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Russell Hampton
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Speakers
Nov 28, 2017
Dave Perron - Executive Director
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Maine
Dec 05, 2017
Club Assembly
Dec 12, 2017
Christmas Party at the Reidman's
No Lunch Meeting
Dec 19, 2017
Jana Allain -Marketing & Recruitment Associate
Woodford's Family Services Foster Care Prog
Dec 26, 2017
No Meeting - Merry Christmas
Jan 02, 2018
No Meeting - Happy New Year!!
Jan 09, 2018
New Member Induction
Sarah Hutchins - Classification Talk
Jan 16, 2018
Ken Hawley - Founder & CEO
Update on Transformation Project
Jan 23, 2018
Dan Stevenson - Economic Development Dtr
Westbrook Economic Development
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Upcoming Events
Christmas Tree Sales Lot Set Up
Westbrook Municipal Parking Lot
Nov 21, 2017
12:15 PM – 2:00 PM
 
Dec 2017 Board Meeting
WRVC Board Room
Dec 05, 2017
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
 
Tips for Charity Luncheon
Westbrook-Warren Church
Dec 08, 2017
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM
 
Christmas Party 2017
Home of Judith & Ed Reidman
Dec 12, 2017
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
Jan 2018 Board Meeting
WRVC Board Room
Jan 02, 2018
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
 
Feb 2018 Board Meeting
WRVC Board Room
Feb 06, 2018
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
 
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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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Rotary's Six Areas of Focus
 
   * Promoting Peace
   * Supporting Education
   * Growing Local Economies
   * Fighting Disease
   * Providing Clean Water 
   * Saving Mothers & Children
 
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Rotary International
RI President Home
Rotary Global Rewards
Joining Rotary
Rotary History
Rotary Foundation
For New Members
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Next Board Meeting
12/5 10:30AM at WRVC
All members are welcome at Board Meetings
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Milestones     

   * Ethan Johnson- Birthday 11/27
Stories
Upcoming Opportunities
Christmas Tree Sales Lot Set Up - THIS WEEK  - Tuesday November 21, immediately following lunch at WRVC. The sales lot is located at the rear of the municipal parking lot, corner of Mechanic St and William Clarke Dr.  Don't forget to sign up for sales shifts at SignUp Genius: Sign Up for Tree Sales Shift 
 
Discover Downtown Westbrook Benefit - Raffle for JetBlue Tickets. 5 for $20. Drawing on Small Business Saturday November 25 at 3PM. Tickets available from Deb Shangraw and Phil Spiller. They are good for ALL JetBlue destinations, even INTERNATIONAL and good for one year.
 
The Locker Project - Fresh food and baked good distribution at Westbrook High School in the cafeteria.  One volunteer needed for each date to work with Kiwanis volunteers.  1-2PM each time.  Wednesdays November 29 and December 13 .  If you can help on either of these dates, please contact Christine Johnson.
 
Coats for Seniors - Baxter Memorial Library in Gorham is a drop-off location for the Coats for Seniors program. Collecting until Nov. 30th. Donate your clean, gently used winter coats today. LL Bean will contribute an additional $5 for every coat donated. Visit http://maine4a.org/  for more information.
 
Toys for Tots Donation Drive- One option for drop off of unwrapped toys this year is the AllState offices of Carlo Giraulo 543 Main St, Westbrook.  Collecting from October 18 to December 15.  
 
Clean Water for 100 Families in Guatemala– For $35 per family you can provide clean drinking water for one family in Guatemala for two years through an Ecofiltro unit. Scott Linscott has set a goal of helping 100 families by Christmas. Use the Easy Tithe app to make your tax-deductible contribution through FBC Westbrook by going to https://app.easytithe.com/g3/, click on Quick Give and use the drop down to choose the option Clean Water for 100 Families.  You may also write a check to FBC Westbrook and hand to Scott at a meeting.  Put “Clean Water” in the memo line.
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Toiletries for the High School - Ongoing - Collect those tiny bottles of toiletries you are paying for during your next hotel visit and bring them home to help students in need of personal hygiene products. The HS Pantry and the HS Nurse are always looking to restock these basic supplies. You can always drop items off during the school day at the HS main office, or bring them to a meeting.
 
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.
Can Tabs for Ronald MacDonald House – Ongoing - While Pat & Cliff are in Florida, let’s keep collecting those can tabs! Let’s see how many we can save over the winter months.
 
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.
New Member Application – Kathi Perkins
Kathi was born in Bangor as her father completed his WWII-delayed graduation from UMaine.  She grew up in Holden MA. Kathi is a graduate of Middlebury College. She taught at Vermont Academy in Saxtons River VT and at Oakwood Friends School in NY from which she retired in 2015.
 
She has a long family history in Rotary. Her 95 year-old dad, a Past Club President and Past District Governor, is still a member of the Worcester (MA) Rotary Club. Her brother is Dick Hall of the Portland Club and her brother-in-law is a member of the Holden (MA) club. She has been to Haiti twice with her father as he worked on Foundation-funded solar powered water projects there. She is a previous member of clubs in Monadnock NH, Randolph VT, and White River Jct VT, all clubs similar in size to Westbrook-Gorham. She is particularly interested in education and children’s activities, as well as water and solar projects in the developing world.
 
She has three sons, one of whom lives in Maine, and six grandchildren, four of whom live in Maine. She currently lives in South Portland.
Crutches 4 Africa
 
On Saturday November 18, about two dozen District 7780 Rotarians and Interacters from ME and NH converged on a storage warehouse on Gooch St in Biddeford to load a shipping container with crutches, canes, walkers, wheelchairs, and other mobility devices.  These items had been collected over the past year by Rotarians and friends from Seacost NH and Southern ME. This 24' container, the 7th to be loaded in Maine for Crutches 4 Africa since 2011, is headed for Uganda.
 
 
 
Candice Talbot and Dennis Robillard watch David Talbot
work his magic with the forklift
 
We were pleased to be joined by David Talbot, founder of Crutches4Africa, and his wife Candice from Denver Colorado. David ran the fork lift to load pallets of crutches while Candice kept track of items and quantities loaded for customs documentation. As with the previous loads, the effort was led by Dennis Robillard of Saco Bay Sunset Rotary Club. 
 
 
 
Candice mentioned that this container puts Maine ahead of even the Denver area in number of containers shipped for this charity. Once the container has arrived at its destination, has been off loaded, and passed customs, David and Candice will travel to Uganda to direct distribution of the contents to folks in need there.
 
Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Club President Bill Chadwick and member Christine Johnson participated in the many activities required, like sorting, pairing and tie-wrapping crutches.  District Governor Dave Underhill and his wife Linda were also there working hard (and having a good time!). To learn more about Crutches 4 Africa, visit their website: http://www.crutches4africa.org/ 
 
  
L: Bill Chadwick
R: Bill, DG Dave Underhill, Christine Johnson
 
Bundling crutches
Dave & Linda Underhill (center)
 
 
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New Name, Same Focus for Westbrook Coalition
Discover Downtown Westbrook, the new name for Westbrook’s Downtown Coalition, was the topic of our program on November 14. Abigail Cioffi, Executive Director of DDW, shared some history of this just 3-year old organization which is working with businesses, the community, and the city to promote and revitalize Westbrook’s downtown.
 
The Downtown Westbrook Coalition was formed in 2014 as a Downtown Network Community. The organization grew slowly but steadily until March 2016 when they conducted visioning to develop transformation strategies. By November of 2016, they had established a Board of Directors and developed bylaws. Since then, they have organized several fundraisers.
 
 
The organization chose to follow the National Main Street model in design and development of their strategic plan. Retain what we have. Enjoy what we have. The March 2016 visioning exercise identified a few keys areas of focus.  One is the river, a beautiful asset that runs through the heart of the city. Another is the creative economy. Many artists live and work in Westbrook. We also have been beautiful historic buildings - some of them hidden gems – like Walker Library, Presumpscot Place and the former mill buildings.
 
This year, DDW became a 501c3 and submitted an application to be designated a national Main Street Community. This designation was made official this month with the celebration held on November 9 at Foster Place which was covered in the American Journal: city-earns-main-street-title
 
 
The goal is to stimulate the economy and bring new people to Westbrook - both businesses and residents - while building on existing assets. People travel to communities because they are Main Street Communities.  With the new branding Discover Downtown Westbrook, campaigns might take the form of Dine Downtown Westbrook, Shop Downtown Westbrook, Swim Downtown Westbrook, etc. The possibilities are endless. 2018 will kick off with working on these transformation strategies.
 
To hear more about the Main Street Communities initiative, watch this video on You Tube: Main Streets in Action
 
L-R: Phil Spiller, Vice Pres DDW 
Abigail Cioffi, Exec Director DDW
Dan Stevenson, Economic Dev Director Westbrook
Deb Shangraw - President DDW
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Thanks from Ronald McDonald House
 
Westbrook-Gorham Rotary recently received a thank you note for can tabs and other items donated. Remember to keep collecting those can tabs over the winter.  Thanks!!
 
Upcoming Speaker List Details
 
We have been receiving many requests to provide programs recently so have not assigned members to specific weeks as we have done in the past.  If you have an idea for a program, please contact Christine Johnson.  We are currently seeking programs for November and beyond. We are now scheduling programs for March.
 
Here is the list of upcoming dates with speakers and their sponsors:
 
* 11/21 - Christmas Tree Sales Lot Set Up immediately following lunch
* 11/28 - Dave Perron - Exec Dtr Big Brothers/Big Sisters
* 12/5 -   Club Assembly
* 12/12 - No Meeting - Christmas Party at the Reidman's
* 12/19 - Jana Allain - Woodfords Family Services
* 12/26 - No meeting - Christmas Break
*  1/2   -  No meeting - Happy New Year
*  1/9   -  Induction & Sarah Hutchins Classification Talk
*  1/16 - Ken Hawley - CEO Transformation Project - Project Update
*  1/23 - Dan Stevenson - Economic Development Director Westbrook
*  1/30 - Lynn Derocher - Convenient MD
*  2/6   - Club Assembly
*  2/13 - Gorham Downtown Alliance
*  2/20 - No Meeting - School Vacation
*  2/27 - Waterstone Development
 
 
 
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Missed a Meeting?   Make up online at Rotary E-Club One
 
Or at one of these other local clubs in our area:
 
Falmouth - Mondays 4:30PM
American Legion Post  65 Depot Rd Falmouth
 
Scarborough - Tuesdays 5:45PM
Cabela's 100 Cabela's Blvd Scarborough
 
South Portland-Cape Elizabeth - Wednesdays 6:15PM
Purpoodock Club 300 Spurwink Rd Cape Elizabeth
Portland Sunrise - Thursdays 7:15AM
Cumberland Club 116 High St Portland
 
Sebago Lake Rotary Club - Thursdays 12:15PM 
Pat's Pizza 844 Roosevelt Trail, Windham, ME 04062
 
Portland - Fridays 12:15PM at Holiday Inn by the Bay or Clarion
check website for current week's venue
 
OR you can always claim a make up by attending Rotary-sponsored events of our club or other clubs like fundraisers, 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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