e-Tack 3/11/2020 (Mar 11, 2020)

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Mar 18, 2020

NO MEETING

Mar 25, 2020

NO MEETING

Apr 08, 2020

Essay Contest

Presentations

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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

President

Fausto Pifferrer

President-Elect

Donald Pilon

Vice President

Martin Grohman

Treasurer

Susan Gajewski

Secretary

Julie Villemaire

Director

Alicia Girard

Director

CJ Dubois-Cote

Director

Conrad Welzel

Director

Heather Gendron

Director

Haley Thompson

Director

Jim Godbout

Immediate Past President

Joe Moreshead

Foundation Chair

Brian Dallaire

Youth Protection Officer

Ray Demers

Webmaster

Brian Dallaire

Program Chair

Conrad Welzel

Member Birthdays

Brenda Pollock

March 2

Join Date

Susan Gajewski

March 6, 2013

7 years

Alicia Girard

March 7, 2018

2 years

Paul Deschambault

March 17, 1999

21 years

Elaine Palmitessa

March 21, 2012

8 years

Kathy Shea

March 28, 2018

2 years

Fausto Pifferrer

member photo

Have a great day!

Meeting Cancellations 3/18 & 25

Posted by Fausto Pifferrer on Mar 15, 2020

Due to the Coronavirus and the recommendation for social distancing, we will not be meeting for the next two Wednesdays (March 18 and 25). We will be in contact if we need to extend meeting cancellations into April.

No decisions have been made concerning the Essay Contest on April 8th or the 100th Anniversary event on May 16th. We will be in touch this week with decisions about postponing if needed.

Stay healthy and we hope you can enjoy this time with your families.

Yours in Rotary,

Fausto

Biddeford Saco Rotary Club

Centennial Celebration

Charitable Funds Committee

Posted by Joe Moreshead on Mar 05, 2020

Happy March 5, 2020. I am writing to let everyone know that the Biddeford Saco Charitable Funds Committee is rising from the ashes like a Phoenix. At Wednesdays BOD meeting it was discussed to bring the committee back. Dennis Elie and I will co-chair the committee. We also have two members, our newest Rotarians- Jane Foley and Melisa Cilley- welcome! The board thought it would be a great way to get new Rotarians and give them a sense of what we do. But wait there is more, ( I love sales folks who keep using that phrase- but wait there is more ). The four of us want you to join us. If you have any interest in being on the committee just send me an email at jmoreshe@psmp.com . I will add you to the list. We plan on sending out our giving guide lines to committee members so they have a road map for giving.

It is pretty simple we have a budget that can be from $5,000 to $15,000+++ a year to use in support of our charitable requests. I’ll explain our funding sources at our first meeting. Our charitable request form can be found on our website http://www.biddeford-sacorotary.org/ , located in the top right hand corner of the front page. Check out the website, you can connect with other Rotarians, etc. Most folks will hear about us and get directed to the website to download the application and submit it. We will also regularly get requests from American Lung Association, Alzheimer’s, etc.- all of the big not for profits send appeals to our club.

As funds get requested, you will receive an email from the co-chairs that will have the filled out charitable application form, ( just as an aside- you will see information, SSN’s, discharge papers, etc. This information must remain confidential ), and any other supporting information. Read the request, do they mesh with our guidelines? Yes / No, not to worry that is what our meetings are for. If we have requests a meeting will be scheduled to follow a regular Wednesday meeting. Our regular meeting ends at 1:30 our committee will meet right after that. As co-chair I will send out a meeting agenda with a copy of all of the requests we will be discussing at least a week in advance. Our meetings usually last 10 to 15 minutes- not very long. We only meet if we have business to vote on. On occasion there are those emergency requests where the above meeting guidelines will take too long. On those occasions the co-chairs will send out the requests and follow up with email votes, etc.

Lastly, as a committee we only have authority to grant a maximum of $500.00 per request. Any requests larger than that will go to the Board of Directors for approval. Please join the committee and see where your money is going. Don’t you know that it is better to give then receive!

Yours in Rotary,

PP’s Dennis Elie and Joe Moreshead

PS: But wait there is more, I want to see how many people are reading the E-Tack- I have 25% discount on lift tickets at Sunday River- anybody want to go skiing?

But wait there is more, discounts on food and beverage as well—MMMMMMMMMMM, cinnamon buns at North Peak mid morning!

Note From The Publisher

Posted by Brian Dallaire on Sep 19, 2019

To all Tack note takers,

As a favor since I am remotely compiling the tack, please shoot me an e-mail once you have taken the notes. That way I will know who to anticipate sending me the typed up version later on.

Please submit your Tack notes to Brian Dallaire at bdallaire@usa.net and with copy to Julie Villemaire at Jvillemaire@maine.rr.com, no later than the Tuesday AM before the next meeting.

Thanks

Brian

CLUBRUNNER MOBILE

Posted by Brian Dallaire on Oct 08, 2019

Everyone’s Phone Number at Your Fingertips

Have you done the easy ClubRunner download yet?

How would you like to have not only your own Rotary Club members contact information but also the entire District at your fingertips? You can and so much more by downloading the new and improved ClubRunner Mobile App. You can also access club and district leadership, stories and events all with just a few clicks. Connecting to them is as easy as clicking on the phone number or email address.You can download it on the AppStore or GooglePlay and be on your way in minutes. Now would also be a good time to make sure that your profile is current, and if you do not have a picture saved, or your birthday listed, considering updating your information now! Reach out and collaborate with other like minded Rotarians from around our district and be the People of Action that your are!

Watch the short video here if you want to check it out before downloading.

Click to: Download on iTunes App Store (free)

Click to: Download on Android App Store (free)

Front Desk Duty Roster

Posted by Heather MacLean on Jun 28, 2019

March 4: Heather M and Kathy Shea

March 11: Heather M and Jim L

March 18: Heather M and Haley Thompson

March 25: Heather M and Conrad

April 1: Joe B and Morgan

CLYNK Update

Posted by Julie Villemaire on Oct 01, 2013

Our Club is in first place of 10 Rotary Clubs who participate in this program! But Saco Bay is gaining on us.

Total Raised:
$2,620.85

Containers CLYNKed:
47,685

Environmental Impact:

Energy: Saved enough energy to light 66.2 lightbulbs—24 hours a day—for a year.
Emissions: Saved the emissions equivalent of driving a car 12,538 miles.
Volume: Diverted enough containers to fill 484.4 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.

Meeting Registration

Greeter

Front Desk 1

LaBelle, Jim

Front Desk 2

MacLean, Heather

Coordinator

MacLean, Heather

Meeting Conduct

Announce Visiting Rotarians & Guests

Pilon, Donald

Invocation

Bassett, Joe

Invocations/Coordinator

Bassett, Joe

Speakers

Welzel, Conrad

Tack

Editor

Pifferrer, Fausto

Website Publisher

Dallaire, Brian

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