Bar Harbor (MDI) Rotary President’s Notes February
Posted by Becky Buyers-Basso
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We had a great turnout this week (38) including four guests, Mac Smith,
a new reporter at the Bar Harbor Times; Elena Scotti, the Executive
Director of the Harbor House; Tony Cameron, from the Bar Harbor Chamber
of Commerce and Skip Basso, the President's guest. We also sold three
To Go boxes of delicious Cajun food. Pictured here is Elena Scotti speaking about the Campfire Coalition's work of helping people who need assistance with heating their homes. The Club donated $1000 to this cause.
Announcements:
Benni McMullen announced that the Red Dress Fashion Show on Saturday, at the YWCA raised over $600 for American Heart Association. She thanked the members of our club who helped out, especially the male escorts and Andy Kropf and Mike Gurtler who appeared on the runway in red dresses for the cause.
The Backpack Project - Dean Read is collecting donations to buy the contents needed for filling backpacks for children who must be removed from their homes suddenly due to abuse of one kind or another. Sharon Broom will pick up donations of children's books for the backpacks at the Thursday morning meeting at the Main Street Grill.
Happy Birthday to Dick Crawford on Feb. 16!
Happy First Anniversary to new club members John Willett, Kristin Ottman, and Susi Pearson!!!
Visitor Mac Smith won the $10 raffle and donated it back to the support the club's charitable work and Chris Keefe won the chance to pull the Queen of Hearts, which he did not!
Program: Cary Fortino, Executive Director of the Founders Affiliate (formerly the New England Chapter) of the American Heart Association gave us an overview of the work the AHA does and regional director Gina De Santis does in Northeastern Maine. For more information about AHA's initiatives and volunteer opportunities in Maine, call the local office at 800-937-0944 or visit www.americanheart.org/maine.
I will be away for the next three weeks and President Elect James Collier will be filling in for me. Next week will be a new member induction ceremony. On Feb 24, Earl D. Brechlin, Editor of the Mount Desert Islander will speak about "Journalism in the New Digital Age" and on Mar 3, Kim Harty will give a program on "Heart-centered Leadership."
Benni McMullen announced that the Red Dress Fashion Show on Saturday, at the YWCA raised over $600 for American Heart Association. She thanked the members of our club who helped out, especially the male escorts and Andy Kropf and Mike Gurtler who appeared on the runway in red dresses for the cause.
The Backpack Project - Dean Read is collecting donations to buy the contents needed for filling backpacks for children who must be removed from their homes suddenly due to abuse of one kind or another. Sharon Broom will pick up donations of children's books for the backpacks at the Thursday morning meeting at the Main Street Grill.
Happy Birthday to Dick Crawford on Feb. 16!
Happy First Anniversary to new club members John Willett, Kristin Ottman, and Susi Pearson!!!
Visitor Mac Smith won the $10 raffle and donated it back to the support the club's charitable work and Chris Keefe won the chance to pull the Queen of Hearts, which he did not!
Program: Cary Fortino, Executive Director of the Founders Affiliate (formerly the New England Chapter) of the American Heart Association gave us an overview of the work the AHA does and regional director Gina De Santis does in Northeastern Maine. For more information about AHA's initiatives and volunteer opportunities in Maine, call the local office at 800-937-0944 or visit www.americanheart.org/maine.
I will be away for the next three weeks and President Elect James Collier will be filling in for me. Next week will be a new member induction ceremony. On Feb 24, Earl D. Brechlin, Editor of the Mount Desert Islander will speak about "Journalism in the New Digital Age" and on Mar 3, Kim Harty will give a program on "Heart-centered Leadership."