Today’s Rotary meeting was at the Biddeford Center of Technology. President Ken opened the meeting with the pledge then led us in song with God Bless America. Lucie Kay recited the 4 way test and Denis Elie led the invocation. A buffet lunch of burgers, dogs, chicken, three types of salads and cookies followed. It was awesome!
Earl won the 50/50 raffle of $24.00. There was no Sergeant at Arms today.
Thank you to Jim G., Fausto P., Peg L., Keith J., and Andy G. for all the preparation and food for today’s meeting.
The Fireside Chat was at Fausto’s house last night and all ten attendees were treated to wonderful lobster rolls prepared by Fausto along with some great conversation. Thank you to Karen C. for setting this up and thank you to everyone that attended.
Bernice W. was presented with a silver award for welcoming 4 new members to our club over the past year. Congratulations Bernice.
Please bring your Bingo money to Julie V. today or at least call her with the amount you collected as the State of Maine needs to know how much money we made by 5/21. Thank you to Julie and all the volunteers that make Bingo possible each year.
We are looking for 3 to 4 host families to welcome guests from Bulgaria into their homes on June 9th and 10th. Please let Ken know if you’d like to be a host family.
There is a Rotary Clean-Up day scheduled for Camp Hinds in Raymond on Sunday 5/31. Let Ken know if you are able to help.
Please send your nominations for awards to Bill Kany ASAP.
We are hosting our Interact students next week at Run of the Mill. Please try to attend.
Ken began our program by thanking the COT for his experiences here 25 years ago. He and Denis both attended the COT and are appreciative of the great education they received. Ken introduced Ken Crepeau from the Business Academy.
Ken Crepeau teaches 4 classes in the Business Academy and explained dual enrollment credits to us. High school students can earn up to 30 college credits (15 in Gen Ed and 15 in CTE programs) in high school which saves money on college bills. The students need a 2.5 GPA to get into the program.
Mr. Dutremble wasn’t able to join us but sent students to speak for the Business Information Technology School. The message from his students is that you are in Mr. Dutremble’s class to learn and you will fail if you fool around. The students gave a very informative presentation.
Wayne Hapgood from the Building Trades department thanked Rotary for their continued financial support of the houses and sheds. He also thanked Carl Goodwin and Jim Godbout for all the input and expertise that they give to this program. Carl and Jim keep the program current with all the new ideas like the blower door on the house that can tell how energy efficient the houses are built. Wayne told us that there were not many schools that had the up front money for wood, windows, and building materials like they did and they appreciate it. He also expressed how important it is to get more young people involved in building trades.
Bill Gervais spoke about the Electrical Trades department. He too expressed the need for more youth to get involved in a trade. He thanked Rotary for the continued support.
Peg Levasseur welcomed all Rotarians to walk around the house that was being built and she also offered a tour around the COT to see the drafting classes and welding classes.
On Friday May 22nd at 8:00 a.m., the Legion Post 26 needs our help placing the American Flag on the grave sites of over 1500 Veterans in St. Joseph's cemetery on West Street in Biddeford. Our club has been helping with the project since I joined Rotary over 10 years ago. It usually takes us less than 2 hours to place the flags-less time if we have an abundance of hands! The members of the Legion will do a walk through of the cemetery afterwards to make sure nobody was missed. This is a great opportunity to spend a little time with your fellow Rotarians & also get a little exercise.
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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