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Sorry there was nothing to guess for February!
Last month’s question: There was no District History question last month due to circumstances beyond my control but I am back on track!
This month’s District History question: I was asked at the World Peace and Understanding Dinner by a sitting club president how many districts her club had been in during its history as a Rotary Club. This got me to thinking that I had not put this information up on the District website – it is there now!
So the question for this month is as follows: The Rotary Club of Portland is the oldest club in District 7780. How many different district numbers has it been under since it was chartered on September 1, 1915?
You will find help with the answer in the District Yearbook - Historical Notes on a subpage. Now be the first to send me your answer!
Marie A. Williams
District Historian
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LAST CALL TO ALL DISTRICT 7780 ROTARIANS!!
Want to learn more about the Basics of Rotary?
Meet other Rotarians from around our District and surrounding Districts!
Learn how other Rotary Clubs are run and what they do?
Attend RLI (Rotary Leadership Institute)
WHEN: Saturday, March 19, 2016 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
WHERE: York County Community College, Wells, Maine – In our own backyard!
Offering: Parts I, II, III, & Graduate Classes. The parts have to be taken in order.
Registration Fee: $75.00 which includes materials, breakfast, lunch and coffee breaks.
Time is running out! Registration closes Saturday, March 13th! To initiate course registration, please go to www.rlinea.org and click on the highlighted site name that you wish to attend on the left hand side of the page. This will automatically take you to that site’s registration page.
Any questions, please contact me. I hope to see many of you there on March 19th!
Marie A. Williams
RLI District 7780 Chair
207-439-3761
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The Rotary Foundation
DONOR ADVISED FUND
You and your spouse or partner can open an Individual Donor Advised Fund account with tax deductible contributions and then recommend grants to your favorite charities in your family's name. Then, after your lifetime, if the balance of the account is $150,000 or more, you have the option of naming your child(ren) as successor(s) to recommend distributions from the account during their lifetimes.
Donor Advised Funds are also useful for Rotary Clubs. For more information please click on the link.
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District 7780
TRIP TO NIGERIA
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The Rotary 2016 Council on Legislation
WHAT IS IT? WHY IS IT?
Rotary International governance is based upon its member clubs – not upon the personalities of its senior leaders. Thus, Rotary Foundation Trustees don't spend Foundation assets on programs, and Rotary International Directors don't determine our rules of governance. How then do we govern ourselves?
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The Rotary Club of Bath
COLLABORATES TO BUILD MODULAR HOUSE
The Bath Rotary Club Charitable Trust collaborates with the Bath Regional Center and Technical Center’s building tradesclass to build a modular house every two years. The project is moving along. The house will be ready for sale this spring. The Electrical team is putting the final finish to the lighting and the "For Sale" sign went up (below left).
Above Right: Mr. Vachon and the electrical students work on the wiring of the modular home.
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FILLS A BUS TO SUPPORT AREA FOOD BANK
Bath Rotarians, Bath Sunrise Rotarians, Morse Interact advisor Leslie, and her son Thomas Trundy, who is a Morse Interact Club member, helped almost fill a school bus with food donations and collected just over $1000 in cash and check donations for the Bath Area Food Bank on Saturday, February 6. We are grateful to Kim (who is a Bath Rotarian) and Steve Brackett for allowing us to hold the food drive in front of their store and to the folks at Bath Bus Service for donating the use of the bus, This effort is a big help to the food pantry at this time of year. And last but not least, thanks to all of the Brackett's customers and employees who came out and donated food and money today to make this a very successful food drive.
Past President Will Neilson and current President Caelie Smith.
Lee Patenaude, Andrew Deci and Joel Austin hand out wish lists and collect donations outside Brackett’s Market
Bob Warren (yes, in shorts), Liz Wyman and Tom Edwards take the first shift at the food drive.
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The Rotary Club of Bridgton-Lake
SERVICE IN THE COMMUNITY
The Rotary Club of Bridgton-Lake Region cooked for 80 community residents on February 18th, as part of their service in the community. Everyone enjoyed salad, rolls, shepherds pie, and apple pie.
TRIVIA NIGHT PROCEEDS GO TOWARD WATER & SANITATION PROJECT
The Rotary Club of Bridgton-Lake Region has been busy preparing for their Water & Sanitation Project in the Dominican Republic. This project received a grant from the district and fundraising is well under way! On February 9th, there was a Trivia Night at a local restaurant where 10% of the proceeds went towards the project.
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The Rotary Club of Hampton
ROTARY AND INTERACT STUDENTS GATHER FOR ANNUAL POTLUCK
By Kiki Evans
hamptonunion@seacoastonline.com
Feb. 18, 2016
SEABROOK — Members from the Rotary Club of Hampton joined Seabrook Middle School’s Interact Club at the annual Seabrook Middle School Induction Ceremony last Tuesday at the school’s cafeteria. Community service was the focus at the potluck event that included a presentation of pins and membership cards.
“The greatest value is to provide an opportunity for these young people to realize that, while they are young, they can serve and be part of the community,” said Rotary Club of Hampton President Barbara Lizotte. “This event is important because young people sometimes feel that they’re not always appreciated and recognized for the good work they do, and this shows them that they are part of the community.”
Seabrook Middle School’s Interact Club is the first middle school chapter of Interact in New Hampshire. Lizotte said her organization sponsors three student Interact clubs in SAU 21: at Winnacunnet High School, Lincoln Akerman School, and Seabrook Middle School, along with Hampton Academy in SAU 90.
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The Rotary Club of Ogunquit
SUPPORTS DAYS OF WARMING
The Rotary Club of Ogunquit served a lunch of chicken pot pie, coleslaw and Valentine’s Day cupcakes to more than 60 senior citizens at the Wells-Ogunquit Center at Moody on Valentine’s Day weekend.
These Days of Warming are held every Saturday during January and February; each sponsored by a different group or organization in the local area. The Ogunquit Rotary Club has done its bit on this same weekend for the past four years, and this year’s event was one of the best. The seniors who partook of the meal expressed sincere gratitude, and the members who served the food had the satisfaction of having brightened the day for others. Just a small example of a service being beneficial to all concerned!
From left to right: George Wilson, Carol Brennan, Ed Seppa, Joe Boyle, Vickie Russell and Tracy Smith (missing from photo was Lisa Aubin who prepared the cupcakes!)
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The Rotary Club of Portland Sunrise
HOSTS MAINE CHILDREN'S CANCER PROGRAM FUNDRAISER
More than 300 people turned out for the annual Maine Children’s Cancer Program fundraiser at DiMillo’s hosted by the Rotary Club of Portland Sunrise. This year the boat was too small, as Party With a Purpose broke its fundraising record, bringing in $40,000 for the cancer treatment and support program. DiMillo's once again generously rolled out a lavish spread of delicious food choices accompanied by marvelous wine and beer samplings.
Emma Dube (standing in front of her father), a cancer survivor, poses with her family.
There was a wide variety of amazing live and silent auction items. The live auction included an enthusiastic bidding war for an African Safari that sold for $4300. Other highlights of the live auction included - a week's stay for 2-3 couples at a 17th-century home in a romantic Italian hilltop village, a cocktail or dinner cruise for up to 20 on board a fully-restored 1965 yacht built by the Henry C. Grebe Company and a weekend getaway at the historic Colonial Inn in Ogunquit, including two rooms for two nights, dinner at an area restaurant, and four tickets to a local show.
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The Rotary Club of Saco Bay
NEW EYES
 In 1991, Pric and Andy Baillargeon, members of the Rotary Club of Saco Bay, learned about the New Eyes for the Needy program. Since then, the club continues to sponsor the NEW EYES "glasses for those in need” program (formerly known as NEW EYES FOR THE NEEDY). Old eye glasses and precious metals, such as jewelry (real or costume), old watches, broken jewelry, spare cufflinks, earrings, old silver of all kinds, dentures and used dental gold scrap, prescription and non-prescription sunglasses and safety glasses are items being sought and collected by the club. The club has approximately 20 collection boxes throughout the communities in Biddeford, Saco and Old Orchard Beach. Since the club adopted this program, approximately 1,000 items have been collected and sent annually.
New Eyes is a non-profit volunteer organization founded by Julia Lawrence Terry in 1932. Terry from Short Hills was volunteering at a Red Cross food distribution center in New York City when she learned that some of the Depression-aid recipients could not see well enough to sign for food tickets. Since the beginning, New Eyes has provided clearer vision to over 8 million people in the United States and throughout the world. The metal frames received are sent to a refiner and the income received is used to pay for new prescriptions glasses for indigent Americans. Glasses are also shipped to developing countries. Costume jewelry and silverware are sold, and the proceeds used to provide glasses to the needy.
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The Rotary Club of Sebago Lake
TO HOLD KID'S DERBY
The Sebago Lake Rotary Club is preparing for the Kittery Trading Post Kid's Derby on Saturday, March 5th,
from 10am - 1pm.
We invite you to bring your children or grandchildren, under 12, to a fun filled day and to experience ice fishing. Each child receives an ice fishing rig courtesy of KTP.
Drew Bell, grandson of Cyndy Bell, waits patiently for his fish.
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The Rotary Club of Wells
HOLDS ANNUAL BLOOD DRIVE
Wells Rotary's Annual American Red Cross Blood Drive was held on Tuesday, February 23, 2016.
Picture on Left (l-r): Wells Rotarians Suzanne Ilsley and Cassie Mosher at the registration area at the Annual Red Cross Blood Drive.
Photo on Right (l-r): Wells Rotarians Rick Coyne, Walter Leffler and Nick Poli man the “canteen” area at the Annual Red Cross Blood Drive (not pictured Rotarian Rocky Furman).
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The Rotary Club of Westbrook Gorham
ANN LEE HUSSEY AND THE FUTURE OF POLIO PLUS
Ann Lee (Left), with club president Christine Johnson (Right), is a member of the Rotary Club of Portland Sunrise in Maine and served District 7780 as Governor in 2010-2011. Previously Ann Lee served on the Reach Out to Africa Initiative, as Zone 32 Coordinator for Health and Hunger and as a member of the RI Rotarian Action Groups Committee. Ann Lee has also served as Presidents’ Representative at several district conferences. Ann Lee currently serves as Adviser to the International Polio Plus Committee for 2015-2016 and Chairs the Polio Survivors Rotarian Action Group.
Ann Lee spoke to the club, that while Polio may be wiped out in our lifetime, the ongoing importance of the Annual Fund of the Rotary Foundation. Contributions to the Annual Fund help support our humanitarian activities, from local service projects to global initiatives. Your community Rotary Club can apply for grants from the Foundation to invest in projects and provide scholarship, all made possible the ongoing financial support of Every Rotarian Every Year. Rotarians typically make annual gifts of cash or stock as well as bequests from their estates.
Warren Buffett pointed out that it is all comparative – not the amount each gave but the fact they GAVE.
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SPEAKER PROGRAM: REV. NATHAN W. FERRELL
THE HISTORY OF SAINT MARY EPISCOPAL CHURCH IN FALMOUTH, MAINE
From left to right: Bill Gowen – Club Treasurer with Rev. Nathan W. Ferrell, Rector of the Episcopal Church of Saint Mary in Falmouth, Maine.
John Bundy Brown 1805-1881 who founded J. B. Brown, a real estate company, which is still has a prominent role in the city of Portland, had five children: One of which was John Marshall Brown who studied law at Bowdoin College, received an appointment in 20th Maine Regiment as a First Lieutenant and was Adjutant to General Joshua Chamberlain and distinguished himself in prominent battles of the Civil War including Gettysburg. He retired a Brevet General, returned to Portland, married, and had five children including a daughter, Alida Greely Brown who died in Switzerland at the age of 19.
To honor his daughter’s memory, John commissioned a stone chapel in Falmouth Foreside whose foundation was laid in 1890. The Chapel became the burial place of John Marshall Brown, his wife, and their daughter Alida.
Through subsequent gifts and endowments from the Browns and the Payson Family as well as others, this chapel with the addition of other buildings eventually became the Episcopal Church of Saint Mary in Falmouth, Maine.
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The Rotary Club of Bethel
TO HOST A COUNTRY BREAKFAST
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TO HOST 9TH ANNUAL WINE AND BEER TASTING EVENT
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The Rotary Club of Hampton
TO HOLD 30 DAY CALENDAR RAFFLE
During the month of April, the Hampton Rotary Club will be holding a Calendar Raffle to benefit local charities.
Prizes include Gift Certificates for Dining, Lodging, Skiing, Golfing & Hair Salons, Dessert of the Month, a Sonic Toothbrush, Wine & Cheese, Fitness Memberships, Computer Services, Coffee Cards, and Much More! Prizes total OVER $3500!!
Tickets are only $10 each, and are eligible to win more than once! Winners will be notified by phone and posted on our club website.
For more info or to purchase raffle tickets email our Fundraising Chair, Larry Marsolais, or call 603-560-2116.
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The Rotary Club of South Berwick-Eliot
TO HOLD GEOGRAPHY QUIZ NIGHT
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Where in the World is Maiti Nepal?
The South Berwick-Eliot Rotary Club’s annual Geography Quiz Night on Friday, March 4th at the Great Works School in South Berwick, Maine, will be in support of Maiti Nepal, an initiative which began a number of years ago to rescue and change the lives of girls who became victims of human trafficking between Nepal and India.
Each year, the South Berwick-Eliot Rotary Club has its Geography Quiz Night to benefit a worthy international project, and this year’s theme will be “Where in the World is Maiti Nepal?” Teams of 2 adults and 2 students compete in rounds of geography questions in front of an audience in the school gym, for bragging rights and the coveted trophies awarded to the winners and runners-up. Mike Moloney, a Rotarian from South Berwick and banker with Kennebunk Savings Bank, is a geography whiz in his own right and creates the questions and is a lively emcee and moderator of the competition. There are questions for the students on the teams, questions for the adults, and questions posed to the entire team. Meanwhile, audience members can also join in as they take part in their own audience competition if they wish. It is an evening that is fun to watch and everyone comes away from it knowing more about world and local geography. The funds that are raised from the team sponsorships, additional fundraising by team members to purchase “free passes” for when they are stumped by a question, raffles, silent auction and refreshment sales, go to the international project selected. And this year’s project helps fight child slavery.
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Have Something You'd Like to Share with Us?
Updates and short articles with images or videos, and the names of new members and those who have passed, may be submitted to our Newsletter Editor, Deb Marsolais, at newsletter@rotary7780.org, to be included in our Monthly Newsletter. The District Newsletter is a means of communicating to other clubs in our district; items of interest, upcoming events, fundraisers, opportunities of service, or member news.
Deadline for April Newsletter Submissions: March 25th
PLEASE NOTE:
As a precaution, unless you have obtained a written consent from a parent/guardian, every child’s face which appears in a picture submitted for the newsletter or website, will be edited so that it is blurred out in the picture. Since there may be situations involving abuse, neglect, custody dispute, etc., and parents wouldn't want their child's picture to appear in public, this is being done for the child's privacy and protection.
If you have a submission for the newsletter or website, and would like to have us post a picture with a child (children) in it, please let us know if you have received a consent, otherwise we will edit it accordingly.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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