Omiya Student Exchange Blog 2018

Day 1, Friday July 27, Mike Tusay Sr. writes: Bill Cleave, his son Miller and Mike Tusay Jr. went to Newark airport to pick up the Omiya students on Friday July 27. The flight landed on time, about 5PM. Severe thunderstorms prevented their luggage from being unloaded so they were delayed getting through immigration and […]

Boy Scout Troop 431 Fundraiser at Applebee’s August 12

Our Rotary Club has been a long-time supporter of opportunities through Boys Scouts for youth in Trenton. The following is an invitation to a fundraiser – please consider eating your breakfast at the Lawrenceville Applebee’s® on Sunday, August 12 if you are in town!   A note from the organizer: On August 12, we will be […]

Omiya Exchange Students 2018

Omiya Project Fri, 7/27/18-Wed, 8/8/18 The Trenton Rotary Club will once again be hosting students from the Rotary Club of Omiya Japan this summer. There will be 2 girls and 1 boy arriving on Friday afternoon, July 27, at Newark airport. They will return home on Wednesday morning, August 8th. We will need Rotarians to […]

Trenton Rotary Installs Hal Levenson as President

Last night the Rotary Club of Trenton Installation Dinner was very different from the past. Our new President, Hal Levenson, is a 30 year member with a new vision for the future. However, anyone who knows Hal immediately understands that he loves to joke. Yes, he can dish it out, but he also takes his […]

Rotarians Help Beautify Mount Carmel Guild’s Flower Beds

Twelve volunteers worked for 2 1/2 hours on our planned Rotary Landscaping Service Project at Mount Carmel Guild in Trenton.  Absent from the pictures were Rick Lazarick who previously extensively prepared plans for the sites and projected the supplies and materials needed, and Bud Gough who took pictures after also helping with the project! 

Rotary Club of Trenton Receives Jefferson Awards for Public Service

On June 2, 2018, the Trenton War Memorial was filled with love and goodwill. The Rotary Club of Trenton was an honoree for the Jefferson Award. “It is the oldest and most prestigious recognition program for volunteer/public service, and are the official recognition program of the United States Senate. The New Jersey State Governor’s Jefferson […]

February ’18 Scholarship Award

On March 8, 2018, Ali Schrager was awarded the first Rotary Club of Trenton quarterly scholarship, and was presented with a check for $500 at the weekly meeting at Trenton Country Club. Ali is a fine example of the community service -minded students for whom this scholarship is established. She is a volunteer choreographer working […]

Students Welcome Sharks into Central High School

After spending a semester in Tracy Morgan’s two Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management classes, Hopewell Valley Central High School students enacted their own version of television’s Shark Tank.

Find the Hidden Scholarships

Reprinted from the January 3, 2018, issue of U.S. 1 Newspaper by Diccon Hyatt When the Trenton Rotary Club sold Rotary Island in the 1960s — the island near Trenton’s northern limits had been purchased by the club in 1917 to house summer programs for children — it used the money to establish a college […]

Blood Drive for Harvey Victims

Blood Donors Urgently Needed to assist Hurricane Harvey victims.  The Trenton Rotary Club is running a Blood Drive from October 2nd to October 7th at the Community Blood Council’s office at 1410 Parkside Avenue in Ewing.  Blood is urgently needed for the Hurricane Harvey victims.  Please sign up online at http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0448a8a92ea3fe3-rotary.  It was just five […]