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Speakers
Aug 22, 2017
Rotaract at St Joseph's College - Plans & Expectations
Aug 29, 2017
District Recovery Initiative - District 7780 Combating the Opiod Crisis
Sep 05, 2017
Classification Talk as we Celebrate International Literacy Day Sept 8
Sep 12, 2017
District 7780
Sep 19, 2017
Sep 26, 2017
Oct 03, 2017
Oct 10, 2017
RYLA & Interact in the Upcoming Year
Oct 17, 2017
Classification Talk
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Upcoming Events
Board Meeting
WRVC Board Room
Sep 05, 2017
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
 
Westbrook Food Drive
Hannaford - Front Right Parking Lot
Sep 09, 2017
9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
 
23rd Annual Rotary Classic Golf Tournament
Gorham Country Club
Sep 19, 2017
11:30 AM – 5:00 PM
 
Oct 2017 Board Meeting
WRVC Board Room
Oct 03, 2017
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
 
Nov 2017 Board Meeting
WRVC Board Room
Nov 07, 2017
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
 
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The Four Way Test
 
Of the things we think, say, or do:
  First, Is it the truth?
  Second, Is it fair to all concerned?
  Third, Will it build goodwill & better friendships?   
  Fourth, Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
 
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Rotary's Six Areas of Focus
 
   * Promoting Peace
   * Supporting Education
   * Growing Local Economies
   * Fighting Disease
   * Providing Clean Water 
   * Saving Mothers & Children
 
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Rotary History
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 Milestones
  • Jason Beever - Birthday  8/27
  • Jack & Linda Kivus - Anniversary 8/16/75 - 42 yrs
  • Frank & Christine Emery - Anniversary 8/17/69 - 48 yrs
  • Ann & Owens McCullough - Anniversary 8/19/89 - 28 yrs
  • Steve & Patty Rand - Anniversary 8/24/85 - 32 yrs
  • Mike & Cheryl Sanphy - Anniversary 8/24/02 - 15 yrs
  • Christine&Willie Johnson - Anniversary 8/28/82 - 35 yrs
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Next Board Meeting
9/5 10:30AM at WRVC
All members are welcome at Board Meetings
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Stories
Upcoming Opportunities
The Locker Project at Westbrook Community CenterThis week! Wednesday August 23. One additional volunteer would be appreciated at 3:30PM in Scarborough to load truck. We should be set for volunteers from 4-5:30 at WCC, but please feel free to drop by. Volunteers at WCC unload the van and help arrange produce and groceries on tables, then assist students and parents with bagging the food to take home. You will be a welcoming presence, making sure people know they are invited to take food. Everyone is invited to bring food home with them. Please contact Christine Johnson if you can help.
 
Preble Street Resource Center - This week! Wednesday, August 23 - several volunteers are needed to help prepare and serve a meal to those in need at the Preble Street Soup Kitchen.  Volunteer time is from 4:00-6:15PM. Doors open for guests at 4:30PM. The volunteer door is on Oxford Street.  A few volunteers are needed at 3:30PM to help with prep. If you can help, please contact Gracie Johnston of the Portland Rotary Club: gracie.johnston@wcsh6.com   
Summer Concerts in the Park - Final week!! Once again, legionnaires will be selling grilled and other food items at every Wednesday night concert in the park through August 23rd. Please come enjoy the free music and support your local veterans at the same time. August 16 - Bob Charest Band, August 23 - Delta Knights.
 
Downtown Westbrook Coalition - SWOT Analysis Community Meeting - August 30, 6-7:30PM. Westbrook-Warren Congregational Church, 810 Main St.  This is a public meeting run by the Downtown Westbrook Coalition to discuss the Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) in downtown Westbrook. Organizations like DWC work because of community buy-in, which includes invaluable feedback from the people that live and work here. This analysis will also help with the application to become an accredited Main Street program, which would be a huge honor for Westbrook. 
 
Brews & BBQ - September 1, 4-8PM. Downtown Westbrook Coalition fundraiser dinner. In the Mister Bagel and Yes Brewing parking lot at 8 Stevens Ave. Mister Bagel is making BBQ brisket, chicken, and sausage -wine, sangria, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for purchase; River's Edge Deli will provide sides like cornbread, baked beans, and slaw; and you can purchase brews from Yes Brewing all evening. A portion of the ticket sales will go to the DWC. Food tickets are $15 in advance, through Wednesday, August 30. Tickets can be purchased at Downtown Westbrook Coalition office, 752 Main Street, from Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 3pm or at the August 30 SWOT meeting mentioned above.  Or they can be purchased on line: BBQ&Brews Tickets
 
 
Food Drive Saturday September 9 -  9AM-2PM at Hannaford's in Westbrook, to benefit Westbrook Food Pantry and Westbrook High School Food Pantry.   Drive coordinated by Westbrook-Gorham Rotary, Westbrook Kiwanis, and Downtown Westbrook Coalition.  We will be collecting non-perishable items and accepting cash donations. You can help by dropping off donations that day. Voluteers will be needed and we hope to include Interact Club members to help.
 
Donate to our Club's Charity through Amazon Smile – Ongoing - If you order items from Amazon.com, even if not very often, you can help Westbrook Gorham Rotary Club Charities.  Go to http://smile.amazon.com/. Search for our Charity and select it. You may need to login to your Amazon account before being able to finalize your selection.   Then, when you shop Amazon.com (always starting from http://smile.amazon.com/) a portion of every purchase will be donated to our charity.
CLYNK for Literacy – Ongoing - Keep those cans and bottles coming! Drop off your filled CLYNK bag at any Hannaford (drop off locations can be found at: https://www.clynk.com/locations/maine/ . Thanks to those who have contributed bottles so far to help purchase books that we donate for each speaker.  If you need more CLYNK bags, they are available at each meeting. 
Application for Membership - Sarah Hutchins
Sarah Hutchins, a resident of Gorham, has submitted an application for membership.  She is sponsored by Phil Spiller.
 
Sarah recently joined Evergreen Credit Union on Riverside St as a Mortgage Loan Originator after a few yeas as a Sales and Leasing consultant at Prime Toyota in Saco. Over the course of her career she has been a bank teller, a sales coach, a loan originator and an owner/operator of home loan companies.  Sarah mentioned in her application that she is a former member of our club.
 
Sarah is a member of Eastpoint Church and is a mother of three. Her hobbies include volunteer work. She is a 1991 graduate of Westbook High School.
 
As required, a vote will be taken on her application at the next board meeting. If you have any input on this application, please contact President Bill or other Board member before September 5.
 
Golf Classic is Fast Approaching
The 23rd Annual Rotary Golf Classic is fast approaching - Tuesday September 19, 2017. The Golf Committee is hard at work soliciting sponsors and teams, but we need "all hands on deck" to make this our most successful year ever.
 
The goal this year is to field at least 20 teams and reach 40 hole sponsors.  We are off to a great start - Gorham Sand & Gravel has signed on as a major sponsor again this year, and we already have several hole sponsors. Golf Committee members have been out making contacts to bring back past sponsors and to find new ones.
 
Please consider entering a team or sponsoring a hole.  Ask your friends, family and colleagues to join you in supporting this even. Our 2017 brochure that explains it all is available on our website at: Rotary Classic.   People can also learn about this event on FaceBook: Rotary Classic Event
 
Prizes for the Raffle are also needed. $10-$25 gift cards to local establishments, golf related items, or other items with value of $10 to $50 (or more!) are appreciated.  Contact Ethan Johnson to donate.
 
This will be our Club's largest fundraiser of the year - with your help!.
DWC Intern Shares Results
The Downtown Westbrook Coalition sought out and found an enthusiastic and hardworking summer intern in Shannon Cilento, our speaker on August 15. Shannon hails from upstate New York and is a Cornell grad, where she received her MA in historic preservation planning this past May. She previously earned her BA in Anthropology & Archeology at Oswego State.
 
Shannon’s 10-week internship focused on three areas: Business Directory & Map, Historic Kiosk, and compilation & digitation of previous Plans and Studies.  All of her efforts were in furtherance of Downtown Westbrook Coalition’s application to become an accredited Main Street Program.
 
The business directory includes both businesses and property owners. She was able to identify 200 businesses - and growing. This directory compilation process included placing each business on a spatial map and obtaining emails from each business and property owner. One use of the email list will be to solicit information for a DWC calendar of events.
 
 
The first historic kiosk will be placed near the new Bridge St bridge. Work was done to obtain price quotes for a 3-sided structure, plan contents for the kiosk, and identify a location that would avoid utilities. It is envisioned that this will be the first of many placed as part of a historic walking trail along the Riverwalk.
 
In the past 20 years, or so, there have been approximately 30 Studies and Plans completed. These include Comprehensive Plans, Development Plans, Master Plans, Parking Studies, Revitalization Plans, etc. These plans have now been collected, reviewed, and digitized and are now being added to the DWC website in chronological order. There are many great ideas in these previous studies. Having them readily accessible will provide the ability to more easily revisit the plans and identify ideas and objectives that should be pursued.
 
Westbrook Mayor and WG Rotary member Mike Sanphy,
Downtown Coalition Director Abigail Cioffi,
Downtown Coalition Pres and WG Rotary VP Deb Shangraw,
Speaker Shannon Cilento, Rotary Pres-Elect Kate Wight,
Westbrook Councilor Ann Peoples, and
Downtown Coalition VP and WG Rotary member Phil Spiller.
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Win a trip to World Polio Day in Seattle!
 
As you should have seen in a recent email from DG Dave Underhill, this year, World Polio Day will be held in Seattle in recognition of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s support of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.  A generous District 7780 Rotarian has donated airfare and a hotel room for one of us to travel to Seattle for World Polio Day on October 24. This is a chance to be in the audience and see “up close and personal” what major players in this field have to say.
 
Make a donation to Polio Plus of at least $25 between July 1st and September 30, 2017. Each individual donor, regardless of the amount given, will be eligible for the drawing and the lucky winner will be heading west in October. If you make your donation on-line, it can be made any time right up to September 30. If you choose to do it by check, mail it by September 22 to be sure it will get to Evanston in time to be processed.  Every donation is eligible for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2:1 match, so your contribution is tripled.
 
What’s Included: Round trip airfare from Portland or Boston to Seattle, hotel room for two nights in Seattle. You are responsible for meals and other incidentals.
 
Speaker Assignment List
 
We have been receiving many requests to provide programs recently so have not assigned members to specific weeks as we have done in the past.  If you have an idea for a program, please contact Christine Johnson.  We are currently seeking programs for October and beyond. 
 
Here is the list of upcoming dates with speakers and their sponsors:
 
* 8/22 - PDG Sheila Rollins - Rotaract at St Joseph's - Bill Chadwick
* 8/29 - Chief Bob MacKenzie - Kennebunk ME - District Recovery Initiative - Christine Johnon
* 9/5   - Becky Albert - Classification Talk- Celebrate International Literacy Day
* 9/12 - District Governor Dave Underhill - Bill Chadwick
* 9/19 - Golf Tournament - No Meeting
* 9/26 - Marty Helman - District Foundation Chair - Steve Rand
* 10/3 - Club Assembly
* 10/10 - WHS Interact and RYLA with Bruce Dyer - Dave Rolfe
* 10/17 - Scott Linscott - Classification Talk
* 10/24 - Lawrence Furbish - World Polio Day
* 10/31 - Owens McCullough - New Rotary House Update
* 11/7   - Abigail Cioffi - Downtown Westbrook Coalition - Phil Spiller
11/14 - Your Speaker Here!!
* 11/21 - In-Meeting Service Project - Details Soon!!
 
 
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Missed a Meeting?   Make up online at Rotary E-Club One
 
Or at one of these other local clubs in our area:
 
Portland - Fridays 12:15PM at Holiday Inn by the Bay or Clarion
check website for current week's venue
 
Portland Sunrise - Thursdays 7:15AM
Cumberland Club 116 High St Portland
 
Falmouth - Mondays 4:30PM
American Legion Post  65 Depot Rd Falmouth
 
Scarborough - Tuesdays 5:45PM
Cabela's 100 Cabela's Blvd Scarborough
 
Sebago Lake Rotary Club - Thursdays 12:15PM 
NEW LOCATION
Pat's Pizza 844 Roosevelt Trail, Windham, ME 04062
 
OR you can always claim a make up by attending Rotary-sponsored events of our club or other clubs like fundraisers, selling Christmas Trees, by volunteering at our Golf Tournament or our Road Race, or by attending District events or training. Just let our Secretary Mike Foley know when you have participated in any of these activities at mfoley@me.com
 
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