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2019-2020 Rotary Year Theme
Speakers
Sep 10, 2019 11:30 AM
Portland Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Project
Sep 17, 2019 12:00 PM
See you at the Golf Tournament
Sep 24, 2019 11:30 AM
Protection Pollicy Training
Oct 01, 2019
Tour current house project
Oct 08, 2019 11:30 AM
Konbit Sante - Cap Haitien Health Cooperative
Oct 15, 2019 11:30 AM
Oct 22, 2019 11:30 AM
Oct 29, 2019 5:30 PM
Nov 05, 2019 11:30 AM
Safe Passages - Celebrating 20 Years
Nov 12, 2019 11:30 AM
Veterans Housing Initiative
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Upcoming Events
Westbrook-Gorham Annual Rotary Golf Classic
Gorham Country Club
Sep 17, 2019
12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
 
Board Meeting
WRVC Board Room
Oct 08, 2019
10:00 AM – 11:15 AM
 
5th Annual Southern Maine Cornhole Invitational
Gorham Sports Center
Oct 26, 2019
12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
 
Rotary Night Out
Sebago Brewing Tasting Room
Oct 29, 2019
5:30 PM – 7:00 PM
 
Christmas Tree Delivery
Parking Lot Corner Mechanic St & William Clarke Dr
Nov 26, 2019
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
 
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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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Next Board Meeting
 
October 8, 2019 10:00AM
WRVC Conference Room
 
All members are welcome at Board Meetings
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Save these dates!
25th Annual Golf Classic - Tuesday September 17, 2019. Noon.  Gorham Country Club.  93 McLellan Rd, Gorham.  There is still time to recruit teams and sponsors!!  Check out our new website set up just for this event: https://westbrookgorhamrotarygolf.com/  You can sign up a team, become a sponsor or make a donation. All hands are needed to make this signature fundraiser a success and meet our stretch goal for amount raised this year.
 
 
Rotary Rocks! - Saturday October 5, 2019, 9AM-4PM. Abromson Community Center at USM, 88 Bedford St, Portland.  A one day Rotary experience featuring projects of the Rotary clubs of our District. Open to the public, all current and future Rotarians.  This event will serve as the 2019-2020 District Conference. Registration is now open at: https://rotary7780.org/event/rotary-rocks/  Register by August 31 for best rate: $20 includes event, parking, breakfast, lunch, and snacks.
 
5th Annual Southern Maine Cornhole Invitational sponsored by Gorham Business Exchange in partnership with Westbrook-Gorham Rotary - Saturday October 26, 2019. $50 per team (2 people) through Oct 22, $60 thereafter, starting at 1PM. Gorham Sports Center, 215 Narragansett St, Gorham. To register: https://www.gorhambusiness.org/cornhole-tournament-2019  Information about cornhole board purchases will be available shortly.  
 
Rotary Night Out - Sebago Brewing - Tuesday Oct 29 5:30PM. 616 Main St, Gorham.   Invite your friends and colleagues to join us for a social night out at Sebago Brewing's Tasting Room.  Light appetizers.  Cash bar.
 
 
Westbrook's Veterans Day Celebration - Monday November 11, 2019. Ceremonies at Riverbank Park 11AM to honor all veterans.  Celebration at American Legion Post 197, 300 Conant Street following the ceremony.
 
Annual Christmas Party - Tuesday evening December 10, 2019. 5:30PM  at the home of Judith & Ed Reidman, 7 Enchanted Lane, Westbrook, ME. More details to follow.
 
 
Festival of Trees Tips for Charity Luncheon - Friday December 13, 2019 11:30 or 12:30 - We'll have our Rotary table again this year. Watch here for tickets to become available.
Current & Upcoming Opportunities
Hannaford Helps Reusable Bag Program - Benefit WHS Food Pantry - All of August and September -  7 Hannaford Dr, Westbrook.  Stop by the Hannford in Westbrook  during August or September and purchase Hannford Helps reusable bags.  $1 from each bag will go to the Food Pantry at Westbrook High School.
 
 
This week!! The Locker Project - TLP will be returning to Westbrook High School, 125 Stroundwater St, Westbrook, on the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month, with some exceptions due to holidays.  Arrive by 1PM for set up. Done by about 2PM after clean up. Check in and out at the front office.  Upcoming dates include Sept 11 and 25, Oct 9, 23 and 30, Nov 13, and Dec 11.  An additional date may be added in Nov and/or Dec as we get closer.  If you would like to volunteer, please contact Christine Johnson.
 
New This Week! Noche Mexican Fundraiser to Benefit Furniture Friends - Thursday September 12, 2019 at Margarita's, 242 St John St Portland. From 3PM to 11PM. Margaritas will donate 20% of pre-taxed food and beverage sales from participating families, friends and supporters of Furniture Friends. Show this flyer to your server:
 
New Westbrook Project Graduation Fundraiser for Class of 2020 - Order by September 30, 2019.  Pullover, sweatshirt, stadium chair, sweatpants, hats, travel blanket. For order form and drop off locations go to: https://www.facebook.com/westbrookprojectgrad/
 
Reading Friends - Read weekly with 1st or 2nd graders at Gorham's Village School, 12 Robie St, Gorham. From about 9-10AM on a weekday morning of your choice. This program will likely start up again by mid-October. Watch here for more details. Even if you can only commit to a few weeks in the fall, winter or spring, consider joining this important work for literacy.  If interested, contact Christine Johnson.  Registration and a basic background check are required.  Go to this link to register: Reading Friends Volunteer Form Village School Gorham   for "child's name" enter Rotary Volunteer, under Teacher select "other" and enter "Reading Volunteer".
 
Bits & Pieces from Club Assembly
We held our first club assembly of the new Rotary year on August 27, 2019, lead by President Michael Foley.  Members broke into discussion groups for areas of focus - youth services, community service/club service, vocational service, international service, but these topics were discussed with the full assembly.
 
Golf Tournament – We need folks out soliciting teams and hole sponsors. Golfers and donors can register at https://westbrookgorhamrotarygolf.com/  or collect their checks and bring them to the next meeting.  We can invoice if needed -  just email request with company name, contact name, email address and mail address to golf@westbrookgorhamrotar.org  Deadline for hole sponsors to guarantee signage is close of business Tuesday September 10.   We can take teams until Monday Sept 16. Email details to golf@westbrookgorhamrotar.org along with digital file of logo for sponsors.
 
RotaryRocks!  - District Conference this year is being held on Saturday October 5, 2019 (rather than in spring) from 9AM to 4PM at Abromson Community Education Center on the campus of USM in Portland. It’s a great opportunity to show off what our club is doing and learn about projects of other clubs.  Registration at: https://rotary7780.org/event/rotary-rocks/   Bring a friend or colleague to learn more about Rotary.
 
Donate Life – Scott Linscott has issued a challenge to our club and to all clubs in the District. He asks us all to register as organ donors.  He will have packets to hand out at RotaryRocks! on October 5 for attendees to take back to their clubs. Contact Scott for more info on how you can register.
 
Club Table at RotaryRocks! – Each club is asked to present projects from their club during the October 5 event at USM.  Ideas identified during the assembly were House Project, Guatemala Water Project and Donate Life (Note: Subsequently it was learned that both the water project and Donate Life may be part of the District displays.  Kathi Perkins has agreed to lead the effort to develop displays for our table.  Please contact her with your ideas at kperkins1@myfairpoint.net)
 
Lunch with the Trades – It was suggested that we return to the annual event of “lunch with the trades” next spring (April/May).  This is a date agreed to with WRVC staff to host students and faculty from the building trades who work on the house each year at a lunch meeting prior to end of school.
Ongoing Opportunities
Children's Books for Pantries - We continue to supply new and gently used children's books to food pantries about every two weeks. We have been fortunate to obtain a regular supply of used books from Goodwill Buy the Pound.  We also periodically obtain new books from a couple of sources at little cost. However, the need is always greater than the supply.  If you, a family member, friend or colleague have children or grandchildren who have outgrown their books, we'd love to have them to share with children who will love them.   All ages from babies to young teens. We can also always use large print books for older readers. Bring to any club meeting or contact Christine Johnson for pick up. 
 
Can Tabs for Ronald McDonald House - Thank you for continuing to collect can tabs. It's and easy way to help a wonderful organization! Just keep a small plastic bag or small jar in your kitchen, on the counter or in a drawer.  As you go to toss your returnable can into your CLYNK bag, simply twist off the tab first. 
 
CLYNK for Literacy - Ongoing -  Don't forget to keep filling those bags to help fund the children's books we ask our speakers to sign for the Baxter and Walker Libraries. Extra bags are always available at our meetings.  If you have been working on filling a bag for a very long time (6 months or more), please consider returning it and starting a new one.  Thank you for your ongoing support of this fundraiser!
 
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.
 
Volunteer at Preble St – Register as a volunteer then select as few or as many volunteer shifts as you want. These can be working in the Receiving Center accepting, sorting and stocking donations; helping prepare and/or serve breakfast, lunch or dinner; sorting or distributing food pantry items; or other activities listed on the volunteer page. For more information and to learn how to register as a volunteer: https://www.preblestreet.org/you-can-help/volunteer/
Available Program Dates
 
If you have an idea for a  speaker or program, look for a sign-up sheet and an upcoming meeting or contact Christine Johnson at cejinmaine@gmail.com or Phil Spiller at pdsflynavy@gmail.com . 
 
We are also interested in ideas for service projects in lieu of meetings, or in-meeting service projects.
 
The following lunch dates are available for YOUR program. Sign up today!!
 
  * 2/25/2020* 5/5/2020
 * 1/7/2020* 3/10/2020* 5/12/2020
 * 1/14/2020* 3/24/2020* 5/26/2020
 * 1/28/2020* 4/7/2020* 6/2/2020
 * 2/4/2020* 4/14/2020* 6/9/2020
 * 2/11/2020* 4/28/2020* 6/23/2020