Thank you to everyone who in one way or another supported our first Rocking with Rotary Concert! The weather was perfect and it was nice to see our community coming together to have a good time while supporting a great cause. There are many thanks to go around… We first would like to thank all our sponsors, vendors, food trucks, guests, club members, volunteers, and a huge shout out to A & S Sound for taking care of all the behind-the-scenes for our bands without them we wouldn’t have been able to have a concert at all!

BIG thanks to EVERYONE! We are looking forward to seeing everyone again next year!

 

Thank you Mairin Bellack for being a guest speaker. Mairin is the executive director of Downtown Toms River and came to talk to us about the great businesses Downtown as well as the redevelopment. The Township of Toms River has five (5) approved redevelopment plans, one of which is almost built out. Some of the plans include residential units, about 16,00 sq ft of retail which includes a restaurant, coffee shop, fitness center, doggie daycare, and more.

To learn more about the redevelopment visit: https://www.tomsrivertownship.com/.../Economic...

Our Club will always support the youth in our community. This is why we were happy to donate to Project SPEAR-IT at Toms River High School South. Project SPEAR-IT is a pre-vocational training program in partnership with United Way of Monmouth and Ocean Counties that exposes and connects youth to a diverse array of career options and fields, including hands-on learning opportunities.

Lead teacher Timothy O'Leary runs this program and when the pandemic hit he was able to transition the program to a virtual model -- which included how-to instructional videos and Google Meet discussions.

To learn more about this great program visit: https://www.trschools.com/commu.../project-spear-it-lives-on

: President John Anderson (left) with Lead teacher Tim O’Leary

We were honored to have Toms River Police Department Chief Mitch Little as our speaker last week. He thanked us for our latest donation to the K9 Unit, walked us through the process of new hires, how the Police Dept helps our community, and talked to us about the Toms River Police Foundation. The Foundation awards scholarships to qualified applicants from all Toms River high schools and to those students pursuing a career in law enforcement as well as the children of police department members regardless of their career path.

 

Thank you, Chief for all the information you provided and as always we will continue to support the department in any way we can.

To learn more about the Foundation visit: https://www.tomsriverpolicefoundation.org/

Thank you to everyone who attended our gift auction last week. We had a great time while helping two great causes: Central Ocean Rotary and Science Research for All!

We also drew the winner for our 50/50 that night... and the winner was Amy Gao with ticket #0522.

Thank you all again and to those who won a prize Congratulations! See you all next year!