Angel Tree Thank You 2022

Annually, the Florham Park Rotary teams with the State of New Jersey Department of Children and Families, Division of Child Protection & Permanency.  In cooperation with the Florham Park Post Office, the Angel Tree is placed at the entrance for about three weeks wherein people may select ornaments with gift wishes of local disadvantaged children. Once again, the Florham Park Rotary would like to thank all those in our generous community who granted wishes under the Angel Tree.  

Child Protection and Permanency is New Jersey's child protection and child welfare agency within the New Jersey Department of Children and Families. Its mission is to assist all New Jersey residents to be safe, healthy and connected. 

"Each year Florham Park Rotary reaches out to us at the Morris East Local Office to help us bring all the children under our care and supervision a bright and happy holiday.  The children are asked for their holiday wishes, and then they are put on the tree in the Florham Park Post Office for people who would like to help grant the children’s wishes.  This year there were over 100 children.  Many of our children would not have the joy of opening gifts without the generous donations of the public. The Morris East Local Office would like to thank all who donated to help make this holiday season a little brighter for our children." Per Jaime O'Leary, DCF Administrative Assistant. 

About Rotary

The Angel Tree project wrapped up another good year in the Florham Park Rotary’s efforts in supporting the local community. Per Rotarian Peter Nicolas "It follows successful 4th Quarter 2022 of events,  including:

• Distribution of nearly 100 dictionaries to help expand vocabularies of Brooklake Elementary School 3rd Graders, 
• Sorting of over 5,000 individual items onto pallets at the Interfaith Food Pantry to ready distribution to families for the Thanksgiving Day Holiday, 
• Coordinating jointly with Pets Supplies Plus on the second annual Dog Parade and Costume Contest, wherein funds were raised for Rotary Scholarship Awards to benefit high school Seniors who are residents of Florham Park and who give back to the community." 

Rotary International is a nonpolitical and nonsectarian organization open to all people regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference. There are 35,000 clubs worldwide dedicated to bringing together business and professional leaders to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and to advance goodwill and peace around the world.

To learn more about the local Florham Park Rotary, guests are welcome to join a weekly Rotary breakfast meeting.  They are held at the Florham Park Diner at 182 Ridgedale Avenue and also held via Zoom (to provide the option for members who can't physically attend frequently in the Diner). Meetings are 7:47 a.m. to 8:50 a.m. every Friday.

To learn more about the Florham Park Rotary visit www.FlorhamParkRotary.com, check Florham Park Community TV (Channels 21 for Cablevision and 35 for Verizon), or call or write Membership Chair George Gregor at [email protected] or 917-848-0982.