04/03/15 Bits & Pieces

Posted by Alan Nye

on Apr 10, 2015

Alan Nye gave an invocation prompting everyone in celebration of the Easter holiday to resurrect an activity they haven’t done in a long time and do something this weekend for their fellow man – or woman!

President Kris Rosado introduced 1 guest and 2 visiting Rotarians...one Rotarian (Kelly Roberts) being from the Rotary Club of NYC, who exchanged banners with us and the other (Michael Dickel) being from Munich Germany!

(Photo: Kelly Roberts from NYC and President Kris Rosado.)

Jon Young asked our speaker to pick a name from the raffle bucket. He picked Gracie Johnson's name, giving her a chance to win $912 if she could find the Queen of Hearts. Gracie was gracious to the club by drawing the 7 of Hearts.....insuring a higher raffle pot next week.

Gracie pulled double-duty by then leading the club in a favorite from the "Sound of Music: My Favorite Things." (The movie is 50 years old this year.) We started slow, but finished strong.

Our "May Madness Auction" is coming up on May 1st. All you need is a donation with a $15 minimum to share. Contact Emily McEntee at emcentee@amica.com or Loretta Rowe at lrowe@maine.rr.com for more details.

President Kris then told the club that the Boys and Girls Club's annual auction was coming up this Friday, April 10th and could really use some volunteer support from Rotary. They need about 6-8 volunteers to help them from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. They could also use a couple of volunteers the next day (Saturday) at 10:00 a.m. to help with the cleanup. Contact Steve Stromsky for volunteering and/or additional info: sstromsk@maine.rr.com

(Photo: Lydia Maier, Helen Gray-Bauer and Laura Young)

Laura Young introduced Lydia Maier, the Dean of Students at Waynflete, who in turn introduced Helen Gray-Bauer for our Youth Service Award. Helen is an amazing young woman who volunteers regularly, plays viola, and has performed service abroad in Nepal helping to build an orphanage. She is going on to school at Skidmore College where she will major in Music and Neuroscience.