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Membership Magic . . . . . . . . . .3
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It's not too early to start planning toattend the 2011 New Jersey RotaryVocational Assembly, to be held onOctober 3 (Monday) at Pines Manorin Edison. This is theONLY State-wide vocational servicesprogram held in theUnited States, so weare VERY thrilled toannounce that ourcurrent RI President,Kalyan Banerjee, willbe our keynote speaker this year. Youwill also have the opportunity to hearJohn Farmer, Jr., former NJ State At-torney General, and the renownedpsychologist Dr. Teena Cahill, authorand radio personality. This year, wehave lowered the price to $55, soplease start thinking about registra-tion now.
To register....
All registrations should go to our Dis-trict Governor Nominee, Len Agrusti.He may be reached at:
Len Agrusti, DGN24 Harmony LaneWayne, NJ [email protected]
We are also lookingfor sponsorships from
clubs and Rotarians' businesses tohelp support the event. Sponsors re-ceive advertising in the journal wewill distribute to all that night. Forhigher levels of donations, you willalso have your ad included in a Pow-erPoint and on the vocational assem-bly website. Some of the sponsorshiplevels (see the brochure) also comewith tickets. This is a great way tohonor your club's nominee for the Vo-cational Service Award.
Mark your calendars, and sign uptoday for this super state-wide event.
The Vocational Assembly application form
may be found at the end of this newsletter.
ROTARY NJ STATE
VOCATIONAL ASSEMBLY
Governor’s NewsletterDISTRICT 7490
Bergen • Passaic • Hudson Counties • New Jersey, USA
IN THIS ISSUE
District Governor Emil Geering August 2011
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Summer greetings -
August is Membership Month in the
Rotary world. And I’m happy to report
that while the district secretary and I make
our official visits, we are learning that
most clubs have plans to make a concerted
effort with membership growth. These
clubs are setting realistic goals, and most
importantly, are putting committees in
place to achieve those goals with the help
of their club members. Club presidents
and their committees should use the Pres-
idential Citation and Changemaker
Awards as a guideline and roadmap to di-
rect their membership efforts to reflect the
diversity of their communities.
And these efforts are producing results.
The Haledon club grew by 25% with 3
new members. The Englewood, Teaneck
and Maywood clubs will each induct 3 –
5 new members during the next few
weeks. So you see, it can be done.
We just need to ask. Ask our friends,
colleagues, clients, neighbors, service
providers and so forth, to join us at a
meeting in order to share the Rotary ex-
perience, enjoy the fellowship and learn
about the good works and projects we do.
Dear friends,
Above: Mel W. Tantillo from the Passaic Valley/ Lit-
tle Falls Rotary Club. He became a member in
1966. He has 100% attendance in Rotary. He was
born in Garfield NJ. In the picture with Mel is Ro-
tarian and incoming president of the Passaic Val-
ley/Little Falls Rotary Club Honey Correia.
Left, l to r: PDG Raj Bhatia, Newest Northern Val-
ley member Dawn Marcano, Northern Valley Presi-
dent Don Humphreys, Park Ridge Rotary member
Linda Hanlon.
Rotarian Arvind Shah from Bombay West
Rotary Club (India) visited and exchanged
banners with the Hawthorne Rotary Club on
Wednesday, July 20, 2011. Pictured from
left (front) Rtn. Arvind Shah, (back row)
President Fred Roughgarden, Past Presi-
dent John Minicozzi, and Richard Goldberg,
Mayor of Hawthorne.
AUGUST IS MEMBERSHIP MONTHWe salute our members past, present and future
continued on page 3
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CLUBRUNNER
Is your club on ClubRunner? It makes day-to-day operations easy to manage,
leaving you time for the important things. Check out the website
www.ClubRunner.ca
GET YOUR CLUB IN THE DISTRICT BULLETINIf you want your club's information published in this bulletin, please send it
to me at least three weeks in advance at [email protected]. Please be sure to
include contact information, including e-mail and phone number on your
flyer or message to me. You should also prepare flyers for incoming Chief of
Staff, Jay Fowler, to distribute to Assistant Governors at the District Staff
meeting by the Wednesday before the District Staff meeting. I will attach fly-
ers only once. Please do NOT wait until the last minute and ask that we send
a blast to the entire district.
ATTENDANCEClub Members Gain/Loss Members Attendance
7/1/11 Year 7/31/1 Percentage
Allendale/Saddle River . . . . . . . . . . . .21 . . . .+2 . . . . 23 . . . . 68%
Bayonne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 . . . . -3 . . . . 32 . . . . 48%
Bergen Community College . . . . . . . . 20 . . . . 0 . . . . 20 . . . . .37%
Bergen Highlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 . . . . 0 . . . . 43 . . . . 62%
Bergenfield/Dumont . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cliffside Park/Ridgefield . . . . . . . . . . . 11 . . . . -2 . . . . . 9 . . . . .65%
Clifton
Cresskill/Demarest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 . . . . -1 . . . . 13 . . . . .69%
Elmwood Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 . . . . .0 . . . . . 9 . . . .100%
Englewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 . . . . .0 . . . .53 . . . . .48%
Fair Lawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 . . . . .0 . . . .19 . . . . .11%
Fair Lawn Sunrise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 . . . . .0 . . . . 12 . . . . .46%
Fort Lee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34 . . . . .0 . . . . 34 . . . . .45%
Garfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 . . . . .0 . . . . 13 . . . . .55%
Hackensack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 . . . . .0 . . . . 28 . . . . .74%
Haledon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 . . . .+2 . . . . 12 . . . . .60%
Hawthorne
Hoboken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 . . . . .0 . . . . 38 . . . . .29%
Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 . . . .-4 . . . . 48 . . . . .53%
Jersey City Daybreak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 . . . . .0 . . . . 9 . . . . .75%
Kearny . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 . . . . .0 . . . . 12 . . . . .67%
Maywood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 . . . . .0 . . . . 43 . . . . .48%
Meadowlands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 . . . . .0 . . . . .8 . . . . .69%
Mid Bergen County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 . . . .-1 . . . . 13 . . . . .85%
Northern Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . . .0 . . . . 23 . . . . .48%
Oakland/Franklin Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . .27 . . . . .0 . . . . 27 . . . . .56%
Oradell/Emerson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 . . . .+1 . . . .17 . . . . .65%
Palisades
Paramus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90 . . . . .0 . . . .90 . . . . .60%
Paramus Sunrise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 . . . . .0 . . . . 19 . . . . .38%
Park Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 . . . . .0 . . . . 36 . . . . .48%
Pascack Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 . . . . .0 . . . . .9 . . . . .50%
Passaic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 . . . . .0 . . . . .5 . . . . .80%
Passaic Valley/Little Falls . . . . . . . . . .16 . . . . .0 . . . .16 . . . . .55%
Paterson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52 . . . . .0 . . . .52 . . . . .35%
Paterson AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 . . . . .0 . . . .16 . . . . .55%
Paterson Great Falls . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 . . . . .0 . . . .30 . . . . .72%
Pompton Lakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 . . . . .0 . . . .16 . . . . .50%
Ridgefield Park/Bogota . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 . . . .-1 . . . . 22 . . . . .61%
Ridgewood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 . . . . .0 . . . .44 . . . . .55%
Ridgewood AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 . . . . .0 . . . .54 . . . . .51%
Ringwood/Wanaque . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 . . . . .0 . . . .10 . . . .100%
River Edge/Oradell/New Milford . . . . . .6 . . . . .0 . . . . .6 . . . . .71%
Rochelle Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 . . . . .0 . . . . .6 . . . .100%
Rutherford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 . . . . .0 . . . .12 . . . . .40%
Secaucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 . . . . .0 . . . . .8
Sunset-Central Bergen . . . . . . . . . . . .17 . . . . .0 . . . .17 . . . . .78%
Teaneck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 . . . . .0 . . . .17 . . . . .63%
Tenafly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 . . . . .0 . . . .17
Union City/West New York . . . . . . . . . .27 . . . . .0 . . . .27 . . . . .50%
Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45 . . . . .0 . . . .45 . . . . .72%
Wayne AM
West Milford . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 . . . . .0 . . . .30 . . . . .82%
Wyckoff/Midland Park . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 . . . . .0 . . . .18 . . . . .50%
DISTRICT CONFERENCE
Our 55th Annual District Conference will be held in
Washington, DC, on April 19-22, 2012. Please join fel-
low Rotarians for an informative and fun filled confer-
ence. The hotel has recently undergone a $14 million
renovation and is located in the prestigious Capitol
Hill section of the city. Included in this
Governor Emil hopes you'll honor us with your attendance at the
biggest event of his Rotary year as our District Governor. He has se-
lected a great location so that we can celebrate together our successes
as District 7490 Rotarians. A private tour of the White House has al-
ready SOLD OUT. A second tour is in the making now, so please
contact Judy Messineo for further details.
Travel Coordinator Conference Chairman
Judy Messineo, Bergen Travel Dick Oakley, PDG
973-773-8888 201-768-3000
[email protected] [email protected]
ROTARY BY MONTH
August . . . . . .Membership and Extension Month
September . . . . . . . . . . . .New Generations Month
October . . . . . . . . . . . . .Vocational Service Month
November . . . . . . . . . . .Rotary Foundation Month
December . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Family Month
January . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rotary Awareness Month
February . . . . . . . . . .World Understanding Month
February 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rotary's anniversary
March . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Literacy Month
April . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Magazine Month
June 09, 2012 . .RI Convention (Bangkok, Thailand)
ROTARY UN DAY
Reservations are now open for this
year’s Rotary Day at the UN, which
will take place Saturday, November 5.
This year, seats are very limited, since
there will be renovations to the UN.
There are special programs for young people. You can also register at
http://www.riunday.org. Rotary International and the Red Cross are the only
non-nation members of the United Nations.
HAITI PROJECT – August 22-27
We are looking for a few volunteers to help us with construction work
on the new school we are building in southern Haiti. We would like
to work the week of August 22, Mon. - Sat. The majority of the hard
work has been done, we just need to cut, weld, and fabricate wrought
iron walls, a couple doors, and window guards. Then a lot of painting!
We can use a couple people for welding/cutting and a couple of
painters!
If interested and able to make a quick trip to the Caribbean, please
call Andy at 201-410-0155 or email [email protected]. Thanks!
Remember...the more hands that Ro-
tary has, the more good works Ro-
tarians can do...in our communities,
throughout our nation and around
the world.
It was been a most rewarding ex-
perience to visit most of our district’s
clubs in the first two months of my
term. Thank you for your hospitality
and warm reception, but most for all
for sharing your plans, ideas and in-
spirations for all the community
service and international projects
you will endeavor to carry out this
Rotary year.
Let’s each one of us Reach Within
to Embrace Humanity.
Yours in Rotary Service,
Emil Geering
Governor, District 749
GOVERNOR’S LETTERcontinued from page 1
GOVERNOR’S CLUB VISITSOradell AM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wednesday, August 17
Ridgefield Park-Bogota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wednesday, August 17
Jersey City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thursday, August 18
Park Ridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Friday, August 19
Bergen Highlands/Ramsey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Monday, August 22
Hoboken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tuesday, August 23
Mid-Bergen & Rochelle Park (joint) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tuesday, August 30
Wayne . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wednesday, August 31
Sunset Central . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Wednesday, August 31
Cliffside Park . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thursday, September 8
Union City . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thursday, September 8
Secaucus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tuesday, September 13
Pascack Valley . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tuesday, September 13
Fair Lawn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thursday, September 15
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Governor's Club visit with Englewood and
Cresskill/Demarest Rotary Clubs. President
Brain Katz exchanging banners with Gov-
ernor Emil
MEMBERSHIP MAGIC
I think the best feature of Rotary is that it is the most international organization,
service or otherwise, in the world. No other entity is in over 207 countries, not even
McDonalds can boast such a feat.
We are truly unique in our size, effectiveness and scope.
I would tell prospective members that they if they want to make a real difference in
the world and want to have fun doing it, join a Rotary Club. Not only are you giving
to people less fortunate but you will also have fun doing it. You will also meet won-
derful people in the process.
When a tiny child from Honduras came to our District for heart surgery, made possi-
ble by my club. She grabbed my pinkie finger and looked into my eyes. At that point
I realized that without Rotary this child would never grow up. It made me proud to
be a human being but more so a Rotarian.
I brought in my bank manger to be a Rotarian. After months of explaining all the
wonderful things I got out of it, being a Rotarian, he decided to see for himself. He
went to one meeting and was hooked; he joined the very next month.
I am very proud to tell this and other stories about Rotary. It really is the magic of
our organization. The more you talk about it, the more you verbalize what you feel
inside, the easier it is for people to join and have Rotary become a part of their lives
just as it has done for us.
Make it habit to wear your pins. This way you can give your elevator speech.
I am a Rotarian. I belong to the oldest service organization in the world. We invented
the concept. We are 106 years and going strong. We are in 207 countries making us
the most international organization on the planet. We have the most flown flag in the
world with the most recognized logo. Rotary gives more scholarships to more chil-
dren than anybody else. We helped start the United Nations and are in the process of
stamping out Polio after nearly 25 years and having given over 2 billion children the
immunization.
Memorize this. Let everybody know how
proud we are to be Rotarians. That’s how
to grow your Clubs. That’s the magic of
Rotary. Joe Dino
Right: Governor Emil Geering inducted two
new members to the Haledon Rotary Club.
L to r: Mayor of Haledon Domenick Stampone,
President Steve Cinquino, New Member
Supertindent of Schools Donna Cardiello, New
Member Michele Pillari, Governor Emil Geering
Governor Emil Geering shares a gift with a
Preakness Healthcare Center resident at
Wayne Rotaryʼs ʻChristmas in Julyʼ program.
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DISTRICT 7490 KEY DATES
Friendship Exchange from Vancouver
September 7-21, 2011
Small Rotary Club WorkshopLocation to be announced
September 10, 2011
Rotary Leadership Institute - RLIBergen Community College400 Paramus Rd. Paramus, NJOctober 1, 2011
New Jersey Vocational AssemblyPines Manor2085 Route 27 Edison, NJOctober 3, 2011
Multi-District Foundation SeminarSheraton Crossroads, Rte 17 Mahwah, NJOctober 15, 2011
Rotary UN DayUnited Nations 45 & 46th Street on 1st Ave.New York, NYNovember 5, 2011
Gift of Life Celebration DinnerRiver Road, Garfield, NJFebruary 10, 2012
President-elect Training Seminar (PETS)Hanover Marriott, Route 10 Whippany, NJMarch 23-24, 2012
Presidents GalaSeasons Pascack Road, Washington Twsp, NJMarch 29, 2012
District AssemblyApril 2012
55th District ConferenceWashington DCApril 19-22, 2012
2012 Rotary International ConventionBangkok, ThailandMay 3 - 9, 2012
Banner Exchange and Governor's InstallationMacaluso'sRea Avenue Extension, Hawthorne, NJ
June 14, 2012
VANCOUVER EXCHANGE
In 1984 RI designed a program to pro-
mote Rotarians to visit international Ro-
tarians in their home country, in their
homes for both Rotarians and spouses or
as individuals to better understand these
cultures, different Rotary programs each
country has plus enjoy the historic sites,
museums ,theatre of the country.
Thousands of Rotarians have taken ad-
vantage of this unique program. Our
District has had FE from Japan, Aus-
tralia now Vancouver B.C. Canada Sept
7th- 21 and a team going out to Taiwan
Nov. 10-20th.
We have three couples and two singles
coming in from Vancouver with 16 host
families from our District. They will be
with each host family Sept 7-12, Sept
12-16, Sept 16-21. As each host tells
their RC their host dates we hope the en-
tire RC gets involved to meet these
guest, offer trips for the day, diner par-
ties for many to get to know them and
their country.
Canada and the US are the only counties
in the world that have touching borders
not patrolled by guns, open borders with
signs stating- "this is Canada," "this is
the United States."
The 49th parallel in water is an imagi-
nary line that divides the two countries
that you can actually see. I was there
with FE June 1-15 this year.
The FE guest pay for all restaurants, his-
toric sites, theatres, museums they visit.
They have breakfast with each host and
then their American Rotary District 7490
begins. Get involved, enjoy these won-
derful guest. They are PP, PDG, lawyers,
artists, former government employees,
businessmen in security, former govern-
ment forest executives, tour guides.,
executives from many companies.
Get to know what Canada is all about.
Can you imagine their real estate has in-
creased 28% this past year? One of our
guest sold his house in a week--at a great
price-- in order to make plans to come
here.
PDG Joe Dino, Jr., Alicia Sansarricq,
Glenda Campaniolo, PP Peter Wells,
Walerian Kipiniak, PP Mukesh Malkan,
James Mangam, Tom Dunn, PP Elaine
Gustenhoven,
John & Merrill Cromwell, John Koch,
PP Roger Redner, Joan Van Alstyne
Johnson, Lois Horowitz are our host
families. Gorden Geiger and Merrill
Cromwell are special drivers for
Grounds For Sculpture and Amish Coun-
try in Lancaster PA. and Kykuit - The
Rockefeller home.
On Sept 18th Alicia will have a pot luck
dinner at her home 4:30-9:00p.m. for all
guest, host families , DG, drivers and a
member of the Canadian Embassy will
attend. Get involved and attend this great
event.
District 7490 and District 4050-Canada
look forward to your supporting this pro-
gram. contact Lois at loisibcnj@hotmail
to get involved.
HAVE YOU CHECKED YOUR
SIGNS LATELY?
Roadside incursions and
fast-growing summer
weeds can take a toll on
your clubʼs signs. Have
you checked yours lately?
Penny Offer, DG 5040 2010-2011, Lois Horowitz
and Jane LaPort enjoy seafood in Vancouver.
Lois Horowitz, Chair of FE at District 7490,
and Hans Doge, DG 5040 2011-2012.
FORT LEE
Led by Keith Jenson of the Fort Lee Ro-
tary Club, a group of Rotary Club mem-
bers from Italy, accompanied by
Rotarians from Fort Lee and Fair Lawn,
biked both ways across the George
Washington Bridge recently, Part of the
Group Study Exchange program, the five
Italian Rotarians have enjoyed a wide
range of New Jersey and New York ex-
periences, including trips to Broadway
and the Metropolitan Museum, and
kayaking on the Hackensack River.
Five American Rotarians, meanwhile,
are in Tuscany, where they, too, are dis-
covering a totally different world.adapted from Fort Lee Patch by Erik Wander
PARAMUS SUNRISE
Negativity is usually not productive! So
let us think positively about the few peo-
ple who have been attending our meet-
ings lately. Kind of fitting because this is
Membership Month in the Rotary world
and we need to bring in new members.
Reach out to your friends . those that
you think might make energetic new
members. Let’s increase our membership
and get active!
National Night Out had Gary, Liz, Joe,
Sophie, Tina and me there. Our candy
went before you could say SHAZAAM!
We did help out the noon club with some
because they ran out. Kathleen from
Doctors Express used up all of her Band-
Aids and heart shaped squeezable balls.
In short .. we had a lot of activity at our
tables. Of course www.ParamusPost.com
was there .. Sam Stone took videos ..
some of which are online.
On August 23, Gary has Habitat For Hu-
manity scheduled and has asked the
other Paramus clubs to join us. Check
www.paramussunrise.org for more info.Mel Fabrikant
ORADELL-EMERSON
The Oradell-Emerson Club was recently
featured in a great article in the Star
Ledger, which noted the Club’s healthy
increase in membership in the last year.
Now with about 20 members, the club’s
emphasis on charitable work, both local
and international, has appealed to new
members.
Locally, the Oradell-Emerson club pro-
vides scholarships each year for both
River Dell and Emerson High Schools,
and sponsors an Interact Club for the stu-
dents. The club also holds food drives to
support the Center for Food Action and
the Bergen County Housing, Health and
Human Services Center in Hack-
ensack.
Interna-
tionally,
Oradell-
Emerson is
also active
in RI’s Haiti
projects,
and mem-
bers were at work about
80 miles outside Port-au-Prince when the
earthquake struck last year.
The club is pleased with the great press,
which will hopefully encourage others to
join in Rotary’s endeavors near and far.
FAIR LAWN
Rotarians around the world are celebrat-
ing the start of the new Rotary Year;
throughout the world President-elects are
starting their presidency that will run
from July 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.
Globally, the President of Rotary Interna-
tional is Kalyan Banerjee whose Rotary
Theme is “Reach Within to Embrace Hu-
manity”. President Banerjee has asked
all of us to search within ourselves to un-
derstand that all of us, everywhere, have
the same dreams, the same hopes, the
same aspirations, and similar dilemmas.
It is President Banerjee’s belief that
when we understand, and truly feel, that
others’ needs are the same as our own,
we begin to understand how important
our work is as Rotarians.
In the year ahead Fair Lawn Rotarians
will work under President Banerjee’s vi-
sion to see how we, as individuals, can
work with Rotarians around the world to
bring peace, harmony and friendship to
bring positive change to all around us.
This year’s Club President, Glenn
Stubaus will be taking the helm of The
Rotary Club of Fair Lawn for the second
time. His last Presidency was the 1996/97
Rotary Year and all members of the Club
are looking forward to working with
Glenn during his second Presidency as
we work together to provide a helping
hand to those in need locally and globally.excerpt from their online newsletter
WAYNE ROTARY
Wayne Rotarians dance a Conga line ,complete with live music, to entertainsome 130 residents at the PreaknessHealthcare Center. It was Wayne Rotary’sannual Christmas in July program, whichbrings, music, dancing, singing, Santa,and lots of presents to nursing home resi-dents. In all, there were some 1,000 pres-ents, wrapped, packed and organized byWayne Rotarians.Why July? Because this is a vacation pe-riod when friends and family are lesslikely to visit those living in the Center.This was a particularly significant Christ-mas in July for Wayne Rotary, because itmarked the twentieth consecutive year inwhich Rotarians sponsored this popularevent. Anticipating that this will becomea District-wide program, there were rep-resentatives in attendance from a dozenDistrict Rotary Clubs, including PatersonGreat Falls, Bayonne, Fort Lee, ParkRidge, Paramus, Pompton Lakes, Mid-Bergen, Ridgewood AM, Wayne, Hawthorne,Northern Valley, and Paramus Sunrise.And, our District governor, Emil Geeringwas right there, handing out presents, andsupporting this 20th Anniversary program.
Fort Lee Rotary Club's Keith Jensen (far left)
with Rotarian Glenda Campaniolo of Fair Lawn
(far right) and some of the visiting Rotarians
from Italy after their grueling bike ride across
the George Washington Bridge, down as far as
23rd St. in NYC and back Tuesday (with an A
Train ride in between).
Credit Erik Wander and Fort Lee Patch
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CLUB NEWS
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GIFT OF LIFE UPDATE
August 2011
The Gift of Life Program started thenew Rotary year with flurry of activity.Matthew Ethan Basa from the Philip-pines, Bleona Susuri from Kosovo andNicholas Brown of Jamaica had suc-cessful operations during July. and Jay-den Hall from Jamaica is currentlyrecovering from his recent surgery. Asusual, the clubs and Rotarians of District7490 continued their strong support forour great in-country program. Ed andRegina Densel and the Oakland FranklinLakes Rotary Club hosted and spon-sored Matthew Basa. Paul Lawrence andthe Clifton Rotary Club stepped forwardto help Jayden Hall. Manchester HighSchool sponsored Bleona Susuri whileParamus Rotary sponsored NicholasBrown. The next GOL children scheduled for ar-rival in the U.S. are two Filipino children(a 9-month-old girl and an 11-year-oldboy) at the end of August, a 6-year-oldboy from Kosovo in early September,and potentially an 18-month-old boyfrom Haiti sometime after that.The international side of program is alsomoving ahead. We are continuing tosponsor surgeries in the Ukraine in conjunction with The Ukrainian Gift ofLife Foundation and the Rachel CooperFoundation as part of our matching grantfunded by the Rotary Foundation.In recent years, medical missions havebeen an important part of our program.Currently, Ray Hough, Andy Topp andothers on the Foundation Board areworking hard to plan our next medicalmission which is headed to Bolivia inJanuary, 2012. With this great start, we are looking for-ward to another great year of helping thechildren of the world.If you would like to know more aboutthe Gift of Life please contact me toarrange a program for your club.
Joseph Laureni, ChairmanDistrict 7490 Gift of Life Foundationcell: 201-390-3470email: [email protected]
Monday, September 26, 2011
Basking Ridge Country Club
DISTRICT 7490
GOVERNOR’S NEWSLETTER
Governor Emil Geering
Editor: Thomas [email protected]
Your news, articles and photos are always welcome!
CLUB MEETING LOCATION CHANGES
Rotary Club of the Palisades has moved its meet-ing location to the Gotham City Diner, 550 BergenBlvd, Ridgefield (near Edgewater Road). This will be effective through the summer.
The Allendale/Saddle River Daybreak Club isnow meeting at Nosher-Rye in Allendale at the op-posite end of the A&P Shopping Center onWednesday mornings. The street address is 51W.Allendale Ave. phone 201-995-1204.
Ridgewood AM Rotary Club is back at its formerlocation (used to be Trattoria Fratelli but is now Os-teria La Fiamma) on Thursday mornings at 7:30 am.
Meadowlands Rotary Club is now meeting at AlDi La Restaurant on Paterson Plank Road.
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HELP WANTED!
Writers needed! Seeking someone to research andwrite articles for the newsletter, to bring you all thelatest Rotary News. Please contact Tom Grissom [email protected].
Good programs that your club has had would bea welcome addition to our Speaker’s Bureau. Pleasecontact Steve Stamos at [email protected] your suggestions..
Come join the fun &
support Rotary charities!
William Woesthoff President of
the Passaic
Valley/Little
Falls Club
and Sandra
Galvan AG.
Above: Incoming President Pete
Simpson (l) thanks outgoing
President Thomas Komninos (r)
for his service to the Bergen
Highlands/Ramsey Rotary Club.
Below: Governor Emil Geering re-
ceiving a gift from Nancy Ellson
at the Teaneck Rotary Club dur-
ing his Club visit.
SEEDS OF ROTARY
Ryan and Dr. Laura met at theHoboken Rotary Club where they quickly discovereda common interest: running. She wanted to run themarathon, so Ryan stepped up as a training partner.They ran the New York marathon together, cementinga budding relationship. They were engaged in June,and plan to marry in August of 2012.
Got a story of love or friendship attributed to your Ro-tary service? Send in your stories and we promise toshare. One disclaimer, please: only first names will beused. Spread your good news here!
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