Announcements 6/24//2015

Posted by Julie Villemaire 
on Jun 24, 2015
 
Over the weekend, 5 members of our club (Ken Farley, Bill Kany, Susan Gajewski, Bernice Wood, Lucie Kay) attended the “Changeover  Dinner” where Bill Kany was sworn in as our new President.  His official term begins on July 1st.  Please do your best to attend Bill’s Inaugural address and see what he has planned for his year in the hot seat.
 
The Second Business After Hours is/was being held on Thursday, June 25th, at the Run of the Mill from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.  Rotarians were asked to bring a guest, friend and/or potential new member. Each person would receive two tickets at the door which were good for house wine or beer.
 
Susan Gajewski & Fausto Pifferrer are co-chairs of the Fellowship Committee.  Susan announced that July 15th we will welcome our new District Governor to our meeting.  There will be a reception for the DG that evening from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Run of the Mill.  Light refreshments will be served.
 
The fun and fellowship doesn’t stop there.  Susan also announced that Jim McAllister and his wife Donna will once again open their home to our members and families for a summer BBQ!  This event will be held at noon time on Saturday, August 1, 2015, with the rain date of Sunday 08/02.  Some members are planning on floating down the river at 10:00 a.m.from Skelton Dam to Jim’s house.  This is one fellowship event you don’t want to miss!  There will be a meeting immediately following next week’s meeting (7/1).
 
The club received two Thank You notes which President Ken circulated among the members.  One was from Camp Laughing Loon where we’ve sponsored some “camperships” and the other was from one of the scholarship recipients, Hannah Morin, a senior from Biddeford High School.
 
The CLYNK Program will continue on!  Julie Villemaire will provide bags and Rotary tags.  All you need to do is DRINK UP and bring your bag full of bottles/cans to your local Hannaford to scan them in.  Be careful of the weight limit.  You want to make sure your bottles/cans are empty.  If you already have a personal CLYNK account or one for the office, you can donate from your own account to the Rotary account.  Just be sure to choose the Rotary Club of Biddeford Saco. The proceeds of this program will go towards our Charitable Fund program.  We’ve raised just under $1,000.00 since Roland Gagne started the program two years ago.