Meeting notes:
- Volunteers Joe Moreshead, Ken Farley, Bill Kany, and Jane Foley built 11 corrugated metal raised beds at Rotary Park on Tuesday night in 90 degree heat, while Pres. Marty was on an air-conditioned yacht eating bon-bons with the other district presidents.
- Charitable committee co-chair Joe Moreshead would like to make the request form easier to fill out. Karen Chasse has developed a draft online version, check it out.
- The Venue Committee (Conrad, Heather G, Heather M) have got some great "permanent home" proposals in the door. Thank you! We hope to land somewhere permanent soon (the BRCOT, where we are meeting now, is one of the options).
Happy Dollars:
- A happy Dallaire from Dr. Brian, who got his booster shot, thanks to industry connections :)
- Bill Paterson: glad we all dodged Hurricane Henri
- Dr. Joe: thanks to all who are participating in the Oqunquit Club's 2 Cent Sale. It is their Club's most important fundraiser of the year. (Note from Marty: I bought 5 tickets, so whatever you do, don't buy your own tickets for this great raffle that includes cash prizes plus free lodging at expensive Ogunquit hotels, in home chef-prepared meals and dinners at five star restaurants, and lots of other great stuff. That would reduce my chances)
- Joe M gave $10 for Rotarians stepping up to build raised beds, and for a successful event for the Esther Residence that raised $12,400 (great work Joe, Jim Godbout, Brian, and everyone who made this a success for the Esther Residence, which helps previously incarcerated women transition to stable employment and housing. It is a remarkable program)
We had a fun speaker: artist and teacher Nick Blunier of Common Roots Studio (which is located in Biddeford next to the former Wonderbar). Nick also teaches at behavioral school Sweetser in Saco, and brought us an art project to complete. Our assignment was to draw either a cheeseburger playing baseball, or a banana skydiving. Here are some of the results!
Finally, to wrap up, a request. We need volunteers to bring lunch to upcoming meetings on Sept 15, 22, 29, Oct 6 & 13. If you'd like to bring in something fun and local to feed your fellow Rotarians, it would be a help.
Members of the Board: we're on Zoom, Wednesday morning at 7:45AM -- agenda items welcome.
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