Welcome

The men and women of Rotary are business and professional leaders who volunteer their time and resources to help others in their local communities and throughout the world.  The object of Rotary is service - to the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world.  Rotary, the largest worldwide service organization, is universally known as “an organization of business and professional persons united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help build goodwill and peace in the world.”

Montgomery/Rocky Hill Rotarians have offered their personal time to needy people and projects in Montgomery and Rocky Hill since 1990. In addition, we have provided over $300,000 to worthwhile beneficiaries. These include:

1. Locally, Montgomery /Rocky Hill Rotary:
   • sponsors needy local families during the holidays providing food and filling their gift wish lists;
   • sponsors, each spring, deserving High School Juniors to Girls’ State and the Rotary Youth Leadership Conference as well as the annual MHS Senior Ethics Day Program; 
   • contributed the Montgomery baseball complex scoreboard and the MHS Football Field scoreboard; 
   • and is the single largest contributor to the Montgomery High School United Scholarship Committee program;
   • steps forward in times of special needs: 1) natural disasters like Hurricane Floyd ($10,000 for distressed families) and 2) personal crises such as illness and family tragedies, when we provide one-on-one direct assistance.
     
     
2. Internationally, Montgomery /Rocky Hill Rotary:
   
   • leads New Jersey as the largest contributor to Shelter Box (www.shelterbox.org)
   • is a partner in Rotary International’s “Polio Plus” program, which has provided over $300 million to eradicate polio worldwide by inoculating every child in polio-prone areas;
   • established the Yumi Fund (in honor of Yumi Shubitani, a Rotary Exchange Student at MHS who was killed in a tragic accident) which provides study grants to American and foreign students;
   • has contributed nearly $10,000 to Rotary District 7510 projects to provide an alternative life to street children in Brazil and low-cost housing in Ecuador ;
   • in partnership with the Montgomery High School Interact Club, Montgomery/Rocky Hill Rotary supports the “Gift of Life” program, which brings severely disadvantaged children from a third world country to the U.S. to receive life-saving surgery; and
   • as part of our Rotary International charter, Montgomery/Rocky Hill Rotary supports youth exchange and group study programs that promote international understanding and fellowship.