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The Rotary Club of Chicago, Illinois, the world's first service club, was formed February 23, 1905 by Paul P. Harris. The name "Rotary" derived from the early practice of rotating meetings among members' offices. Rotarians began pooling their resources and contributing their talents to help serve communities in need. The organization's dedication to this ideal is best expressed in its principal motto: Service Above Self. Rotary later embraced a code of ethics, called The 4-Way Test, created by Chicago Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932:

1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIPS? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?"

Do You Remember?

82 years later, in 1987, the Rotary Club of Ridgewood A.M. was

created to perpetuate the principals of Rotary in a social atmosphere to serve the local communities of Ridgewood, Glen Rock and HoHoKus, NJ. Earlier that year, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that women could not be excluded from Rotary on the basis of gender. Indeed, a “Getting Started in Rotary” booklet meant to tell how to establish a club, defined Rotary as “an organization of business and professional men*…” with the asterisk leading to a footnote which said “In the USA and in other countries with public accommodation or anti-discrimination laws, the female gender may be also applied here…”. Twenty years later, among the 1.2 million Rotarians worldwide in 2007, there are 180,000 women Rotarians (15%), 14 of whom are members of the Ridgewood A.M. club (24%). In 2007 our club welcomed its second woman President.

In 1987 Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 2,500 for the first time, only to tank three months later on Black Monday: 20 years later, the Dow continued to hit record highs, moving above 14,000, again dropping off and then bouncing around. 1987 was the year of various affairs: Gary Hart, Jim Bakker, the Mayflower Madam and the Iran-Contra affair. It was the year of the Unabomber and 20 years later the bombs were in Iraq, some coming from Iran. In 1987 Chrysler Corporation acquired American Motors. 20 years later Daimler Chrysler spun off Chrysler. In 1987 the Simpsons franchise began on TV. 20 years later the Simpsons are still on TV and in the movies. The top grossing movies in 1987 were 3 Men and a Baby, Fatal Attraction, Beverly Hills Cop

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II, Good Morning, Vietnam and The Untouchables. On television, Married with Children premiered as did Matlock and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Hill Street Blues, Scarecrow and Mrs. King and The Jetsons all went off the air. In 1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust evaded Soviet air defenses and landed a private plane on Red Square. 20 years later private citizens paid big bucks to the Russian space program to go into space. In 1987 President Reagan challenged Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. 20 years later, most of the Warsaw Pact has joined NATO. In 1987 Prozac made its debut. 20 years later it is the third most prescribed antidepressant. And, of course, the Giants won the Super Bowl.

Getting Going – Getting Growing

It was a hot July morning in 1987 at the Paramus Golf Club’s restaurant when the question – “why not start a breakfast Rotary Club in Ridgewood?” was asked. “Why not!” answered Ridgewood Noon Rotary Club members Roy Tarvin, Rotarian since 1984, Phil Ross, Rotarian since 1984, Bob Hansen, Rotarian since 1985 and Pat Mancuso, Rotarian since 1986 who were “making up” at the Paramus A.M. Rotary Club.

The Rotary Club of Ridgewood A.M. was thus the dream of these friends – members of the Rotary Club of Ridgewood who “just couldn’t make the noon meetings”. Rotary requires members to attend 60% of the meetings held in any six months and the noon meetings conflicted with some members’ jobs. After “making up” at the Paramus A.M. Rotary Club for about a year (1986-1987), they found that meeting for a Rotary breakfast was not only more convenient and practical for them than at lunch but, if a club existed, it would attract many other potential candidates for membership. Our founders, the aforementioned four plus Jack Reynolds, Rotarian since 1975, went into action, seeking advice and support – first from Joe McManemin, President of the Ridgewood noon club, who saw the potential of a new A.M. club for enhancing Rotary in the area without detracting from his club. Rotary International (RI) required that a new club have a minimum of 20 members. Indeed, Roy Tarvin decided that he would only start a new club with 20 new members - new to Rotary, not transfers from other clubs. By mid-October 1987, 17 members of the Ridgewood noon club had committed to the A.M. Club and 20 new members had been recruited. Under Joe McManemin’s leadership, the Ridgewood noon club’s Board voted to “sponsor” a “provisional committee” consisting of Roy Tarvin (District Coordinator), Phil Ross (Chairman), Bob Hansen & Pat Mancuso which would give the new venture a try. The Governor of District

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749, Bob Kleinberg, was enthusiastic in his support, as were Paramus A.M. club members Ken Cottam and President Bruce Durrenburger, both charter members of their club. Ira Mitchel, P.D.G. from Fair Lawn, was the district’s special coordinator and Jack Reynolds, Secretary of the Ridgewood Noon Rotary Club, was instrumental in assisting in the coordination of paperwork and administration as our Charter Secretary.

Roy Tarvin Jack Reynolds Phil Ross Bob Hansen Pat Mancuso Subsequently, Roy Tarvin resigned from Rotary in 1996, Jack Reynolds moved to North Carolina, Phil Ross passed away, Bob Hansen moved to Massachusetts and Pat Mancuso resigned, also in 1996, but later joined the Ridgewood Noon club.

Our first club meeting was held at 7:30 a.m. on Thursday December 14, 1987 at Christ Church in Ridgewood. Thursday was chosen because it would be easy to “make up” at the Paramus A.M. or Ridgewood Noon clubs, who met on Tuesdays. In reality, our very first meeting of any kind was a “Board” meeting on November 12, 1987, called to order by Roy Tarvin, Chairman of the “Extension Committee Ridgewood Rotary Club”. The purpose was to adopt By-Laws and to elect the following Board of Directors and Officers.

Officers: President: Roy Tarvin President-Elect: Philip A. Ross Vice President: Robert J. Hansen Secretary: John H. Reynolds Treasurer: Robert J. Baxter

Assistant Treasurer: Roger W. Kennedy Sergeant at Arms: David B. Feeney Directors: John R. Butler II Douglas H. Dittrick Robert H. Donaldson Robert W. Honsinger Patrick A. Mancuso

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The other charter members were: Dr. Verne Atwater Robert J. Blum Bruce Byers Michael Case Richard deCastro Norman J. Delaney Neil Della Torre Michael S. Evangel Hugh Griffith Arthur Groom Jorma Haapala Eugene Heyndricks Edward A. Jones Richard G. Kelley

Hermann Nanni James J. Noone David M. Repetto Roberta Svarre Andrew H. Tarvin Albert G. Thomas Ronald Verdicchio Claude (Skip) Watts Barry Wilkes Larry Worth John O. Yilanjian

Among the first new members, although not listed among the 37 Charter Members, were Judy Archibald, James Brown, Lolly Burgin, Marilyn Jensen and Joseph Mangan.

The Rotary classification system was followed implicitly and our application to Rotary International was approved as of December 11, 1987 – the first new club in the district since 1975. The Charter was presented to us by District Governor Bob Kleinberg at our December 17th meeting. The dream had become a reality – the new club was officially chartered as The Rotary Club of Ridgewood A.M. (District President Bob Kleinberg recommended we call ourselves the Ridgewood A.M. Rotary Club – the unofficial name by which we are known to many). President Tarvin envisioned the club to be a service club as well as a social club. Dues were set at $18 a quarter and meals at $6 effective January 1, 1988 plus a $5 special assessment to cover certain start-up costs (badges, pins etc.). What was initially hoped would be a social club with a mission to

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serve others quickly became a service club with an touch of social/breakfast club. The “umbilical chord” between the District and the club was finally severed in early 1989.

Subsequent Presidents: 1988-1989 Philip A. Ross 1989-1990 Bob Hansen 1990-1991 Douglas Dittrick 1991-1992 Pat Mancuso 1992-1993 Verne Atwater 1993-1994 Jack Reynolds (replacing the ailing John Snyder) 1994-1995 Joseph Mangan 1995-1996 Larry Prendergast 1996-1997 Bill Haggerty 1997-1998

Rob Saydah 1998-1999 Jacques Harlow 1999-2000 David Feeney 2000-2001 Michael Greenstone 2001-2002 Sally Jones 2002-2003 Peter Fenzel 2003-2004 David Sayles, Jr. 2004-2005 Jeffrey Wells 2005-2006 Stephen Lear 2006-2007 Carleton Clinch 2007-2008 Betty Wiest

In 1913 it was decided that the Rotary year should start on July 1st.

The organization was growing and the secretary and treasurer needed more time to prepare the organization’s financial statements. The auditors recommended that RI close its financial books on June 30, after the RI Convention. The RI Board of Directors agreed.

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Growing Pain$

Early meetings at the Daily Treat included a Joke of the Day with Phil Ross being crowned “semi-official joker”. Happy dollars, birthdays and a 50/50 were in place. Members braved 4º weather to attend the January 14, 1988 meeting but many were absent a week later when the weather was balmy enough to permit a round of golf (the temperature for the January 28th meeting was back to 8º). As of January 31, 1988 our cash on hand was $4,215.25. RI District complained about our attendance which was just above the 60% acceptable rate. Meetings were at 7:30 every Thursday morning. President Roy Tarvin said “at that hour of the morning it’s difficult to be serious”. Our logo of a rooster perched upon a rising sun (the Rotary wheel), a close cousin of the turkey used by the Paramus A.M. Club, was proposed at the January 18, 1988 meeting.

Pat “the butcher” Mancuso set a club challenge to lose weight – 2 pounds a week - sometimes called the “fat fight”, with $5 penalties for those who didn’t hit the weight loss target. At the end of March, the penalty “pot” weighed $90. The participants finally and fittingly spent the kitty together at a good restaurant in the Iron Bound District. In March 1988 we threw out our first delinquent member and Assistant Treasurer Kennedy took a leave of absence, ceding the task to Neil Della Torre.

Our first fund raiser was a B.Y.O. covered dish paddle tennis social held February 13, 1988 at the Upper Ridgewood Tennis Club. Cost: $25 per couple. The event netted $13 ! On March 25, 1988, after a “pledge to the flag

at Veteran’s Field” led by Dave Feeney, the Club’s 40

members celebrated with a black tie

(optional) Charter Night dinner dance with the motto “we’ve only just begun” at the

International Crossroads

Sheraton to help celebrate our new chapter. Seating was limited to 120

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couples at $95 per couple. That evening we made a $28,000 pledge to PolioPlus, we had a new Interact Club at the high school, sponsored a Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) student and four Paul Harris Fellows. The club received its very own Rotary bell and gavel. The event netted $2,088. At the end of our first (shortened) fiscal year, we had $4,329.81 in the bank.

Starting August 4, 1988 meetings were held at Claude’s HoHoKus Inn in a deal “negotiated” by Pat Mancuso. The cost per person rose to $9. Forty members and guests that day enjoyed waiter-served scrambled eggs and bacon, buns, butter and jam, hot coffee and French service, complete with set tables and white linens. The day’s classification talk was by club member Robert Donaldson, President of Fairleigh Dickinson University, author of 5 books and many articles on Soviet Foreign Relations, who spoke about his personal experience with Glasnost, the new “openness” under Mikhail Gorbachev.

Later that year, on October 27, 1988, 69 members and guests heard Senatorial candidate Pete Dawkins tell us where he stood on the issues. We actually took minutes of each meeting, prepared with a pinch of humor, which were circulated to members. Average attendance at meetings was 25 and therefore grounds for regular discussion on how to enforce Rotary International’s 60% attendance rule.

We finally got our own flags to exchange with other clubs in early 1989. By April 25, 1989 the club had 46 members; attendance bordered on 80%. In July our financial position was described by the Treasurer as “disastrous”. As of October 31, 1989 we had $5,293.47 in the bank. The initiation fee was raised to $50.

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Growing Up

Fearless, that same October 1989, the club subscribed $5,000 toward an operation for 8 year old Hyo Jun Kim from Pusan Province, 200 miles south of Seoul, South Korea. Thus, Pat & Phil Ross hosted our first Gift of Life child. Hyo Jun lived with the Ross family for three months. His parents could not afford to come with him.

The child could not speak English and the Ross family knew no Korean, although they did have Korean neighbors. At Christmas time, the Ross’ sons Philip III and Damian and their sister Kathi Ross-Nash, were often with their mother at Children’s Hospital in Newark as Hyo Jun recuperated. Pat stayed with him 24 hours a day during and immediately after his operation. Rotarian Phil visited him every

evening. Surgery to correct a hole in the heart was successful but a leak caused by strain on the aortic valve required a second operation, which was also successful. Surgery was performed by Dr. Joseph Amato, himself a Rotarian. Throughout Hyo Jun’s stay, the Ross family was in telephonic contact with his family in Korea and continued to check on him after his departure. Hyo Jun later admitted to liking ice cream, hot dogs, hamburgers and baked potatoes. He suffered major culture shock the first time he went to Grand Union where he was amazed by all the food on the shelves. He said he thought Americans did nothing but give parties. During his 3-month stay, he celebrated Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas and his 9th birthday! He went home laden with baseball equipment, remote control toys, a martial arts

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uniform, books, tapes, a Nintendo game and lots of photos of himself and his American family.

In January 1990 we joined the Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce. Interact was energized at Ridgewood High School in February 1990 with Barry Wilkes & Andrew Tarvin as Rotary advisors. Its first meeting was January 12, 1989. In February the Treasurer said we were sound financially with $4,017.95 in the bank. Quarterly dues increased by $25.

Creating the club infrastructure was a work in progress. In April 1990 Dittrick Financial Planning and the Atwater Community Projects Study established our fund raising and charitable projects guidelines.

We struggled to find fund raisers that would interest our members and friends, including paddle tennis outings, piggy-backing on others’ golf outings, day-trips for football games at West Point, Mystery Nights and Ground Hog Day Festivals.

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Growing Outward

In August 1990 John Prendergast, brother of Larry, led an effort which sent 2,000 books to a rural school outside Nairobi, Kenya. We paid for most of the shipment costs and introduced him to people who agreed to transport the books to Port Newark and to ship all the books.

In October 1990 membership had grown to 65. Our first big fund raiser was to be a citrus sale but we felt it would conflict with the high school’s citrus sale. So we changed it to a cheese sale and the rest is history. In December 1990, the club held its first Cheese Fundraiser, chaired by John Snyder with Jack Reynolds. The sale produced a profit of $5,400.

In February 1991 we approved creation of a four year scholarship ($500 a year) to be given for community service to seniors at Ridgewood High School who were members of Interact. The first recipient was Marc Herrick. March 1991 attendance was up to 81%. Total cash on hand was $7,251.

District 749 became District 7490 for the 1991-92 Rotary Year. All districts added a 0 to the end of their number so that all rotary districts would have a 4 digit field for the computers.

In February 1992 we introduced the “AIDS Compassion Project” chaired by Bob Jones which consisted of purchasing 35 videos for $700, created by the Los Alamos Rotary Club for AIDS education to be distributed to targeted groups, including clergy, educators and social service agencies.

In 1993, we joined with West Side Presbyterian Church, Paramus A.M. Rotary, the Tenafly Rotary club, the Rotary Club of Reynosa, Mexico and the Rotary Foundation (matching funds) to sponsor a bus, equipped with dental equipment and crewed by local students and Reynosa Rotarians, to make emergency dental care and other medical services available to the impoverished “colonias” of Reynosa.

Club member Phil Ross was the Chief Governor’s Representative and, as such, chaired the 55-club district meetings. District activities included dealing with hospitals for the Gift of Life program, something he knew about.

In February 1994 our club helped purchase a new seven passenger van for the Bergen Crossroads chapter of the American Red Cross for approximately $16,000. The van was intended to help the chronically ill, elderly, frail and wheelchair-bound citizens in our local area who needed transportation between their homes and area healthcare locations. Our club provided the down payment for the van and solicited contributions for the balance in a “Buy a Month – Save a Life” campaign whereby a donor would

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cover a month’s financing cost of $375. The van was immediately used for GRAM - Glen Rock Aids Ministry in 1994/1995 by the Compassion Project Drivers to bring AIDS patients to Emmanuel Baptist Church for dinner and then drive them home.

In January 1995 we helped solicit for the village’s first customized street map honoring Ridgewood’s centennial year. The map was a red, white and blue, very legible, distinctive fold-out map and guide that highlighted the village’s streets, roads, highways and parking areas for shoppers. 11,000 maps were distributed to all residents and businesses and professional offices. The map was funded by participating merchants, businesses and professionals who advertised around the border of the map.

June 20, 1995 – all club Presidents to date

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On August 10, 1995 we added the “playing card” option to the

50/50. A person had the choice of taking the day’s 50/50 pot or waiving it and trying to find the Queen of Hearts in a deck of cards. If the Queen was not found, the card drawn was destroyed and the pot rolled into the next week’s 50/50. As losing cards were destroyed, attendance peaked as the odds got better and better until – with a vastly reduced deck of cards - the pot reached $2,559! Tom Riche won it September 19, 1996 (do the math – 57 weeks between August 10, 1995 and September 19, 1996 – less maybe one or two for Thanksgiving etc. - but only 52 weeks in a year and only 52 cards in a deck. HOW MANY CARDS WERE LEFT WHEN TOM DREW THE RECLUSIVE QUEEN???). The following month the Board changed the 50/50 to “take the pot and draw for the queen of hearts”. Installation of new officers was done at picnics or barbecues.

In September 1995 meal dues were increased by $1 a week - our first ever increase. Claiming our 60 person membership was too big for Claude’s, but in reality after 5 years of grumblings about the Hohokus Inn,

on March 6, 1997 we moved to our new meeting location at Trattoria Fratelli in the heart of the Village of Ridgewood across from beautiful Van Neste Square; same time, different station. Our club had over fifty active members. District 7490 comprised 49 clubs with a total membership of 1,419 Rotarians.

We beat the district into the computer age when, in November 1999, we did our first e-mail bulletin.

By April 2001 our total funds had grown to $83,000, including an endowment fund. September 2001. Later that year we made a special contribution to the Social Services Association of Ridgewood to aid local families affected by the World Trade Center attack of September 11. In an effort to help victims of the Tsunami of December 2004, our club donated $1,000 to the Red Cross for emergency relief.

The Ridgewood Village Council proclaimed February 23, 2005 Rotary International Day in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Rotary International, with a special mention of the Ridgewood breakfast club (which included three Council members among its membership).

In a community - a country - still recoiling from the terrorist attacks of 9/11, on September 11, 2005 the Healing Garden at Children’s Aid and Family Services was dedicated. Intended for use by that organization’s programs, including mother-daughter yoga, T’ai Chi, meditation walks and

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support services for families displaced by Hurricane Katrina, this project, spearheaded by A.M. Rotarians Peter Kikot and Betty Weist, transformed a wooded lot overgrown with weeds into a botanical oasis.

In April 2006, a new full-sized Victorian street clock was dedicated at the intersection of East Ridgewood Avenue and Van Neste Square. The project was spearheaded by our club under the guidance of Betty Weist.

At June 30, 2007 the club’s total funds exceeded $200,000.

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What We Do in 2007

“The Past is our Heritage, The Future is our Legacy, and

The Present is our Responsibility!”

Club Structure in 2007: Committees include but are not limited to: Allocations Communications Community Service Foundation Fundraisers (calendars, cheese, humanitarian dinner) Gift of Life

Interact/React/Youth Exchange Investments Membership Programs Public Relations Scholarship Social

Officers: Betty G. Wiest, President John Rogers, President-Elect Peter Kikot, Vice President

Jay Fowler, Treasurer Steven Castellucci, Sgt. At Arms Douglas Cronk, Secretary

Board of Directors: Anne Bosch Chris Coppola Larry Prendergast H. Carleton Clinch

Ken Espenak Karen Reynolds Mary Ann Copp Ashok Joisher Robert Wolf

Is the past prologue? Most of the club membership has changed but

several of the names have remained the same over 20 years: Dave Feeney, Doug Dittrick, Ron Verdicchio, Bob Honsinger. The meeting time is unchanged; the meeting place has. The philosophy hasn’t.

The Four Avenues of Service are Rotary's philosophical cornerstone and the foundation on which our club's activities are based. In the true Rotary spirit, our service is manifested by our outreach, which includes major Rotary International programs and local programs dear and close to the hearts of our members and the neighboring communities.

1. Our Club Service focuses on strengthening fellowship and ensuring the effective functioning of the club. We do this together every Thursday morning – and often together at other times and places.

2. Our Vocational Service encourages Rotarians to serve others through their vocations and to practice high ethical standards. We

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believe in the highest ethical standards when we do business and encourage others we do business with to do the same. We do this in the privacy of our own offices as well as through business exchanges among ourselves.

3. Our Community Service covers projects and activities the club undertakes to improve life in our community. We are involved in a variety of social and community events to promote goodwill and better friendships. We award scholarships to local students, provide financial assistance to non-profit groups that need our help and we can always be found supporting community based projects. Each year we allocate thousands of dollars to local charities and social service agencies to help our less fortunate neighbors.

4. Our International Service encompasses actions taken to expand Rotary's humanitarian reach around the globe and to promote world understanding and peace. We have actively participated in many Rotary International projects, taking the lead on some.

Our club has actively participated in

Rotary International programs GIFT OF LIFE

Ridgewood A.M. Rotary’s Board approved participation in the “Gift of Life” program in August 1988 and we have since sponsored several children. “Gift of Life” is a program begun in 1974 by several American districts of Rotary International. Since then, over 6,000 children from three dozen countries have received cardiovascular life saving operations in the United States. In 1986, our District Governor Arthur Scialla and other Rotarians began the program in Northern New Jersey and founded the “Rotary International District 7490 Gift of Life Foundation”. So far, over 375 children have been hosted by our District for heart surgery.

Children who come to the United States with heart defects are usually referred by physicians or participating groups in their home country to the Rotary District Gift of Life Foundation which forwards their medical information to participating hospitals. Doctors and hospitals receive a nominal fee of $6,000 for their services. After cases are approved for surgery by attending physicians, they are assigned to local Rotary Clubs, Interact Clubs or auxiliary organizations. They in turn provide any additional funds for medical care (prescriptions, etc) and host the child with a parent while they are in this country. The monies needed to finance the program are raised by the Foundation or individual Rotary Clubs.

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District Foundations such as ours are responsible for administering the programs. This includes communicating and coordinating with Rotary Clubs overseas or with groups such as the Korean, Polish or Ukrainian “Gift of Life” in the U.S. These organizations often provide transportation from the home country and interpreters. One does not have to be a Rotarian to participate in this program. It is the District Rotary Foundation's responsibility to oversee the home visit, hospital stay and the safe return of the child. Volunteers and Rotarians who participate do not receive any pay for their services. The Rotary “Gift of Life” program has been a great success because it functions at a grass roots level with direct people-to-people contact between our Foundation, clubs, hosts, medical personnel and the friends and families of the children. It promotes lasting friendships and a new understanding between participants of different nationalities.

We serve children from areas where cardiovascular procedures for children are not available. Our kids have come from Anguilla, The Dominican Republic, Armenia, Ecuador, Egypt, Kosovo, Georgia, Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq, India, Jamaica, China, Mongolia Korea, Peru, Poland, Philippines, Russia, Trinidad, Ukraine, United States and elsewhere. Our doctors have traveled world wide to educate local doctors in the procedures. The hospitals we are currently working with include St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital in Paterson, NJ, Montefiore Children’s Hospital in Bronx, NY, Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Brown Mills, NJ, Newark Beth Israel Hospital in Newark, NJ, and Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, NY. Larry Prendergast volunteered to be our first committee chair.

Aside from using proceeds of our regular fund raising activities to fund this program, we have sought the assistance of Ridgewood High School's A.M. Rotary Interact Club and the Benjamin Franklin Middle School Rotary React Club which hosted a "Race for Life" fundraiser.

Current Ridgewood A.M. club member Andy Topp, on behalf of the Paterson Club, set the example by hosting Kim Yung Jin from Korea in 1986. In 1989, Andy, again on behalf of the Paterson Club, hosted No Un Ok from Korea.

In October 1989 Pat & Phil Ross hosted our club’s first Gift of Life child – 8 year old Hyo Jun Kim from Korea. 5 years later a proud Phil passed around a photo of a healthy 14 year old who probably would not be alive without our intervention. Subsequently, Gift of Life children have been sponsored in:

• March 1991 - Phil & Patti Ross, this time on behalf of the Paramus Rotary Club, hosted Shim Jun Hyun from Korea.

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• 1994 – Pat and Phil Ross, on behalf of Interact, hosted Park No Young from Korea.

• June 1995 – Rob & Judy

Saydah hosted Irakloi Kikaleishvile, a 3 year old boy from Georgia.

• In 1997, Andy Topp, now on behalf of the Paramus A.M. Club,

hosted Mykhaylo Karpets from Ukraine. • 1997 – Phil Ross was named Chairman of the district’s Gift of Life

Foundation. • 1998 – Andy Emory hosted Yuri Nestor from Ukraine. • August 2000 – Dave & Lynne Feeney hosted Mykhailo Kuzman

from Ukraine. • December 2000 – Rob & Judy Saydah hosted their second Gift of

Life child, Anastasia Chynsa, a little boy and his mother Inga from Latvia.

• 2000 - Andy Topp, again on behalf of the Paterson Club, hosted Mykola Matiek from Ukraine. Later that year the Topp family, this time on behalf of the Bergenfield/Dumont Club, hosted Olha Lazar – again from Ukraine.

• In 2001, the Topp family hosted Soo Won Lim from Korea, Darrelle Montojo from the Philippines in conjunction with Manchester Interact, and Michelle Dorj from Mongolia.

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• October 2001 – Rob &

Judy Saydah hosted Frances de la Cruz from the Dominican Republic.

• 2001 - Gary & Claire Perazzo hosted Krystyna Levytska from Ukraine.

• July 2002 - Bob & Susan Stack hosted, and mourned the death of, Jalen Lenard Chua from the Philippines.

• In 2002, the Topp family hosted Rinor Peci from Kosovo. • In 2003, the Topp family, this time on behalf or the Passaic County

Board of Realtors, hosted Leonna Whyte from Jamaica and Vitaliy Mandziy from Ukraine on behalf of Joseph & Marion Dino.

• In 2002, the Wells family helped host Fedrick Jan Sarabia from the Philippines.

• July 2004 – Jeff Wells, Dave Sayles and other Rotarians hosted Dacia Campbell from Jamaica.

• Also in 2004, the Topp family hosted Olivia Anon and, later, Guy

Laroche Gnakpa, both from the Ivory Coast, as well as Xiao Gu

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(Hayley) Dang from China and Elesia Nunes from Jamaica, in conjunction with the Burke Family Foundation.

• 2005 - John and Lauren Saraceno hosted Fiona Andrea Canzado

from the Philippines. That same year, the Topp family, in conjunction with RYLA, co-hosted Xin Chi (Hannah) Dang from China.

• In 2006, Shams Jameel

Lafta from Iraq and his mom, Widad A. Lafta were hosted by Brian & Marcia Marra on behalf of the Ridgewood High School Interact/George Washington Middle School ReAct Clubs.

• Also in 2006, in conjunction with the Ben Franklin Middle School React Club, our club, with Dana and Laura Christenson, hosted Meylin Yamileth Martinez from Honduras.

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• In 2006, Andy Topp - for the first time on behalf of our club – hosted Randolph Durrant from Jamaica and, on behalf of Our Children International, Ali Abdl-Kareem Mahdi from Iraq.

• In 2007 Doug and Melinda Cronk hosted Johanna Mae Castaneda, and her mom Mary June Castaneda from the Philippines. In 20 years the club has had 9 Gift of Life Humanitarian Award recipients: David Feeney, Robert Herzig, Phil & Patricia Ross, Robert & Judy Saydah, Andrew Topp, Barry Wilkes, John Yilanjian

INTERACT-ION WITH SCHOOLS

Our closest relationship with our local community has been with our schools and their students. With a goal to develop the next generation of Rotarians, Interact is a Rotary International sponsored service club for young people ages 14-18. There are over 10,900 clubs in 121 countries. The program gives young people an opportunity to participate in fun and meaningful service projects while developing leadership skills and meeting new friends. Through service activities, Interactors learn the importance of:

• Developing leadership skills and personal integrity; • Demonstrating helpfulness and respect for others; • Advancing international understanding and goodwill.

Our club’s interaction with schools, while centered on the Interact program at Ridgewood High School (RHS), extends further. Andrew Tarvin & Barry Wilkes of our club first discussed Interact at the January 18, 1988 meeting,

making this the first outreach program discussed by our club. We initiated the Interact Club at Ridgewood High School in May 1988. Coach Chuck Johnson was the first faculty advisor for Interact.

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Ridgewood High School’s Madrigal Singers have sung for us at Holiday Programs and Installation Dinners since our first year.

• In February, 1988 our Board approved $250 to sponsor a RYLA student. Jeff Baines, a Junior at RHS, was selected.

• In March 1989 we approved a $300 contribution to help pay for the nationally 5th ranked RHS track team to participate in the Arcadia (California) Invitational.

• In 1991 – we proposed an annual $500 Interact Scholarship to a Ridgewood High School student. The first recipient was Mark Herrick (RHS ’91).

• In January 1992 we funded a “Dodge Poet-in-the-Classroom” for $300.

• Rotary Youth Leadership Awards were given to Diana Trinh (RHS ’93) and Pat Kaprelian (RHS ’93) in recognition of their contributions to the Interact Club.

• Samantha Solomon (RHS ’92) received the second Interact Scholarship.

• In September 1992 the first Interact picnic was hosted by Barry Wilkes. There were 60-70 Interact members.

• May 1993 – Ridgewood High School Interact coordinator Sherry Youngkin was inducted into our club as an honorary member.

• March 1995 – the Ridgewood High School Interact Club was presented with an Official Rotary Banner. By this time, the Interact club had been involved with a Bowl-a-Thon, a Walk-s-Thon, a book fair and a car wash fund raiser. They helped paint the Schoolhouse Museum, held a wheelchair square dance at Bergen Pines Hospital, volunteered at the Community Food Bank, sent goods to a family whose house had burned down in Kentucky and raised money for the Gift of Life Program.

• 1995’s RYLA recipients were Vanessa McDermitt, off to West Point, and Tara Rutolo, off to the University of Michigan.

• 1996 Interact/RYLA recipients were Cristina Grab and Michael Trinh.

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• 1997 RYLA recipients were Jen Strahle and Mike Elvin. • June 1988 – As recommended by club member and RHS Principal

Bob Honsinger, we made our first contribution of $5,000 to the Major Thomas B. McGuire Fund at Ridgewood High School which took the fund’s balance over $20,000.

• After a few years of inactivity, in May 2001 we reinvigorated our

relationship with the Ridgewood High School Interact Club. • In May 2001 we sponsored a speech contest at Paramus High

School, judged by club member Jay Fowler. • In January 2002 we formally inducted Interact members with pins

and pizza. • In June 2002 we sponsored two high school students for the Rotary

Youth Leadership Award, the purpose of which is to challenge the ideals of young people from the age of 18 to 28 years. Selected by the local Rotary Club in their Districts to receive the award, young people are entitled to attend a week long seminar aimed at developing further their personal and leadership skills.

• 2006 Ridgewood A.M. Rotary was proud to sponsor Ariel Hensley - a Ridgewood High School exchange student who spent her junior year in Taiwan.

• In Feb. 2006 the ReAct Club at BF was created by faculty advisor Jim Stroker with all 650 students as charter members. Immediately thereafter, the club accepted the challenge of hosting a Gift of Life

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child. Their goal was to raise $10 per student by conducting a “Run for Life”. Students ran together in the gym and got sponsors to help pay for t-shirts marked “Goal: Save 1 Child’s Life”. Our club,

spearheaded by club President “Coach Sparky” Steve Lear, club Interact/ReAct Chairman Peter Fenzel and members Steve Castellucci and Ransom Widmer, pledged a $3,000 match for their success. A month later the BF club presented a check for $3,000 to club member and GOL Chairman Andy Topp.

• In March 2007, Rotarians distributed dictionaries to all third graders in Ridgewood, Glen Rock and Hohokus.

• Every year, Ridgewood A.M. Rotary awards four-year scholarships

to local high school seniors. First discussed in January 1988, each student receives a $500 scholarship per year. Further, we award one $1,000 scholarship a year through the Joseph Sipporta Foundation to a Paramus High School student. These are the recent students who received scholarships:

� 2003 - Alexandra Dykhouse – Glen Rock Angela Mercer - Ridgewood Betty Stires – Ridgewood Shivani Bhatt – Paramus

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� 2004 - Linsay Brusco – Ridgewood Gretta Carlson – Ridgewood Matthew Mistina – Ridgewood Kathleen Day – Paramus � 2005 - Daniel Ammirato – Ridgewood Nauf Latef – Ridgewood Anne Ohliger – Ridgewood Sujean Park – Ridgewood Brandon Lee – Paramus � 2006 - Benjamin Anerdelorson – Ridgewood Matt Moore – Ridgewood Ulanna Romaniw – Ridgewood Ellen Severs – Ridgewood Jillian Consovoy - Paramus � 2007 – Meaghan Sorbo - Ridgewood Sierra Cowan – Ridgewood Allan Wu – Ridgewood Gabriella Mullady - Ridgewood Chris Barrale - Paramus

We also have supported the Belize Education Project, the Kenya Book Drive, the Glen Rock Education Foundation and libraries in communities we serve. POLIO ERADICATION

Launched by Rotary in 1985, PolioPlus was an ambitious program aimed at immunizing the world's children against polio. PolioPlus was discussed at our January 18, 1988 meeting and is thus was the first international outreach program in which our

club was involved. Rotary International has been a full partner in the effort to eradicate polio by 2005, Rotary’s 100th Anniversary, thus predating the World Health Organization’s resolution calling for global polio eradication. In 1979/80 RI began a program to immunize the children of the Philippines. In the

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fiscal year 1987/1988, RI raised $245 million in the fight against polio which brought the total to over $400 million, including our club’s pledge of $28,000. Our participation was honchoed by Jorma Haapala who was nicknamed “The Finnish Robin Hood” for his efforts.

Our participation lasted five years, until 1991 and reached 100% member participation. Today, thanks in part to the efforts of Rotary Clubs worldwide, polio cases have dropped by 99% since 1988 and the world stands on the threshold of eradicating this disease. Two billion children under the age of five have received the polio vaccine, five million people who might otherwise be paralyzed are walking today, 500,000 new cases of polio are prevented each year. Also, providing vitamin A supplements has averted an estimated 1.5 million childhood deaths since 1998- testimony to the “plus” in PolioPlus. The ROTARY AIDS PROJECT was formed in 1989 by members of the Rotary Club of Los Altos, USA with a goal of alerting and educating Rotarians worldwide about the AIDS pandemic. In its role as a catalyst, the Rotary AIDS Project offered a way for Rotarians to make important connections with others who are interested in doing something about addressing the global AIDS pandemic. In February 1992 the Ridgewood A.M. Rotary Club introduced the “AIDS Compassion Project”. In the late 1980s, when World Health Organization (WHO) experts were planning to immunize the children of Sudan, they not only had to negotiate with warring sides of a civil war but they also had to buy vaccine, keep it cold and transport it throughout a country with few roads. They needed airplanes but the cost of renting two planes was more that $500,000. That’s where Rotary came in. RI made an emergency grant of $400,000 to largely cover the cost of the airplanes. In India, 125 million children were vaccinated IN ONE DAY! Our club has also supported RI’s Rotaplast International to provide free reconstructive surgery and treatment for underprivileged children worldwide. THE ROTARY FOUNDATION - THE PAUL HARRIS FELLOWS AWARD

The Rotary International Foundation is the largest privately-funded educational foundation in the world. Paul Harris Fellows were first established in 1957. Anyone who contributes – or in whose name is contributed because of exceptional service above self – a gift of $1,000 or more to the Rotary International Foundation may become a Paul Harris

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Fellow. Starting with Roy Tarvin, our first Paul Harris Fellow (sponsored by the club in May 1990), forty-six members of Ridgewood A.M. Rotary have been recognized as Paul Harris Fellows for their donation of $1,000 or service to the Rotary International Foundation. Our first Paul Harris Fellow was Edward “Tad” Jones who presented a check for $1,000 on January 21, 1988 to fund a Paul Harris Fellow in memory of his late Rotarian/grandfather. In 1988, the club had four Paul Harris Fellows: Doug Dittrick, Jorma Haapala, Tad Jones and Richard Kelley. In January 2000, led by Doug Dittrick, the club reached 100% participation in the foundation. Over the years the club has had 75 Paul Harris Fellows. They area:

Joseph Ames Judy Archibald Verne Atwater Bob Baxter Bob Baxter, Jr. Fr. Marc Boisvert * Anne Bosch * John R. Butler II Bruce Byers Carleton Clinch * Bill Commer * Woodmark Couldron Douglas Cronk * Daniel DeGeeter Neil DellaTorre Barbara Dittrick Doug Dittrick * Dave Feeney * Peter Fenzel * Jay Fowler * Kathleen Fowler Nancy Greene Jorma Haapala Bill Haggerty * Tomás Hainich Bob Hansen Jacque Harlow * Barbara Hatch Robert Hatch Bob Honsinger *

Ashok Joisher * Edward “Tad” Jones Sally Jones * Denise Kelley Dick Kelley Peter Kikot * Jaime Laga * Steve Lear * Pat Mancuso Ralph Margel Ashok Patel * Hansa Patel Vallavbhai Patel Ann-Britt Paulsen Claire Perazzo Gary Perazzo * Albert Potter Larry Prendergast Frank Purdy * Linda Purdy John Reynolds Karen Reynolds * Michael Roemer John Rogers * Patricia Ross Phil Ross Judith Saydah Rob Saydah * Dave Sayles * Fred Semken

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George Smith * John Snyder * Christopher Stout * Roberta Svarre Andrew Tarvin Roy Tarvin Andy Topp * Karen Topp

Bonnie Wells Brittany Wells Jeff Wells * Madison Wells Parker Wells Betty Wiest * Barry Wilkes John Yilanjian

* current members of the club. WALTER D. HEAD DISTRICT 7490 FOUNDATION AWARDS

The Walter Head Foundation was created by resolution of the District Conference on April 24, 1965 with the purpose of giving Ambassadorial scholarship assistance to students in Rotary District 7490 to act as goodwill ambassadors abroad, enhancing international understanding and goodwill. The Foundation is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Walter D. Head of Hillsdale, NJ – a Teaneck Rotarian who is the only Rotarian from New Jersey to become Rotary International President. Rotarians may be designated Walter D. Head Fellow to acknowledge an important event or effort within, or outside, Rotary. Over the years the club has had 32 Walter D. Head Fellows. They are:

Judy Archibald John Bennett Brad Bloss Robert Blum Anne Bosch * Steve Castellucci * Bill Commer * Neil DellaTorre Peter Fenzel * Jay Fowler * Mike Greenstone * Bill Haggerty * Jacques Harlow * Michael J.D. Haviland Robert Honsinger * Marilyn Jensen

Robert B. Jones * Peter Kikot * Steve Lear * Pat Mancuso Joseph Mangan Bea O'Rourke * Gary Perazzo * Monique Reynolds Jack Reynolds John Rogers * Dave Sayles * John Snyder * Karen Topp * Jeff Wells * Betty Wiest * Robert Wolf *

* current members of the club.

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The club also has adopted certain programs as our own priorities

THEO'S WORK

Outside Rotary International programs, our club’s involvement has not been more profound than in supporting the work of a former Navy chaplain – brother-in-law of our charter member Jack Reynolds – who gave up whatever worldly possessions and ambitions he might have had to dedicate his life to giving hope for a meaningful future to young boys hopelessly mired in the poverty of the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

Theo’s Work Inc. (Theo is Greek for God, therefore, “God’s Work”) is a non-profit organization that was founded by Father Marc Boisvert in 1998 to support humanitarian efforts in southern Haiti. The primary focus of Theo’s Work is to alleviate the devastating effects of poverty on children in Haiti. The children themselves suggested Pwoje Espwa - Haitian Creole for Project Hope - as a name for the project.

Pwoje Espwa is a multi-faceted program serving the needs of over 1,000 children in this impoverished nation. This non-sectarian project is supported by private donations and fundraising efforts. The program’s shelter for the homeless children in Les Cayes is known as Kay Espwa (Hope House). Its school is Ekol Espwa (Hope School). Vilaj Espwa (Hope Village) is an active and soon to be self-sustaining village which continues to grow in the countryside at Castel-Père. Ridgewood A.M. Rotary is committed to supporting the work of Hope House. 6 of the 11 members of the Theo’s Work’s Board of Trustees are members of our club. Ridgewood A.M. Rotary Members have traveled to Haiti to deliver financial and material contributions as well as to volunteer in

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building structures and mentoring the youngsters. Our contributions have been instrumental in helping the organization provide food, clean water, clothing and bedding as well as the opportunity to attend school and learn marketable skills. It all began in June 1999 when Father Marc spoke to us about Theo’s Work/Project Hope. Since then:

• We designated September 23, 1999 as “Help for Haiti Day” – asking members to bring toiletry items, first aid items, sports items, clothing, games, books and batteries.

• March 2001: Jay Fowler, Jack Reynolds, Andy Topp and Jeff Wells visited Hope House in Les Cayes, Haiti.

• October 2001: Eight club members worked at Hope House Orphanage.

• September 2002: The

“White Bus” left Bergen County for Haiti.

• March 2003: Our club

made a $10,000 donation to “Calendar House” at Hope Village, Haiti.

• December 2004: we organized the “Backpacks for Haiti” Project.

• April 2005: We provided support to teachers in Haiti.

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DISASTER RELIEF Unfortunately, adversity strikes indiscriminately around the world and our club has indiscriminately answered the call for assistance.

• In December 1988 we approved $250 for the Armenian Relief Fund, founded in response to the devastating earthquake of 1988.

• In October 1992 we donated $1,000 to the Hurricane Andrew Relief Fund.

• In January 1993 Rotary International gave a matching grant of $1,750 to help equip mobile dental clinics in Reynosa and Tamaulipas, Mexico in a joint project of the Paramus A.M. and Ridgewood A.M. clubs, coordinated by the Rotary Club of Reynosa 76. Rev. Andy Topp led 15 high schoolers from West Side Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood and nine adults on a week-long expedition to build concrete block houses in the “colonias” of Reynosa and help in the dental clinic.

• In 1993 we supported the Ste. Genevieve, MO flood relief. • June 1995 – we supported the Belize Cultural and Educational

Camp Project. • In September 2001, the club made a special contribution to the

Social Services Association of Ridgewood to aid local families affected by the September 11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City.

• In December 2004 we provided Tsunami Relief • In 2005 and 2006 some of our members joined fellow District 7940

Rotarians traveling to Louisiana to aid in the Hurricane Katrina disaster recovery efforts. Ridgewood A.M. Rotary raised funds to help sponsor the trip as well as provide supplies and medical relief to those in need.

We also participated in the Medford Flood Relief, the North Dakota Disaster Relief Fund and have regularly supported the American Red Cross.

Service to our own communities has been vast

KASSCHAU MEMORIAL SHELL The Ridgewood Choral raised $30,000 to build the Kasschau

Memorial Shell in 1958 to honor Frank Kasschau, organist at the First Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood. Starting in 1990 Ridgewood A.M. Rotary has sponsored an "Evening under the Stars" at the Shell at Veteran's Field for individuals and families of the community.

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MEMORIAL DAY SERVICES Ridgewood A.M. Rotary actively participates in the Village's

annual Veterans’ Day and Memorial Day Services. On Memorial Day a memorial wreath is donated to American Legion Post No. 53. Often A.M. Rotary members have participated as speakers. The club has put its signature on the community with some lasting landmarks: THE HEALING GARDEN

Under the guidance of members Peter Kikot and Betty Wiest, Ridgewood A.M. Rotary spearheaded creation of the Healing Garden - a

project aimed at turning an overgrown lot into a community oasis. Thanks to the local community, the Ridgewood A.M. Rotary and the Walter Head Foundation, more than $500,000 was raised. Volunteers provided countless hours of manpower to make the garden a reality. The garden is located on Prospect Street behind the Children’s Aid and

Family Services and was dedicated in September 2005. For its efforts, Ridgewood A.M. Rotary received the "Building Futures Award for Community Leadership" from Children's and Family Services. RIDGEWOOD COMMUNITY CLOCK

In celebration of Rotary International's Centennial, the Ridgewood A.M. Rotary, spearheaded by Betty Wiest, helped purchase a Community Street Clock and presented it as a gift to the Village of Ridgewood in April 2006. The gift was made possible through the generosity of many community-minded organizations, families, individuals and businesses that supported the effort. The clock is located on the corner of East Ridgewood Avenue and Van Neste Square. FUNDRAISING:

In November 1993 the club was confirmed as a tax-exempt 501 (c) (4) under the group exemption of Rotary International. In February 2003, the club created the Ridgewood Rotary Foundation as a 501 (c) (3) tax-exempt charity, first discussed in 1989.

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Ridgewood A.M. Rotary conducts numerous fundraisers throughout the year including a car raffle, the holiday gift basket sale, a calendar, benefit dinners, special events and much more. Past attempts at fund raising have included Mystery Nights, Groundhog Day Jazz Festivals, Groundhog Day Dinner Parties, Paddle Tennis at Upper Ridgewood Tennis Club.

In December 1990, the club held its first Cheese Fundraiser which produced a profit of $5,400. Every year since then, and for a long time under the whip of Jack Reynolds, club members have sold holiday boxes filled with cheese, ham, chocolates, nuts and coffee. In the early years, members were requested to “sign off” on a certain number of cheeses.

• December 1991: The second cheese sale earned $6,400 • December 1992: third cheese sale earned $6,200 • The 1993 cheese sale earned $10,000. • 1994: the 5th

annual cheese sale earned $10,000

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• 1995: 6th Cheese Fundraiser earned $13,000 • 1996: cheese sale netted $4,600 • 1997: Holiday ham and cheese sale earns $5,700 • 1998: sale earned $5,200 • 1999: sale earned $5,496 • 2000: sale earned $7,000 • 2001: sale netted $13,121 • 2002: $8,000 (net of free shipping from FedEx) • 2003: sale earned $7,000 • 2004: earned $6,349 • 2005: sale earned $5,444 • 2006: sale earned $7,080

Based on a very successful effort by the Middlebury, VT. Lions Club, A.M. Rotarian Bruce Byers suggested the idea of selling cash calendars. Working with Senator Henry McNamara, they spent nearly two years to secure state approval for cash calendar lotteries by local organizations, which had been illegal until then. “How it Works” was spelled out to the club in the July 7, 1994 Newsletter. Sales were initially scheduled to start in 1994 but were blocked by NJ state law which said cash raffles can have only one payout, not 365! The first calendar fund raiser was set for fall sales in 1996 and our second major fundraiser was born. President Bill Haggerty said “We see the calendar as a great way to raise money for the charities we support and, at the same time, provide fun and excitement to the prizewinners.”

Calendar sales, initially a voluntary effort – not an assessment - finally began in September 1996.

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In January 1997 club member and former Ridgewood Mayor Roberta Svarre drew the first lucky calendar winner. 2,500 calendars were printed, sold for $20 and prizes totaled $12,000, ranging from $20 to $200, and were sold every Saturday at Van Neste Park throughout the fall as well as at selected events in town. Final accounting: ad sales: $15,000, calendar sales: $31,481. Expenses: $7,581, Prizes distributed: $12,000. Net revenue from $26,900.

• 1997 sales netted $20,000 • 1998 sales netted $16,000

• 1999 sales netted $14,304 • 2000 sales netted $23,300

• 2001 – the minimum number of calendars to be sold by each member rose from 15 to 20. Sales netted $25,200

• 2002 Minimum number of calendars to be sold by each member rose from 20 to 30. Sales netted $21,700.

• January 2003 – Raffle Calendar Fundraiser set record sales of over 2,000 calendars for net $31,388

• In 2004 - we netted $27,000 • 2005 – sales = $17,162. Minimum sales per member = 25 calendars • In 2006 – sales = $21,460. Minimum sales per member reverts to 20

calendars. • In 2007 – we netted $20,000.

Miscellaneous recent events: • April 2006 – We hosted our first

Annual “Humanitarian of the Year” Dinner honoring Gladie and Ray Gilmartin. Estimated net profit: $17,000.

• September 2006 – we completed our first car raffle. Ann Robinson of Ridgewood won a Mini Cooper. Estimated net profit $22,000.

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ALLOCATIONS: The club tries to spend its money wisely and we carefully study

each request for funding. 1996/1997 charitable donations were the largest ever to date at the time. The committee was headed by Betty Wiest and recommended a scholarship trust fund of $15,000 and $25,000 for charities focusing on education and social services. Charitable allocations paid in 2006/2007 totaled $45,300. In our first 20 years we have allocated funds to: Aids Compassion Project American Cancer Society American Red Cross - Baby Basics - Painting Project - Van Armenian Relief Fund Bergen Volunteer Medical Initiative Belize Education Project Boys Scouts of America Boy Scout Eagle Project Brian Von Glahn Cassidy Children’s Fund Center for Food Action Children’s Aid & Family Counseling - Centennial Park Christmas in April Colbert Children’s Education Fund College Scholarship Program Dental Clinic/Youth Mission to Mexico Dental Equipment Diabetes Foundation Di Francesco Family of Glen Rock Eagle Scout Project Gift of Life – District 7490 Gift of Light Geraldine Dodge Foundation Glen Rock Education Foundation

Glen Rock July 4th Celebration Glen Rock Public Library - Capital Campaign ’02 - Children’s Programs GRAM (Ridgewood-Glen Rock Aids Ministry) Drivers Habitat for Humanity Hermitage – Planting Project HoHoKus Police Vest HoHoKus Veteran’s Memorial Monument Renovation Holley Center Homeless Shelters, Hackensack & Teaneck Hurricane Andrew Relief Hurricane Katrina Relief Jacques & Mary Harlow 1950 Fund, Dartmouth College Jake & Allie Fund Jane Barren Foster Home Kasschau Band Shell Kenya Book Drive Linn Ledwith Kochka Fund Literacy Project – Dictionary Distribution March for Parks Muscular Dystrophy Association Medford Flood Relief MP Turf Myra Greenstone Fund at Hackensack University Medical Center

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NJ Community Development Corp. North Dakota Disaster Relief Fund Paramus High School - Scholarship Program - Speech Contest Pediatric Surgery Project- Kanatarka, India Project Pride Ridgewood Arts Council Ridgewood Centennial Ridgewood Chamber of Commerce Ridgewood – Community Clock Ridgewood First Night Ridgewood Fourth of July Ridgewood – Gazebo Study Ridgewood High School - Interact Club - Jamboree - Madrigal Singers - Maj. McGuire Scholarship Fund - Veteran Memorial Plaques Ridgewood Jr. Football Fund Ridgewood Memorial Day - Wreath Ridgewood Police – Drug & Alcohol Abuse Parent Guidelines Booklet Ridgewood PBA & Fireman Fund Ridgewood Public Library Ridgewood Village Clock

Ridgewood Youth Council Rotary Youth Exchange Rotary Youth Leadership (RYLA) Rotary Foundation Rotary Foundation – Matching Grant Rotary Foundation – Paul Harris

Fellow Rotary International: PolioPlus Rotary International: Rotaplast Skylands Social Service Assoc. of Ridgewood Social Service Assoc. for World Trade Center Relief St. Genevieve, Mo. Flood Relief St. Paul’s Community Development Corp. - Literacy Program Student Scholarships Teaneck Family Assistance Center Theo’s Work- Project Hope The Valley Hospital – 50th Anniversary Fair Tic-Toc Tom Mastin Fund Tomorrow’s Children Fund Tsunami Relief Van Neste Park Restoration Walter D. Head Foundation West Bergen Mental Health Wheelchair Project for Indonesia Youth Self Development- Paterson, NJ

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FELLOWSHIP: BALL GA.MES, HOLIDAY CELEBRATION, KENTUCKY DERBY, NJPAC

It's not all work! There is lots of play. Ridgewood A.M. Rotary hosts numerous social events and fun gatherings:

• February 1988 - First Paddle Tennis Social. • Joint participation with the Noon club for a 4th of July float. • In February 1990 we held our first Ground Hog Jazz festival,

chaired by John Snyder, with $3,000 proceeds going to the Gift of Life program. The Riverside Men played mainly Dixieland jazz.

• Christmas parties for the Tomorrow’s Children’s Fund.

• Trips to West Point. • Hermitage Holiday

parties. • October 1998 – first

A.M. vs. noon club softball game. A.M. victorious!

• September 1999 – second A.M. vs. noon softball game. A.M. victorious!!

• June 2000 – A.M./noon bowling challenge. A.M. victorious as expected!

• December 1999 – joint A.M./noon Holiday party at Arcola Country Club.

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• February 2000 – Ground Hog Day Festival reinstituted with noon club. Proceeds go to Red Cross.

• March 2001 – Ground Hog/St. Patrick’s dinner/dance with noon Club. Proceeds go to Hope House.

• May 2005 – Kentucky Derby party launched

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RECOGNITION • Bob Baxter was recognized for his contributions to PolioPlus. • 1994 – Club received the District’s Outstanding Community

Service Project award for the Red Cross Van Project. • May 1995 – Club received District “Honorable Mention” for the

Club Newsletter.

• October 10, 1995 – Doug Dittrick receives Vocational Award at the annual New Jersey State Rotary Vocational Assembly.

• 1999 – Andy Topp, who was on the initial Gift

of Life Foundation Board as Secretary, is named Committee Chairman.

• April 2001 – Andy Topp receives Arthur Fenniman Award for outstanding district service.

• September 2001 – Andy Topp receives “The Rotary Man of the Year” award. • May 2005 – Jay Fowler received

RI’s “Commitment to Service” Award.

• July 2005 – Club receives “Building Futures” Award for

Community Leadership from Children’s Aid and Family Services. • Spring 2006 – Club receives Rotary District Presidential Citation.

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20 Years of Members Judith Archibald Paul Aronsohn Verne S. Atwater Richard Bachmann Thomas Baldacci Richard Barclay William Bartlett Philip Basile Robert Baxter Jim Beckman John Bennett Paul Bifani Bruce Bitzer Brad Bloss Robert Blum Steven Bodek Rodney Bolten Robert Borders Mary Pat Boron Anne Bosch James J. Brown Mary Alice Burgin John R. Butler II Bruce Byers Paul Callan Michael Case Steven Castellucci James Cedarstrand

Janice Chen Chris Cieszko Jerry Clark H. Carleton Clinch Ronald Collins William Commer Thomas Conway Mary Ann Copp Christina Coppola Woodmark Couldron John Crews Douglas Cronk David Crosson Salvatore Dangelo Richard deCastro Daniel DeGeeter Jeffrey Deiss Norman J. Delaney Neil Della Torre Joseph Denyeau

Douglas Dittrick Robert Donaldson Michael Donohue Maureen K. Edelson Kathleen Entwistle Ken Espenak Michael Evangel Enrico Fanfani David Feeney Darrell Felsenstein Peter Fenzel Jacqueline Fisher John C. Fowler Douglas Fromm William Fuhs Aaron Galileo Nancy Greene Michael Greenstone Hugh Griffith Arthur Groom Jorma Haapala William Haggerty Tomás Hainich Steven T. Halperin Kevin Hanly Robert Hansen Jacques Harlow Joseph Harracka Robert Hatch Michael Haviland Ralph Herzig George Hewitt Eugene Heyndricks Barbara Hollab Robert Honsinger Barbara Hyder Mark Infante Brett Inlander Rodney Irwin Marilyn Jensen Ashok Joisher Edward A. Jones Robert Jones Sally Jones Thomas Jones Ralph Katzman Richard Kelley Roger Kennedy

John Kiernan Peter Kikot Jaime Laga Eric Lalime Alyce Lanoue Stephen Lear Ronald Ledwith Zonie LeSane John Lettieri Neal Lewis Robert Lockhart Elizabeth Lopez Ruy Lopez Phillippe Maitrepierre Patrick A. Mancuso Joseph Mangan Ralph Margel Karen McCarthy Kevin McGlynn Raymond Milazzo John Mucciolo Mark Murray Hermann Nanni Kathy Nielsen James J. Noone William O'Connell Octavius Orbe Bea O'Rourke Carol Painter Larry Passarelli Ashok Patel Ann-Britt Paulsen Gary Perazzo David Pfund Gerald R. Pfund Donna Poliseo John Porter Albert Potter Nicholas Poulis Larry Prendergast Frank Purdy Robert Pye Vernon Reed Thomas Reilly Robert Reinemann David Repetto John H. Reynolds Karen Reynolds

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Thomas Riche Michael Roemer John Rogers Eugene Rose Philip Ross Maria T. Santini John Saraceno Robert Saydah David Sayles George Schaver Lorraine Schmidt Maria Schwartz David Schwibner Fred Semken Christine Smith

George Smith John Snyder William Speciale Robert Stack Sydney Stoldt Christopher Stout Ed Sullivan Roberta Svarre Vicky Swarts Andrew H. Tarvin Roy Tarvin Albert Thomas Andrew Topp Michael Tozzoli Herbert Umland

Ronald Verdicchio Graham Vietch

Andrea Volter Claude D. (Skip) Watts Jeffrey Wells Ronald Widman Ransom Widner Betty Wiest Barry Wilkes Thomas Williams Robert Wolf Larry Worth John O. Yilanjian Peter Zubazaretta

Honorary Members

Marge Roukema 1989 – 2005 Father Marc Boisvert 2000 - present

Sherry Youngkin 1993 – 1999 Basil Pizzuto 2002 - 2003

IN MEMORIUM

John R. Butler II Charter Member

Jalen Lenard Chua Gift of Life Child

Joseph Denyeau

Ralph Herzig

Gift of Life Humanitarian Award

Philip A. Ross Charter Member

Gift of Life Humanitarian Award Paul Harris Fellow

President 1988-1989

Sydney Stoldt

The active club membership at time of the printing of this booklet has an average tenure of just over 9 years.

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20 Years of Milestones

Mark your calendars: • January is Rotary Awareness month – a time to expand

knowledge of Rotary and its activities. • February is designated as World Understanding Month

because it includes the birthday of Rotary International on February 23. During the month, Rotary clubs are encouraged to present programs that promote international understanding and goodwill.

• World Rotaract Week is the week that includes March 13. Rotaract is a Rotary-sponsored service club for young men and women ages 18 to 30. It is a time when Rotary clubs and districts highlight Rotaract by joining projects in their Rotaract clubs.

• April is Rotary’s Magazine Month when clubs arrange programs and activities that promote the reading and use of The Rotarian magazine.

1987-1988

• Our application for a new club was approved on December 11, 1987

• Charter President Roy Tarvin conducted the first official meeting December 14, 1987 at Christ Church. 37 members attended.

• Our club’s Charter was presented to us on December 17, 1987 • December 31, 1987: Bob Donaldson gave the club’s first

Classification talk. Ron Verdicchio won the first ever recorded 50/50

• January 28, 1988 – distribution of the special “Charter” lapel pins

• February 1988 - First Paddle Tennis Social • February 1988 – Paramus A.M. Club gives us a case to hold

our new lapel ID badges • February 1988 – Pat Mancuso challenges the club in a weight

loss contest with $5 penalties for insufficient weight loss. Within a month the fine kitty was $90

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• February 1988 – We made our initial pledge of $10,000 to PolioPlus

• February 1998 - The “Tarvey Doll” will be used for fines • March 1998 – Nearly 200 attend our Charter Banquet at the

Sheraton Crossroads. Charter gifts include our very own bell and gavel.

• May 1988 – Interact begun at Ridgewood High School • June 1988 – First contribution to Major McGuire Fund at

Ridgewood High School • June 17, 1988 – Installation of President Phil Ross at Sheraton

Crossroads • Our “theme” was “we’ve only just begun”

1988-1989 • August 4, 1988 – first meeting at Claude’s HoHoKus Inn • Fall 1988 – we help inventory Ridgewood’s 17,000 shade

trees • October 27, 1988 – Pete Dawkins, candidate for Governor,

spoke • June 16, 1989 – installation of President Bob Hansen at “The

Tides”

1989-1990 • October 1989 - Phil & Patti Ross hosted Club’s first Gift of

Life child - Hyo Jun Kim from Korea • November 1989 – the club donated to the Jake $ Allie Fund, to

support the Stroker family after a tragic accident on Pleasant Avenue injured the siblings on October 30.

• December 14, 1989 – Marge Roukema becomes honorary member on the club’s second anniversary, preaching deficit reduction.

• February 1990 – Andrew Tarvin & Barry Wilkes initiated RHS Interact Club ?

• February 1990 – first Ground Hog Day festival • April 1990 – Dittrick Financial Planning Group and the

Atwater Community Projects Study establish our fund raising and charitable projects guidelines

• May 11, 1990 – installation of Doug Dittrick as President at Ridgewood Country Club

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• May 11, 1990 – presentation of our first Paul Harris Award sponsored by the club to Roy Tarvin. Patricia Ross was the second recipient of a club sponsored Paul Harris Award.

• June 7, 2000 – First joint meeting with the Paramus A.M. Club as a new, merged club.

1990-1991

• August 1990 – club participated in sending 2,000 books to Kenya under Project Harambee.

• December 1990 – First Cheese Fundraiser produced a profit of $5,400

• March 1991 - Phil & Patti Ross hosted a second child, Chung Hyun Shim

• May 17, 1991 – Installation of Pat Mancuso as President at Ridgewood Country Club

• Proposed annual scholarship to Ridgewood High School Interact student of $500. First recipient Mark Herrick.

1991-1992

• December 1991 - Second cheese sale fund raiser earns $6,400 • February 1992 – introduction of “AIDS Compassion Project”

chaired by Bob Jones • May 15, 1992 – installation of President Verne Atwater at

Ramsey Country Club

1992-1993 • September !992 – first Interact picnic hosted by Barry Wilkes • October 1992 – support of Hurricane Andrew Relief Fund • December 1992 – third annual cheese sale earns $6,200 • February 1993 – Gift of Life Award given in memory of

Ralph Herzig • March 1993 – formation of Past President’s Council. Bob

Hansen first Chairman • April 1993 – Veterans Field Flag Pole, a joint effort among

AM Rotary, PM Rotary and Lion’s club was dedicated by Rep. Marge Roukema

• May 1993 – Ridgewood High School Interact coordinator Sherry Youngkin inducted as an honorary member. The club raises over $8,000 for the Gift of Life program.

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• June 27, 1993 – installation of Jack Reynolds as President at the Hermitage

• Joining West Side Presbyterian Church, Paramus A.M. Rotary, the Tenafly club, the Rotary Club of Reynosa, Mexico and the Rotary Foundation (matching funds) we sponsored a bus, equipped with dental equipment and crewed by local students and Reynosa Rotarians, to make emergency dental care and other medical services available to an impoverished community.

• Presentation of Paul Harris Award to Philip A. Ross, Jr. (A.M. Club) and Robert Hansen (Noon Club)

• Presentation of Walter Head Awards to Judith Archibald, David Sayles, Jr. and Robert B. Jones

1993-1994

• Treasurer Haggerty reports we gave $11,650 to charities • Our “theme” is “I know our best is yet to come” • Fourth annual cheese sale earns $10,000 • February 1994 - Purchased a new van for the Bergen

Crossroads chapter of the American Red Cross • May 1994 - Ridgewood A.M. & P.M. Rotary clubs and

Ridgewood Lions Club renovate flag pole at Veterans Field. • 1994 – Received District Outstanding Community Service

Project award for the Red Cross Van Project • Phil Ross named Chief District Representative for the coming

year under Governor Bill Rupp

1994-1995 • March 1995 – Ridgewood High School Interact presented with

Official Rotary Banner • March 1995 – guest speaker Pat Creighton of Bell Atlantic

gave an overview of the coming information super highway. We should have bought the stock.

• May 1995 – seven members and spouses attend the District conference in Boston

• May 1995 - Received District “Honorable Mention” for the Club Newsletter

• June 1995 – Rob & Judy Saydah hosted a child from Georgia, Russia

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• June 1995 – supported Belize Cultural and Educational Camp Project

• June 1995 – Larry Prendergast installed at Ridgewood Country Club as President. Dinner journal netted over $1,500

• June 1995 - Dr. Bob Blum, Jack Bennet, Marilyn Jensen and Joe Mangan receive Walter D. Head awards

1995-1996

• Club directory put together by Mike Haviland • In September we co-sponsored the mailing of the first

customized Village street maps fund raiser honoring Ridgewood’s centennial by donating 9,700 copies and the associated postage

• Adoption of 50/50 “playing card” format with cumulating pot • September 1995 – dues increased by $1 a week. First ever

increase • October 10, 1995 – Doug Dittrick receives Vocational Award

at the annual New Jersey State Rotary Vocational Assembly • December 1995 - 6th Cheese Fundraiser produced a profit of

$13,000 • Phil Ross named District Secretary for 1995-96 by Governor

Paul Rutilliano • Cheese and ham sale earns a record $13,000 (members asked

to do $250 gross sales) • December 1995 – charter plaque began rotating to current

president as a new tradition • GRAM AIDS driving project expanded • 1996 – State of NJ approved Raffle Calendar Fundraiser for

fall 1997 • June 1996 – Bill Haggerty installed as our 10th President at

Ramsey Country Club • Paul Harris Awards presented to Nancy Greene and Judy

Saydah. Walter Head Award presented to Mike Haviland

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1996-1997 • September 1996 – Egyptian Rotarians presented a slide

presentation. • January 1997 – New York Giants football coach, Hohokus

resident Dan Reeves, recapped his career in professional football at our meeting.

• March 6, 1997 – new meeting location at Trattoria Fratelli • 1996/1997 charitable donations largest ever. Committee

headed by Betty Wiest recommended scholarship trust fund of $15,000, $25,000 for charities focusing on education and social services

• June 1997 – Ron Saydah installed as President at the Hermitage

1997-1998

• Paul Harris Awards to Bruce Byers and Bob Baxter • 1997 Holiday ham and cheese sale earns $5,700 • ’98 cash calendar sales at $20 each inaugurated, earning

$15,000 from ad sales and $31,481 from calendars. Prizes distributed: $12,000. Net revenue from sales $26,900

• May 1998 – Hermitage planting project spearheaded by Bruce Bitzer and Roberta Svarre

• May 1998 – the club sponsored and circulated “A Community Alcohol and Illegal Drugs Awareness Guide” to all residents

• June 1998 – Jacques Harlow installed as President at the Ridgewood Country Club

1998-1999

• October 1998 – first AM vs. PM softball game. AM victorious • May 1999 – members attend Yo Yo Ma concert at NJ PAC • May 1999 – Barry Wilkes and John Yilanjian attend District

Conference in Spain • June 1999 – David Feeney installed as President at the

Ridgewood Country Club • June 1999 – Father Marc Boisvert introduced us to Theo’s

Work Project Hope in Haiti

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1999-2000 • September 1999 – second AM vs. PM softball game. AM

victorious • November 1999- first e-mail bulletin • December 1999 – joint AM/PM Holiday party at Arcola

Country Club • December 1999 – Rob & Judy Saydah hosted second Gift of

Life child • January 2000 – led by Doug Dittrick, the club reached 100%

foundation participation • February 2000 – Ground Hog Day Festival reinstituted with PM

club. Proceeds go to Red Cross • April 2000 – led by Ron Ledwith/Mike Greenstone, a club

investment policy is adopted • May 2000 – Phil Ross and Dave Feeney attend District

Conference in Las Vegas • May 2000 – Initial planning for merger with Paramus AM club • June 2000 – installed Michael Greenstone as President • June 2000 – AM/PM bowling challenge. AM victorious

2000-2001 • July 2000 – Paramus AM Rotary Club joins us with 15 members • August 2000 – Dave & Lynne Feeney hosted a child from the

Ukraine • January 2001 – Helped set up and assist in sale of old Pease

Library books. • February 2001 – David Feeney receives Gift of Life

Humanitarian Award • March 2001 – Ground Hog/St. Patrick’s dinner/dance with PM

Club. Proceeds to Hope House • March 2001 – Jay Fowler, Jack Reynolds, Andy Topp and Jeff

Wells visit Hope House in Les Cayes, Haiti • April 2001 – Andy Topp receives Arthur Fenniman Award for

outstanding district service • April 2001 – Pulse Oxymeter donated to Haiti hospital • May 2001 – club sponsored speech contest at Paramus High

School judged by Jay Fowler • May 2001 – Redeveloped relationship with Ridgewood High

School Interact

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• June 2001 – club installed its first female President, Sally Jones, at Ridgewood Country Club

2001-2002

• September 2001 – Made special contribution to Social Services Association of Ridgewood to aid local families affected by the World Trade Center attack

• October 2001 – Rob & Judy Saydah hosted Frances from the Dominican Republic

• October 2001 - Gary & Claire Perazzo hosted Krystyna from the Ukraine

• October 2001 – Eight club members work at Hope House Orphanage in Haiti

• January 2002 – Formally inducted Interact members with pins and pizza

• April 2002 – club members participated in the “Christmas in April” project in Glen Rock

• April 2002–Christmas in April house renovation project in Glen Rock

• May 2002 – club members participated in a building project at Camp Bernie

• June 2002 – we sponsored two high school students for RYLA • June 2002 –Peter Fenzel installed as President at Ridgewood

Country Club • Basil Pizzuto, Ridgewood High School Grade Administrator,

inducted as honorary member.

2002-2003 • July 2002 - Bob & Susan Stack hosted and mourned the loss

of, Chua Jalen, from the Philippines • August 29 – children outnumbered members for “Bring Your

Kids To Rotary Day”, featuring child safety • September 2002 – The “White Bus” left Bergen County for

Haiti • January 2003 – Raffle Calendar Fundraiser set record sales of

over 2,000 calendars • February 2003 – Ridgewood Rotary Foundation becomes 501

(c) (3) tax-exempt charity with the goal of raising $100,000 before the end of 2003

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• March 2003 – Club makes $10k donation to “Calendar House” at Hope Village, Haiti

• April 2003 – Club members help renovate home of a Ridgewood widow

• June 2003 - Installed David Sayles, Jr. as President

2003-2004 • December 2003- calendar raffle sets record with over 2,000

calendars sold • May 2004 – Helped landscape PATH II Children’s Aid Home

for girls in Ridgewood • June 2004 – installed Jeffrey Wells as President

2004-2005

• July 2004 – Jeff Wells, Dave Sayles and other Rotarians hosted Dacia Campbell from Jamaica

• July 2004 – Provided flood relief to the Medford-Vincentown Rotary Club

• August 2004 – With NJ Landscape Contractors Assn. broke ground for Centennial Park at the Prospect Street location of Children’s Aid & Family Counseling

• December 2004 – “Backpacks for Haiti” Project • December 2004 – provided Tsunami Relief • Ridgewood Village Council proclaims February 23 Rotary

International Day in recognition of the 100th anniversary of Rotary International.

• April 2005 – Provided support to teachers in Haiti • May 2005 – Jay Fowler received RI’s “Commitment to Service”

Award • June 2005 – installed Stephen Lear as President at Arcola

Country Club

2005-2006 • July 2005 – Club received “Building Futures” Award for

Community Leadership from Children’s Aid and Family Services

• Sept. 2005 – Dedicated Healing Garden at Family Counseling Service.

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• Fall 2005 – Provided financial and on-site labor support to Katrina victims in Louisiana and Mississippi

• April 2006 – Spring Cleaning project at the James Rose House in Ridgewood

• April 2006 – First Annual “Humanitarian of the Year” Dinner honoring Gladie and Ray Gilmartin.

• April 2006 – Dedication of the Community Street Clock in Van Neste Square

• June 2006 – installed Carleton Clinch as President at Arcola Country Club

2006-2007 • September 2006 – completed first car raffle. Ann Robinson of

Ridgewood won a Mini Cooper • Fall 2006 – Rotary/Red Cross partnership to paint the Red

Cross Chapter House • Fall 2006 – Yard Clean-up at the James Rose House • Winter 2006 – Gift Packages to Iraq • Spring 2007 – First distribution of Dictionaries to area 3rd

Graders • April 2007 – Letter-writing Fundraiser for Theo’s Work. • June 2007 – Installed Bette Wiest as President at Arcola

Country Club • December 2007 – the club celebrated its 20th anniversary at

the Arcola Country Club. Many charter members and former members joined current club members

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Where Do We Grow From Here?

RI: At its June 2007 meeting, the RI Board approved

a new mission, vision, and set of core values for Rotary International, reaffirmed that Rotary's motto is Service Above Self, and adopted the priorities and goals established in the organization's 2007-10 Strategic Plan.

Rotary's new mission reads: The mission of Rotary International, a worldwide association of Rotary clubs, is to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.

The vision of Rotary International is to be universally recognized for its commitment to Service Above Self to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace.

Recognizing the role that core values play in driving the direction of the organization and the actions of members, the Board approved the following values as Rotary's guiding principles: Service, fellowship, diversity, integrity and leadership.

"These core values are all reflected in The Four Way Test," said 2007-08 RI President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson. "By adopting a specific set of core values in the strategic plan, we can provide Rotarians with more explicit standards to guide and evaluate their actions."

In addition, the Board approved the following seven priorities as recommended by the RI Strategic Planning Committee:

• Eradicate polio • Advance the internal and external recognition and

public image of Rotary • Increase Rotary's capacity to provide service to others • Expand membership globally in both numbers and

quality • Emphasize Rotary's unique vocational service

commitment • Optimize the use and development of leadership

talents within RI

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• Fully implement the strategic planning process to ensure continuity and consistency throughout the organization.

Each priority is supported by a set of goals and success indicators to measure progress being made.

“We know what we are, But know not what we may be”

Wm. Shakespeare

Christopher C. Stout © 2007 Rotary Club of Ridgewood A.M.

P.O. Box 1152 Ridgewood, NJ 07451-1152