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on Nov 11, 2015
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The nominating committee met and the following were nominated:
President - Lucie Kay
Past President - Bill Kany
President Elect - Jackson Brown
Vice President - Bernice Wood
Treasurer - Laurie Joe
Assistant Treasurer - Sue Gajewski
Secretary - Elaine Palmetessa
Assistant Secretary - Peggy Bean
Election will be held at the Dec 2nd meeting.
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Posted by Sarah Neault
on Nov 11, 2015
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President Bill Kany kicked off the meeting promptly at 12:15. Sarah Neault led us in song, God Bless America; Next up Frank Gooding led the Four Way Test. Opening ceremonies concluded with Joe Bassett leading our group in prayer. There was a moment of silence to honor all those who have served and are serving our country. Thank you to our Veteran’s.
Lucie Kay introduced visiting Rotarians, Dave Underhill and his wife, Linda, and guests, Conrad, Lucie’s husband, Doug, Michael Thomas and Todd.
We meet almost every week at 12:15 p.m. at the Run of the Mill.
This week’s 50/50 raffle winner of $29.00 was Roland Gagne. Congratulations!
Happy Dollars: there were happy dollars this week but it happened so quickly that I didn't get a chance to record who was happy for what!
Fines: Karen Chasse paid a fine for parking out front, Bill for dressing down, Fausto for getting to go on a lovely trip to Cuba, Earl for not silencing his phone last week, Paul D. for difficulties drafting an email to the Club using Club Runner, Brian D. for not editing Paul D.'s email; Mark Tuller for never coming to meetings; Dave Underhill had to pay a "welcome dollar", Karen fined everyone who hadn't received or given a hug today; Bill was fined for something having to do with an email from the Westbrook principal; Matt Simmons for wearing a hat indoors; Lucie for bringing Doug; Michael Thomas for bringing his associate; Jim A. for the coleslaw upcharge; Peggy Bean was also fined and poor Bruce, for slow goings at the front desk this morning!
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Posted by Sarah Neault
on Nov 11, 2015
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Karen Chasse informed the Club that all of the 50/50 tickets have been sold! Thank you to everyone for not waiting until the last minute and for selling your tickets early. The drawing will be held at Duffy’s tomorrow, November 12th at 6 p.m.
Lucie Kay announced that The Stuff the Bus food drive will be held on November 14th from 8-5. Our club will be manning the Biddeford Hannaford and Market Basket. President Kany informed us that the Scarborough Club will be making a sizable donation of food to the Club which will go to help fill the bus.
President Kany thanked Lucie for organizing the Stuff the Bus event. It was no small undertaking! Thanks Lucie!!
Andy Grief and Jim Godbout held the first meeting of the newly formed “Red Ribbon Committee”. The Committee will work with the local high schools to develop a week long curriculum to raise drug awareness and prevention. The program will include an essay contest. Stay tuned for more details and ways to get involved.
The Christmas Shopping for our adopt-a-family project will be on December 2, at Walmart. The wrapping will take place at SBSI in Saco on December 9 at 5:30. Gifts will be delivered on December 23.
The next fellowship event will be held on December 3 at Fausto’s house at 121 North St., in Saco. Please bring an unwrapped toy and a gift for the yankee swap ($10.00 limit). Save the date! More details to come.
Frank Dumais reported that the Dictionary project was a success. 531 students received dictionaries!
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Posted by Sarah Neault
on Nov 11, 2015
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Today we heard from Matthew Braun. Matthew is a recovering opiate addict.
He grew up in Cape Elizabeth and now lives in Westbrook. He turned to drugs at a very young age. He says that marijuana was his gateway drug. He started using because he didn't know how to be "me". He had difficulties dealing with his feelings and emotions. Drugs helped him fix himself because he thought that he needed to be fixed. When marijuana stopped giving him the high, he turned to opiates and eventually heroin. The drugs were his solution to life; when he was high he thought that he was living the life the way he wanted to live. It was a terrible time for him and his family. To support his habit he broke into homes in his community. He served time in jail. His stent in jail and the possibility of going back wasn't enough to make him stop. Matt explained that people with addiction continuously chase their first high, but they never succeed. At age 19 Matt was almost arrested again. His lawyer and the arresting officer were his saving graces; they saw in him something that he couldn't see. He made the decision to face his addiction and get sober. Instead of jail time he went to a sober living home in Portland which catapulted him into recovery. He completed a 12-step program which taught principals of faith, integrity, and how to embrace uncertainty. He learned that he needed to clean up the mess he had made. He started by penning a full written confession to his family. He has been sober for 6 years now, since 2009.
He volunteers with Young People in Addiction and started a local chapter in Biddeford. The goal of the program is to empower young people in recovery by focusing on 3 principles:
1. employment opportunities;
2. housing opportunities;and
3. Education.
Matt opined that every addict has the capability to recover - it won't be easy but it is possible. He said that it is an individual process and different for each person. The Club applauded Matt on his many successes and wished him the best for the future.
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Posted by Karen Chasse
on Nov 16, 2015
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ROTARY CLUBS DONATE ALMOST 19,000 POUNDS OF FOOD
AND OVER $10,000 TOWARDS ENDING HUNGER
YORK & CUMBERLAND COUNTY, ME – The Rotary Clubs of Biddeford Saco and Saco Bay spent Saturday, November 14 inviting the public to join them in collecting food at their “Stuff the Bus” event at Market Basket in Biddeford, Hannaford in Biddeford and Saco and Shop ‘n Save in Old Orchard Beach. Thanks to the generosity of our community, the Rotary Clubs were able to donate an equivalent of 18,725.25 pounds of food directly to the Biddeford, Saco, Old Orchard Beach food pantries and Bon Appetit food program. Exactly 3,205 pounds of food was collected and $3,104.05 in cash which equates to 15,520.25 pounds of food.
“This event would not have been a success without the communities’ support and the many Rotarians who coordinated the effort,” stated Biddeford Saco Rotary Club President Bill Kany. “We are grateful for the Interact students, Saco Explorer Club, Shuttle Bus-Zoom staff, York County Federal Credit Union staff, the area grocery stores and Volk Packaging for assisting in making this event possible. Upon delivery that evening, the food pantries were extremely impressed and thankful.”
In addition to this food drive to end hunger and food insecurity in Maine, six other Rotary Clubs with over 225 Rotarians throughout York and Cumberland County were also hard at work. The Scarborough Rotary Club collected food leading up the “Stuff the Bus” event and delivered it that day. In addition they raised another $500 for Thanksgiving meals for Project Grace in their community. The Westbrook/Gorham and Falmouth Rotary Clubs are working with My Place Teen Center to cook, provide food and mentor needy teens after school, as well as received a $3,500 matching grant from the Rotary District to buy fresh produce. The Falmouth Rotary Club is also hosting a Thanksgiving Raffle with $1,500 proceeds going to their local food pantry. The Sebago Lakes Rotary Club participated in OctoberFest at Camp Hinds and raised $1,500 and collected food for local pantries.
Rotary is an organization of business and professional leaders united worldwide who provide humanitarian service, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. In more than 160 countries worldwide, approximately 1.2 million Rotarians belong to more than 30,000 Rotary clubs. Their main objective is service – in the community, in the workplace and throughout the world. Rotarians develop community projects that address many of today’s most critical issues, such as children at risk, poverty and hunger, the environment, illiteracy and violence. They also support programs for youth, educational opportunities and international exchanges for students, teachers and other professionals, and vocational and career development. To learn more about Rotary, visit www.biddeford-sacorotary.org
PHOTO CAPTION: Biddeford Saco Rotary Club President Bill Kany (center) and the Saco Explorers Club finish filling the Shuttle Bus with donated food to disburse to the local food pantries.
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Posted by Karen Chasse
on Nov 03, 2015
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Hello Rotarians,
I wanted to congratulate the Vocational Committee and Biddeford Regional Center of Technology on their efforts to expand the House Project Fundraiser. This is a wonderful project that allows us to partner with other organizations (the school, local businesses) to build productive adults and raise money for our scholarships. Below is the story as it appears in the Journal Tribune that speaks well of our Rotary Club and the BRCOT program. Great work!
Thanks,
Karen
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By ANGELO J. VERZONI
Staff Writer
BIDDEFORD — The City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 20 to transfer tax-delinquent property to the Biddeford School Department and the Biddeford-Saco Rotary Club.
The council’s decision will allow students in the technical school’s building trades program to partner with local businesses to renovate and eventually sell the twostory, 95-year-old house that sits on the roughly 0.2-acre property at 471 Main St., which the city acquired in 2014, according to city records.
In a letter addressed to City Manager Jim Bennett and dated Oct. 15, Jeremy Ray, superintendent of Biddeford schools, urged city officials to support the project. BRCOT and the Rotary Club have partnered together for more than two decades to give students in the program – as well as students in other BRCOT programs, such as electrical engineering – experience building and selling homes, he said.
The renovation project at 471 Main St. is part of the program’s new vision to begin “working on projects that are much more visible within the community,” Ray said.
In an email Sunday, Bennett said the project has many benefits. “The students will work on a real project, a rundown property gets fixed up, a new family will get a nice home, the property goes back on the property tax rolls and the proceeds will support scholarships for Biddeford High School seniors through the Rotary,” he said.
When the project is finished and the house is sold, the school department plans to also use the proceeds to repay the city approximately $11,600 in back taxes and sewer fees owed on the property.
“Being the first time that the COT and Rotary has ever been involved with a renovation, certainly there will be some growth and some areas that we don’t foresee,” Ray told councilors at the Oct. 20 meeting. “But our plan would be, based off the proceeds of the sale, to reimburse the city for taxes and those sewer fees.”
BRCOT Director Paulette Bonneau said in an email this morning that the renovation will give students studying three different fields the opportunity to work together on a project to contribute to the community.
“Our drafting design students are currently working on plans to create a home for modern living,” she said. “In the future, some of our electrical (engineering) students will be involved.”
In an email Sunday, Ray predicted work on the house to begin this year and end sometime next year.
— Staff Writer Angelo J. Verzoni can be contacted at 282-1535, ext. 329 or averzoni@journaltribune.com.
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We did not have a guest speaker this week. Rather, Andy Grief facilitated a strategic planning session following last week’s brainstorming session. The goal was for the Club to reach a consensus about how to devote our time and financial resources to combat the heroin epidemic that is plaguing our communities. We spent the first part of the meeting clarifying the brainstorming ideas coming out of last week’s meeting. Next we grouped these ideas into common themes. Then we identified the themes namely, the ideas focused on
1. Enforcement/Treatment;
2. Awareness/Education; and
3. Secondary/Tertiary Prevention.
Finally, after discussion and sharing personal stories we voted and selected awareness and education as the focus of our group’s efforts.
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Posted by Peggy Bean
on Jul 01, 2015
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PLEASE BE AT THE Run-Of-The-Mill BY 11:45 am
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FRONT DESK |
TACK REPORTER |
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CJ Dubois-Cote and Matt Simmons |
Susan Gajewski |
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Mark Nahorney |
Karen Chasse |
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Peggy Bean needs more volunteers! Please let Sarah Neault know if you are available to serve as the Tack Reporter on October 14 and October 21. Thanks.
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.
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Posted by Julie Villemaire
on Oct 01, 2013
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Account overview
Real-time total raised
$1,141.90
CLYNKed containers
20,978
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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