Second Publication: Steve Sloan is Deputy Fire Chief of Westbrook Fire Dept. He was born and raised in Cumberland ME where he currently resides with his wife Kate and two young daughters Lily and Emma. Steve is a 1999 graduate of Greely High School and attended SMTC where he received a degree in Applied Science/Paramedics.
Steve previously worked in the private sector for an ambulance service. He started with the Scarborough Fire Dept in 2004 where he rose to rank of lieutenant. He came to Westbrook in 2015. He spends much of his spare time with his family. They like to read, play outside and swim in their pool. He also enjoys working in his gardens. His wife Kate, originally from Maryland, works for Maine Medical Center Partners.
WRVC Awards Night - Thursday May 24 at 7:00 PM. Westbrook High School Auditorium. Awards and fun as graduating students are recognized and celebrated.
In Plain Sight - Human Trafficking Documentary and Panel Discussion - Thursday May 24 at 7:00PM Westbrook Performing Arts Center.
Memorial Day Parade & Ceremonies - Monday May 28. 8AM Remembrance Ceremony at Veterans Circle Woodlawn Cemetary. 10AM Parade from Longfellow St to Riverbank Park. 10:30AM Ceremonies at Riverbank Park.
The Locker Project - Note change of time for rest of School Year due to elimination of early release. Fresh food and baked goods distribution at Westbrook High School in the cafeteria. Two or three volunteer needed for each of these upcoming dates. Approx 1:45-3PM each time. Sign in at front office and go to cafeteria. Wednesdays May 30 and June 13. First event at Westbrook Community Center will be June 27. Help lay out food on tables and interact with the kids to encourage them to take items. 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. This a great way to de-stigmatize free food distributions, particularly in the case of fresh food that would otherwise be wasted. If you can help on any of these dates, please contact Christine Johnson. For more information, or to donate, visit their website: mainelockerproject.org
Back to Summer Bash - to benefit Discover Downtown Westbrook. Thursday May 31. Two seatings 5:30 and 7PM. $25. At Westbook House of Pizza on Blue Note Plaza in downtown Westbrook. For more information and to purchase tickets: https://whennow.com/event/blue-note-bash---fundraiser-dinner
Clean up Day at Camp Hinds - Saturday June 9, 146 Plains Road - Raymond - Starting 9AM until finished. Jobs included staining/painting shed and new RYLA RIDGE Avery Pavilion, spreading mulch and clearing trails. Please bring wheelbarrow and outdoor tools for clearing trails, shovel, rakes. Send email to Phil Giordano if you are interested and can help to philtastic7780@gmail.com Bring a boxed lunch.
Camp Registration and RYLA Welcome - Camp Hinds - Sunday June 24, 7:45AM to 12:30PM – Direct and sign in students, speak with parents. After registration you can tour the campus and stay for the big RYLA opening at 11:00 followed by lunch. Please contact Danielle Treadwell at danielleptreadwell@gmail.com to reserve a spot for helping.
Princeton Elementary School Literacy Project - Books are being collected for the library at the Elementary School in Princeton ME in Washington County. Books will also be given to students in Grades 1-8 for their personal use. A week long Literacy program will engage the students in active reading for one week in July. Gently used donations are welcomed. Classics are encouraged as well as series. The goal is to collect up to 800 books. Please bring donations to any meeting between now and July 17.
Reminder! Can Tabs for Ronald MacDonald House – Ongoing - Thank you for continuing to collect can tabs. Please bring your collection to our meeting on May 15, or any subsequent meeting this spring/summer. Pat and Cliff Plummer and looking forward to accepting them for Ronald McDonald House.
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.
Henry Saunders' 90th Birthday Party - Saturday June 23, 2018, 11AM- 3PM, including social, light lunch & cake cutting. 15 Long Point Rd, Standish, ME. Casual attire. Bring your swimsuits, lawn chairs, towels, and sunscreen. Come enjoy the lake views and pebble beach. Members who know Henry are welcome to attend. RSVP to Henry's daughter Leslie McManus. 105 Otter Dr Standish ME 04084 207-642-3057. If you have picture or a story to share, please send them along with your response. A scrap book is being made to present to Henry. Please no gifts.
Gorham Community Night at the Ball Park - Benefit Just Love Ministries which fights human trafficking. Buy your tickets today!! Thursday, July 12, 2018. The Portland Sea Dogs, AA Affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, take on the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, AA Affiliate of the Toronto Blue Jays at 7:00 PM. Ticket $9 Gorham Night at Sea Dogs
Westbrook Community Night at the Ball Park – Benefit Recovery Liaison, a program of the Westbrook Police Dept. Wednesday, August 15, 2018. The Portland Sea Dogs take on the Trenton Thunder, AA Affiliate of the New York Yankees at 7:00 PM. Ticket $9 Westbrook Night at Sea Dogs
Community Food Drive - Co-Sponsored by Westbrook-Gorham Rotary and Westbrook Kiwanis. Hannaford Drive a Saco Biddeford Savings parking lot- Saturday August 18, 10AM-2PM. Contact Sarah Hutchins to volunteer.
Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Annual Golf Tournament - Tuesday September 18, 2018 at Gorham Country Club.
There are lots of upcoming opportunities for networking, sharing, and learning with Rotarians from across our District. Also featured are some fun fundraisers being held by nearby clubs.
8th Annual Pizza Challenge and Silent Auction - Fundraiser of Sebago Lake Rotary Club - Thursday May 24,5-7PM. In front of Smitty's Cinema, 795 Roosevelt Trail, Windham
5th Annual Touch a Truck – Fundraiser and Family Fun Event of Scarborough Rotary – Saturday June 2, 10AM-2PM, Scarborough Downs - 90 Payne Road - Scarborough, ME $5 person/$20 family. Get up close and personal with Fire Trucks, Police Vehicles, Bucket Trucks, Tractors, Heavy Equipment, Delivery Trucks, School Bus, Book Mobile and so much more. Concessions available and other vendors - Pony Rides, Music, Face Painting and more.
Maine Outdoor Challenge – Join the Portland Rotary Club during June 4th - 6th and try your hand at some of Maine’s outdoor sporting events. Put together a team of 5 to compete in archery, clay shooting, fly fishing and more. To learn more visit Maine Outdoor Challenge and help us raise money for the Boys & Girls Club of Maine. All sporting events take place at the LLBean Outdoor Discovery School.
9th Annual Golf Tournament – Fundraiser of Bridgton Lakes Region Rotary – Saturday June 9, 8AM - Bridgton Highlands Golf and Tennis Club. For more info email George Klauber: georgeklauber@gmail.com
Final Campfire at Camp Hinds – June 26, 6-10PM or you can just come for dinner at 6:00 -7:4PM. Cost is $10.00. Get a great feel of how campers experience RYLA. If interested, please send Phil an email at philtastic7780@gmail.com.
Sadly, May 15 was the last service by the culinary students for this school year. A huge thanks to Chef Charles Limoggio and all the students in the Culinary Arts program at the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center for providing us excellent service and meals all year.
We wish graduating seniors all the best for the future and we look forward to seeing returning students in September.
During the 2018 Multi-District Conference held at the Mount Washington Hotel in NH, the District Governor’s Awards were presented. To qualify for this award, a club in District 7780 needed to complete or support a project in each of Rotary’s six areas of focus. In addition, those projects along with volunteer hours and any money donated, had to be entered into the on-line tracking system and resource called Rotary Club Central.
Congratulations to all members of Westbrook- Gorham Rotary Club for participating in our variety of projects this year. Also, a huge thanks to President Bill Chadwick for providing direction and leadership to be sure we checked all the boxes. A great accomplishment!
Just Love Worldwide, a ministry of the Eastpoint Church, was formed in September 2017 to help victims of human trafficking. Nancy Gallinaro Water Resources Manager for the City of Portland and founder of Just Love was inspired to create this organization after working in a safe house with minors who had been trafficked for sex in south Florida. The organization is run entirely by volunteers.
The United Nations defines human trafficking as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by improper means (such as force, abduction, fraud, or coercion) for an improper purpose including forced labor or sexual exploitation. Globally, human trafficking is believed to generate $32B annually. The most vulnerable are boys and girls ages 12-18 and 12-14 is the average age for girls trafficked into prostitution in the US. Risk factors include poverty, drug abuse, homelessness, being in foster care, and being a runaway. In Maine, there are 1000 runaways every year. The age range of the women Just Love works with right now is 19-27.
Signs that may indicate a person is being trafficked:
Always with someone – they never go anywhere alone
Work excessive hours
Not allowed to take breaks
Lots of cars coming and going from a residence
Windows boarded up on the outside
Older boyfriend
Tattoos like bar codes or “daddy”
Malnourished
If you suspect a problem, call the Human Trafficking Hot Line 1-888-373-7888
Just Love provides clothing for women and children, gift cards and phone cards. They provide a variety of full sized toiletry items and household items via a free “boutique” where the women can shop at no charge. They may help pay car insurance or assist with rent to bridge a gap in income as women work to move on with their lives. They also offer a supportive community. They are currently awaiting 501c3 approval. If you would like to help or become a corporate sponsor, you can contact Nancy at just.love@eastpoint.church
There will be showing of the human trafficking documentary “In Plain Sight” on Thursday May 24 at 7PM in the Westbrook Performing Arts Center (http://www.inplainsightfilm.com/#sthash.NdTltHqP.dpbs ). This documentary is being presented in partnership with Westbrook Police Dept and will be followed by a panel discussion.
If you have an idea for a speaker or program, please contact Christine Johnson at cejinmaine@gmail.com. We are also interested in ideas for periodic evening meetings, service projects in lieu of meetings, or in-meeting service projects
We are now scheduling programs for August and September.
Here is the list of upcoming speakers and programs:
* 5/22 - Guatemala Team Report
* 5/29 - Pete DeWitt - Idexx
* 6/5 - Final Club Assembly of 2017-2018
* 6/12 - Anna Turcotte - The Republic of Artsakh
* 6/19 - John Grew - Maine Audobon
* 6/26 - Changeover
* 7/3 - No Meeting -Happy Independence Day
* 7/10 - No Lunch Meeting - Evening Event
See you at the Lobster Bake
* 7/17 - John Lobosco - District Governor Visit - Be the Inspiration
Rotary is about fellowship, as well as service to our community. Even if you must miss a meeting, you can remain engaged by attending Rotary-sponsored events of our club or other clubs like fundraisers, by 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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