Our club was founded in December 1925 and chartered in March 1926. Come join us for a fun evening to kick off our 90th Anniversary on March 8, 2016.

 

Chef Limoggio and the Students have offered a very special menu for this evening meal and program!   See the details at the Event link on our website and please sign up using this lnk. We hope you will join us for a fun evening.  Please note in the comments if you want a vegetarian meal.

 

Reception 5:30PM - Music by Westbrook HS Jazz Ensemble

Dinner 6:30PM

Program 7:30PM

Cost $30

 

 

If you are having trouble signing up, please contact Christine Johnson cejinmaine@gmail.com.

 

Please RSVP by March 1, 2016.  Don't miss out on the celebration!! 

 

Ann Lee Hussey (Left), with club president Christine Johnson (Right), is a member of the Rotary Club of Portland Sunrise and served District 7780 as Governor in 2010-2011. Previously, Ann Lee served on the Reach Out to Africa Initiative as Zone 32 Coordinator for Health and Hunger, and as a member of the RI Rotarian Action Groups Committee.  Ann Lee has also served as Presidents’ Representative at several district conferences. Ann Lee currently serves as Adviser to the International Polio Plus Committee for 2015-2016 and Chairs the Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group. 
 
Ann Lee told the club that her passion in Rotary started before she became a member – when she participated on a Rotary-sponsored polio immunization trip in 2001.   She has seen firsthand how the Rotary Foundation has changed lives around the world.   While Polio may be wiped out in our lifetime, the Annual Fund of the Rotary Foundation has ongoing importance. Rotary is not just asking for money; it is asking for Rotarians to change the world.
 
The Polio Plus initiative has really put Rotary on the world stage. The Rotary Foundation has achieved a top 4-star rating for the last 8 years, a great reputation for moving forward to the next big initiative. Other organizations are interested in partnering with us in future projects that fit with Rotary’s six areas of focus.
 
Contributions to the Annual Fund help support our humanitarian activities, from local service projects to global initiatives. Rotarians typically make monthly or annual gifts of cash or stock, but can also provide bequests from their estates. It is easy to name the Rotary Foundation in your will using a codicil (speak with your lawyer).  If you share information with the Foundation about the anticipated value of this bequest, you can be recognized as a Benefactor ($1000+) or a member of the Bequest Society ($10,000+).
 
As was proven with the March of Dimes that helped eradicate polio in the US, the size of your wallet is not as important as the size of your dreams.

On December 24, 1925, “a number of prominent citizens” gathered at the Westbrook Tavern at 1 o’clock to discuss and “take some definite action towards forming a business men’s club” to best fit the city’s needs.   15 men met that day at 810 Main St in downtown Westbrook:  Paul Smith, hardware; Nels F. Nelson, Clothier; Henry S Cobb, printer; Wade L. Bridgham, Attorney; Hale M. Dow, Florist; Harry FG Hay, Funeral Director; Fran A. Chase Jr. Coal; Paul Fraser, Recreation; Harry Higgins, Electric Transportation; James A. Lewis, Public Schools; Richard G. Raymond, Drugs; Carroll M. Richardson, Postal Service; Arthur G. Worthington, News Paper; Edwin B. Carr, Boots & Shoes; Granville C. Shibles, Osteopathic Physician.

 

Westbrook Tavern Hotel 1928 -  Westbrook Historical Society archives

 

 

Moving to the modern era, here is a great picture of our first woman president, Jane Beever 2001-2002, and her son Jason Beever 2003-2004 & 2016-2017.  Photo from a meeting in 2003-2004.   Thanks to Jason for sharing.

2/20/2016 - World Peace and Understanding Dinner at Marriott Sable Oaks

Cocktails 5:30  Dinner 6:30  $45

Francesca Giovannini will be the speaker.  Francesca is a program officer and staff director for global security and international affairs for the International Security and Energy Program at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in Boston.  Her work focuses on nuclear disarmament, arms control and regional nuclear cooperation in Southeast Asia.

 

3/19/2016 - Rotary Leadership Institute - York County Community College, Wells ME - Info at http://www.rlinea.org/.  Please let Christine know if you are interested in attending one of the seminars.

 

3/26/2016 - District Youth Services Conference - Interact, Rotaract, Youth Exchange, RYLA - Thornton Academy, Saco, ME

 

4/2/2016 – District Assembly at University of Southern Maine.

 

4/14.2016 - Club Vision Workshop - 6-8PM - South Portland Housing Authority 

 

6/10-6/12/2016 – District Conference at Tarry-A-While Resort, Bridgeton

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• 2/9    Ann Lee Hussey - District Planned Giving Officer
• 2/16  No Meeting - School Vacation
• 2/23  Frank Emery - Maine Adaptive Skiing
• 3/1    Available date
• 3/8    No Mid-Day Meeting - Anniversary Kick Off Evening Event
• 3/15   Deb Shangraw - Andrew Turcotte - Westbrook Fire Chief
• 3/22   Steve Rand - Rev Dr William Chadwick - Cuatro Cayos Guatemala Mission
• 3/29   Jeff Malloy - Dennis Robbillard & Tom Wilbur - Crutches 4 Africa
• 4/5     Club Assembly
• 4/12   Owens McCullough - New Westbrook Public Service Facility
• 4/19   No Meeting - School Vacation
• 4/26   Katelyn Chapman & Paul Giordano - RYLA - The gift that keeps on giving
• ​5/3     Kate Wight
• 5/10   Bill Chadwick
• 5/17   Frank Emery
• 5/24   Mike Foley
• 5/31   Julie Hamm