e-Tack 3/16/2016 (Mar 16, 2016)

Julie Villemaire
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Mar 23, 2016
Sarah Porter, Coastal Healthy Com Coalition (CHCC)
Worksite Wellness

Mar 30, 2016
Michael Coon, Vice President of External Relations
Volunteers of America NNE

Apr 06, 2016
Club Assembly
President Bill's Agenda

Apr 13, 2016
Annual Essay Contest
From Local Schools @ Duffy's OOB

Apr 20, 2016
UNE Meeting with President Ripich
Annual Meeting @ UNE Harold Alfond Forum

Apr 27, 2016
Rene Menard, Headmaster
Thornton Academy NTMA-U Program

May 04, 2016
Rick LaRiviere, President
Saco Salmon Restoration Alliance & Hatchery- Springs & Bradbury Dams

May 11, 2016
Biddeford High Interact
Senior Awards

May 18, 2016
COT Meeting
COT Programs

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Rotary TV Auction

JM Community Center

Apr 03, 2016
10:00 AM – 9:00 PM

Rotary Board Meeting

P&C Insurance Conf Room

Apr 06, 2016
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM

Rotary Board Meeting

P&C Insurance Conf Room

May 04, 2016
7:45 AM – 9:00 AM

Bingo!

The Rochambeau Club

May 07, 2016

Clifford Park Clean Up/Brush Clearing of Quarry

Community Bicycle Center

May 21, 2016

Club Information

Welcome to our Club! Rotary District 7780 -- Club Number 6294 -- Est. 1920

Service Above Self

We meet Wednesdays at 12:15 PM

Run of the Mill Public House & Brewery

100 Main St
Saco, ME 04072
United States

District Site

Venue Map

President

Bill Kany

President-Elect

Lucie Kay

Vice President

Jackson Brown

Treasurer

Laurie Jo Ready

Assistant Treasurer

Susan Gajewski

Secretary

Bernice Wood

Assistant Secretary

Peggy Bean

Director

Rob Moody

Director

Joe Moreshead

Director

Susan Gajewski

Director

Andy Greif

Immediate Past President

Ken Farley

Foundation Chair

Paul Deschambault

Youth Protection Officer

Ray Demers

Webmaster

Brian Dallaire

Member Birthdays

James McAllister

March 6

Join Date

Susan Gajewski

March 6, 2013

3 years

Paul Deschambault

March 17, 1999

17 years

Elaine Palmitessa

March 21, 2012

4 years

Emily Frechette

March 25, 2015

1 year

Bill Kany

Okay, I have been reminding or berating you over the last several weeks to get your auction items in. I would love to think that my constant reminders worked, but then I remembered that only 7 of you actually read the Tack and only 3 of you occasionally listen to me, so I will not take credit for the fact that we have reached the goal of 410 items for the auction.

First, thank you to all of you who solicited at least one item or one quickie or big board sponsor. It is your efforts that make the auction a success. For those of you who did not solicit anything, and I suspect you know who you are (though I suspect none of the members of our club who failed to solicit anything actually read the Tack), please make more of an effort to get involved with the auction event itself. Perhaps go to the setup on Saturday morning (April 2) or work the day of the auction on the phones, tabulating bids, working the pickup and pay area or be on TV as an auctioneer or MC. If we had all solicited 3 items our club would have done its share. Some club members do a lot more, but there is really no excuse for not soliciting anything for the auction. There I feel better.

Speaking of feeling better, I did something I had never done before this past weekend. Despite growing up and living in Saco most of my life, and despite the fact that my father has been a major fundraiser for the event for 15 years, I had never been to a Mary’s Walk. On March 20 I attended the opening ceremonies of Mary’s Walk. It was well organized and a lot of fun. Some of the Thornton students were part of a “flash mob”, Kim Block hosted the ceremonies, a number of significant fundraisers were acknowledged and Eric and Nancy Marston got up and talked about Nancy’s successful battle with breast cancer. The whole thing was inspirational without being overdone. Gene Libby and the entire Kerry family should be very proud of how they have turned their grief into a huge event which has raised so much money for cancer research. Again, this is an example of one person’s idea becoming an enormous effort to fight a horrific disease.

Enjoy the last blast of winter, welcome in spring in Maine and have a great week. Bill

Week-in-Review 3/16/2016

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Mar 16, 2016

The meeting was opened at 12:15 with the Pledge of Allegiance by President Bill, followed by a pausing Roland Gagne leading the Four-Way-Test. Joe Basset lead us in an opening prayer.

President-Elect Lucie introduced guests: Delilah Poupore, Executive Director, Heart of Biddeford & Chuck Gajewski (Susan's husband).

New member induction by President Bill: Naomme Paris (Biddeford Savings Bank) sponsored by Bernice Wood. President Bill reminded us of a quote from Tom Brokaw, "It's easy to make a buck; tougher to make a difference."

Bill thanked Jim Mcallister for donating his 50/50 last week to the SAA.

This week's 50/50 of $31 was won by Sue Gajewski which was donated back to the SAA to save Bill from having to make up the SAA budget.

SAA- Joe M & Karen C

Happy Dollars:

Rob M for his daughter home from college in Boston and for hiking sections the Eastern Trail

Mark N to promote the City Theater production of "Next to Normal"

Bernice as a sponsor of Susan for her 4th year in Rotary

Lucie has return from PETS

Jackson for all the auction items turned in

Bill for his daughter Erin representing UNE College of Pharmacy in WDC

Heather for her daughter's acceptance into Northeastern Univ

Susan G for having Chuck as a guest after 3 year in the club

Jim A for grandson Fynnfor winning the Yarmouth School talent contest as a Robotic Dancer

Lucie for the pot-luck food sign-up for the auction

Carole brush for the Eastern Trail

Fines:

Bill for the impressive membership induction pledge

Bill for making fun of Karen's auction film

Rob & Lucie for late auction items

Lucie for Karen's debit card being shut off

Gender fine for all males: Karen got 4" cut from her hair and none noticed even fro her husband!

Ladies table-too much estrogen!

Jackson for letting people got way beyond the auction deadline for turning in items

Brian for replying to emails with "Dr Brian"

Roland for the dramatic pause on the 4-way-test

Jeremy for the PJs day at school

Karen for hurting Joe's feelings

Announcements 3/16/2016

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Mar 16, 2016

Thanks to the club as we finally hit the required 410 items for the auction and then some!

Sign-up sheets for working the the Auction on April 3 will be coming along.

Future Meeting/Activity Reminders:

4/5 Bowling Team: Jackson, Paulette, Bernice, Karen & CJ for Big Brothers/Big Sisters @ Vacationland Bowling, Saco

4/9 w/ COT Honor Students Community parks clean up

4/13 Essay Contest @ Duffy's in OOB

4/20 Annual Meeting @ UNE (Alfond Forum)

5/18 Annual BBQ @ COT

5/21 Community hands-on project @ CBC

Committee Meetings after todays meeting: Charity, Membership (to set up a Fireside Chat); Mentoring Program(see below)

Elias Fletcher from Biddeford High School was at our meeting. He met with all those who are willing to serve as "mentors". I hope we can get 10 members to do this.

Biddeford High School would like to have 10 members of our club to serve as "mentors" or really discussion leaders. There would be 2 Rotarians and 25-30 students in each group. The sessions would be from 10:15 to 11:00 on Mondays for 5 Mondays beginning on March 21 and skipping April 18 and finishing on April 25.

The following would be the areas discussed:

1. Introduction and history of how the mentor got to where they are today.

2. Personal Finance - Bills, Loans, Credit Cards...

3. Getting a Job - Skills to work on, What are employers looking for, how to turn your summer job into a career by either moving up or building resume...

4. Local Opportunity - What are some things that students might not realize are advantages to staying local when looking for jobs or starting businesses?

5. Advise - what advise do you have to pass on to seniors that are about to either enter college or the work force full time.

Eastern Trail Alliance

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Mar 16, 2016

Carole Brush, Executive Director presented information about the Eastern Trail which nis part of the Eastern Greenway.

First she thanked our group for our past donation in support of the trail.

The Eastern Trail (ET) is a 30% complete vision
of a 65-mile recreation/transportation greenway
connecting Casco Bay at Bug Light in South Portland
with Strawbery Banke in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
This world-class, 10-foot wide trail is enjoyed by
thousands of users for hiking, snowshoeing, crosscountry
skiing, walking, biking, birding, nature
study and many other muscle-powered healthy
activities. To provide end-to-end connectivity as offroad
construction progresses, the ET is currently a
connected series of off-road and on-road segments.

The ET offers views of pristine Casco Bay at its
northern end. It crosses cities and Maine’s largest
saltwater marsh. It passes over the Maine Turnpike
as part of a 6.2-mile greenway section connecting
Biddeford, Arundel and Kennebunk. It’s near Maine’s
sandy saltwater beaches–the finest anywhere. It passes
through miles of quiet woodland with streams and
wetlands. ET explorers may see great blue heron,
snowy egrets, bald eagles, seals, wild turkey, deer,
turtles, and other Maine wildlife, and historic mills and
railroad artifacts.

The East Coast Greenway is a developing trail system,
spanning 2,900 miles as it winds its way between
Calais, Maine and Key West, linking all the major
cities of the eastern seaboard. Like the ET, more than
25 percent of the route is already on safe, traffic-free
paths. See Greenway.Org. The Eastern Trail is the
southern Maine section of the East Coast Greenway.

Carole suggested that they could use help of the Interact Club in future projects.

FMI: Carole Brush Executive Director ETA/ETMD P O Box 250 Saco, ME 04072 207-284-9260 office eta@easterntrail.org easterntrail@yahoo.com

http://www.easterntrail.org/

Rotary TV Auction 2016

UNE Brain Fair 2016

Red Ribbon Committee

Posted by Jim Godbout on Feb 17, 2016

Below is the final copy of the Mission - Vision Statement and Guiding Principles of the Red Ribbon Committee as primarily authored by Andy Grief. We have also revised the Red Ribbon logo to address Rotary requirements. I thought it was important to share this with all of you.

Mission – Vision – Guiding Principles

Red Ribbon Committee

Rotary Club of Biddeford-Saco

Mission Statement

The Red Ribbon Committee of the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club exists to mobilize the community to encourage healthy and thriving behaviors without the influences of illegal drugs and other misused substances.

Vision Statement

As a result of the efforts of the Red Ribbon Committee, members of the Biddeford, Saco, and Old Orchard Beach communities will lead healthier lives free of the harmful influences of misused substances.

Guiding Principles

Rotary has the power to effect positive change through its leadership and resources.
Rotary believes in the necessity of primary, secondary and tertiary prevention efforts.
Rotary believes in the importance of information to effect positive change.
Rotary believes in the power of positive experiences to effect positive outcomes.
Rotary believes in the power of people sharing their personal stories to effect change.
Rotary believes in the power of caring mentoring relationships to empower people.

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Election of New Officers 2016-2017

Posted by Karen Chasse on Dec 02, 2015

The below list of nominations were read. No nominations were heard from the floor. Paul Dechambault made a motion to accept the slate of nominations, Jeremy Ray seconded the motion and the club voted unanimous.

President: Lucie Kay

President-Elect: Jackson Brown

Vice President: Bernice Wood

Past President: Bill Kany

Treasurer: Laurie Jo Ready

Assistant Treasurer: Susan Gajewski

Secretary: Elaine Palmitessa

Assistant Secretary: Peggy Bean

Directors: Jim Godbout – replace (term 2016-2018)

Andy Greif (term 2015-2017)

Joe Moreshead – replace (term 2016-2018)

Fausto Pifferrer (term 2015-2017)

Matt Simmonds (term 2016-2018)

DUTY ROSTER For Future Meetings

Posted by Peggy Bean on Jul 01, 2015

PLEASE BE AT THE Run-Of-The-Mill BY 11:45 am

Meeting	FRONT DESK	TACK REPORTER
3/23/2016	Heather MacLean and Mark Nahorney	Josh Fearon
3/30/2016	Heather MacLean and Pierre Giroux	Josh Fearon
4/6/2016	Heather MacLean and Joe Basset	Sarah Curley
4/13/2016	Conrad Welzel	Sarah Curley

Peggy Bean needs more volunteers! Please remember it is up to the TACK coordinator to ensure that someone is taking the minutes each week during your assigned month. If you aren’t able to take the minutes yourself, please reach out to fellow members for volunteers. Please forward the minutes to Julie Villemaire and Brian Dallaire so they can get them posted for the rest of the members.

Invocation: Joe Bassett

PROGRAM IDEA???? PLEASE CONTACT Brian Dallaire, PROGRAM CHAIR or a member of the Program Committee. Remember it is the responsibility of every member to help get Programs for our meetings.

CLYNK Update

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Oct 01, 2013

Account overview

fundraising goal

Real-time total raised

Total Raised:
$1,316.85

Containers CLYNKed:
24,119

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.

Meeting Registration

Greetor

Front Desk 1

MacLean, Heather

Front Desk 2

Nahorney, Mark

Coordinator

Bean, Peggy

Meeting Conduct

Announce Visiting Rotarians & Guests

Kay, Lucie

Invocation

Invocations/Coordinator

Bassett, Joe

Speakers

Dallaire, Brian

Tack

Editor

Villemaire, Julie

Website Publisher

Dallaire, Brian

Reporter for Weekly Minutes

Fearon, Josh