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COMEDY NIGHT FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 23RD 6:30 - 9:30 PM!! |
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!! DISTRICT CONFERENCE MAY 3RD - 5TH !! |
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November is Rotary Foundation Month
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Music At Bunker Hill - A Concert For Peace  A Concert for Peace features Ukrainian violinist Mark Peskanov and the music of Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov. Music at Bunker Hill encourages patrons to support a trusted charity for the special humanitarian relief effort for the people of Ukraine. If you are interested in supporting a Ukrainian refugee family that has been relocated to South Jersey, please consider donating through our special giving page below. All donations received through this page will be sent to WelcomeNST to provide support for the family that is sponsored by the South Jersey Neighborhood Support Team (NST). There is a video on the donation page linked below that gives background on the background of WelcomeNST organization and their efforts with Afghans and Ukrainians. |
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Beautifying The PFC Angelo Giacobbe Memorial Site |
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LEAD -FREE KIDS FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE!!Children can be exposed to lead from many sources, including dust, soil, paint chips, toys, jewelry and craft supplies. Lead is very toxic and especially dangerous for children, as it can cause problems with neurological development, growth, and even behavior. All children should be tested at least once before they are 6 years old. Virtua Pediatric Mobile Services will offer free lead screening for children under 6 years. Southern New Jersey Perinatal Cooperative will provide info on maintaining healthy homes--all at Super Saturday! Sponsored by the Washington Township Rotary Club and Washington Township Green Team.  |
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Maame Mensah - Our Newest MemberA special welcome to our newest member, Maame Mensah!!
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!! SAVE THE DATE!! GOLF FUNDRAISER- FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6TH!! |
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JOIN US IN CREATING HOPE IN THE WORLD !! |
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RYLA TEAMMATE |
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SHADOW EQUESTRIAN LUAU FUNDRAISER |
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Bomb Pop Patrol Ice Cream Truck. JUST IN TIME FOR SUMMER!
In keeping with our Community Caretaking mission, the Washington Township Police Department is proud to announce our newest tool to reach even more members of our community, our Bomb Pop Patrol Ice Cream Truck. The Washington Township Police Department continues to be at the forefront of Community Caretaking by actively seeking new and innovative ideas to engage and create positive experiences between the Washington Township Police Department and our residents. Purchased through forfeiture funds and the generous support of our Washington Twp. ROTARY, no tax dollars were used. We will have endless ice-cream courtesy of our awesome community. This one of a kind and state of the art transit van will be utilized in various capacities to engage our community partners throughout the year |
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LEAD - FREE KIDS!! FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE |
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JOSH THE OTTER - CHILDHOOD WATER SAFETY  Joshua’s StoryJune 1st 2008 On a warm spring day in June during a family gathering at our home Joshua slipped out of sight for just a few short moments. He was quickly discovered in the backyard pool, unconscious and unresponsive. Family immediately started CPR and he was life flighted to Children’s Hospital in Omaha. After three days of lying by his side in the hospital Joshua was taken off life support and passed away shortly there after. We know Joshua would have been a great young man if given the opportunity. Therefore we decided to create the Joshua Collingsworth Memorial Foundation in his honor and from that day forward we committed to solving the problem of drowning. Joshua’s legacy will continue through the education of parents and children to keep them safe in and around water with new, innovative, safety education training programs and water awareness campaigns. “Too Brief Here On Earth, But His Impact Will Last Forever…” In loving memory of our beloved son Joshua, Kathy & Blake Collingsworth |
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“Festival of Friends”
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Congratulations!! Maureen Pasternack |
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!! OUR UPCOMING COMEDY NIGHT !! |
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THE DICTIONARY PROJECT
The Rotary Club of Washington Township has been participating in The Dictionary Project since 2011. In that time, we have provided more than 7,000 dictionaries to students in our local Elementary Schools. Rotarians Vince and Sue Esposito tirelessly continue to provide our 3rd graders with this valuable reference book!! So much more than a Dictionary!! A Special thanks to our sponsors who facilitate this project!! |
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IT IS WITH HEAVY HEARTS WE CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF FELLOW ROTARIAN, ROY AUDETTE |
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! ON THE ROAD TO VICTORY!! |
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Vino!! Our K-9 Sensation!! |
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Rotary - Started with the Vision of One Man! |
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Giacobbe Memorial Park Clean Up Day |
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SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OUR SPONSORS !! |
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Paul C Davidson - A SPECIAL TRIBUTEThis year marks the 13th anniversary of the passing of a fine young man and Rotarian, Paul C. Davidson  |
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THE GALLERY IN THE PARK |
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Rotary International's Statement on the Ukraine Conflict It is a tragic and sad time for the people of Ukraine and the world. At Rotary, we are deeply concerned by the deteriorating situation in Ukraine and the escalating loss of life and humanitarian hardship there. Continued military action against Ukraine will not only devastate the region, but also risk spreading tragic consequences across Europe and the world. As one of the world’s largest humanitarian organizations, we have made peace the cornerstone of our global mission. We join the international community in calling for an immediate cease fire, withdrawal of Russian forces, and a restoration of diplomatic efforts to resolve this conflict through dialogue. In the past decade, Rotary clubs in Ukraine, Russia and nearby countries have transcended national differences and have actively engaged in peace-building projects to promote goodwill and to marshal assistance for the victims of war and violence. Today, our thoughts are with our fellow Rotary members and others in Ukraine coping with these tragic events. Rotary International will do everything in its power to bring aid, support and peace to the region. Rotary International 25-Feb-2022 |
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February: Peace & Conflict Prevention/Resolution Rotary Awareness DaysFebruary: Peace & Conflict Prevention/ResolutionConflict and violence displace millions of people each year. Half of those killed in conflict are children, and 90 percent are civilians. Through our service projects, peace fellowships, and scholarships, our members are taking action to address the underlying causes of conflict, including poverty, inequality, ethnic tension, lack of access to education, and unequal distribution of resources. |
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Save The Date!! -Gift Of Life Winter Gala March 6, 2022 |
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!! Always Honoring Our Veterans !! |
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Wine Festival 2021- "Sippin Away Again"UPDATE: 9/2/2021. The Wine Festival has been POSTPONED
Join us on September 18, 2021 as we "Sip Away Again"! This year's Wine Festival will benefit the Washington Township Police Department's Community Caretaking Program, by outfitting a special community outreach vehicle. The Department is planning to expand its outreach activities by equipping a van to be used for activities such as holiday meal deliveries to those in need, neighborhood ice cream giveaways, and picnic-like events. The Department has acquired a used van for this purpose. The Rotary Club of Washington Township Foundation has committed to raising funds for the purchase of refrigeration, storage and other needed equipment for the vehicle.
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CONGRATULATIONS!!CONGRATULATIONS!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO TOM DRISSEL - LONG TIME MEMBER & AVID SUPPORTER OF ROTARY WELL DONE RANDY CARBONE - LONG TIME COMMUNITY ADVOCATE & ATTAINING A $68,000 GRANT FOR MOTHERS CUPBOARD!! TOM KOZEMPEL - FUTURE DISTRICT GOVERNOR & MEMBERSHIP VISIONARY
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!! Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy Future !!Lead-Free Kids FOR A HEALTHY FUTURE A Fun and Educational Event to Protect Families From Exposure to Lead Saturday June 12 9am – 1 pm Washington Twp. Senior Center |
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Thanksgiving Meals For Our CommunityThe Washington Township Rotary Club along with the Williamstown club, teamed up to provide over 1,500 Thanksgiving dinners for our local community Wonderful volunteers included Washington Township teachers, Rotary club members, and employees of Monroe Parks & Recs A Sincere Thank you!!  |
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FREE HALLOWEEN OUTDOOR WALK-THRU
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Giacobbe Memorial Park - Clean Up day!! |
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OUR 20TH ANNUAL GOLF CLASSIC! |
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Gallery in the Park This Sunday!! |
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Rotary Delivers Meals to COVID Heroes
Our Covid Relief Meal Program Thank You! To our everyday Heroes risking COVID everyday   Meals were provided to the following locations: 4/8 - Elmwood Hills Healthcare, Turnersville Rd. 30 served 4/15 - Medical Oncology Suite at Jefferson WT. 55 served 4/22 - Washington Township Senior Living, Sewell. 30 served 4/29 - Cardinal Village Assisted Living Facility. 50 served 5/6 - All American Assisted Living & Alzheimer Care. 40 served 5/13 - Terraces at Parke Place Assisted Living. 40 served 5/20 - Manor Care Nursing Home on Fries Mill Road. 52 served 5/27 - WT Senior Citizen homes by Municipal staff. 50 served 6/3 - WTHS families in need (12) by School officials. 50 served 6/10 - Jefferson Health Care Center. 50 Served 6/17 - WT Elementary School families identified by officials. 50 Served 6/24 – Advanced Sub Acute Rehab & Nursing Care. 50 Served 7/2 - WT Senior Citizen homes by Municipal staff. |
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Washington Township Rotary Playground Dedication!! Washington Lake Park Playground dedication!! Monday June 22nd!! The Rotary Club of WT proudly sponsored the Playground Swing for Residents of All Abilities and Needs.
 This event was a Playground ribbon cutting ceremony and unveiling of the new Rotary sign acknowledging our club’s sponsorship of the new ADA Swing (pictured). The dedication was attended by Joann Gattinelli, Mayor of Washington Township, Joe Perry Council Pres., Rotary Past-Pres. Phyllis, current Pres. Tom, future Pres. Ron, and many of our Rotary club members. The press took pictures and an article will appear in the Washington Township SUN newspaper and online edition. |
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Washington Lake Park Playground DedicationThe Washington Lake Park Playground dedication!! Monday, June 22nd !! The Rotary Club Washington Township proudly sponsored the Playground Swing for Residents of All Abilities and Needs.
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WINE FESTIVAL WASHINGTON LAKE PARK - NEW DATE!! |
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!!HONORING AND REMEMBERING OUR VETERANS!! |
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Honoring Our Front Line Workers!For our 6th week, we have proudly partnered with Wedgwood Country Club to offer lunches to our Front Line Workers!! Terraces at Parke Place Assisted Living  |
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!! COVID IS REAL!! |
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WINE FESTIVAL WASHINGTON LAKE PARK!! |
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International Women’s Day - March 8th!! |
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World Water Day - March 22!!
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Elmwood Hills American Red Cross Blood Drive
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Proud Sponsors of The Washington Lake Park ADA Compliant Playground Project!!Our Club has proudly sponsored this project!! We have gifted the ADA Compliant swing to the special residents in our community!!  Mayor Gattinelli announced that construction has started for the new playground at Washington Lake Park. This is yet another project that the Mayor has brought to reality for the residents of Washington Township. This playground comes at no current cost to the taxpayers and even better it’s ADA compliant, so everyone can join in on the fun. The playground was paid for by a grant that Mayor Gattinelli and her administration initiated in 2005. Monies were also donated from our club in the form of a District Grant, proceeds from our Wine Festival, and Berkshire Hathaway's Fox & Roach Charities.
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Holiday Greetings!! All The Best in The New Year!! |
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District 7505 Conference May 1st & 2nd 2020!! |
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!! Gift of Life Foundation!! |
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Dining With Rotary Chefs!! January 26th!!Save The Date!! !! Dining With Rotary Chefs !! Sunday, January 26, 2020  |
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A SINCERE THANK YOU FOR ALL WHO SERVED!!A sincere Thank You to all our Veterans who gave the ultimate sacrifice to keep us safe!!  |
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Annual Holiday Dinner Party Invite!!
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Veterans' Day is Monday, November 11TH!! Gloucester County VA Clinic 211 County House Road, Sewell, NJ 08080 We continue to proudly honor our Veterans and deeply appreciate their sacrifices Since 1998, the Gloucester County Freeholder Board has been working to improve the services that are available to our Veterans and their families. To that end, they have increased their Office of Veterans Affairs from a part-time office to a full-time office. "We continually work with the Veterans Administration to offer more convenient services at the VA Health care Clinic at the County Complex at Five Points in Sewell. |
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The Dictionary Project The Dictionary Project |
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World Polio Day Thursday, October 24th!! Join us for Rotary’s World Polio DayMark your calendar to join us on 24 October for Rotary’s World Polio Day Online Global Update. It will be streamed on RI’s Facebook pages in multiple languages and time zones around the world. World Polio Day is an annual opportunity for Rotary members to rally the world around the fight to eradicate the disease forever. This year’s program will highlight the heroes of polio eradication, with stories from areas that have recently been affected and areas where polio is still endemic. The program features TV presenter and former Paralympian Ade Adepitan, supermodel Isabeli Fontana, science educator Bill Nye, and actress Archie Panjabi. Our partners at the World Health Organization and UNICEF will provide updates on the latest progress toward a polio-free world. In 1988, when Rotary and its partners founded the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, the paralyzing disease affected 350,000 children. Our collaboration with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and later the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, local health workers, and national governments has helped reduce that number by 99.9 percent. |
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Are You Ready For Some Football? !! |
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End Of Summer Chalk Challenge!! |
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Save The Date!! Friday, September 20th - Rotary's 19th Annual Foundation Golf Classic at the Wedgwood Country Club !! Click on this Image to Register !! .jpg) |
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Cradles To Crayons Backpack Challenge Our Club and Berkshire Hathaway are partnering to help our homeless and foster children get a great start to school this year!!  Every year, tens of thousands of kids in our region face their first day of school without a new backpack, school supplies, or proper clothing. Please Help Cradles to Crayons reach their 2019 goal of preparing 30,000 children to start the year on the right foot by hosting a Ready for School collection! Mission Accomplished!! Thank you to our Club, Berkshire Hathaway & Target Stores!! 56 Backpacks Completed for Foster And Homeless Kids in our Area!! |
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Strike Out Hunger August 15th |
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Washington Township Fourth Of July Parade
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Fighting Addiction & The Opiod Crisis!! The Rotary Club Washington Township has agreed to help do its part in assisting with this crisis! We have partnered with The Bordentown Rotary Club to help: Educate the Public Breakdown the Addiction Stigma Help Augment What are Currently Deficient Treatment Services /Facilities/ Approaches!! |
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Who We Are !!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-SOLVERSTogether, 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-CREATORSRotary 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. |
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Washington Township Rotary & Berkshire Hathaway Realtors Partnering Together!!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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Best of Luck Tom!! |
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New Jersey Trivia for the week: March 14, 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 |
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New Jersey Trivia February 21, 2013New Jersey Trivia for the week:
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Thought for the Week !
The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Mark Your Calendars!
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New Jersey Trivia for March 14th 2013Princeton 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 HumanityThere 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! |
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Jan Giel - Data and Information Manager of Wahsington Township Public Schools
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
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Rotary Rotary Responds to Polio Outbreak in Tajiki |
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Gloucester County Times Article |
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The Creation of the Washington Township Rotary Club |
