New Member Application - Jeff Malloy - Second Publication
Jeff has been a manager for over ten years. For the past few years he was the Store Manager for Yankee Candle in South Portland. He recently accepted the position as Branch Manager for Casco Federal Credit Union in Westbrook. This has given him the opportunity to learn a new trade and to utilize his management skills.
Jeff and his wife Kiersten live in Saco with their two cats named Tober and Halley. Still almost newlyweds, they have been married just under four years. He enjoys playing golf, going to the beach and spending time with his family. In fact, he will be playing on Wayne Lopez’s team at our tournament this year.
He has not had a lot of time to do volunteer work in the past, but now realizes that individuals must make time for such work in order to help their local communities. He looks forward to growing as an individual while helping Rotary grow as well.
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* Carlo Giraulo – Rotary Anniversary 9/19 – 19 years
Lee Nelson of WCSH Channel 6 was the Master of Ceremonies at the Rotary Club of Portland Maine 100 Anniversary Gala. The Roaring Twenties themed gala, at the Holiday Inn by the Bay, was attended by over 230 people.
The Portland Club was the 177th Rotary club, chartered on September 1, 1915 under the auspices of the Boston Rotary Club. That was a difficult time to start a Rotary club with war raging in Europe and growing unease in the United States.
A short film provided reflections from many Portland Rotarians, including past District Governor Bob Patten prior to his passing earlier this year. District Governor Sheila Rollins congratulated the club on their milestone and two Paul Harris Fellow Awards were presented. The first PHF was presented to long time Rotary member and former Chief Justice of the Maine Supreme Court, the late Judge Vincent McKusick. It was accepted on his behalf by a colleague from Pierce Atwood. The second PHF was presented to Westbrook’s own Enoch Barton (see related story in this Scribbler).
Portland City Manager Jon Jennings read a City Proclamation, after which Keynote Speaker Senator Angus King was introduced. He related childhood memories of his father’s involvement with Rotary in Alexandria VA and periodically attending those meetings himself. During his short speech, he quoted Robert F Kennedy: “Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.” Senator King has a long history with Portland Rotary and was presented a Paul Harris Fellow Award at the conclusion of his speech.
The evening concluded with dancing to the Carmine Terracciano Band.
Pictured: W-G Rotary Club President Christine Johnson with District Governor Sheila Rollins (and boa!)
Mary and Enoch Barton pictured at the Portland Rotary Club Gala on Saturday evening September 12 where Enoch was honored with a Paul Harris Fellow. Congratulations Enoch!!
Past District Governor and South Berwick Rotary Club member Elias Thomas III was our speaker on September 1. Elias has been active in Rotary since 1978. His first trip to India was in January 2001. That trip had a great impact on him and solidified his understanding of the importance of the Rotary Foundation and the Polio Plus initiative. He has gone back to India every year since then, enduring a 14 hour non-stop flight from NY to Delhi each time.
During his first trip, he and his team were part of a country-wide effort to immunize 75M in on day. On January 22, 2001, 200M children under 5 were ultimately immunized, making headlines across the country. Local Interact Club members checked off each child as they were immunized, and “clean up” teams followed up by visiting homes to be sure all children in a community were immunized.
After a few years of immunizations, he began to feel that there was more that could be done during these trips. For the past six years, he and his teams have built five water catchment dams to prevent flooding during heavy rains. All are built by hand, and so far, all dams built have held up. In 2012, he returned to the site of the first dam he helped build. The area has gone from one crop a year to three. Where once it was brown and dry, it is green. Residents pump water to terraced fields to grow more crops.
He now leads a multi-national “Rotary Dream Team” each year. On his most recent trip in February 2015, there were 28 participants from 6 countries. To quote Elias, “It’s all about giving back – to the communities in which we live, as well as to the communities we may never see, but which need our support.”
If you are interested in participating in the February 2016 program, contact Elias for more information (elias@exitkeyrealestate.com). Departure is slated for February 12, 2016, but is dependent upon National Immunization Day as set by the Indian government (one of February 7, 14 or 21), and may leave one week earlier on February 5.
Kate Bugeau Wight was inducted into the Rotary Club of Westbrook-Gorham on August 18, 2015. President Christine Johnson (left) welcomes Kate (right) as a new member.
Kate originally from Berlin, NH, graduated from St. Joseph’s College in Standish with a degree in Communications, PR, and Advertising. She has had a remarkable career to date including Executive Director of Berlin NH Main Street Program – a program that brought new business into a town that lost its largest employer; moved to NC where she became Property Manager of a 192 unit property; worked for SERVPRO, at which point she became of member of Rotary in Hickory, NC; and recently moved to Cumberland where she joined Morgan Dental Care in Gorham as the Director of Communications and Marketing.
Kate is married to Jake Wight and is the mother of two beautiful girls. Westbrook-Gorham Rotary is proud to welcome Kate to our club and looks forward to including her in all of our community activities.
We are very fortunate to now have programs scheduled through the end of the year, with the exception of December 22. We are working diligently to fill that spot. Please let Christine Johnson know if you have ideas.
See the website or the Scribbler for details of upcoming meetings.
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