The Rotary Club of Princeton honored 16 area organizations with Community Service Awards on Tuesday at a reception at the Nassau Inn.
Each year, members of the Rotary Club of Princeton volunteer to raise money for local community events and organizations. In celebration of Rotary’s centennial year, all Rotarians were asked to volunteer at least 10 hours of service during the month of April. After all the hours were tallied, the Rotary Club of Princeton clocked more than 800 hours of community service.
Honored at this year’s reception, the 2004-2005 recipients of the Community Service Awards were: Princeton Family YMCA; YMCA Camp Ralph S. Mason; Princeton Pettoranello Foundation; Princeton Community Association Inc.; New Jersey Opera Theater; Literacy Volunteers of America in Mercer County Inc.; Historical Society of Princeton; Hands on Helpers Inc.; Girl Scouts of Delaware-Raritan Inc.; Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad; Family and Children’s Services of Central New Jersey; Enable Inc.; Children’s Home Society of New Jersey; The Arts Council of Princeton; The Family Guidance Center; and The Crisis Ministry.
Rotary is a worldwide organization of businesses and professionals who provide humanitarian service and help to build goodwill and peace. There are about 1.2 million Rotarians who are members of more than 31,000 Rotary clubs in more than 165 countries.
The Rotary Club of Princeton is a not-for-profit organization of nearly 100 men and women who meet for lunch at 12:15 p.m. almost every Tuesday at the Nassau Inn to hear an informative program and to discuss and plan community service projects.
