Rotary Club of Edison

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On Nov. 14, the Rotary Club of Edison will hold their annual “Cheers for Charity” Wine Tasting Event, recognizing the efforts of local communities and student academia.

This year, Rotarians will hold a special wine tasting event at the Crown Plaza from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Along with the South Plainfiled club, assisting in a fund raising event in recognizing high school students and their humanitarian efforts.

“ We will choose one student from each high school in Edison who has strong academic leadership, and community service qualities,” said Young Lee board member and former President of the club.

The Annual Wine Tasting event comprised about 100 to 200 people in attendance will enjoy a wide variety of hors d’oeuvres, prizes, and music through the night provided by jazz pianist Sean Gough member of Go Trio.

Gough a recent Rutgers grad was also a former senior of the month award recipient, and will be back to entertain the crowd.

“ We like to reach out to these students and see their progress in their personal as well as there professional careers afterward, keep them engaged with the community,” said Lee.

Since 1979, the Rotary Club of Edison is known for giving back and understanding the importance of civic duties obliging by “service above self.”

“Rotarians, provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world,” said Lee

Rotary is a worldwide organization consisting about 1.2 million members comprising of business, professional, and community leaders according to Lee.

Rotarians of the Edison club, meet each week of the month for a breakfast program. Members engage in discussions about upcoming events and ideas about their next service.

The Wine Tasting event will be held at The Crowne Plaza at 2055 Lincoln Highway Rt.27 in Edison, NJ. Anyone interested in participating can purchase tickets for $40 at the door, with discounted pricing available to groups of four. Visit edisonrotary.org or contact Judy at 908-510-2537 for more information.

The Oak Tree Buy Rite of South Plainfield will sponsor the Wine Tasting Event. All the proceeds will go to local student scholarships, community activities and international humanitarian service projects.

Edison High School: Kevin Eddy & Mahra Weber

JP Stevens High School: Julia Maxham & Samuel Zhang

Middlesex Academy of Science: Kimberly Lam & Puneet Dhillon

South Plainfield High School: Dylan Dorey & Rachel Scrudato

St. Joseph High School: Alexander Frey & Joshua Rogan

Edison High School: Steven Flynn & Christin Kim

JP Stevens High School: David Shah & Katherine Ye

Middlesex Academy of Science: Eric Jeney & Monic Khattack

South Plainfield High School: Casey Butrico & Matthew Valencia

St. Joseph High School: Joseph Wutkowski

Wardlaw Hartridge High School: Daniel Marques

Boy Scout Jeremy Kashan was honored with Eagle Scout rank on Saturday,
August 20th at the New Dover Methodist Church, 687 New Dover Road, in Edison. We presented him with the Rotary Certificate of Accomplishment on behalf of the Scouting Services Chair, Rotary International-District 7510.

Photo From Left to Right – Tulsi Maharjan, PhD, Dr. Sunya Garvin, and President, Vijay Gupta

Dear Club Members,

As decided in the board meeting, the installation will be in Ming Restaurant in Edison.

We will congregate at 6.30pm. The Chief Guest of the evening is DGE Dr.Tulsi Mahajan and we thank him to accept our invitation at the last moment! Mrs Mahajan has also been invited  but we do not have a confirmation as yet. The Club members and our guests/spouses will number approximately 18 – 20.

This is going to be an informal installation but would still have some official businesses to be conducted. We will have an agenda to cover the following, may not be in the same order:

• Welcome DGE Mahajan and his charming wife; and a few words of wisdom from the DGE.
• Induction of the new Rotarian, Sunya Garvin
• Installation of the new President and Board
• Brief synopsis of the past Rotary Year 2010-11 – Young Lee
• Brief plan for the year 2011-12 – Vijay Gupta
• Vote of Thanks

The restaurant url is http://www.mingrestaurants.com.

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Minutes – First Board Meeting for 2011-12, held on June 16th, 2011 in Judith Mansbach’s residence.

Members Present: Young Lee, Judith Mansbach, Pamela Carringer, Barbara Czarnecki, Maria Borges, Sunya Garvin and Vijay Gupta

Confirmation of County Meetings – Asst. Governor Victoria Guzman: The following County Meetings have been decided at the district level. Edison Rotary to host the meeting on May 24th, 2012 per the calendar below. The original email form AG Rtn Victoria Guzman will be forwarded to all the members. This is going to be a general meeting between all the clubs in Middlesex. The subject matter for discussion will be district and club business.

· County Meetings:

There are 5 clubs in this section… Rotary Club of Woodbridge, New Brunswick, Sayreville, Edison and Mutuchen.

1. Thursday, September 15’11 Woodbridge/Perth Amboy Dominic’s Restaurant 12:15pm

2. Thursday, December 8’11 New Brunswick Steakhouse 85 12:15pm

3. Thursday, March 8’12 Old Bridge/Sayerville Buttonwood Manor 6:30pm

4. Thursday, May 24’12 Edison Skylark Diner 7:30am

Club Affairs:

· Installation Meeting:

Thursday, June 23rd, at Ming Restaurant, Edison. Members and Guests/Spouse will congregate at 6.30pm and the charges are to be shared between all the members. A separate email has gone out for RSVP and tentative Agenda.

The Chief Guest is DGE 2011, Dr. Tulsi Mahajan.

· Monthly Meetings’ Format:

Discussed the following format and various programs to be planned around this format.

1. Community Service Project

2. Senior of the Month

3. Program Speaker/General club meeting and

4. Networking/prospective members.

· Club Calendar – Programs for the year

1. Fund Raising Projects

2. Community Service Projects

The various standing and proposed programs of the year were discussed. Responsibilities and action items were disseminated. This is a big list, therefore a separate email is going out on this.

DG Megan Jones Holt is visiting our club on Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011, so members please take note of this.

· Clubs Operating Budget

Membership dues to cover Skylark dues, RI Semi Annual Dues, Dist Dues, Installation Dinner, Dist Conference Attendance, Other Dist Event Attendances, etc. in sequence of importance and fund availability. Monika will have the preliminary Operating budget for the members in the next week. We will also have to plan the standing programs… like SOM/SOY budget etc. This will be taken up in a separate meeting.

· Foundation Account, Registration, Tax Returns and Bank Accounts

1. Discussed the CPA firm referred by the Plainsboro Rotary. Young will connect with Rtn Ralph Winters from the Rotary District and will get back with the details on filing the club tax returns and registering the Trust Fund for fund raising.

2. For donation to the RI Foundation, the money will be raised thru fund raising project/s and donate thru Eat, Drink and Share or directly. The Paul Harris Fellow honor to be bestowed on the outgoing IPP (Immediate Past President). This was a past tradition which is being revived.

3. The books of accounts to be maintained. Pam to take the lead, to be assisted by Monika and Vijay.

· Board Meeting Schedules:

1. Thursday, September 15th, 2011 – Vijay’s residence

2. Thursday, January 19th, 2012 – Pamela’s residence

3. Thursday, April 19th, 2012 – Sunya’s residence

The Board meeting ended with a formal vote of thanks to Judith for hosting the board meeting.

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