Rotary Club remodels camp’s wheelchair ramp BY KATHY CHANG Staff Writer WOODBRIDGE — The wheelchair accessible ramp at the Kiddie Keep Well Camp in Edison was really not accessible. “It was narrow and it had no lights,” said Cindy Robertson, who is the camp director at KKWC. “It’s been there for over 15 years. A person in a wheelchair had to have someone push them up the ramp.” The Woodbridge/Perth Amboy Rotary Club came to the rescue for the camp. “Five months ago, we were deciding on our annual local project,” said Scott Schoner, president of the club. “One of our members, Tom Cornell, suggested the wheelchair ramp.” The club raised $6,000 to give the camp a new wheelchair accessible ramp with lights running down the sides. “It’s a good project,” said Schoner. “And it’s much safer for the children as well as the adults.” The 23-member club revealed the new ramp at one of their regular meetings on Nov. 16. “We do a lot of different projects,” said Schoner. “Our biggest charity scholarship of $40,000 goes to local people going off to college. In the spring we have a custom car show fundraiser held at the Woodbridge Community Center.” The Rotary Club, which is a worldwide organization, is a group that brings together business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. The most notable current global project, PolioPlus, is contributing to the global eradication of polio. Since the project began in 1985, Rotarians have contributed over $600 million and tens of thousands of volunteer hours leading to the inoculation of more than two billion of the world’s children. “Every year, we take on a national cause,” said Schoner. “This year, we are taking on the clean water filters project in Nicaragua. Some of us will also travel down there.” The Woodbridge/Perth Amboy Rotary Club meets at 12:15 p.m. every Thursday at the Cameo on Rahway Avenue in Woodbridge. Anyone who is interested in becoming a member can contact Brian Freeman, who is the membership chairperson, at (732) 267-1945.