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: 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.
Update Rotary Night Out - Our next Rotary Night out will be Tuesday Nov 20 starting at 5:30 PM. At Mister Bagel Westbrook. Future nights out will be the third Tuesday evening of the month, with exception of December (see below). This month we have a wonderful program on World War I on the home front by Don Zillman, Immediate Past President of Portland Rotary and Law Professor at UMaine Law School.
Update Christmas Tree Lot Set Up & Off Load - Set Up: Tuesday November 20, 2018 starting about 11:30 at corner of Mechanic St and William Clark Dr. Off Load: Friday November 23, 2018 for final lot preparation and tree delivery mid-morning. Email will be sent separately when time is firmed up. Sign up for sales shifts at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0a4faba72ea2f85-rotary4
MREMA Toys for Tots & Teens Benefit - Friday November 30, 2018 - 5PM - Italian Heritage Center, Portland, ME. For more information and tickets follow this link 2018 MREMA Toys For Tots & Teens Benefit
Update 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. and help us become the highest grossing table for the fourth year in a row!! Two seatings - 11:30 AM or 12:30 PM. Second seating is almost full but plenty of spots remain at 11:30. Contact Christine Johnson to reserve your spot now!
Christmas Party - Tuesday December 11, 2018. 5:30PM. Home of Judith & Ed Reidman, 7 Enchanted Lane, Westbrook, ME. Pot Luck. Yankee swap. Current and former members, spouses and guests are welcome.
Falcon's Nest Food Pantry at Westbrook Middle School- Immediate Need - The response from kids has been huge and the pantry has recently been running low. Items that are always welcome are: single serve meals; granola bars, real bars, fruit bars; crackers (graham, saltines, Cheezits, etc); Chef Boyardee; mac and cheese, especially single serve; peanut butter; jelly/jam; single serve oatmeal or oatmeal in packets; fruit cups; jello cups; soups; and tuna in packs. If you can help, you can bring items to an upcoming meeting or drop them at WMS during the school day.
Bundles of Love - For a Guatemalan child and family - $25 per bundle - Deadline to donate is November 28, 2018. To give on line go to http://fbcwestbrook.com/ click on the Give Online icon, then either login or choose Quick Give. Finally, enter the dollar amount and choose Bundles of Love from the drop down menu. Or you may mail your check made payable to FBC Westbrook - Bundles, 733 Main St, Westbrook, ME 04092 or hand your check to Scott Linscott at an upcoming meeting. Bundles will include items specifically needed by each child and could include: food, shoes, school uniforms, school supplies, toys, or other needed items.
Toys for Tots - Annual toy drive for local children. There are many drop-off locations in our community, including the Allstate Insurance offices of Carlo Giraulo, 543 Main St, Westbrook. His office is open 8AM-5PM Monday-Friday. Toys can be dropped off through December 15, 2018. This drive led by the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve has been ongoing nationwide since 1948. For more information visit https://www.toysfortots.org/
THIS WEEK!! UpdateAmerican Legion Post Indoor Yard SaleFundraiser- Sunday November 18 9AM-3PM at Dunn St Legion Hall Westbrook. Fundraiser to support veterans. If you have items that you would like to donate, you can contact Cindy DeCosta (contact info in flyer) to arrange for pick up or delivery. Please NO electronics or large furniture (mattresses, couches, etc). If you have small items, we have consolidated donated items at Deb's offices - Emerald Management 752 Main St. Deadline to deliver to Deb's office is Wednesday November 14 at 3PM.
NEW THIS WEEK
Hannaford Helps Schools - Runs now through December 1, 2018. Choose from among 1500 participating products. For every 4 products purchased on the same receipt, Hannaford will contribute $3 to a school. Just shop, check-out, and submit. Deposit your receipt in slot for the school of your choice at the collection tower at the front of the store. Both Westbrook and Gorham Hannaford locations are participating. For a complete list of products, pick up a flyer at your local Hannaford, at a Rotary meeting or see more details in the story below.
Hannaford is currently conducting a fundraiser to support local schools. Both the Westbrook and Gorham locations are participating. Just purchase 4 items from the list of eligible items (or multiples of 4), all on the same receipt, then deposit your receipt in the collection tower near the front of each store. The tower has slots for each participating school. For example, the Westbrook store tower has slots for WRVC, the Middle School and each of the four elementary schools – Canal, Congin, Hall and Saccarappa. For every four participating items purchased on a single receipt, $3 will be donated to your selected school.
This fundraiser will continue through December 1, 2018. You can visit the Hannaford website for the complete list of participating products Hannaford Helps Schools or you can pick up a flyer at an upcoming Rotary meeting which includes a list of many of the participating products.
We are back reading at Village School again this year. Christine Johnson and Woody Beech are reading with first graders in the classrooms of Donna Landry and Heather Hurd. Each child reads for 15-20 minutes during their first period starting about 8:50AM. If you are interested in reading in a Gorham elementary school, contact Christine for more information on how to get started.
If you haven’t visited our website in a while, you should check it out at www.westbrookgorhamrotary.org With a fresh new look, it is designed to provide information about our club to both members and non-members. Share this link with friends, colleagues and prospective members so they can learn more about our cub and what Rotary does.
On our website you can find things like our speaker schedule, events club bylaws, photo albums, membership application, and past editions of the Scribbler – all without logging in! Anyone visiting our site can learn about our various projects and can learn more about Rotary. The key word here is “visiting” and you can help bring people to our site by talking about our club and sharing the address.
Rotary Club of Westbrook-Gorham also has a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WestbrookGorhamRotary/ . If you or your spouse is on Facebook, search for our page and “Like” it. Then, when you see a post by the club, don’t just “like” the post. Share it or comment on it or both. When you share a post, people you are connected to are likely to see it too. As Scott told us, a Facebook page is like having a billboard in your living room. Only those in your living room can see it. For our Facebook page, that is only the 277 people who currently like our page. We can expand that audience by sharing and commenting on posts.
While most information you may want to see on our website is available without logging in, all club members have credentials to do so. But why would you want to? Once logged into the Member Area, you can find a list with contact information for all of our members – address, email, phone number. You can manage your own profile by uploading a new photo or changing your password. You can see your attendance and any make-ups. Explore for yourself to see what is available to you.
For most members, your user name for our website is the email address where you receive this newsletter. For others, it is your full name followed by the digits 6948. If you don’t know either your user name or your password, you can retrieve this information for yourself. Just click on Member Login in the upper right corner of the webpage. At the pop-up box, click on the appropriate “forgot” link to enter your last name and email address. If you would like to change your user name, please contact Secretary Christine Johnson.
The Locker Project - THIS WEEK!!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. Next opportunity Nov 14 arrive by 12:45 for set up. 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.
Can Tabs for Ronald MacDonald 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.
Mid Year Leadership Dinner - Monday January 28, 2019. 5:00PM. Program designed for current Presidents, Presidents Elect and Vice Presidents More info to follow.
District Training Assembly - Saturday April 6, 2019. 8AM-1PM. More info to follow.
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.
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 January and February.
Here is the list of upcoming speakers and programs:
* 11/13 - Gregg Dowty - District Protection Chair
* 11/20 - Rotary Night Out at Mister Bagel
Don Zillman - Prof of Law at UMaine Law School
Program in recognition of Armistice Day Nov 11, 1918
* 11/27 - Tom & Catherine Wilbur - District Trip to Kakamega, Kenya
* 12/4 - Club Assembly
* 12/11 - No Lunch Meeting - See you at the Christmas Party
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 know when you have participated in any of these activities at info@westbrookgorhamrotary.org
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