Guest Speaker - Ken Baulderstone
Mayor Ken Baulderstone joined us at our Tuesday lunch meeting. He was a most interesting and highly informative speaker. He shared with us some interesting early Waretown history and went on to inform us of recent and anticipated commercial and residential growth occuring in Waretown. We also learned about many of the recreational opportunities, parks, and resturants available in the Township.
The Forked River Rotary Club serves both Lacey and Waretown. Having Mayor Key present at our Tuesday Lunch Meeting was well received and greatly appreciated. Thank you Ken!
Guest Speaker - Elaine Mac
Elaine was a fascinating speaker who told us much about the early history of Lacey and many of the founders dating back to the days of the Revolutionary War. The Lacey Historical Society preserves artifacts, landmarks and lore of the local region, so that current and future generations can know of its past. You can follow the Lacey Historical Society on Facebook.
Thank you Elaine for join us and for your engaging presentation.
Guest Speaker - Thomas Dogas, CExP
Tom Dogas, who is a Certified Business Exit Planner, joined us to speak on the framework for business exit planning. Tom emphasized that maximizing your business’s revenue when exiting ensures a higher selling price, and thereby increases financial security. Tom’s talk was interesting, informative and thought provoking.
Guest Speaker - Bill Donnell, Trustee for Rotary District 7505 Gift of Life Foundation
Bill joined us at our Tuesday meeting to speak about the Rotary International Gift of Life Project. "Over 1.3 million children are born each year with a congenital heart defect. 93% are born in a country that cannot provide them with treatment. Gift of Life International provides lifesaving surgery to a child every 99 minutes by empowering doctors and nurses with the tools, training, funding and support they need to treat children in their country of birth."
Thank you Bill for your most interesting, informative and inspiring presentation.
Learn more about Gift of Live work.
Guest Speaker - Carl Jablonski, President
Carl is the President of the Lakehurst Historical Society and he is a very interesting and informative speaker. Rotarians heard little known facts related to the Hindenburg and her fate on May 6, 1937. Carl even passed around two artifacts recovered from the Hindenburg, a spoon and a cup. We heard some interesting history of airship use in the United State Navy as well as the past and current missions of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (JBMDL).
The Society provides free guided walking tours which include the Cathedral of The Air, The Hindenburg Crash Site, Navy Lakehurst Heritage Center, The Ready Room, The Joint Military Service Room and the Historic Lakehurst Hangar One. Thank you Carl for sharing your time with Forked River Rotary.
Watch Lakehurst Tour on YouTube
Lakehurst Historical Society is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the distinguished heritage of Naval Air Station Lakehurst.
Guest Speaker - Bill Lissis, CPS
We were please to have Bill Lillis, CPS as a Gust Speaker from Drugs Don’t Work In NJ (“DDW”), an organization in partnership For A Drug-Free New Jersey. Bill is the coordinator for both Parent Education and Drug-Free Workplace. The groups programs and services are free of charge. The organization provides NJ employers with a digital kit to help plan a drug-free workplace program and will also send a field representative to work sites to help businesses establish policies for a drug-free workplaces. They also provide webinars which can be found on their website. Thank you Bill for helping raise our overall awareness on this important and vital topic. Bill can be reached by email at Bill@DrubFreeNJ.org.
Guest Speaker - Jeremy Muermann
Jeremy is the TV/Digital Programming Specialist at Lacey High School. He is responsible to develop and coordinate digital communications programs and to assist students in the effective development and use of these digital communications.
Jeremy was an interesting speaker who told us about the work that goes into the production of documentary videos. As an example, we played for us a video about Bob Popovica, who is a local resident and fishing fly maker. He told us that only five minutes out of ninety minutes of video is used in the final documentary. Another example of Jeremy's work is seen in his contribution to the documentary Legends of Lacey Township: A Tour Through Time.
Jeremy is also working on producing a video around the Forked River Rotary as we celebrate our 50th year anniversary. Thank you Jeremy for being a Rotary Club Guest Speaker.
Guest Speaker - Peter Ney
Community Options is a non for profit organization that develops innovative housing and employment for those with developmental disabilities. Peter spoke on the philosophy of Community Options which embrace housing and employment opportunities for people with disabilities. The participants learn to choose what type of work they would be most suited for and how to do it.
The program offers individuals with real work for pay. They strive to improve the disabled quality of life by integrating them into the community and making a difference in their personal lives. They maintain a branch office here in Forked River located at 202 North Main St. Route 9.
Thank you Peter for sharing your program with Rotary.
Guest Speaker - Wendy Lubrecht, Executive Director.
The Mission of 21 Plus is to enable individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities to lead fulfilling lives working in partnership with families and communities.
Thank you Wendy for speaking to us at our Tuesday afternoon meeting. Your presentation regarding the wonderful work done at 21 Plus was informative and inspiring. You are doing good things.
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