There was strong attendance at our Veteran’s Day meeting last Wednesday. Chef Pasha dazzled our taste buds with a culinary experience from New Orleans. We dined on peaches, andouille sausage, red beans and rice, shrimp etouffe and topped it off with pecan pie!!
There will be a Rotary Foundation Seminar on November 21, 2015. The seminar will be held at the Alfond Youth Center in Waterville from 10 am to 3 pm, lunch will be provided.
Judy Swazey reminded us that our Club is responsible for covering December hours at The BH Food Pantry, please check your schedule and see Judy to sign up to cover a shift or two.
Sharon Linscott informed us that anyone can sponsor a wreath for the Wreaths Across America program for $15, please see Sharon for more information, or click here.
Our Holiday Party will be on December 2, 2015 at Geddy’s at 5:00 pm. We will continue the tradition of the annual auction. Please bring your auction items to Gina or drop them off with Annette at the ferry terminal.
We enjoyed a very informative presentation from Cinnamon Catlin-Legutko about the NEW strategic plan for the Abbe Museum. You can see the plan by visiting abbemuseum.wordpress.com.
Thanks to the volunteers and monetary support of the Bar Harbor (Mount Desert Island) Rotary Club, the Bar Harbor Kids Book Festival was a massive success.
Over 200 people attended the opening ceremonies and festival activities on Saturday, giving many thrilled children and adults a chance to interact with over 40 authors and illustrators including the phenomenal Ashley Bryan. One family drove six hours to attend.
On Friday, authors worked with students at MDI High School, the Community School, Pemetic, Trenton, Connors-Emerson and Mount Desert Elementary schools. One high school student tweeted to an author after the event, "I'm literally shaking bc I just met you, this Friday has been more tolerable.”
One school librarian said, "Today was an amazing day! “ Another wrote to us, "Thank you all for making today so special! It was amazing for our staff and students. We are truly grateful for the effort you all made the passion you displayed for your craft."
For me, it was extra special because on Friday, I encountered a freshman in high school that I met during an author visit three years earlier in Trenton.
She said to me, “You saved me. I never read before you visited my school. And … It was… I had a hard time and your books got me through it. I reread them over and over during hard times. I can’t believe you came to my school right when I needed you and you are here again.”
That sort of story is going to happen forty times over thanks to the authors who volunteered their time to come up here (Some from California, Michigan and Florida) and because of the support of all our Rotarian volunteers. It’s hard for me to explain what a difference authors visiting schools makes. It is huge. It is sometimes life changing.
Thank you for making this event possible and for making a real difference in kids’ futures.
Regular attendance is essential to a strong and active Rotary club. The emphasis on attendance is traced back to 1922 when Rotary International announced a worldwide attendance contest that motivated thousands of Rotarians to achieve 100 percent attendance year after year. Many Rotarians take great pride in maintaining their 100 percent record in their own club or by making-up at other Rotary club meetings.
Although the bylaws of Rotary require members to attend or make up only 50 percent of all meetings, the custom has emerged that 100 percent is the desirable level. Rotary stresses regular attendance because each member represents his own business or profession and thus the absence of any member deprives the club of the values of its diversified membership and the personal fellowship of each member. Recently, the Council on Legislation has authorized participation in club projects to substitute or supplement meeting attendance.
For more information about make-ups, or excused absences, visit the club website.
Rotary President K.R. Ravindran has named six Rotary Global Women of Action for 2015. The honorees were chosen for their dedication and service, which has improved the lives of thousands around the world.
“Every day at Rotary I see firsthand how our members work to change lives and make a significant impact,” said Ravindran. “Rotary’s Global Women of Action embody Rotary’s motto, Service Above Self.”
The women will be honored at Rotary Day at the United Nations in New York City on 7 November. They will address attendees and lead discussions on various topics related to their work.
The six...
Apply to host a booth in the House of Friendship at the 2016 Rotary International Convention in Seoul, 28 May-1 June. This is an opportunity to showcase your club or district project, recruit members for your Rotary Fellowship, share information about your Rotarian Action Group, or market Rotary merchandise if you are a licensed RI vendor.
The application deadline is 30 September. Booth allocations will be awarded by 1 November.
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When Mariana Day moved in 1989 to the small beach town of Chacala, in Nayarit, Mexico, she noticed that the surrounding rural areas struggled to maintain schools. And most children weren’t able to go beyond an eighth-grade education. Day, who is a member of the Rotary Club of Bahía de Jaltemba-La Peñita, in Nayarit, had started a local scholarship program before she joined Rotary. Called Changing Lives, the program provided students with high school tuition, uniforms, school supplies, and transportation.
In addition, Rotary clubs from the United States and Mexico have been investing in the...
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