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PARTICIPATING IN WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA PLACING WREATHS ON VETERANS GRAVES AT ATLANTIC VIEW CEMETERY IN MANASQUAN. ROTARY CLUB MEMBERS KEN AND LESLIE KALUMBA, TOMMY SNIDER, JAKE WHALEN, RICHARD SCHMIDT, JAY BRIANT AND MEMBERS OF CUB SCOUT PACK 59.
GREG ANDRUS HAD AN UNBELIEVABLE STORY TO TELL. GROWING UP IN AN ABUSIVE HOME, BEING BULLIED AT SCHOOL, HE BECAME AN ALCOHOLIC AT 15. AN EVENT IN HIS 20'S CHANGED HIS LIFE AROUND. HE WAS AT A FRIENDS PARTY IN NEW BRUNSWICK AND HEARD A CAR CRASH. HE WENT TO LOOK AND A PERSON RAN PAST HIM. NEXT THE POLICE OFFICER CHASING THE SUSPECT CAME AROUND THE CORNER AND MISTAKENLY SHOT GREG IN THE HEAD. HIS SURVIVAL WAS A MIRACLE. FROM THAT POINT, HE GOT CLEAN, FOUND SPIRITUALITY AND THROUGH THE GIFT OF A CAMERA, STARTING TAKING PICTURES OF PEOPLE ON THE JERSEY SHORE, ASKING QUESTIONS AND GETTING AN INSIGHT INTO THEIR LIVES. GREG HAS SHOWN TREMENDOUS COMPASSION. THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA GREG HAS RAISED MONEY TO HELP DISADVANTAGED PEOPLE HE HAS MET. 
MARK MORO- PROGRAM CHAIRMAN
SPRING LAKE-BRIELLE ROTARY CLUB DONATES
CLOTHING, TOYS & SOCKS
By Michelle Gladden
Asbury Park resident Joanne Matthews makes a point to stop by the annual Spring
Lake-Brielle Rotary Club holiday giveaway at Kula Cafe on Springwood Avenue. A part
of Interfaith Neighbors social enterprise programs, Kula Cafe is an on the job
hospitality training program.
“I like coming here because they make it comfortable,” she said.
Shirley Grant, who stopped by to pick out items for her children, ages 5 to 15, agreed.
“I love it because there are a lot of people out there struggling and it’s nice to know
there’s a place to help you without judging,” she said.
Held Monday afternoon, the fourth annual giveaway event was done in collaboration
with the H W Mountz School in Spring Lake Lake, whose students donated 105 gifts as
part of their Giving Tree project, Rotary member Lesley Gasper said.
The annual giveaway event was born out of a brainstorming breakfast meeting aimed
at launching a holiday giveaway for those in need.
“The first thing we thought about was kids needing coats,” Rotary Club President Mary Donovan said. “We collected a lot of money and made a deal with Boscovs, where they
really reduced [the price of] the coats.”
The inaugural event spawned a now popular sock giveaway table, said Donovan who
recanted the memory of little boy who bypassed the toys to ask her if he could have
one of the three new socks she had on display.
“He sees there are two more pairs and says, ‘do you think I can have another pair,” she
said. “I said sure and then he said, do you think I can have the third pair.’ That is why
this entire table here is covered with socks.
Donovan said club members buy gloves, hats, socks, and other items throughout the
year.
The Spring Lake-Brielle Rotary Club is comprised of 38 members who reside in Jersey
Shore communities from Spring Lake Heights to Brielle.
“We’re happy to be here,” said Bill Montanaro, who has played Santa all four years.
“It’s really nice that people donated these clothes and toys,” said Tommy Snider, the
club’s newest member.
Kula Cafe’s Tychelle Williams, I’Keera Watkins and Nashiem Frazier [at right] served as
Santa’s elves during the event.
The Spring Lake-Brielle Rotary club meets 7:30 to 8:30 am at Spring Lake Manor,
located at 415 Route 71. Their ongoing projects include food drives, participation with
the Wreaths Across America project, and scholarships.
[Photos, in part, courtesy of Nancy Shields of Interfaith Neighbors]
TWO SPEAKERS TODAY WITH TOTALLY DIFFERENT TOPICS.
SR CAROL FROM ST. CATHERINE'S AND SR FAIDA FROM UGANDA UPDATED OUR ROTARY ON THE GREAT PROGRESS MADE IN UGANDA. A SCHOOL HAS BEEN COMPLETED, A HOSPITAL HAS HAS BEEN BUILT TO INCLUDE A MATERNITY WARD, POTABLE WATER HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE VILLAGE AND SOLAR IS BEING UTILIZED TO INCLUDE LUCI LIGHTS (DONATED BY OUR ROTARY) THAT ALLOWS STUDENTS TO STUDY AT NIGHT AS WELL AS SOLAR PANELS BEING UTILIZED ON THE MATERNITY WARD.
From left to right
DR KENNETH WOMACK GAVE A FANTASTIC PRESENTATION ON THE BEATLES FOCUSING ON BEHIND THE SCENES THAT MOST PEOPLE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. HE S DEAN OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES AT MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY AND A PROLIFIC WRITER BOTH FICTION AND NON FICTION. HE HAS COMPLETED A TWO VOLUME BIOGRAPHY ON SIR GEORGE MARTIN, THE BEATLES PRODUCER. IN ADDITION DR WOMACK PUBLISHED THE BEATLES ENCYCLOPEDIA: EVERYTHING FAB FOUR WHICH IS IN THE PERMANENT COLLECTION OF THE ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME. LOOK HIM UP ON THE INTERNET FOR MULTIPLE ARTICLES AND A PRESENTATION HE GAVE ON TED- ASBURY PARK.
ANOTHER OUTSTANDING PRESENTATION FROM DONNA HARRIS- PUBLIC INFORMATION US POSTAL INSPECTION SERVICE AND ELEANOR BERRY- POSTAL INSPECTOR TEAM LEADER REGARDING CURRENT POSTAL SCAMS.
TOMMY SNIDER WAS MADE A MEMBER OF OUR CLUB ON AUGUST 2ND. WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING YOU PART OF THE SPRING LAKE-BRIELLE ROTARY.
PAUL HAS AN EXTREMELY INTERESTING CAREER IN THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY. HE DESIGNED SYSTE
MS FOR THE BOEING 737 AND 747. HE WAS INTIMATELY INVOLVED WITH NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM, WORKING AT THE JOHNSON SPACE CENTER. HE WAS A KEY PLAYER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SHUTTLE'S WASTE SYSTEM. HE PRESENTED THIS SYSTEM AS WELL AS HOW THE SPACE SHUTTLE PERFORMED ITS MISSIONS TO INCLUDE REPAIRING SATELLITES AND THE FUNCTIONALITY OF THE SPACE SUITES FOR MAKING THE REPAIRS DURING SPACE WALKS.
DAN LIEB WHO IS PRESIDENT OF THE NJ HISTORICAL DIVERS ASSOCIATION PRESENTED FINDING SHIP WRECKS OFF THE NJ COAST WHERE HE AND OTHERS IN THE ORGANIZATION HAVE IDENTIFIED MANY PAST WRECKS. FROM 1850 TO 1890 THERE WERE MANY SHIP WRECKS OFF OUR LOCAL COASTLINE DUE TO STORMS AND HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS INCLUDING SAND BARS. IN TOTAL THERE ARE 4000 TO 7200 SHIP WRECKS OFF OUR LOCAL COAST OF WHICH 2000 TO 2500 VESSELS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED. 
JIM COAKLEY RYLA CHAIRMAN WITH 2018 GRADUATES CATHERINE BAUER AND GILBERT GLEASON
MARY DONOVAN- ROTARY PRESIDENT
