Wyckoff Midland Park Rotary

Mission Statement

...to provide service to others, to promote high ethical standards, and to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through its fellowship of business, professional, and community leaders.
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About The Wyckoff-Midland Park Rotary PDF Print E-mail

40 YEARS OF SERVICE

The Wyckoff Club was formed under the sponsorship of the Paterson Rotary Club on March 13, 1959. PDG Walter Lindell was the motivating force that united a group of local businessmen in the formation of the Wyckoff Rotary Club. A few years later the Club was re-chartered in the name of “Rotary Club of Wyckoff-Midland Park.

The first meeting of the new Club was held in the Hohokus Inn, Hohokus New Jersey. Ed DeFino, a local real estate broker was the Charter President.

Over the years the Club has actively supported efforts to aid the following organizations and activities:

  • Bergen County Blood Bank Mobile
  • Bergen County Mental Health Assoc.
  • Christian Health Care Center
  • Construction of the Bus Shelter in Midland Park
  • Construction of Exercise Course for Midland Park
  • Construction of Wyckoff Playground & Refreshment  stand
  • Construction of Wyckoff School Playgrounds
  • Eastern Christian Children’s Retreat
  • Installation of 2 flagpoles a the Wyckoff Town Hall
  • Midland Park and Wyckoff Volunteer Ambulance Corps
  • Respiratory Health Association
  • Rotary District 7490’s Gift of Life Program
  • Rotary Foundation Scholarship for Graduate Study Overseas
  • Rotary International Polio Plus Program
  • Student Exchange & Leadership Conference for High School Students
  • Wyckoff Family YMCA
  • Wyckoff and Midland Park Police Departments
  • Wyckoff and Midland Park PTO DARE Programs
  • Funded and built a Habitat for Humanity House in Paterson
  • Awards over $12,000 each year in College Scholarships to local HS Graduates
  • Construction of Playgrounds and Nativity & Eastern Christian & Methodist Churches in Wyckoff
  • Construction of new steps at the Midland Park Ambulance Bldg.
  • Construction of the Turtle Pond in the Wildlife Center
  • Refurbishing of the “Touch The World” Camp in Port Jervis, NY
  • Sponsored and saved the lives of multiple Korean, Ukrainian, Philippine children through the Gift of Life Program
  • Has sponsored a High School INTERACT CLUB at  Ramapo High School for the past 12 years
  • Founded a ReAct Club at Eisenhower Middle School, which has become a model for ReAct Clubs everywhere
  • Gives out over $10,000 each year to local charities and other worthy causes