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Sep. 01, 2026 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Bridging the Gap for People in Need on the Seacoast
Sep. 01, 2026 6:00 p.m.
Community Transportation That Changes Lives I Got Bridged is a nonprofit organization based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, dedicated to ensuring that no one in our community is left behind simply because they lack transportation. I Got Bridged exists to bridge that gap. |
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Sep. 02, 2026 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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Sep. 08, 2026 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Freddy Petrone will tell us about his non-profit I Got Bridged.
You can learn more at https://www.igotbridged.com/.
I Got Bridged is a nonprofit organization based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, dedicated to ensuring that no one in our community is left behind simply because they lack transportation.
Every day, they provide safe, reliable rides to individuals who need access to essential services — helping people reach medical appointments, community meals, church services, food pantries and recovery meetings with dignity and care. Transportation is often the missing link between people and the help they need. I Got Bridged exists to bridge that gap. |
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Sep. 09, 2026 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
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Sep. 12, 2026 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
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Sep. 15, 2026 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Stephen Fine, PhD, a Rotarian from Peabody MA, will visit the club to talk about his melanoma detection and prevention program.
He founded the nonprofit Melanoma Education Foundation and created its SkinCheck® curriculum, a class with a lesson plan, video and student handouts that informs students how to self-detect and prevent melanoma. He then developed a seminar to train high school and middle school teachers in how to conduct the class.
Steve Fine, founder and president of the Melanoma Education Foundation, attended colleges in the Boston area, receiving a doctorate in chemistry from Northeastern University. He then moved to Pennsylvania, completing a year of postdoctoral research at Lehigh University. After 5 years as Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania, he moved back to New England where he served in technical and management positions in high tech chemical companies.  Shortly after his son, Dan, died of melanoma in 1998 at the age of 26, he founded the non-profit Melanoma Education Foundation and, since 2000, has devoted full time to the Foundation. The primary activity of the Foundation has been educating high school and middle school wellness teachers about melanoma and providing them with free online lessons to educate their students about self-detecting melanoma while it is curable. Prior to the pandemic over 1700 schools in all 50 U.S. states and Canada were using the lessons, resulting in saved lives of students, teachers and their loved ones. Recently outreach was expanded to U.S. and Canadian Rotary clubs in Eastern, Atlantic, and Central time zones. Since mid-2022 over 500 virtual sessions on early self-detection and prevention of melanoma have been conducted. Steve is the public image director of the Rotary Club of Peabody, Massachusetts. Melanoma Education Foundation Web Page: https://skincheck.org/ Video Links 31-Minute Early Self-Detection/Prevention Video: https://bit.ly/3hipmFK (This video has most of the live Rotary Presentation Content) 16-Minute High School Student Video: https://bit.ly/2CBzdoT 22-Minute Middle School Student Video: https://bit.ly/2yv32Ep 30 Minute Health Teacher Training Video: https://bit.ly/3jqzejP |
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District Governor Visit ...
Sep. 22, 2026
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Sep. 22, 2026 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Please join us as we welcome our District Governor Michele Bois-Gilbody! Michele joined the Rotary Club of Freeport in 2009 and served as President of the Club in 2013-2014 and 2021-2022. She has been a Club Board member for several years; as Vice President, President, Treasurer and Interim Secretary.
Michele continues to serve as the Club Fundraising Co-Chair, Director of the Close to the Coast Road Race, (the club’s largest fundraising event), and Christmas Tree Sales Coordinator. She is also currently the Club’s Environmental Ambassador, and Club Treasurer.
For District 7780, Michele is a member of the District Visioning Committee, joining in 2015. She is a member of the Rotary Indigenous Peoples Committee (RIPC) since 2021, working with a dedicated team of Rotarians, to build relationships and understanding with Indigenous communities throughout our district and beyond. Michele has served as District 7780, Director of People, Networking and Succession Planning from 2016-2019. She has returned as the District’s Trainer, (year 2 of 3) previously serving in that position from 2017-2019. Michele has been a Northeast President’s Elect (NEPET’s) discussion leader 2017-2019, 2022-2023 and a member of Rotary Leadership Institute Faculty, 2019 and 2021.
Internationally, Michele is a Board Member and current Treasurer for Basic Education and Literacy Rotary Acton Group (BELRAG). She has travelled to Guatemala as part of an independent team to evaluate program efficacy for pre- school aged children. She has also travelled just for fun! Michele has an MA in Educational Instruction and Leadership Development. She is the former, founding director of Cricket Hunt School, a private, independent elementary school in Freeport, Maine. After selling her business, she began working part-time in sales for a local candy company, (a very sweet gig). Michele is a Reiki Master, Practitioner and developing Herbalist. Michele is married to David Gilbody, (37 years) they have two grown daughters and six beautiful grandchildren. Michele and David live in Freeport, Maine. Michele Bois-Gilbody
District 7780 Governor 2026-2027
Rotary Club of Freeport
PO Box 552, Freeport, ME 04032
207-415-2157
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Sep. 22, 2026 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Come meet our District Governor, Michele Bois-Gilbody.
Michele joined the Rotary Club of Freeport in 2009 and served as President of the Club in 2013-2014 and 2021-2022. She has been a Club Board member for several years; as Vice President, President, Treasurer and Interim Secretary.
Michele continues to serve as the Club Fundraising Co-Chair, Director of the Close to the Coast Road Race, (the club’s largest fundraising event), and Christmas Tree Sales Coordinator. She is also currently the Club’s Environmental Ambassador, and Club Treasurer.
For District 7780, Michele is a member of the District Visioning Committee, joining in 2015. She is a member of the Rotary Indigenous Peoples Committee (RIPC) since 2021, working with a dedicated team of Rotarians, to build relationships and understanding with Indigenous communities throughout our district and beyond.
Michele has served as District 7780, Director of People, Networking and Succession Planning from 2016-2019. She has returned as the District’s Trainer, (year 2 of 3) previously serving in that position from 2017-2019. Michele has been a Northeast President’s Elect (NEPET’s) discussion leader 2017-2019, 2022-2023 and a member of Rotary Leadership Institute Faculty, 2019 and 2021.
Internationally, Michele is a Board Member and current Treasurer for Basic Education and Literacy Rotary Acton Group (BELRAG). She has travelled to Guatemala as part of an independent team to evaluate program efficacy for pre- school aged children. She has also travelled just for fun! Michele has an MA in Educational Instruction and Leadership Development. She is the former, founding director of Cricket Hunt School, a private, independent elementary school in Freeport, Maine. After selling her business, she began working part-time in sales for a local candy company, (a very sweet gig). Michele is a Reiki Master, Practitioner and developing Herbalist. Michele is married to David Gilbody, (37 years) they have two grown daughters and six beautiful grandchildren. Michele and David live in Freeport, Maine. |
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Sep. 29, 2026 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
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