Summit / New Providence Rotary

Summit / New Providence Rotary Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards.

We hope you can join as a donor or volunteer!
12/24/2025

We hope you can join as a donor or volunteer!

At today's Rotary meeting, we welcomed two new members, Stacy Grimaldi and Rich Callaghan, and heard from Dr. Mitch Eric...
08/19/2025

At today's Rotary meeting, we welcomed two new members, Stacy Grimaldi and Rich Callaghan, and heard from Dr. Mitch Erickson. Dr. Erickson is a retired environmental chemist. He spoke to Rotary about the perils of lead exposure and its general eradication from everyday life over the past decades. Lead has been used in a variety of situations, primarily plumbing, since the time of the Roman Empire. It was even present in whitening makeup used by geishas and Queen Elizabeth I. Scientists linked high levels of lead exposure to negative health effects, namely a decrease in IQ. During the 1900s, there was an increase in human everyday exposure to lead, particularly with its inclusion in gasoline, paint, and in soldering for canned foods (like tuna). We learned about Dr. Pat Patterson (a Cal Tech professor), who used lead dating to more accurately determine an age of 4.55 billion years for the Earth and who created the clean room (where you take measures to avoid bringing outside contaminants into a laboratory). Dr. Paterson advocated before Congress and industries for the removal of lead from the products with the highest human exposure. Thanks to Dr. Patterson's work, lead exposure has drastically decreased since the 1980s. Studies of lead levels in children's blood samples demonstrate Dr. Patterson's campaigns have been successful.

Dr. Erickson also shared that the Old Guard meets weekly on Tuesdays at 10 am at the New Providence Presbyterian Church. Men are welcome to join, and women are welcome to attend as a guest

Please join us Monday, August 18, at 12:15 pm to hear from Dr. Mitch Erickson about the Summit Area Old Guard.
08/14/2025

Please join us Monday, August 18, at 12:15 pm to hear from Dr. Mitch Erickson about the Summit Area Old Guard.

We hope you can join us at our next two lunches to hear from the two Summit residents running for Assembly this year. An...
06/11/2025

We hope you can join us at our next two lunches to hear from the two Summit residents running for Assembly this year. Andrew Macurdy for Assembly will speak on June 16. Assemblywoman Nancy Foster Muñoz will speak on July 7. All 80 NJ Assembly seats are up for election this year, and there will be two Assembly members selected for LD-21. As always, the lunches start at 12:15 pm at Christ Church.

Congratulations to SNP Rotary member Susan Watts who received the Paul Harris medal for her long-time contributions at t...
06/03/2025

Congratulations to SNP Rotary member Susan Watts who received the Paul Harris medal for her long-time contributions at the June 2 meeting. She is pictured here with Rotary President David Dietze.

At the June 2 luncheon, we had the privilege of presenting four scholarships to well-deserving seniors from both Summit ...
06/03/2025

At the June 2 luncheon, we had the privilege of presenting four scholarships to well-deserving seniors from both Summit and New Providence High Schools. The respective Superintendents and Principals appear with the students, Rotary President David Dietze and Chair of the Scholarship Committee and Past President, Mike Katz.

12/25/2024

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The New Providence High School musical performance was made possible by these administrators and Rotarions.
12/17/2024

The New Providence High School musical performance was made possible by these administrators and Rotarions.

12/16/2024

Thanks to New Providence high school for getting us in the holiday spirit!

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Summit, NJ
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