Rotary Club of Asbury Park members served as the Caring Cooks for the Ronald McDonald house in Long branch on July 9th 2019, serving up grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, sausage, salad with watermelon. The Ronald McDonald House hosts families who have children being cared for at Monmouth Medical Center. And, for children facing a serious medical crisis, the Ronald McDonald House provides a place for families to call home so they can stay close by their hospitalized child at little to no cost. By cooking a meal, our Rotary volunteers made it just a bit easier for families to focus on their child's health. Great job!
President Brian Mullins thanks our speaker, Mr. Alan Stein from the Vorhees Twp. breakfast Rotary Club. Alan got lost coming to our meeting so his talk was brief but informative. He spoke about “Josh the Otter” program detailing preventative measures for infant drowning. He will try and come back next May for a full presentation.
This week's meeting was Sean's last as the 100th President of the Rotary Club of Asbury Park. We know that Sean's family has a long history of service as Rotarians, and we say Thank You for a memorable year. We look forward now, to supporting Brian as the 1st President for our 2nd 100 years - Good Luck Brian - we will work together to make it a great year!
Pictured left to right, Talula Dechev, Neptune HS, Olivia DelCuore, Ocean Twp, HS, and Jesus Santos Reyes, Asbury Park HS.
Pictured left to right, Raya and Talula Dechev, Danielle and Olivia DelCuore, Jesus Santos Reyes and Euphemia Reyes
At the Scholarship Luncheon, Tom Hayes was on-hand to award the New Jersey Natural Gas Scholarship to Jesus A. Santos Reyes. We extend a hearty Congratulations to Jesus on his award and thanks to Tom and to New Jersey Natural Gas for their generous support to make this scholarship possible. 
Not only did we have the opportunity to meet and greet our scholarship winners, but Tom Hayes, Director of Community Relations, presented one of our winners, Jesus Reyes, with New Jersey Natural Gas’s scholarship award and then shared with us the involvement of New Jersey Natural Gas in our community. Focused on Monmouth, Ocean and Morris counties, NJNG provides volunteers to 50-60 nonprofit events; they collaborate with service organizations (such as Rotary) and conduct numerous employee-driven collection drives; they have a senior program, home ownership program in conjunction with Interfaith Neighbors, utility assistance program, and of course, programs that focus on education. In the area of education, their programs include: Project Venture, Achieve 3000, Literacy Programs, College Planning Workshops, Kids & Conservation, The Energy Hog, Ocean Fun Days, Speakers’ Bureau Presentations, and Come Visit Our Corporate Headquarters. NJNG is truly a stunning example of how a corporation can provide ‘service about self.’ We are blessed to live in their service area. Additional details of these programs are available on their website www.njng.com, or call Tom’s office 732.938.1035.
