President Bill's Weekly Message 5.17.2016

 

IF YOU GO TO THE RUN OF THE MILL THIS WEEK YOU WILL BE AT THE WRONG PLACE.  WE WILL BE AT THE CENTER OF TECHNOLOGY FOR OUR ANNUAL MEETING WITH THE COT STUDENTS.  This meeting will be our chance to see the finished home the students built right at the school which should now be for sale, and we will have a chance to see the progress on the 471 Main Street house that the students have been working in for a while now.  Please make every effort to make the meeting.

 

 

    Please also remember our hands on project at the Community Bicycle Center this Saturday.  We will start at 9:00 AM unless you hear otherwise.  Please bring work gloves and ear protection as we will be feeding brush into a chipper.  Let’s all work to help the CBC finish off its trails and at the same time have some fun.  It is supposed to be a nice day and Andy would not have it any other way.  He is a very powerful person.

 

 

    June 1 will be Foundation Day.  Our goal will be to encourage all members to give to the Foundation, a lot or a little.  We further encourage your giving by matching your contributions up to $100.00 which club match is credited to your personal giving with the Foundation.  While I know we all love to see our dollars at work in our community, in this day and age what happens around the world directly impacts us at home.  Please make every effort to attend on June 1 and please plan on giving to the Foundation that day if you have not already done so.

 

 

    I wanted to highlight a few other upcoming meetings.  June 15 is Past President’s Day.  That is a great meeting organized by Keith Jacques that gives us a chance to thank the past leaders of our club.  June 16 will be our Chamber Business after Hours event done in partnership with the Run of the Mill.  If the weather is nice it will be a great night to gather on the patio, enjoy a drink and some good food.  June 22 is awards day at which we recognize either club members or people in our community for their contributions to Rotary and to the area in general.  Finally, June 29 will be the meeting at which I pass the gavel to Lucie and I ride into the sunset.  

 

 

    Let’s start this final stretch off with good attendance on May 18 at the Center of Technology which is at the north end of Biddeford High School.  You can park in the first parking lot on the left after you take a left turn off of Main Street onto Maplewood Avenue.  How did I know that?
 
Thanks

Bill