Who We Are
(and some history)

We are an all-volunteer, secular, self-supporting organization that gives
New Jersey adults age 55 and older, the opportunity to
learn new skills, make new friends, and join a variety of
organized, recreational and educational activities.


Membership is open to residents of New Jersey who are 55 or older (however, we accept volunteers of any age). The Center is staffed and managed entirely by unpaid volunteers.  It was the first such community center in the nation.

The Wayne Adult Community Center came into existence through the unremitting efforts of several dedicated people, and it prospers thanks to the volunteers and core members who donate their effort and their time to its well-being.

We were incorporated officially in March of 1996. That summer, we received notice of a New Jersey state grant (the result of work by then Senator Joseph L. Bubba). The grant served as critical seed money.

In the autumn of that year, we celebrated our grand opening in a single room in an elementary school. The Center operated there for three years, until we moved to our current accommodations, a suite in a building on the Schuyler-Colfax Middle School Campus.

Click here for an article on our twentieth anniversary


The Wayne Adult Community Center is operated by the Wayne Adult Community Center, Inc, a not-for-profit corporation under Internal Revenue Code sections 501(a), 501(c)(3), 509(a)(1) and 170(b)(1)(A)(vi).

Day-to-day operations are governed by an Executive Committee consisting of the organization's officers and other key individuals. Advice is provided by a Board of Trustees, whose members include prominent people from the area. The current trustees and Executive Committee members are listed below:

Executive Committee - Officers
President
Morris Stein
Vice President
Mary Ann Oesterle
Treasurer
Batia Kramer
Sergeant at Arms
Dennis Harding
Secretary
Rosalie van Dam


Board of Trustees
Michael Rudolph, Esq.
    Senior Attorney
Sharyn Matthews
    Human Resources Director, Wayne Twp.
Dr. Mark Toback
    Wayne Superintendent of Schools
Michel Sochaski
    Recreation Superintendent, Wayne Twp.
Tim Roetman
    Director of Parks and Recreation, Wayne Twp.
Patti Tahan
    Coldwell Banker Branch Vice President
Eugene Hoffman
    Branch Manager, Columbia Bank


Executive Committee - Members at Large
Leonard Arkin
Shellye Young
Elisa Maislin
William Shapiro
Chet Gala
Anil R. Nerurkar



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Updated December 6th, 2024