The 80-member club, which support more than 50 different organizations each year either through financial contributions or through the volunteer efforts of its members, also is the proud sponsor of popular local events such as the Wild Game Luncheon (watch for it in December), the Winter Beach Blast (coming up again in March 2010), and the Turn off the Violence Family Fun Fair.

As part of Rotary International, the club also participates in various educational exchange programs and supports projects that benefit needy adults and children throughout the world. Rotary’s most recognizable international effort is its longstanding campaign to eradicate polio worldwide, but it also is extensively involve in projects ranging from providing sanitary water where there was none previously, to arranging medical missions to repair cleft palates.

Rotary International comprises more than 1.2 million service-minded people belonging to 32,000 Rotary Clubs in 200 countries. The Trenton Rotary Club’s membership is comprised of a broad range of professional men and women who either live or work in the Trenton community. Regular club meetings are held at noon every Monday (except holidays and occasional special circumstances) at the Westfield Activities Center, 2700 Westfield, in Trenton.

 Additional membership information can be obtained by calling club President Joe Hoshaw at (734) 676-0504.