Events

Tony has been a committee member, adult leader, merit badge counselor and Eagle Scout mentor for Boy Scout Troop 60 and Cub Pack 217. He assists the Knights of Columbus on efforts which include the Campaign for People with Intellectual Disabilities. Tony is also a member of The Fair Lawn Sunrise Rotary Club and first bcame involved with Rotary in 1990 while he was a science teacher at Fair Lawn High School. He has been recognized as Rotarian of the Year and has been awarded the Paul Harris Fellowship and Walter D. Head Fellowship. 

Dr. Janelle Hall is a powershouse of leadership, community impact and personal empowerment. Now as the CEO of United Passaic Organization she is dedicated to ensuring that others have tools, resources and opportunities to build a better future. Her work focuses on helping families achieve self-sufficiency providing holistic support to strenghten communities and partnering with other organizations to offer mutual aid to those who need a hand up - not a handout. 

Rosemarie D'Alessandro whose daughter Joan was killed in Bergen County in 1973 while delivering a box of Girl Scout cookies will speak about her book "The Message of Light Amid Letters of Darkness" which intersperes her struggles with dozens of letters the killer wrote while in prison. Joan D'Alessandro, age 7, a Hillsdale resident disappeared 52 years ago after asking her Mom if she could deliver a box of Girl Scout cookies to a neighbor on her corner. After an investiagation, a chemistry teacher who lived across the street was sent to prsion for Joan's sex assault and death. Joan Angela D'Alessandro Foundation (Joan's Joy) brings awareness to child safety and protection forever. Joan will always be remembered for inspiring the passage of laws that ensure victims rights and keep child predators behind bars without parole. 

There will be an 11:15 Board Meeting with the Governor before our luncheon meeting.

Denis Niland from Bergen County Division of Consumer Affairs, Office of Consumer Protection will be providing an Educational Presentation on Consumer Fraud. His program will include Scam Frauds, Staying Alert, Protecting Yourself in the Retail World, Home Improvement Contractors and Scams and Small Business Scams. 

We are so excited to share that the High School Chorus and Dance Ensemble will be visiting again this year to perform at our meeting. Their talent and energy always puts us in the Holiday Spirit. 

Dayna Hess is the Director of Sales and Marketing at Harmony Village at Care One Paramus which is a memory care assisted living community.  Joan DiPaola is the director of Dementia Program Development. They provide medical as well as social service support services for residents and their families. 

Keith Marley currently sits as the New Jersey Astronomical Association Board of Governors Archivist and Librarian. He controls the size and content of the Library's books, magazines and videos.