Rotary Club Donates Benches to Township

The Gloucester Township Rotary Club has donated three benches to the township.

Mayor David Mayer joined Rotary members at the Gloucester Township Senior Center, home to two of the three benches, Wednesday afternoon for a brief unveiling ceremony.

"We're very fortunate in Gloucester Township to have civic organizations that give so much back to our community," the mayor said. "Certainly, the Rotary Club always steps up and provides needed services and donations to our residents and our organizations. I really appreciate this."

The third bench has been set up in Lt. Col. Samuel M. Siler Veterans Memorial Park. The park's namesake was among those on hand for Wednesday's ceremony.

Mayer joked the park bench will aidhis involvement in the New Jersey Mayors Wellness Campaign.

The bench "is going to promote walking in the park ... and then sitting down to rest," he said. "Walking. And then resting."

The local Rotary Club and its foundation hold a number of fundraising events annually to benefit various projects in the community and to benefit township residents.

"Gloucester Township Rotary is very excited to be presenting these benches to the seniors and, as the mayor said, to help the Wellness Campaign in Gloucester Township," President Rosemary Schamp said.

Rotary has partnered with the township in a public-private venture aiming to build a so-called Field of Dreams baseball facility for disabled children at Gloucester Township Community Park. The club will host a fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 18, at Valleybrook Golf Club.

Len Moffa, director of the township's Public Works Department, noted the Gloucester Township Lions Club also donated a bench for the senior center. Moffa is king lion of the local service club.

For more information on the township's "Sponsor a Bench" program—an opportunity to remember love ones or honor individuals—contact Recreation Department co-director Bill Fagan at 856-435-5734.

Gloucester Township Rotary currently has about 30 active members. If you are interested in joining the service club, contact Schamp at 856-374-4941.