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Middletown Rotary Club Inducts First Ever “Corporate” Members!
On Tuesday, February 7th,

Middletown Rotary Club Inducts First Ever “Corporate” Members!
On Tuesday, February 7th, the Middletown Rotary Club, chartered in 1925, at the club’s weekly meeting at First & Last Tavern, long-time member Chris Soulias inducted the club’s very first actual Corporate Members…Middlesex Hospital and the Middletown Board of Education.
[In photo, left to right: Rotary Club President, Judge Joseph Marino;Chris Soulias; Dr. Patricia Charles, Superintendent; and MiddlesexHospital representatives - Yvette Hassett and Jennifer Armenia fromOne MacDonough Place and Lori Orler from Middlesex Hospital Homecare. The Middletown Rotary Club members are excited to welcome our very first corporate members as we usher in a new era of community partnerships to better serve the greater Middletown community.
The Middletown Rotary Club, is a member club of Rotary International. Rotary International is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In 166 countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 31,000 Rotary clubs. Rotary Club membership represents a cross-section of the community's business and professional men and women. The world's Rotary clubs meet weekly and are nonpolitical, nonreligious, and open to all cultures, races, and creeds.
The main objective of Middletown Rotary is service - in the community, in the workplace, and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community service projects that address many of today's most critical issues, such as illiteracy, children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers, and other professionals, and vocational and career development. The Rotary motto is Service Above Self.
For more information about the Middletown Rotary Club and individual or corporate membership, please contact President, Judge Joseph Marino at joe@jdmarinolaw.com