LOCAL CAUSES | Rotary Club of Princeton Corridor

Local Causes

Rotary Club of Princeton Corridor:

Our club, entitled the Princeton Corridor Rotary Club was chartered in 1986 by Nick Carnevale. Over the years our club has donated heavily to local organizations in need. For many years and still continuing, the club sponsors scholarships to graduates of West Windsor’s North and South High Schools.

Other notable contributions include to Homefront (Thanksgiving Baskets), Boys and Girls Club, Kesner DuFresne Memorial Scholarship, Local Eagle Scouts, West Windsor Little League, and many others.

Rotary Foundation:

The Foundation of the Rotary Club of the Princeton Corridor (“The Foundation”) is a separate corporation formed as a non-profit 501(c)3 charitable organization. The general purpose of the organization is to promote, foster, finance or perform charitable, scientific, literary and educational work.

A separate Board of Trustees and Officers are responsible for the managing the activities of The Foundation. The Foundation administers the charitable funds which are raised by the Rotary Club of the Princeton Corridor through their fund raising activities. The Trustees also formulate and administer procedures to identify and make donations for charitable, philanthropic, benevolent and educational purposes.

The Foundation is active in supporting various local charities such as Good Grief, The Boys and Girls Club of Trenton, Eden Autism, The West Windsor Little League and the Trenton Circus Squad among many others. The Foundation is also a member of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce.

Projects

Diaper Depot

The Rotary Club of Princeton Corridor was once again helping the less fortunate in the local community. On Friday February 28 the Princeton Corridor Rotary packed diapers and wipes for the Maker’s Place “Diaper Depot”. According to Callie Crowder, the Executive Director of the Maker’s Place, the Princeton Corridor Rotary Club contributed 5,474 diapers (and wipes)! The Maker’s Place “Diaper Depot” is a local diaper bank in Trenton, NJ that distributes free diapers in the Trenton area.

School Supply Backpack Project

Rotarians at work! At a meeting we packed school supplies in backpacks for back-to-school. This project was to support the annual backpack drive project to benefit St. Bartholomew Lutheran Church. The backpacks will help needy families in Trenton.

Certainly a beehive of activity for a great cause. We do many service projects throughout the year so we invite you to join us to help support our local community

United Way of Greater Mercer County

For many years PCRC has sponsored the United Way of Greater Mercer County's Strike Out Hunger event! In 2025, a total of 40,000 servings were packed and our team contributed approximately 2,000. These meals were sent to Mercer Street Friends for further distribution.

Trunk or Treat

At our weekly meeting on Friday October 25 at the The Hyatt Regency Princeton, the Princeton Corridor Rotary Club was proud to support the Boys and Girls Club of Mercer County’s annual Trunk or Treat Halloween event. Our club got together to fill dozens of Trick or Treat bags with Halloween candy which were then donated to the Boys and Girl’s Club youth. Joshua Morgan, the Chief Development Officer of the Boys and Girl’s Club of Mercer County was present and spoke at our meeting as well.

Blairstown

The Princeton Corridor Rotary was proud to assist the Princeton Blairstown Center in packaging dozens of “rainy day” bags and “fun” bags for the Princeton Blairstown Center participants.. Joining us was Meredith Murray, the VP of External Affairs for the Center. The Center was started in 1908 by a group of Princeton University faculty and students. Its initial focus was providing inner-city youngsters with exposure to the outdoors. The Princeton-Blairstown Center is now an outdoor education center that serves young people, primarily from historically marginalized communities, by nurturing their social-emotional skills through experiential, environmental, and adventure-based programming.

HomeFront Thanksgiving Partnership

Princeton Corridor Rotary club continues its annual tradition of preparing Thanksgiving food baskets for the less fortunate in the greater Trenton area. Over the years HomeFront has provided well over 2000 families in need with Thanksgiving meals. PCRC packaged 23 Thanksgiving food baskets during the event! Princeton Rotary stays supporting HomeFront for many years and onward!