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Oradell-Emerson Rotary partnership with Riverdell Interact Clubs
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Flags for Heroes 2022 |
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Food Drive & Medical Supplies Please join us for this very important event. You have always been so helpful in the past and we thank you. |
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Food Drive for the People of Ukraine What a successful food drive we had for the people of Ukraine! People were so generous. Thank You, Thank You! |
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Rotary Food Drive Please join us for a much need event! Diapers and Formula for the Ukrainian Refugees will also be greatly appreciated. See above flyer for other items needed. Thanks for your usual generosity! |
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Rotary FundraiserJoin us - April 21, 2022 6-8pm at Habitat for Humanity in Westwood Cooking Demo & Pampering!  |
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Godspell Presented by Meals on Wheels Please join Rotary in attending a wonderful performance of Godspell. Not only a great performance, but enjoy a pre-performance with delectable food and drinks! Only $50 a ticket! |
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Pet Parade & Luminaries Sale We had a wonderful event at the ReStore in Westwood. Numerous folks came to take a pcture of their dog with the Easter Bunny.In fact, some families just came to take photos with the Easter Bunny too.
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Rotary Pet Parade Be sure to join us for a fun event. Dress your pet in their favorite outfit! |
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Oradell Mayor's Wellness Campaign Come and check it out! This may be the incentive you need to get ready for Spring! |
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Guest Speaker Nick DeGregorio We had a very informative presentation today from Nick DeGregorio from the Fair Lawn Rotary. He shared with us his experiences in The US Marines while serving in Afghanistan. Thanks Nick for your service. |
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Luminaries Update Stay tuned to see what new things we are going to create with our Luminaries. |
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New Year's Eve Luminaries Light your Luminaries tonight -- Happy New Year! |
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It's Not too Late to pick up a Luminary Kit We still have a few -- call today and order one. Rita Walker 201-390-3872. Some folks are using them for Christmas Eve and Christmas Night also. |
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Pick Up Your Luminaries TomorrowBe sure to pic up your Luminaries tomorrow Between 10AM & 12PM at the Volk Leber parking lot. All luminaries are $25.
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Luminaries for New Years Eve You'll be the hit of your neighborhood. Go to: Oradellrotarylights.com or ask questions @ 201-390-3872. Hurry they won't last long.
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Food & Personal Care Items Drive Please join us for our annual Food and Personal Care Items drive. We look forward to seeing you on Dec 4th at the Volk Leber parking lot. |
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Successful Alzheimer Walk A number of members participated in the Alzheimer's walk on Sunday Oct 24, 2021. It was a very successful event and for a wonderful cause. |
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Walk to fight Alzheimer's Join us on Sunday October 24th at Bergen Community College. Use this link to donate. https://alznj.akaraisin.com/ui/walktofightalzheimersnj2021/t/d3d3dfd2acb94d83b54f36923eea029a |
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Governor's Visit 10-20-21 We were delighted to host our District Governor this past Wednesday Oct 20, 2021. |
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Polio Plus Our club enjoyed a wonderful and informative presentation by Dr Jim Cole and Phil Wilson on Wednesday Oct 13, 2021. Their hope is to erradicate polio by 2025. They can't do it alone, so let's all contribute to make this date happen. |
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Cookstove ProjectWe had a wonderful presentation this past Wed Sept 29, 2021! The Cookstove Project's goal is to prevent the eeaths and diseases that are caused by cooking indoors over an open fire. Our Club will be making a contribution to this very important project. For $199 you can provide enough clean cookstoves for ten families.
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Thanks EveryoneThanks to so many folks, we had a very successful Personal Care and Food Drive last Saturday ( Sept 18, 2021). We thank you again for caring about others -- it goes a long way!
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Personal Care Items Drive this SaturdayJust a reminder - this Saturday is our annual Food Drive. We are especially in need of Personal Care Items. So please stop by with your donations and also to say Hi!
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Sept Food Drive Please join us for our Semi-Annual Food Drive! Some folks are really in need of our caring & help. |
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Florie Scialla Award  We are so proud to have received the Florie Scialla Award. This award is given to a club that best exemplifies the type of Rotary projects that Florie Scialla was noted for i.e. "Hands on Type" of tasks that involves its members. It is with great pride and happiness we received this prestigious award!
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Flags for Heroes |
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BQ @ Maria's to End the Season   A great time was had by all at President Maria Rini's Home on June 30th to celebrat the end of the season! Ray Zawinski was our guest speaker! |
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Mobile COVID Vaccines Please spread the word to all those that have not yet received their vaccination. |
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Lunch Meeting at Allegro On Wednesday, April 21st, a delightful luncheon was enjoyed by membership at the Allegro Assisted Living Facility in Harrington Park. |
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Easter Joy for New Bridge Center Children  The Oradell Emerson Rotary happily delivered Easter joy to 17 special needs children at the Bergen County New Bridge Center. The baskets were creatively and generously adorned with Chocolate bunnies and Dunkin gift cards by Carol Blakeslee and Tom Scifo. Pictured Rotarians Carol Blakeslee, Katherine Norian, Tom Kelly, Rita Walker & Rosemary Kile from New Bridge Center. |
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Oradell-Emerson Rotary & RDEA Fighting Hunger What a great joint initiative. The Oradell-Emerson Rotary along with the River Dell Education Association #RDEAPride, made a sizable contribution to Connex4NPO to assist members of our surrounding communities by supplying healthy, nutritious food. Thank you all for helping to support the wonderful work we do to combat hunger. Pictured Carol Blakeslee, Patricia Preztunik, President Maria Rini, Lisa Bontemps, Roei Deleon-Mendez. |
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Food, Coat & Blanket Drive  Our Food, Coats & Blankets Drive on Saturday Jan 30th was a demonstration of the Huge generosity of folks who really care. Emerson Bible Church, Project Sleep Safe & King of Kings Worship Ministries were the recipients of the kindness of many. |
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Food Coats Hats & Gloves Drive There is a dire need for these items. Please consider visiting us on Jan 30th with your donations. Thanks you! |
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Assisting Seniors to sign up for COVID vaccine  It was our pleasure to assist Emerson in registering numerous senior citizens for the COVID Vaccine. The seniors were very appreciative of our help and we were delighted to assist. Service Above Self! |
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Honoring Our Health Care Workers |
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Successful Food Drive |
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Food Drive November |
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Social Meeting in Westwood A great time was had by all as we gathered for our weekly meeting on November 04, 2020 at Prohibition for 2 hours of socialization & camaraderie. |
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Alzheimer's Walk |
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Lunch Meeting at VanSaun  A lovely diversion from our weekly Zoom Meeting; lunch at VanSaun Park, River Edge. |
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Vitalant Blood Drive Due to the overwhelming response from our June Blood Drive, we will be partnering with the Borough of Oradell on July 29 for another much needed event. Please try to sign up. Thanks to those who donated in June. |
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Food & Clothing Drive July 25, 2020 Please stop by -- any donation is greatly accepted. These are very difficult times for so many folks! We welcome your generosity!!
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Blood Drive |
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Food Drive |
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Food Drive May 16th Please consider donating at this very difficult time! |
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Join Our Weekly Zoom Meetings Following the strict guidelines of Social Distancing, we are now meeting via ZOOM until further notice. Please join us by contacting our President Maria Rini for the link to our weekly Wednesday meetings at 7:30 am. We look forward to seeing you. Stay Well!
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Ways to Help! FYI If interested in a sign go to WWW.keystoneprinting.com. Signs are $20 each and all profits go to support local nurses and hospital staff. Another example of folks making a difference. Many of our club members have them on display. We are also supporting local restaurants that are sending free meals to workers in surrounding hospitals. In addition some members are making nurse headbands to ease the stress of the masks that pull on their ears.
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Neighbors Helping Neighbors Our Hearts & prayers go out to all on the Front Line fighting this Pandemic! |
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Hackensack Club Visit Bob Murphy, from the Hackensack Rotary attended our 3-11 meeting to invite us to their 100 Anniversary celebration at the Hackensack Golf Club May 6, 2020. It was great seeing Bob and sharing Rotary ideas. Congratulations to The Hackensack Rotary on their Centennial. |
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Homemade Hand Sanitizer If you're in short supply, here's a recipe from our member Nick who is a pharmacist.
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Interact Toy Collection Please bring your donated items to our weekly meeting and they will be delivered to the RD Interact Club. Another wonderful gesture of "Service Above Self" by the RD Interact. |
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Princess Breakfast Don't miss this special event where you'll create wonderful memories with your special Princess! Sponsored by Girl Scouts Troop 5981 & the Oradell-Emerson Rotary. Please see specifics above.
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Free Narcan Presentation/Training A Narcan Presentation/Training that no one should miss, was sponsored by the Oradell Emerson Rotary this past Thursday Jan 16, 2020 at River Dell High School and presented by Caroline Bailey. Caroline's first hand story as a recovering addict and the importance of the use of Narcan to save lives was "Heart Wrenching". Each attendee went home with a free Narcan Kit and first hand instructions on its use.
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$1000 Alzheimer Donation |
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Narcan Free Training |
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Semi-Annual Food Drive Dec 7, 2019 |
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Guided Meditation Evening CancelledCancelled will be rescheduled for early 2020 to a Guided Meditation Evening -- Rotarians, friends and family!! Join us for an enjoyable fun filled evening on November 20, 2019 @ Maria Rini's Home, 632 Iroquois Ave, Oradell from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. $20 at the door - for more info call Maria @ 201-615-4783.
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Condolences to the Rini FamilySadly our President Maria Rini suddenly lost her brother, Robert Rini, on November 15. Our thoughts and prayers are with her and her entire family during this difficult time.
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A Night at the Theater in Oradell |
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Little Firehouse Theater Play & Dinner |
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Pedestrian Flag Proclamation |
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Governor's Visit |
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Oradell Family Day .jpg) Thanks everyone for visiting our table yesterday at Oradell Family Day to help celebrate our 125 years as a town. A BIG Thanks to Roland for setting up the Shelter Box which was a great hit. The free Rotary cups & mugs was an added plus for those who stopped by to chat. |
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Oradell Family Day Be sure to visit our table, we'd love to see you! In addition to various projects on display that we've been working on, there will be an actual "Shelter Box" that is used for families displaced by disasters. Rotary is there when you need us. Please stop by and say HI! |
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Cases of Water DonatedBill Dumphy & Andy Castaldi delivered 21 cases of water donated by our Club to the folks in Newark who were affected by the tainted water due to the high levels of led in their public water supply. Thank you Bill & Andy for your quick action on our Club's behalf!
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Pedestrian Flag Initiative - A Great Success The Oradell-Emerson Rotary has spearheaded and totally funded this initiative. There are 7 targeted locations approved by the Oradell PD and numerous business owners have financially helped us to fund this program. Along with OPD surveillance and the use of the flags we have created safer streets for our pedestrians. Stay tuned for more updates. |
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President' Ball |
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Food, Bicycle & Sewing Machine Drive |
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Getting Organized with LIsa |
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How to Become Organized |
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Food-Bicycle-Sewing Machine Drive |
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MAYOR DIDIO SPEAKS ON THE ORADELL MASTER PLANAll are invited. Emerson Hotel, April 17, 5:30-7pm. Light refreshments served. RSVP Maria Rini 201 615 4783.
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Fundraiser at Charlie Brown's OradellCharlie Brown's fundraiser was a big success and shown below are some of our members enjoying a delightful dinner together and donating 10% of their dinner checks to our treasury for future projects. Thank you Charlie Brown's of Oradell for helping us to do the good works of Rotary.
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Fundraising Week at Charlie Brown's in Oradell |
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Dr. Brucato Visits Our Evening Meeting |
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Rotary Donation to Oradell Public School This fall the Oradell-Emerson Rotary partnered with the Oradell PTA to sponsor a Wizard's Basketball game with over 700 paid attendees. A great time was had by all and our share of the profits $3000 was donated to the Oradell Public School for audio visual aids equipment and for the future renovation of the school auditorium. |
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You Don't Have to Live with Foot Pain! Join us for our Wednesday |
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PROPERTY TAXES TOO HIGH? ...Appeal or Not To Appeal |
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First Meeting of 2019Wishing all our member a Happy Healthy New Year! Please join us for our first meeting of the New Year on Wednesday January 9, 2019 @ 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM - 700 Kinderkamack Rd Oradell NJ. Reminder the 1st half year dues are requested. Looking forward to seeing you!
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Annual Holiday PartyPlease join us for a fun filled evening at the Emerson Hotel of camaraderie and Holiday cheer on Wednesday Dec 5, 2018 @ 6pm. A three course dinner including drinks and gratuity included will be provided all for $40. Please bring a $10-$15 Yankee Swap grab bag gift. RSVP Rita Walker 202-390-3872 or ritawalk@msn.com!
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Annual Food DrivePlease donate to our Annual Food Drive on Saturday Dec 1st in the Volk Leber Funeral Home parking lot @ 268 Kinderkamack Rd. Oradell from 9am-2pm. All food and donations will be given to the Center For Food Action. Please help us make those less fortunate happy this Holiday Season.
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Rotary Means BusinessPlease join us at the Emerson Hotel on Thursday Nov 29th from 5:30 pm to 7pm to hear how the new tax laws will affect us both personally and in business. James Stapleton CPA will be our guest presenter and will answer any questions you may have. Guests are encouraged! Just $20 per person which includes appetizers and a drink of your choice.
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Relax and Unwind FridayRelax, Unwind and support a great cause. Rotarian Marianne Olson invites you to have some wine, light fare and comradery while you enjoy great music for only $25.00 per person..jpg) |
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NJ Antique Radio Club's Fall Swap MeetRenowned Rotarian, Bill Dunphy, will be exhibiting at the New Jersey Antique Radio Club's Fall Swap Meet. Come on out and see Bill and his radio club buddies at this fun event!.jpg) |
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Harlem Wizards 10-26-2018 |
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A great time was had by all as we created our own Van Gogh masterpieces. Camaraderie and laughter resonated throughout the room the entire evening! Thanks Nina Bianco for arranging this delightful evening!
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Eco-Cruise Meeting with the Hackensack Riverkeeper August 15
Come join us for an incredible journey on the Hackensack River, through the marshes of the New Jersey Meadowlands, and more! Eco-Cruises are fun, educational tours aboard Hackensack Riverkeeper’s specially rigged 30-foot pontoon boats. Captain Bill Sheehan started Eco-Cruises in 1994 to increase awareness of the lower Hackensack River as a vital natural and recreational resource. Most Eco-Cruises include 2 ½ hours on the water and are fully narrated by either Capt. Bill or Program Director Capt. Hugh Carola – both of whom are US Coast Guard-licensed captains.The Oradell-Emerson Rotary will have a private cruise on August 15. |
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September 5, 2018 Meeting |
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A Night At The Museum
A very special event for a very special cause. Please join us and the Oradell-Emerson Rotary Club for "A Night at the Museum" - great food and drink, a unique space, awesome art, a history talk on the infamous Blauvelt Mansion by local historian William Pat Schuber, great raffle prizes and proceeds to benefit New Jersey Recovery Advocates, helping to promote recovery from addiction, and other local charities. Let me know if you need tickets. Space is limited. |
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Ride for Recovery
The Oradell-Emerson Rotary will be supporting "Ride for Recovery"...a special event to help educate and fund treatment for those battling addiction. A super day is planned with a kick off at Overpeck County Park, a Poker Run for motorcycle riders and a picnic and concert at Van Saun Park to cap off the day. Come be a part of it. Sign up at http://www.newjerseyrecoveryadvocates.org. To volunteer, email Lisa Gladwell at LisaGladwell@newjerseyrecoveryadvocates.org
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Shelter Box Ambassador, Roland Weimer, speaks at our morning meeting
Join us to hear about the disaster efforts Shelter Box is involved in world-wide with our local Ambassador. 700 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell, 7:30am, Wednesday, March 28 All are welcome.
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Makers Day!! Oradell Public Library, March 10
The Oradell-Emerson Rotary Club will once again be represented at Makers Day by our own Bill Dunphy. Bill will be presenting "How Sound is Reproduced". Makers Day runds from 10:30-3:30 this Saturday, March 10.
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Carl Hassett speaks on Rotary Disaster Relief Efforts
Come join us at the Emerson Hotel...Carl Hassett, Rotary District Disaster Relief Committee Chair will be speaking on Rotary efforts in disaster relief in the U.S. and overseas. All are welcome. Light refreshments, cash bar.
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Food Drive December 9th 9am-2pm Volk Leber Funeral Home Parking Lot, 268 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell Join the Oradell/Emerson Rotary Club as we support the Center for Food Action in a food drive. Stop by the parking lot of the Volk Leber Funeral Home and make a donation anytime between 9AM and 2PM on Saturday, December 9th. We will also be collecting diapers for the Make A Change Diaper Bank. Any donations of food, diapers or cash are gladly accepted. Hope to see you then!  |
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Please come out in support of our friends in need in Puerto Rico |
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November 1, 2017 Meeting |
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Eco Cruise at last!
Finally...our long awaited eco cruise with the Hackensack Riverkeeper happened. A beautiful night - a fabulous boat - good food and drink - super stories from Captain Bill - and of course, great company. |
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A visit to Poland! |
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Hackensack Riverkeeper Charter Eco-Cruise
Although our boat ride was cancelled due the forecast of more storms this evening, it actually turned out to be a beautiful evening, so we made "lemonade out of the lemons" and had a lovely picnic overlooking the water watching the sunset. We will reschedule very soon. Can't wait to return! |
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Food Drive June 24, 9am-1pm
Join us June 24th, anytime from 9am until 1pm, and drop off donations for our food drive in the parking lot of Volk Leber Funeral Home, 268 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell. As ever, we want to thank our Rotary member and generous host, Matt Leber and the Volk-Leber Funeral Home, for helping to make this event possible.
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Need Corporate Space?
Our May 10th meeting was hosted by member Nina Bianco, Corporate Sales Representative for NIA Realty. She spoke about her responsibilities and gave us a tour of 700 Kinderkamack Road, Oradell. Tommy, the facilities director shared how the offices are configured and redesigned to meet each tenant's needs. NBianco@NiaNationalRealty.com |
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We Are Farmers
Meet Amanda Gallagher out newest member. With up-words of fifty years experience behind her she has definitely come across her fair share of seeing dogs create indoor swimming pools in homes. Come on by 660 Kinderkamack Road to meet us, we are always happy to help you with your auto, home, renters, commercial, and pet insurance! We may be able to save you some money and since saving money can't hurt, give us a call at (201)500-6066.
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Our own Bill Dunphy at Makers Day
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Pat Schuber Speaks about Camp Merritt
William "Pat" Schuber, former Bergen County Executive and assistant professor at Fairleigh Dickinson University, shared with us the story of Camp Merritt, the largest embarkation camp in the U.S. during WWI, located right here in Bergen County. The talk was just fascinating; Pat is a terrific speaker and his passion for the history of Bergen County is infectious. Thank you, Pat! We had a wonderful evening.
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Our club is selling these wonderful Luminaries just in time for New Years Eve for only $25. Everything is included in the kit so be sure to contact one of us for your purchase.
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