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Who We Are !!
Posted by Phyllis Palo
WE ARE PEOPLE OF ACTION

We connect passionate people with diverse perspectives to exchange ideas, forge lifelong friendships, and, above all, take action to change the world.

 

WE ARE PROBLEM-SOLVERS

Together, we apply our professional experience and personal commitment to tackle our communities’ most persistent problems, finding new, effective ways to enhance health, stability, and prosperity across the globe.

 

WE ARE OPPORTUNITY-CREATORS

Rotary members look for opportunities to improve our communities today and invest in the next generation for tomorrow.

 

WE ARE COMMUNITY-BUILDERS
 

We collaborate with community leaders who want to get to work on projects that have a real, lasting impact on people’s lives.

 Who We Are !! Phyllis Palo 2018-08-11 04:00:00Z 0
Washington Township Rotary  & Berkshire Hathaway  Realtors Partnering Together!!
Posted on Jul 03, 2018
Washington Township Rotary Club and Berkshire Hathaway Realtors, Turnersville,  has partnered together and adopted the Pfc. Angelo Giacobbe Memorial Site on Ganttown Road. This project was made possible because of a generous grant awarded by the Rotary District.  The plaque signage has been mounted on the benches, and the final phase, landscaping, will be completed in the fall.  Rotarians will then come together with Berkshire Hathaway Realtors on Berkshire Hathaway's Community Service Day, Thursday, October 4th for the formal dedication. 
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New Jersey Trivia for the week: March 14, 2013
Posted by Randy Carbone on Mar 13, 2013
Slogan: At this time, none whatsoever! It used to be "The Garden State," but with large-scale industrialization and housing developments going up all over the state, the slogan raises questions with out-of-staters. When newly elected Governor Corzine sponsored a contest for a new state slogan in 2005. The announced winner was "New Jersey, Come See For Yourself!" (The preferred entry from my sources is: "I'm From New Jersey; Ya Gotta Problem Widdat?"). There was little enthusiasm for the winning entry, so a professional advertising firm has been asked to come up with a slogan.
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Anita Shaffer from Cambell Soup Randy Carbone 2013-03-13 04:00:00Z 0
New Jersey Trivia February 21, 2013
Posted by Randy Carbone on Feb 20, 2013

New Jersey Trivia for the week:

 

  • NJ is a peninsula 
  • NJ is the only state in which all counties are classified as metropolitan areas 
  • NJ has the most diverse ecosystem of any state: mountains, seashore, farmland, forests and wetlands. 
  • NJ is 11th in population (8.9 million people in 2012) 
  • NJ is 46th in size with 8,224 square miles (166 miles top to bottom, 57 miles across) 
  • NJ has the highest population density in the US (1,189 people/sq. mile), more densely populated than most of the world's nations
New Jersey Trivia February 21, 2013 Randy Carbone 2013-02-21 00:00:00Z 0
Quote of the Day!
Posted by Susan Freiberg on Nov 17, 2009 
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Mark Your Calendars!
Posted by Susan Freiberg on Mar 04, 2009
Here you can post little tidbits of information, reminders, or anything else!
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New Jersey Trivia for March 14th 2013
Posted by Randy Carbone

Princeton was the nation's capital in 1783 and Trenton was the nation's capital in 1784 even though the state didn't ratify the constitution until December 18, 1787 and there was no President until April 30, 1789.

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Habitat for Humanity
Posted by Randy Carbone

There were 13 students here from Boston College over their spring break to work on putting a roof on a house for Habitats for Humanity. Talk about service above self!Image

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Jan Giel - Data and Information Manager of Wahsington Township Public Schools
Posted by Randy Carbone
Our speaker is a woman of many talents. Jan Giel is in her ninth year as the Student Registration, Data and Information Manager for the Washington Township Public Schools. In this capacity Jan oversees a staff of five and coordinates all the public relations efforts of the school district. She is responsible for the writing and dissemination of all press releases, photographs and publications and serves as the point person for all print and electronic media requests. She oversees all the programming on WT-TV a community cable station for which she and her staff produce weekly programming highlighting the achievements of the district’s students and staff. In addition to her public relations efforts Jan also oversees the central registration office, handles the placement of homeless, foster care and charter school students and serves as the district’s homeless liaison. She is responsible for resolving district residency and truancy issue.
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Chris Waldron - Zoo Keeper Philadelphia Zoo
Posted by Randy Carbone

 

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Chris Waldron, our speaker today, spoke to us last fall as you will recall. He was employed by the Philadelphia Zoo as a Zookeeper, Curator of Carnivores and Primates and Director of Sustainability. His degree from Penn State is in Wildlife and Fisheries Science. Chris is also an instructor at the Animal Behavior Institute an online accredited program for those seeking a career in Animal Husbandry. His topic today is moving large animals.

The old way they used to move large animals was to dart them, but the problem with that was the animals would get stressed out and with their adrenalin so high it would take a ton of drugs to knock them out. So they try to do it in a voluntary manner by training them with treats to come close and lay on a scale and then they draw blood from their tails and this is all done while the animal is relaxed. If they did need to sedate them it was much easier to do while the animal is in a relaxed state.

Some of the animals needed to be transferred to other zoos while the Philadelphia zoo was being overhauled. They needed to check them out for diseases before they ship them to other zoos. All of the training they did allowed them to easily get the animals into crates and move them in and out of the exhibits whenever they needed to.

 

 

 

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