Announcements 9/23/2015

Day One is hosting their 42^nd Annual Celebration and Dinner on Thursday, November 5^th at the Marriott at Sable Oaks.  As a sponsor we have 4 available seats at the table. The keynote speaker is former Boston Celtics player Chris Herren. Chris suffered from drug addiction and then turned his life around. He is the subject of the ESPN documentary 30 for 30:  Unguarded.  He works to provide assistance to families affected by addiction and encourages others to stand up to drugs and alcohol. It would be great if we could have some representation from our club attend this event as we are working on trying to pull together a drug addiction pilot program in our community.  If you are interested in attending, please let either President Bill or Jim McAllister know.

 

Kudos to President-Elect Lucie Kay for organizing a very successful team of walkers for the Alzheimers walk that was held in York on 09/19.  The Rotary TEAM raised a total of $3,650!! WOW!!  President Bill commented that they really looked like a team in their orange t-shirts which in the Alzheimer’s world connotes support for the cause.  In fact, during the rally part of the event, A.J. Burnette, a former local meteorologist, recognized them as an awesome team because of the t-shirts.  Our group in orange was just a small example of Rotary recognizing a need and doing something to address it.  Thanks again to all who donated and especially to all who walked.  The long stream of walkers snaking its way along York Beach was a great symbol of the support that is growing to find a cure for an illness that steals people’s spirits and then their lives.  Let’s hope people keep walking for a cure. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 This will be a joint effort with the Rotary Club of Saco Bay and hopefully the Interact

                 clubs as well.  We will be collecting food at both the Market Basket and Hannaford

                 supermarkets in Biddeford.  YCFCU will be providing two buses that we can stuff full

                 of food for the local food pantries.  The event will be held from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00p.m.

                 Our club has over 60 members.  It would be awesome to see as many Rotarians as

                 possible come spend some time to help with this very worthy cause.  Many volunteers

                 will be needed.  Any time that you can spare will be greatly appreciated.

 

            To Fausto for getting the food and bringing it over to the golf course for the meeting;

            To President –Elect Lucie Kay for organizing the Alzheimers walk which turned out to be

            a lot of fun!

            To Susan Gajewski for arranging to get the delicious sandwiches from Saco Island Deli.

 

President Bill mentioned that the drug addiction expert(Ed) from UNE will be coming to speak to our club at some point.  He has also reached out to the Pharmacy students at UNE who are working on a program that they can teach.  He will be forming an adhoc committee to try to create a pilot program to possibly spread state wide.

 

Celebration of Suds at the Falls Update:  All of this is “old news” right now but here’s what happened at the meeting:  PP Ken said that there were 79 tickets sold at this point.  He is expecting a rush as we get closer. There have been 2,000 “invites” on FaceBook.  He updates FaceBook daily. Set up is to begin around 10:00 a.m.  They have plenty of signs for event and parking.  Ken is looking for more volunteers.  There will be a food truck from Kennebunkport, Hot Dog Stand from Home Depot and Studios to Go.  Porta Potties will be on site as well as the inflatable Rotary wheel.  Tickets can’t be sold at the door, however, we will be selling them from 10:00 a.m. -12:30 p.m. for $30.00.  There will be 9 brewers with multiple flavors.  Non-beer drinkers will be happy that there will also be a small selection of wine available to try.  The Lower Village People band will also be on deck to entertain our guests. President Bill asked Rotarians to considered purchasing tickets for this event.  Every little bit helps in our cause.

 

Potential New Club:  President Bill announced that Dennis Robillard and Israel Collins of the Saco Bay Rotary Club are in the process of starting a “sunset” club which will meet on Thursday evenings at 5:00 p.m. at Dunegrass.  They are hoping to be up and running by December.  They are not expecting to take more than 5 members from the Saco Bay Club.  Their board meeting is on 10/02 and they will have a club vote on 10/08.  If the Saco Bay Club votes to support this new sunset club, we will most likely follow suit.  Bill will put the question up to a club vote.

 

Rotary Orange T-Shirts:  If you ordered a t-shirt and have picked it up but not yet paid, please get your money in soon to either Bernice Wood or Laurie Jo Ready.