WE help TACKLE serious CHALLENGES by supporting local organizations.

Our Wayne, NJ Rotary chapter has contributed over $2,000,000 to worthy causes and projects over the last 65 years. Our work spans from local communities to the furthest reaches of international needs. We've supported so many local charities since our founding in 1958 that it’s impossible to list them all!

ASSISTING UNDERFUNDED TOWN DEPARTMENTS.

Born out of necessity, the Wayne Township Memorial First Aid Squad has grown into an efficient, well-operated organization that responds to nearly half a million calls each year. Rotary supports these efforts each year, and we also organize to raise money for Wayne Community Policing.

OFFERING FREE HEART SURGERY FOR CHILDREN IN NEED.

Through the Rotary ‘Gift of Life’ project, we help arrange ‘free heart surgery’ for disadvantaged children across the world who suffer from congenital heart diseases. This is a true project of love that reaches beyond borders of caste, creed, religion, race and color. The “Gift of Life” program literally gives life to children who are suffering, thereby touching, changing and making a real difference in the lives of many from all over the world. These children cannot afford high cost of surgery and have no access to quality medical care, but Rotary can remove those barriers and increase the quality of life for that child's family. This project is a classic example of how Rotary can promote peace and understanding between nations through international community service.

ADVANCEMENT OF CHILDREN'S LEARNING.

Our Dictionary Project helps assist students in becoming good writers, active readers, creative thinkers, and resourceful learners by providing them with their own personal dictionary. The dictionaries are a gift to each student to use at school and at home for years to come.

HELPING ERADICATE POLIO.

To date, Rotary clubs worldwide have contributed almost $2 billion to the polio eradication effort and have helped immunize more than 2 billion children against polio in 122 countries. In 2007, Rotary and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partnered on polio eradication, when the Gates Foundation gave Rotary a $100 million challenge grant for polio eradication, increasing it to $355 million in 2009. Rotary agreed to raise $200 million in matching funds by June 2012. When the organization achieved its fundraising goal six months ahead of schedule, the Gates Foundation granted Rotary an additional $50 million. Every dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication is matched 2 to 1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, tripling your impact.