Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Among his many contributions to the community, William Van Fossen III is one of the co-founders of the Scott Coffee Memorial 8K.
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Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Winners of the Moorestown Service Club’s Citizen of the Year award always seem surprised when they find out they’ve been chosen. But once you hear their resume, it becomes clear why they won. Take the 2013 Citizen of the Year, William Van Fossen III: school board member, former member of the YMCA board, a member of the Rotary for nearly 30 years and co-organizer of the Scott Coffee Memorial 8K. Van Fossen’s family has deep roots in Moorestown, going back multiple generations, and he himself has spent his entire life here. He explained he’s always felt a call to service. “I was surprised (that I won), but deeply honored that I would received this honor,” he said. “It was nice to be thought of that way.” Though Van Fossen’s philanthropic …
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Eleven Moorestown High School seniors were honored by the Rotary earlier this month.
The Rotary Club of Moorestown awarded a total of $22,000 in college scholarships to 11 Moorestown High School students earlier this month. The students were honored during the Rotary Club’s lunch meeting on June 14, where Rotarians heard from the students about their college of choice and their majors. They were each given $2,000. Rotarians enjoyed the opportunity to give “happy dollars” for those colleges where they themselves had attended. “The scholarship recipients were selected on the basis of scholastic achievement, extracurricular activities and financial need,” said Jeremy Countess, chair of the Scholarship Selection Committee. In 49 years of scholarship giving, the Rotary Club of Moorestown has awarded $509,000 to promising and …
Monday, March 12, 2012
“The Community House has always been the start and finish for the runs ... For me, I kind of have a soft spot for the Community House.”
There’s less than four months left before the 28th annual Scott Coffee Moorestown Rotary 8K on June 2. Haven’t laced up your running shoes in a while? According to Colleen Tindall of Moorestown Running Company, there’s still time to get yourself ready for the nearly 5-mile dash through downtown Moorestown. Moorestown Running Company will be offering a training program open to all ages and fitness levels. The program will include a weekly training schedule, group training and runs throughout each week, and clinics including core strength building. “The biggest thing people need to get used to is the running,” said Tindall, who will be running the training program. “You could have never run a step in your life or you could be a really good …
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The clubs' joint pancake breakfast drew more than 700 people to Moorestown High School Sunday.
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Wednesday, March 7, 2012
More than 700 people came out again Sunday to make the Moorestown Rotary Club Pancake Breakfast a success. In its 36th year, the event, held at Moorestown High School, raised north of $10,000 for charities supported by both the breakfast and lunch rotaries, according to event co-chair Mike Wilson. Wilson's fellow co-chair, Rob Mazza, attributes the long-running success of the pancake breakfast to the collaborative efforts of both rotaries. "It's a great event because both of the rotary clubs in Moorestown come together to pull off this event," said Mazza. "It's wonderful thing you can have this much cooperation between two groups in town."
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
“To me, it’s just part of being part of the whole brotherhood of humanity,” says Douglas Sell, after learning he'd been named Citizen of the Year.
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Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Moorestown’s 2012 Citizen of the Year may, in fact, be a schmuck. But, a charitable schmuck. “I’m one step away from falling down and being a schmuck,” said Douglas Sell, announced as the Citizen of the Year Wednesday. “I probably am one. I’m just successful at hiding it.” Sell was named Moorestown’s 59th Citizen of the Year by the Moorestown Service Club Council, comprised of the Y Service Club, the Lion’s Club and the Rotary clubs. In spite of his long-as-your-arm track record of civic volunteerism and charitable deeds—including the First United Methodist Church’s Adult Choir and Mission Committee, Moorestown School Board, United Way of Burlington County, Burlington County Council of the Boy Scouts of America and Moorestown’s Low and …
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
After watching her second home in Wilmington, VT, destroyed by Irene, Elaine Tryjankowski was resolved to help.
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Elaine Tryjankowski’s first home in Moorestown may have escaped Hurricane Irene—or rather, Tropical Storm Irene—more or less unscathed, but her second home wasn’t so lucky. When floodwaters swept through Wilmington, VT, in August—one of the hardest hit towns in one of the hardest hit states—Tryjankowski was resolved to do something. She’d been spending half her time in the quaint little southern Vermont town. Six years ago, on a whim, she closed her eyes, pressed her finger to a map and landed on Wilmington. She bought a condo “and just fell in love.” Tryjankowski spends six to eight months a year there. So when Irene devastated Wilmington, it struck her as hard as if those floodwaters had ripped through Main Street Moorestown. She …
Mark Morgan
3:40 pm on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
The Moorestown Service Clubs have made another great selection in choosing Bill Van Fossen as Moorestown's Citizen of the Year for 2013. Congratulations Bill, and thanks for everything you do for our great town! more ›