Our major fundraiser this year is this weekend. I've attached the sign-up sheet for each mini-golf location and as you can see there are a lot of times when no Rotarians will be available to the public. The facility owners have been generous to allow us to use their courses to raise money for our club. The least we can do is show support for our own event and as a courtesy be in attendance. Please enlist family and friends to help out and to play in this family friendly event.
Start signing on at 12:00 PM. Meeting starts at 12:15 PM.
Hi All
I’ve received a number of responses back from the survey Julie sent out regarding in person meetings or Zoom meetings. The opinion of members leans slightly to continue the Zoom meetings. Although the governor has begun to loosen regulations in the state the data indicates the number of cases has increased and I suspect as vacationers come back to Maine the numbers will increase. Unless anyone strongly objects I suggest we continue Zoom meetings until after Labor Day.
Please give a few hours of your time to support your club so we can serve the residents of our communities affected by Covid-19. We need everyone to pitch in to make this a successful event. Please go online or contact me, Haley, Joe, Jim Labelle, Jane or Jackson to sign-up for a few hours. Have your family and friends meet you at a mini-golf facility and play a round. It's a game for all ages. Thank you.
The Biddeford Saco Rotary Club now accepts Venmo! You can pay your dues, the golf fundraiser, fines & happy dollars, foundation giving or anything else you’d like to pay directly to our bank account.
If you don’t have Venmo, please download the app and set up an account. It’s very easy. And it’s especially helpful that you can pay with your phone while we don’t meet in person.
Please send payments to @Treasurer-BSRC and put a note with your name (if it’s not identifiable) and what you’re sending money for. I can also try to answer questions if you respond to this email.
Good news! The ACEs Master-Trainer program your Rotary Club has helped to fund will launch in September. I’m grateful for your contributions.
I want to be sure that your Club is aware applications are still open, and I hope Rotarians will submit names of community members who could be champions and trainers. Full information below, please share with your members, and thank you again for supporting the Rotary Recovery Initiatives and funding the Master-Trainer launch.
Donors (so far!) have included the Rotary 7780 District Recovery Fund, and the Rotary Clubs of Biddeford-Saco, Dover, Exeter, Kennebunk, Portsmouth, Rochester, and York. These contributions were matched by non-Rotary donors to fund the $60,000 in launch costs. Thirty people will be trained in York, Strafford and Rockingham Counties.
Many thanks to all of you, and very best wishes to stay safe and healthy and improve the chances for others to do so as well.
Dave Underhill
Dear Friends of Pinetree:
I could not be more pleased to share the news that our three-year Master Trainer Initiative is moving forward! Not quite as planned prior to Covid-19, but we will not let that stop our important work - it's needed now more than ever.
Dr. Rob Anda and Laura Porter of ACE Interface, two of the leading voices in ACEs awareness and trauma responsiveness, will conduct intensive virtual training sessions for a cohort of 30 Master Trainers. With support from Pinetree, these Master Trainers will reach thousands of community members. The impact of this initiative will be transformative.
Initially planned for two full days of training at the Pinetree Learning Center on September 17th and 18th, the program has been re-designed for a virtual format. To ward off "Zoom Burnout," the trainings will take place online in five-hour sessions over three days: September 17, 18, and 25th. To enhance cohort camaraderie-building, an additional two-hour orientation will take place the week prior, on September 10.
Applications and nominations are OPEN until August 10th to be considered for this rare opportunity to work directly with two of the most prominent leaders in this field. We will fill our cohort with roughly 10 participants from Rockingham, Strafford, and York counties with strong community connections in every sector, including education, health care, recovery, business, and law enforcement. You can find more information about this initiative and Master Trainer requirements here.
In the meantime, and along the lines of what leaders can do in their communities to make an impact, please enjoy this short video of Dr. Christina Bethel. This video, the second in a series of four, contains a few minutes of bonus material from our interview with Dr. Bethell for our new podcast, Community Connection. In it, she discusses the inequities in our society made stark by the realities of Covid-19. If you missed Episode One: The Power of Positive Experience, you can click here to listen to the podcast or to access the first video.
We are looking forward to seeing you and Dr. Bethell on October 9, 2020 for the Pinetree Resilience Conference, and to meeting our new Master Trainer cohort in mid- September. Knowing the work continues despite the extra hurdles of the pandemic is deeply gratifying and we can't thank you all enough for your patience and support.
Wishing you all the best,
Larry McCullough. Ed.D. Executive Director Pinetree Institute
PS – In case you missed it, we are now offering an interactive virtual option for participation in the 2020 Pinetree Conference! Click here for more information. And please don't forget to send us your applications and nominations for the Master Trainer program by August 10!
Please sign up if you are interested. To date 12 have. Conrad is looking for someone to lead this project.
The Covid-19 Crisis Relief Subcommittee has found a need for a community service project that will help the Bon Appetit meals program.
It will be to paint the kitchen at the 2nd Congregational Church in Biddeford this Summer and we need volunteers to plan out the program.. We are also asking if any one wants to take on a role of helping to manage this project.
It will take several different days because it will need to be done in sections, first scrape and washing, then painting. Lots of area to paint but not a lot of space to do it.
Saturday’s work well for the church and a couple of hours most weekday mornings if they have enough notice.
We encourage all club members to participate and to bring family(spouses) to help.
Brian has sent out an event invitation to gage the number of interested participants.
Thanks for you help!
Conrad
PS:
Hi everyone,
I created a Google doc to sign up for re-painting the Bon Appetit kitchen at the Second Congregational Church in Biddeford.
In March of 2020, the Rotary Club of Biddeford Saco launched a COVID-19 Crisis Subcommittee to address the immediate needs the pandemic caused in the communities of Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach. In phase one of their response program, the committee addressed the immediate need for food and PPE supplies for the elderly, at-risk youth and for our veterans.
In the second phase of their crisis project, the committee will continue their focus on ensuring food and PPE supplies are available to our seniors, at-risk youth, and veterans. In addition, the project will support organizations and small day cares that will be overwhelmed by an increased demand for basic needs: PPE supplies, food and other requirements or changes to their facilities as a result of executive orders. They will also add an education initiative for children and at-risk families, that will address food insecurities by teaching small scale agriculture in the production of crops and livestock.
To volunteer, donate to the Rotary Club or for more information on the Biddeford Saco Rotary Club, please email us.
To apply for crisis assistance and consideration for help with food, PPE supplies or for more information regarding the agriculture education initiative, download the COVID CRISIS Subcommittee Request Form.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, for all of that contributed.
Rotary Club of Biddeford-Saco, ME (6294), District 7780
Members 57 Goal $7,000.00 110% AF per capita $135.53 Annual Fund $7,725.15 Polio+ $1,163.00 $0.00 $0.00 Total Foundation Contributions $8,888.15
All Active Rotarians 52 Existing Active Rotarians 49 Sustaining Member Rotarians: 24 Percent Sustaining Members: 49.0% 1 July Members 57 Annual Fund Per Capita: $135.53 Average TRF Giving: $155.93
All-Time Giving:
$270,205
In the future, there will be a line item for a $50 contribution on your twice yearly club invoice. Of course you may increase that if you wish when you remit!
Congratulations to the following multiple Paul Harris Fellows for this year:
UPDATE: Clynk requests that you hold you bags for 3 days before dropping them off and tie a string or ribbon to show compliance.
Our Club is in first place of 10 Rotary Clubs who participate in this program! But Saco Bay is gaining on us.
Total Raised: $2,687.85
Containers CLYNKed: 48,585
Environmental Impact:
Energy: Saved enough energy to light 66.9 lightbulbs—24 hours a day—for a year.
Emissions: Saved the emissions equivalent of driving a car 12,668 miles.
Volume: Diverted enough containers to fill 491.4 lobster traps.
Fill up those green bags. If you need more bags and/or labels, just let Julie Villemaire know and she can hook you up…no charge!
Simple fill with returnables and drop off at any Hannaford.
Alternately, if you already have a CLYNK account of your own, you can designate you funds as a donation. Hit the Donate button and search for Rotary and you'll find our account.
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