4th Annual Southern Maine Cornhole Invitational - Saturday October 13, 2018 1-6PM. At Gorham Sports Center. Benefit for Gorham Business Exchange and WESTBROOK-GORHAM ROTARY. Order a custom set of boards for $250 (ordering deadline Oct 1) which are yours to keep with carrying case. Enter a team of two for $50 (through Oct 10, $60 after). Fun for friends and family with prizes for both top and bottom tier teams. Our club is looking to sign up 10 teams and sell 10 boards. Please share with your friends, colleagues and with local businesses. To sign up a team or order your board go to: https://gorhambusiness.org/cornhole-tournament .
Locker Project Fresh Food Distribution – In this school year, produce distributions at Westbrook High School will take place the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month: Sept 12 & 26, Oct 10 & 24, Nov 14 & 28, Dec 12 , Jan 9 & 23, Feb 13 & 27, Mar 13 & 27, Apr 10 & 24, May 8 & 22 and June 12. Any date changes will be announced in the Scribbler. Time: arrive by 1 PM depart by 2:30 PM, unless otherwise noted.
Rotary Night Out - Our next Rotary Night out will be Tuesday Oct 16, followed by Tuesday Nov 20. Both starting at 5:30 PM. Locations to be announced.
Tips for Charity Luncheon - Friday December 7, 2018 - Part of the annual Festival of Trees. Come join the Rotary table at the Westbrook-Warren Church. Two seatings at 11:30 AM or 12:20 PM. Contact Christine Johnson to reserve your spot.
Westbrook Middle School – Current needs for WMS: deodorant; new or gently used shorts, tee shirts and other light summer wear for kids age 10-14. New socks and underwear are always appreciated. WMS now has a room called the Falcon’s Nest from which these items will be distributed to children in need. You can drop items at the school during the school day or bring to any Rotary meeting.
The Locker Project - Fresh food and baked goods distribution in Westbrook. In this school year, produce distributions at Westbrook High School will take place the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month, starting with September 12 and 26. 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. If you can help on any of these dates, please contact Christine Johnson. For more information, or to donate, visit their website: mainelockerproject.org Look for Back-to-School dates shortly.
Rotary Annual Golf Classic - Tuesday September 18, 2018 - The date is closing in fast! Follow this link to our webpage to download and share the brochure: 24th Annual Golf Classic Information Please work your local contacts for various sponsorship levels: $100 Hole, $450 Gold, $600 Platinum. Sign up a team for $360 or donate prizes and gift cards for our raffle. This is one of only two big fundraisers, so we need help from all members to make this a success.
My Place Teen Center Dinner w/Don Campbell - Wednesday September 19, 2018 6PM- Frog & Turtle Gastro Pub. Fundraiser for MPTC. $100 per person. Reservations required at: Call 207 591 4185 or e-mail Meghan@thefrogandturtle.com
Reading Friends - Our program at Village School Gorham - Starting in October. Commit to one day a week from about 8:50-9:50 on a weekday morning of your choice for the number of weeks of your choice. Or share duties with a partner. You will be assigned up to 3 students in either 1st or 2nd Grade who will read to you for about 15 minutes each. If you have not volunteered in the school before, you will need to complete the school-based background check at: https://www.gorhamschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=456678&type=d&pREC_ID=990378 If you have questions or need assistance with completing the form, please contact Christine Johnson cejinmaine@gmail.com
Read With Me - All three Elementary Schools Westbrook - Starting in October. Commit to one day a week on day and time mutually agreeable in selected school. Or share duties with a partner. You will be paired with two students with whom you will read 15-20 minutes each. If you have not volunteered in the schools before, you will need to complete the school-based background check. https://www.westbrookschools.org/volunteer If you have questions or need assistance with completing the form, please contact Christine Johnson cejinmaine@gmail.com
Run the Ridge Trail Race – Saturday October 20, 2018. Benefit for Discover Downtown Westbrook. Early bird registration is just $20 through the end of Labor Day weekend with discount code RTREARLY. For more information: https://www.facebook.com/events/671770303157442/
Can Tabs for Ronald MacDonald House – Ongoing - Thank you for continuing to collect can tabs.Please bring your collection to any 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.
28th Annual Rochester Pro-Am Rotary Golf Tournament - Tuesday September 25 - 8AM - Rochester Country Club. $140. For more information contact Donna Claveau at 603-332-6840 or dclaveau@hrcu.org for business sponsor opportunities and golfer registration. https://rochesternhrotary.org/event/28th-annual-rochestser-rotary-golf-tournament
Foundation & Membership Seminar - Saturday November 3, 2018 - 8AM. Husson College Westbrook. Educational seminar designed for Membership Chairs, Foundation Chairs, and other club leadership interested in these topics. Sign up details soon.
Rotary Fest (AKA District Conference) - Friday-Saturday June 21-22, 2019 - Fort Williams, Park Cape Elizabeth. Friday service project and cook out for volunteers. Saturday packed with fun and educational events for adults and kids, and another service project opportunity. DG John and the Planning Committee are working hard to make this a free event for all. Watch for more details.
We had a nice turnout for our first Rotary Night Out. About 22 Rotarians and friends enjoyed pizza, wings, salad and onion rings from Westbrook House of Pizza, then were treated to a presentation on Urban Renewal by our own Henry Saunders.
Evergreen Credit Union will be donating $2000 to the Westbrook Food Pantry! Thanks to Sarah Hutchins for requesting that this local pantry be included in Evergreen’s charitable giving.
In addition, W-G Rotary purchased and donated $236 worth of popular items to help jump start the new Westbrook Middle School's Falcon’s Nest pantry, named after the school mascot. The Falcon’s Nest will provide non-perishable food items and clothing to students in need. Some of the items collected at our Food Drive on August 18 were also donated to help get this new location off the ground.
Finally, great news. Starting in October, The Locker Project will be adding the middle school pantry to the list of schools they support. The school has opted to NOT have a fresh food distribution, but will be using TLP to help keep the Falcon’s Nest stocked with non-perishable items.
Steve Sloan, Deputy Fire Chief for the City of Westbrook, completed his classification talk on August 21, 2018. Steve is a native of Cumberland ME where he currently lives, and he is a graduate of Greely High School. During his junior and senior years of high school he worked for the school department on the grounds crew. In his junior year he also joined the Cumberland Fire Department as an on-call volunteer. The initial appeal was that he could leave school when his pager went off, but it’s also “where the fire ignited” his interest in his career.
In 1997 he obtained his EMT license and in 2003 he earned his degree in paramedicine from SMCC. Steve noted that Andy Turcotte, his current boss, was one of his evaluators and failed him on one of his tests! Steve joined the Scarborough Fire Department in 2004 and moved to the Westbrook Fire Department in 2015. He commented that there seemed to be more money available in Scarborough compared to Westbrook, but that the Westbrook Department has learned to be very resourceful as a result of budget constraints.
Steve met his wife Kate, a 911 Dispatcher, when he was in Scarborough. They married in 2012 and honeymooned in Jamaica, a country they love to visit. They have two daughters, Lillian Helen who is now 4 and Emelia (Emma). They have lots of family fun in the summer and particularly love water parks.
During Q&A he noted that EMS became a component of Fire service around 1980. In Westbrook, about 82% of fire calls are for EMS, which is a figure consistent across the US. Fires are historically down in number, but when they happen they are worse. He pointed to current construction techniques as a contributing factor.
Even though he has moved into management, Steve maintains his certification in paramedicine. That requires 72 hours of training every two years. Westbrook uses an online training platform to keep training in-house to avoid outside costs and overtime. He is currently back in school working on his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Admin with a minor in Public Administration.
We formally welcomed two new members on August 21, 2018. President Deb Shangraw presented Ariana Bailey (L) and Steve Sloan (R) with their name badges and membership packets. The membership packets include a certificate of membership, a copy of the Four Way Test, and a Rotary pin which we hope they will wear proudly.
If you have an idea for a speaker or program, please contact Christine Johnson at cejinmaine@gmail.com or Phil Spiller at pdsflynavy@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 November.
Here is the list of upcoming speakers and programs:
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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