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Congratulations to the Maywood Rotary,James and Pauline Hackbarth and Dr. Mark Mady Scholarship Recipients!On Tuesday evening the Maywood Rotary awarded it's annual scholarships to talented High School Seniors. We wish the following students good luck in their academic futures! Maywood Rotary Scholarship recipients: Anthony Scozzafava, Hope Ortiz, Nicolas Edis and Valeria Oshepkova James and Pauline Hackbarth Scholarship recipients: Biana Acot, Kayla Cottiers and Rachel Krasic Dr Mark Mady Memorial Scholarship recipient: Theresa Ciraolo |
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Maywood Rotary presents its 2nd Annual Taste of Maywood Event!  |
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On June 30th a new member was inducted at our evening dinner meeting at the Maywood Inn along with the new officers for the year 2016-2017. The new member inducted by Past District Governor Bill Rupp was Doug Herrick.
Past District Governor Bill Rupp also conducted the swearing in of the new officers. The officers for the coming year are Lynne Reck, President; Scott Jeffers, Vice President; Carole Feeney, Secretary; Bill Leaver, Treasurer.
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Each of our talented and bright Scholars was selected from a highly competitive pool of applicants by Maywood Rotary Scholarship committee headed by Ed Torres, Diane Rhodes and Dr. John Mady. Our Scholars have demonstrated a strong commitment to giving back and are working to make a difference in their community. The following students are the recipients of our 2016 scholarship grant: Jessica Schlimmer, Andrea Noel Lupica, Brianna Remache, Amanda Taylor, Meagan Harrington, Theresa Gallagher, Navneet Cheema, Laura A. Iobst, Janina Santoro, Heidi Ahmed and Nada El-Gazzar. We wish you all the best and come back to Maywood Rotary so you can share your success stories with us!
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Over 100 people attended the first ever Taste of Maywood hosted by Maywood Rotary Club. A big shout out goes to Mario's Pizza, Twin Door Tavern Inn, Angelo's Greek Restaurant, Pot Belly, Uncle Louie's, Subway, Seafood Gourmet, Moon Doggie, Uncle Paulie's and Pho Thai Lao Kitchen! Thank you to all those who attended. We promise a greater one next year!
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We invite you to come and have a sample of your favorite Maywood restaurants!There are 3 ways to purchase tickets:
1) Go to Community Bank of Greater Bergen County in Maywood and look for Dinah Castaneda
2) Go to Dr. Tim Eustace, Chiropractor office in Maywood
3) Or you click this to REGISTER!
See you there!
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District 7940 Governor Peter Wells visits Maywood Rotary Club on January 7. What a great way to start our first meeting of the year! The club members felt energized and inspired after his speech. There's no reason why we shouldn't be part of this great organization that is doing good all over the world!
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Presenting our first college graduate from Nkineji!
 And here's how they celebrated....
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"Now is the time to step up you have wanted to go, but have had to put it off. Go on a trip of a lifetime, changing the world while you're at it." -Tim Eustace
When Kevin Williams, founder of the Kenya Project, died suddenly on June 22, the community of Maywood was guilt stricken. But submerged for several days was aburning questions - what happenes to MRC's 12-year old Kenya Project, readying for a final visit in 2016? Within a few more days a firm answer came from state Assemblyman Tim Eustace, Kevin's partner for over 30 years "The project will go on for now," he said. "We hope to keep it going." The next trip will be early in July. Eight people have already indicated they will go. A planned visit by three committee members was rescheduled and carried out. They also met with Rose, sister of Rotary's Mercy Purity, a travel agent who has been very helpful. Mercy will continue with the Kenya Project. Tim is hoping for a surge in public response. Rotarians can describe the appeal to friends. Several thousand dollars have been already received in memory of Kevin.
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District Governor Adele Miller was on hand to present membership certificates and pin the Rotyary International membership pin on eight new members at the Maywood Inn on November 4th. The new members enrolled in the club as a result of attending a "meet & greet" session that included presentation on the mission of Rotary, the local , national and international objectives of Rotary and the obligations of membership.
Photo shows Governor Miller pinning Noel Gordon as new members Laura Kolmos, Carol Feeney and Rebecca Taylor look on. Other new members not in the photo are Palma Giordano, Lauren Chinloy and Cassie Hamilton. New member James Mazzer was unable to attend. |
The Maywood Rotary Club volunteers to feed individual men and women who are homeless at the Bergen County Shelter on River Street in Hackensack. Members cook trays of beef stew at home and bring it to the shelter. They then served the individuals with stew, bread and butter, apple sauce and mixed fruit cup, coffee, and iced tea. The event hosted 3 times a year is appreciated by about 125 people who come for the meal and is most satisfying to the club members as they exemplify our motto of "Service Above Self". |
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Fresh Oranges and Grapefruit are trucked in directly from Florida for this event... |
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Since June 2003 the club has been involved in providing food, clothing and education to over 300 children in the Maasai Mara part of Kenya. Every year up to 14 volunteers spend two weeks at the school. They have built classrooms, a library, a fresh water well, and teacher dorms. They also built a garden and taught students how to maintain it so they can grow their own food.
With only a small amount of administrative funding from the Maywood Rotary Club, over $263,000 has been provided to achieve all these accomplishments. These funds have been raised by donations from friends of the trip volunteers and other outside sources.
To learn more about this project go to: http://www.maywoodrotarykenyaproject.org
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