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Announcements:
50/50 was won by Bill Paterson, who donated the $18 to the Red Ribbon Fund
Oct 24 is World Polio Day. There is the possibility of a joint Pints for Polio fundraiser with the Saco Bay Club.
Our next board meeting is Wednesday Oct 6 - please get word to Marty if you have an item to come before the board (a larger than $500 charitable request, etc).
Note: Marty will be away on Wednesday 9/29 getting a generator installed at his camp, and Pres Elect Brenda will run the meeting. Brenda is also bringing lunch. We will need volunteers to be Greeters, for the Four Way Test, Note Taker, and Invocation/Inspirational Message. Please let Marty know if you can help.
Dan Reed will bring food 10/6 and PP Don will bring food 10/13.
Those will be our last two meetings at the Center of Technology before we transition to Ricetta's on 10/20. Thank you Brenda, Dan and Don!
Program Committee: Our guest this week is TA Headmaster Rene Menard. If you have TA gear and want to make Mr. Menard feel welcome, please wear it!
Rotaract: Beach Cleanup is Saturday at Bayview Beach (as I write this, it has already happened and was a big success!).
The Charitable Committee has approved $250 to go to Recover2gether. Recover2gether will have a Recovery Softball Event this Thursday the 30th at Rotary Park, together with the Biddeford and Saco Opioid Outreach Coordinator (a program which is housed at the Biddeford Police Dept). Rotarians are welcome. Click here for more information. The Charitable Committee is also considering a bigger request that would go to provide reusable water bottles to provide for students, since drinking fountains in the schools are closed.
Happy Dollars (apologies for some omissions, and thank you for all the great news and updates):
Brian got to visit Bernice Wood
$2 from Cheri: one for her guest Morgan Bates of Project Alliance and one for Melissa's guest Biddeford City Councilor Ashanti Williams
Brenda for her granddaughter Maddison's continued success in pageants and her remarkable project bravebees.org
Also Brian -- $10 for a great trip to Portugal, where he drank plenty of port; and also his wife had successful surgery on her toe
$10 Jen Fullmer -- as a welcome to guest speaker, Biddeford Firefighter Chris Aberle
$5 Paulette is happy that the COT school's new culinary program has been approved
$5 CJ fines herself for not being on mute while pitching some very nice real estate which several in the club were ready to buy!
$5 Matt Tuller is happy to have visited his brother in California
$5 Mark visited NC for his daughter's white coat ceremony (medical school)
$2 Melissa went to a Kansas City Chiefs game; even though they lost it was great to see her team, and pleased to have Councilor Williams as her guest
Speaker: Biddeford Firefighter Chris Aberle
Chris is seeking assistance, on behalf of the Biddeford Fire Department Relief Association, to improve and update the "Last Alarm" monument at Biddeford Central Fire Station. The Relief Association hopes to raise $75K for this project.
Chris showed some project visualizations that were prepared by drafting students at the COT. The team has been selling commemorative bricks in the display to raise money. Please visit here to help out.
The EMT program at the COT has a nice tie in with the Biddeford Fire Department. There are currently 14 students enrolled in the EMT program.
These students can't graduate soon enough, as hiring has been tough -- at one time, there would be 35-40 applicants per job; now there are far fewer. There are some staff openings at the FD if you know anyone interested.
An excellent talk by Chris and we hope to find ways to support this project!