Pledge of allegiance was led by President Ken. The patriotic song was led by Don Lauzier. The four way test was led by a Rotarian. The invocation was led by Joe Bassett.
President-Elect Bill introduced visiting guests and Rotarians.
50/50 was won by President Ken
We enjoyed a fabulous lunch, choice of house salad, chicken salad wrap, shepherds pie or fish and chips.
Our club is co-sponsoring a Biddeford-Saco Chamber of Commerce Business After Hours with Run of the Mill. It will be held on Thursday December 4th from 5 to 7 pm at Run of the Mill.
A sign up sheet was passed around for the Salvation Army bell ringing at Walmart for December 19th from 8 am to 8 pm.
Christmas Giving Committee chair Paul Deschambeault asked Rotarians to provide names of people they may know if that could use some help around the holidays.
President Ken announced that next week will be our clubs annual meeting where we will elect the clubs leadership for the next couple of years. If anyone is interested in joining the board or taking a leadership position please speak with one of the nomination committee members – Keith Jacques, Peggy Bean, Jim Audifred, Dana Lane or Don Lauzier.
Brian Dallaire introduced our speaker, Dr. Ed Bilsky of UNE. Dr. Bilsky spoke about the various outreach programs that UNE operates. They include service projects, Rotaract Club, sharing information with area teachers and schools and making connections between patients and doctors.
Dr. Bilsky spoke specifically about research that was performed at UNE on pain management techniques. Two young patients who suffered from similar chronic pain diagnosis had two very different outcomes. One young woman did not get the proper treatment quick enough and she has been severely limited in mobility due to the effects of the illness. Another young lady who had similar chronic pain issues connected with Dr. Bilsky fairly early in her illness and a connection was made with Children’s Hospital in Boston. A UNE alumnus at Children’s Hospital worked with Dr. Bilsky to develop treatments for chronic pain without the use of medicines. For this case in particular, the young lady had extensive treatment at CHB and after several months was living a normal life.
Here are the new meal options for this months meetings:
A. Caesar salad with chicken
B. Soup & Half Wrap of the Day - this will be different each week as it is different each day. The selection of the day will be available at the registration desk when you arrive each Wednesday.
C. Not your Mama's Meatloaf - stuffed with spinach & Cheddar and wrapped with applewood smoked bacon covered in gravy and served with garlic mashed potatoes & veggies.
$500: Marc Bolduc (sold by Earl Goodwin); Dick and Patti Buffum (sold by Earl Goodwin); Lilly Wells (sold by Tom Wells); Dave Katon (sold by Carl Goodwin; Daniel Patry (sold by Earl Goodwin); Pop’s Tavern (sold by Earl Goodwin)
$1000: Pop’s Tavern (sold by Earl Goodwin); Eddie Hadiaris (sold by Karen Chasse); Randy Forcier and Jackson Brown (sold by Randy Forcier and Jackson Brown)
PROGRAM IDEA???? PLEASE CONTACT President Ken, PROGRAM CHAIRS. Remember it is the responsibility of every member to help get Programs for our meetings.
We have now exceeded our original goal of raising $700. Thanks to all!
Real-time total raised
$776.60
CLYNKed containers
14,241
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.
We are looking for sponsors of our communications- The Tack, eTack and Web-site. For just $100 you are included in all three for a year. Please contact me to sign up!
