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Birch Bay Village
1 Village Inn Rd
Bar Harbor,
ME 04609 United States
Hello all! This Wednesday, September 7th, we will be having our evening meeting at the home of fellow Rotarian Jim Mroch. Jim and his wife have graciously opened their home to us for the first of what I hope will be 3 or 4 such meetings throughout the course of the year. One of my ideas during my tenure as the Club President was to incorporate more fellowship into some of our evening meetings. Another idea of mine, and also one that is occurring this Wednesday night is to make some of our meetings, whether they be evening or lunch meetings, more of a work session so that club members can stay up to date on our club projects and committees.
Prior to the actual meeting this Wednesday evening, there will be a number of different meetings being held. One will be a Park Street Playground Committee meeting, headed up by Pete Carroll, during which, some of the more veteran PSPG Committee members will be sharing historical information with Pete and PSPG Committee members and new ideas will be shared and sought. So, if you have ever wanted to be a part of this committee or have any input into the PSPG project, please feel free to attend this meeting. This meeting will start at 4:30 at Jim Mroch’s house.
In addition to the PSPG Committee having a meeting, myself and some of the veteran committee chairs will be meeting with a number of the newer committee chairs to help them become more informed about the committees which they are chairing and to help align their goals for the year with my vision for their committees for the year. This also will occur at 4:30 at Jim Mroch’s house.
Regardless of whether or not you are interested in any of the above events, I would love to see you all come to our evening meeting this week and have an opportunity to relax for a bit and socialize with fellow members. Other than the work that is occurring during this particular meeting, my goal is for club members to have a chance for fellowship with others and maybe get to know a little about somebody whom you normally wouldn’t have the time to interact with at a regular lunch meeting.
I hope you had a wonderful holiday weekend and I hope to see you on Wednesday evening!
Shaun
What's Happening
Directions to the evening meeting
Jim Mroch Mary Ratner
Directions to
33 Crow’s Nest LaneSalsbury Cove, ME 04672
288-3231
From Bar Harbor take Route 3 to Old Bar Harbor Road. Go right on Old Bar Harbor Road for .3 miles. Take a right onto Crow’s Nest Lane, a narrow gravel drive. There are only two houses on the road, ours is the second one in.
From the head of the island take Route 3 to Old Bar Harbor Road. Turn left onto Old Bar Harbor Road near the Bio Lab. Go .5 miles on Old Bar Harbor Road and turn left onto Crow’s Nest Lane, a narrow gravel drive. There are only two houses on the road, ours is the second one.
From the center of the island take Norway Drive until it ends at Old Bar Harbor Road. Go right on Old Bar Harbor Road .2 miles and turn left onto Crow’s Nest Lane, a narrow gravel drive. There are only two houses on the road, ours is the second one.
Most, but not all, GPS’s have Crow’s Nest Lane on their system
I began this event in September of 2013. My inspiration was my daughter in law, Trish Corliss, who was diagnosed with a rare type of Ovarian cancer at the age of 34 around three weeks after her first child, Gracie was born in February of 2012. She spent the first year of Gracie’s life having an ovary removed and all the terrible treatments to help her survive cancer, something a young new mother should not have to endure.
After that Trish started trying to Pay it Forward by establishing Team Joyful Hope for Stand up to Cancer. I desperately was trying to help from afar (they live in Indiana). I was talking to my customer, Gary Fagan, who owns Acadia Nature Cruises, and we shared stories of dealing with cancer. He then looked at me, and said directly, “Fill a Boat!” I did not know what he meant, so he said it again, but this time it was “Fill My Boat.” He offered his boat for free, which holds a hundred or so people for a two hour cruise, and all the money people paid went to Team Joyful Hope and Stand up to Cancer. Over the last three years we have been able to raise over $10,000.
Trish is now cancer free, and with the help of one healthy ovary gave birth to my 4th and youngest granddaughter, Ellie in November. They all are coming to Maine in September to cruise Frenchman Bay on September 18th for the 4th annual Fill A Boat. I could use help; from Rotarians mostly by attending and/or helping prepare small platters of finger foods. The time is 4-8 on a Sunday afternoon, and there is a requested donation of $25.
This may be my last year of doing this, but it has been hugely fun and well supported. I am deeply grateful to everyone who can or has helped. The attached picture shows some of our Rotary members and the families…Martha Abbot, the Wrobel family, Scott and Debbie Hammond, and I believe Dean and Penny Read. The four offices that I am affiliated with all pay for their employees and spouses, which amounts to around 30+people. As I said the boat holds 100, and it does not seem fair to Acadia Nature Cruises if I don’t get the boat filled!
This year the cruise has even more meaning to me as I lost my younger to a very fast moving aggressive cancer in June.
I made it! I made it through the year as Rotary President that is! I can’t believe how fast this year went by. Last night’s District Banquet was my last official duty as I handed over the “Home Club of the District Governor” Banner to the incoming President of the Durham club. It was certainly… More President’s Corner Blog – June 25, 2015
Spring is finally here! The first quarter of the year is already over and I am left with 3 more months of being the President of this great club. We have certainly accomplished a lot over the past 9 months, but there is a lot of on agenda over the next few months as well.… More President’s Corner – April 3, 2015
Is it spring yet? I think we’re all a little tired of the winter weather that has hit us 3 times in the past 2 weeks. We’ve all had disruptions at work and with our kids’ school and of course with missing our Rotary meetings the past 2 weeks! Hopefully this will be the last… More President’s Corner – February 27, 2015
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