mentor and liaison between the Rotary and Interact, please contact Bob Conley of our Club for more information.

Madison Rotary Club Vice President Carmela Moeller opened the meeting.

The Madison Interact Club: Front Row (L-R) Carly Donald-Walther, Kathy Meyer, Michelle Yong, Julia, Sarah Mahoney, Stephanie Yong, Lisa Jenkins. Back Row: Mary Thomas (Faculty Advisor), Jack Conley,

Emma Cotton, and Grace Johnson-Debantre.

A Community Recycling Event

Shred-It! The Rotary Club of Madison

is happy to announce a repeat of the club’s popular community project

“A Community Shred”

Saturday, April 30, 2011 from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. At The Provident Bank Parking Lot

98 Main Street, Madison, N .J. (You can also enter from Elm Street , the street behind the Bank)

Cost: $5.00 per file box (Approximately 11”x18”x9”) (Larger Boxes Will Cost Slightly More)

Bring those personal papers, old tax documents, & other sensitive paperwork that needs shredding, and observe your papers being securely destroyed

on the “Shred-It, Inc.” Truck

Avoid Identity Theft! Prevent Fraud Every Day is Earth Day, Help Our Environment

Rotary Club of Madison Japan Relief Effort

The Rotary Club of Madison will be conducting a fund-raiser for its Japanese Recovery & Restoration Project. The Event: "Restoring Hope" will occur on Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at the Morris Museum, 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, N.J.

This event is part of a Rotary District-wide effort in collaboration with its Japanese sister club in Shikoku Japan, District 2670, who will identify

restoration projects with the most need. The accumulated funds will then qualify for a matching grant from Rotary International.

This will be a major event, with a number of prominent Japanese artists and dignataries expected, and we will need all hands on board to make this evening a

success. So please, set the date aside and plan on attending and helping out.

Restoration Hope is open to the public, with a suggested donation of $50.00/person.

Visit our website at: www.madisonrotarynj.org for more information.

Have pictures or an article from a Rotary sponsored event that you think might be of interest to our members? Your help is always appreciated! Send them in to our newsletter at: denangle@optonline.net

When submitting, please identify the event, and any of the people in the picture

Rotary Foundation Thoughts of the Week

(from the Rotary International website)

Matching Grants: Even a small club can make a big difference when participating in a Matching Grant. While Rotarians from the Rotary

Club of Marana in District 5500 were traveling in Zimbabwe, they found a man who was obviously hungry.

These Rotarians worked with the Rotary Club of Victoria Falls and the Rotary Foundation to create a food garden that feeds an entire village

and is self-sustaining for future generations.

Rotarian Randy Brooks says: It truly is amazing how our small club contributions translate into opportunity for those in need of help. It is

hard not to be overly proud of Rotary, its members, and the Rotary Foundation,

THE DISTRICT ASSEMBLY (From the ABCs of Rotary)

In view of the annual turnover of Rotary leadership each year, special effort is required to provide the 25,600 club leaders with appropriate instruction

for the tasks they will assume.

The annual district assembly is the major leadership-training event in each of the 500 Rotary districts of the world. The district assembly offers motivation, inspiration, Rotary information and new ideas for club officers, directors and key committee chairmen of

each club.

Some of the most experienced district leaders conduct informative discussions on all phases of Rotary administration and service projects. The assembly gives all

participants valuable new ideas to make their club more effective and interesting. Usually eight to ten delegates from each club are invited to attend the training session.

Another important feature of a district assembly is a review by the incoming district governor of the program theme and emphasis of the new R.l. president for the coming year. District goals and objects are also described and plans are developed for their

implementation.

The success of each Rotary club is frequently determined by the club's full representation and participation in the annual district

assembly.