Marty Grohman President Elect chaired the meeting
Pledge of Allegiance was led by Marty
Prayer was offered by Joe Bassett
4-Way Test, Dan Reed
No Guests
Announcements:
Marty - 2nd posting of Randy Seaver as a potential member
Paul reported on the Rotary House Open House. The original building was razed and a new structure built on it's foundation. The yard was cleaned and goes right down to the river. All new inside and it is under contract for $400k. Great job by Jim Godbout and ALL involved.
Roland reported on the maple syrup fund raiser. Leader in sales is now Bill Patterson passing Joe.
Conrad reported on the Covid-19 committee work. Mini grants are still available and there are 700 masks still to distribute.
Also the community garden is proceeding.
Marty reported on the blood drive - 35 regular blood donors and 5 power donors. Kudos to New Life Church for their work.
Marty spoke about the club's new effort with regards to Mary's Walk, a fund raiser for Maine Cancer Foundation. Check out the Rotary team's page.
Roland asked Brenda about the club's 100 anniversary celebration. Brenda reported that she thought the best dates for it would be summer of 2022. Board needs to decide.
Sergeant at arms - Joe:
Happy Dollars:
Marty $10 for those helping out at the blood drive
Brenda $10 for getting the first shot of the vaccine and getting to see her grandson.
Bill $5 - 1st vaccine
Dan $5 his parents were vaccinated
Conrad - sorry I missed his amount and item
Mark $5 for 1st vaccine and $5 for the Rotary House project
Paul $10 for the vaccine experience
Jen gave a $1 for all the folks who got their vaccine already
Joe Bassett $5 for his son arriving in Saudi Arabia for a year of deployment
Fines:
Marty - for bullying Joe into giving blood but Joe couldn't because of a medication he is taking.
Roland - calling him on his comment about Brenda..??
Jim LaBelle for being in the newspaper
Joe was kind - that was all....
Guest Speaker:
Sharon Trace
Network Coordinator Biddeford Ready (since 9/2020)
United Way, Maine Community Fund and Sam Cohen Foundation supported
Gave a PowerPoint presentation on:
Community wide efforts to help the youngest members (birth to 5 years old) of our community
Purpose -
Increase access to affordable, high quality early childcare
increase awareness of social readiness
address Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE's)
supports social and emotional readiness besides academic
90% of brain development occurs before the age of 5
1000 school children in Biddeford are under the age of 5
ACE's issues have effected 27% of those in Biddeford under the age of 5
Childcare offerings in Biddeford have fallen with cost as a major barrier. Avg. cost of childcare is $12k a year.
Recent actions:
Covid grants to childcare providers
Helped 3 childcare providers move up the quality scale
Gave free ACE's identification training.
Meeting adjourned at 1:13 pm
