Rotary Club of Asbury Park, NY USA

Greetings From                                                                                       62 Members Strong

The Rotary Club of Asbury Park

Meets for Lunch every Wednesday at 12:15 p.m.

   The Renaissance.    1110 Valley Road, Ocean - just off Route 35 S before Wegman's 

Call 732-922-4222 for Club information.   Map to The Renaissance
Mailing address:  Asbury Park Rotary   PO Box 512   Asbury Park, NJ 07712


Links to  Rotary InternationalDistrict 7500 Club LocatorPolar Plunge
Lombardi Dinner March 25, Adopt-A-Soldier Project, Scholarship Application


  Our Calendar 
Wed Mar 24TBA   
Thur Mar 25 - Lombardi Awards Banquet - 6pm - Sheraton Inn, Eatontown.  Lombardi Website
Wed Mar 31 TBA
Wed Apr 7 Tracy Ilvento and Julia Zapcic of CPC Behavorial Healcare will talk ablout the special education needs of youth and adults and the impact on families in Monmouth County.
Wed Apr 14 TBA      
Wed Apr 21 Isaih Jones, who received the Youth of the Year award from the Boys and Girls Clubs of Monmouth County, will be our speaker.
Apr 23-25 - District 7500 Conference - This year's conference will be held at Rehoboth Beach in Delaware.  Lots of Rotary fun and fellowship.  Try to make it.  Still time to sign up.  See Gary. Wed Apr 28 TBA      
Wed May 21 7th Annual Wine Tasting Dinner at Deal Golf and Country Club.
Sun Jun 27 Installation Dinner - Jeff Bassett becomes the 91st president of our club.  Will be held at the Deal Golf and Country Club.

PolioPlus News Updates

       What is PolioPlus?

  When Rotary started PolioPlus in 1988 there were over 350,000 new cases of Polio.  In 2006 there were 1,902 and in 2007 only 857.

  Afghanistan, Pakistan update

  Rotary, PolioPlus, and UN

  2008 - The End Is Near

  Polio Might Be Eliminated in 2008

  20-Year Battle Nears End

  Rotary Injects $100m and the

  Bill Gates Foundation does same


Rotary and AIDS

Look at Rotarians' efforts to fight AIDS.  Checkout www.rffa.org

ARCHIVES:   2009 2008   2007

 

Past Calendar Items for 2010 ......
Wed Jan 6 - Stephanie Olszewski spoke with us about Check-Mate, Inc., a community action group in our very own Asbury Park.        
Wed Jan 13 James Ganter of Gateway Energy spoke about the deregulated Natural gas market and how we can save on our gas bills at home and work.  
Wed Jan 20 - SPECIAL MEETING at Jersey Shore Hospital.    With 6 years in the making, the new wing is beautiful. 
Wed Jan 27 - Bill Larkin, Mayor of Ocean Township, spoke about the upcoming revalution for Ocean and the issue of affordable housing. 
Sat Jan 30 - ROTARY POLAR PLUNGE - 11am - Our 2nd Annual Polar Plunge to raise funds for our Rotary Eyecare Rescue Project will be held. Thank you to everyone who supported this great effort.  
Polar Plunge Website 
 Mon Feb 1 - Mid-Year District 7500 Assembly - Our own District Governor Nominee Gary Siciliano did an excellent job running the mid-year assembly in Toms River.  John Everson particated with an explanatiuon of our Adopt-A-Soldier Project.   
Wed Feb 3 - Dr. Rose St. Fleur, MD - Dr. St. Fleur is a Pediatrician and was in Haiti when the earthquake struck.  She gave us a first hand account of Haiti's desparate situation.  
Sat Feb 6 District 7500 Gift of Life "Heart and Snow Ball" at Battleground Country Club.
Wed Feb 10  Meeting Cancelled due to snow. 
Wed Feb 17 Bill Leach of MetLife talked about long Term Care issues and recent changes enacted by NJ.
Wed Feb 24 David Mooij, Superintentent of the Neptune school system, spoke about the new swimming pool and the great park behind Summerfield School.     
Thur Feb 25 - Lombardi Awards Banquet - 6pm - Sheraton Inn, Eatontown.  Lombardi Website
Wed Mar 3 - Tara L Maffei, MSW is the Director of the United Way of Monmouth County Volunteer Center.  She talked about the United Way and how it operates and many of the good things it does.
Sat Mar 6 District 7500 Gift of Life "Heart and Snow Ball" was held at the Battleground Country Club.

Wed Mar 10
Club Assembly

Wed Mar 17 Leo Pratte, Chief Diaster and Logistics Officer with the Jersey Shore Chapter of the American Red Cross was our speaker.

Catch up on Past Speakers

View past speakers, stories, and news for the past year and this year.    2007    2008     2009

History of Rotary and Our Club

Rotary International was founded in Chicago in 1905 by Paul Harris.  On January 21, 1919, J Lyle Kinmouth, owner of the Asbury Park Press, invited several businessmen to discuss forming a Rotary Club in Asbury Park.  On April 9, 1919...  our Club had 25 charter members and the rest is history.  Read more about our club's rich history.

 

Rotary Annouces Scholarships
for 2010


The Rotary Club of Asbury Park  is accepting applications from graduating seniors who live within the club's charterd area.  Every year, the Asbury Park Rotary awards several $1,000 scholarships to deserving seniors.  The high schools covered include Asbury Park, Neptune, and Ocean Township.

High school seniors who live in these sending districts but attend Academy Charter, MAST, Allied Health and Science, Communications, High Tech, Bio-Medical Tech, Culinary Education Center, or the Performing Arts Program may also apply. 

Download a Scholarship Application  now!

Please fill out your application completely and return it to your guidance counselor in time to reach us by
March 31, 2010.

Rotary Scholarship Winners
for 2009

During Christmas break we invite our Scholarship winners and their families to our regular lunch meeting.  This year all six of our winners were able to attend.  Congratulations to each one of you!


 
















From the left:  Kellie Brokel who graduated from Ocean Township High School is attending the University of Vermont, Tannesia Gayle from Neptune High School attends St. Johns University, Samantha Teng from Ocean Township High School is attending Williams College, Saufeeyah Purvis of Asbury Park is attending Alabama A & M University, Tina Chow graduated from the Academy of Allied Health & Science is attending Muhlenberg College, and Rahmel Summerlin went to Asbury Park High School and now attends Towson University.     Click on photo to enlarge .

2nd ANNUAL ROTARY POLAR PLUNGE
A GREAT SUCCESS!
 
        

View our Polar Plunge on YouTube!  See Susan Pellegrini's video.  We also can view Jersey Shore Events video.  Then look at the related section of YourTube and see the related videos of this year's plunge.

Plungers raised over $13,000 for the Rotary Eye Rescue Project .  The Coaster was there to cover the event.  Click on Jeff in the picture below to read the entire article.  Thank you to everyone who participated, especially McLoones Restaurant for having us take their facilities over. 



















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