Lisa Wisotsky
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![]() In difficult times which 2020 had, we count our blessings, even as we note the loss of beloved member George Milne. In my first address to the club as president, I emphasized the strategic priorities of Rotary International that applied to us as well: Impact, Reach, Engage and Adapt. These principles implemented by our Club have helped us to flourish this year.
While other Rotary clubs have folded, our Club has thrived. Our weekly meetings have been a source of strength, hope and stability. We have adapted. Although all virtual, our monthly evening meetings have been well received and our weekly meetings well attended. Our programming has been engaging and robust. We have explored important, timely and difficult topics such as racial justice, bias, police reform, internet connectivity for remote learners and food insecurity, with presentations from community leaders. We have invited the Englewood Community to join us virtually and expanded our reach. We have benefitted from joint meetings with other clubs and have learned by sharing mutual experiences.
Rotary is about making an impact in our community and in the world, and we have done just that! Whether sending funds to the Rotary Foundation to help eradicate worldwide polio, partnering to educate nurses in a medically underserved area in Haiti, donating coats/ gloves and hats and Target gift cards for local families in need, helping combat food insecurity in our community, helping children through our partnership with the JCC School of Music or by distributing dictionaries to 3 rd graders, and supporting our environment- we have made a mark in Englewood and in the world!
We adopted a new vision and mission statement and outlined priorities.
While accomplishing all this, we’ve had fun! We celebrated the centennial anniversary of women’s suffrage! We had a successful virtual community award gala in the Fall and celebrated the New Year with chocolate, music, song and laughter!
Rotary is more than a service club. It’s about friendships that are made locally and internationally that enable us to do so much.
I look forward to all that we have to accomplish together in 2021 and the years to come.
Best wishes for a happy and healthy New Year to my Rotary Family!
Dr. Lisa Wisotsky, President 2020/2021
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Upcoming Speakers
Dr. Mike Passow
Jan 19, 2021 12:00 PM

Englewood Environmental Trail
Dr. Mike Passow has been an Englewood resident since September 1954, when he started 1st grade at Roosevelt School. He is a career science educator, teaching 44 years in middle school, high school, and college classrooms, finishing his career at Dwight Morrow High School.
Mike is associated with the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, where he organizes the "Earth2Class Workshops. He has been a member of the Englewood Environmental Commission, and serves on the Board of the Flat Rock Brook Nature Association and West Side Infant Day Care Center. In his spare time, he travels to Brazil and is an avid kayaker.
The Englewood Environmental Trail consists of 15 signs erected around our City that provide information about the geological and social history of Englewood and vicinity. It was originally posted as an educational project of the Englewood Environmental Commission, and supported in part by the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC). This talk supports Rotary's new Area of Focus, "Supporting the Environment."
Past Speakers
Tracy Silna Zur
Jan 12, 2021 12:00 PM
Food Insecurity During the Pandemic in Bergen County and Englewood
Our Annual Rotary Gala has been postponed for a virtual gala on September 30, 2020.
Our honorees include five outstanding individuals who significantly enhance Englewood: Liz Corsini, Bergen Family Center; Sanetta Ponton, Metro Community Church; Joe Sorbanelli, Captain, Englewood Fire Dept., & Achilles Foundation; Lamarr Thomas, Principal, Janis Dismus Middle School; and Hillary Viders, Northern Valley Press. We'll see you there!
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