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Rotary celebrates the Foundation in June. Our entire focus this year has been on celebrating the 100th anniversary of this institution and all the terrific work it has accomplished since that first donation of $26.50.
As this is my last opportunity to address the District in this format, I would like to offer a very special “Thank You” to each and every contribution made towards this year’s District Conference. The Committee worked hard to make this celebration about you and how we, as Rotarians, work together to make a difference in the world.
While visiting District 7790 we participated in two service projects. PDG Leni Gronros reports: “The food donated came to 162 lbs of much needed groceries for the AIO food pantry. Donations received at the registration desk came to $200 in cash and checks. This came at a great time for the food pantry as they were once again very busy yesterday. Over the weekend the pantry announced they needed a larger space due to the demand. This is a link to the newspaper article: http://www.penbaypilot.com/article/aio-food-pantry-looking-larger-space-rockland-any-ideas/86611”
In addition, “Dr. Mandel, of MCRC, picked up the banners from the Service Project this morning and sent the following note: I am so pleased by your generous support of MCRC and of the District 7780 Rotarians. I love the posters! Perfect for our event. Professional signs would not have been as interesting. Thank you again! Have a great day. Ira “
Rotarians making a difference. Our diverse program offered information on how Rotarians throughout our District have and can be the change. Panel member Jim Godbout, Biddeford Saco Club and Red Ribbon Committee, provided his observations:
“I hope everyone that attended the Rotary District conference enjoyed the weekend and came away inspired by some of our speakers.The recovery community is very lucky to have people like Andrew Kiezulas and Ashley Hurdeau as role models.
Rotarians definitely have the ability to make a difference in battling substance use in our country. I spoke to you about the Rotary club of Biddeford Saco’s Red Ribbon mission to mobilize, educate, and prevent working with local school systems. This is only one measure.
There are many ways in which Rotary can make a difference.
You can be the catalyst in providing resources to help the recovery community, help in prevention measures like we are doing, or even get involved in after school activities for youth which is proven to increase brain health which Andrew spoke about. All this takes is Drive from a few Rotarians with a passion to make a difference. We are networked throughout the world with connections that will make a difference, just stand up and put service above self, remove the stigma related to substance use, provide good healthy brain health for our youth while engaging them in community.
We all have the POWER to make healthy sustainable lifestyle for future generations.”
Through the District Conference we started the conversation. I hope others will continue the discussion. You too “have the POWER”. Please consider keeping this conversation alive.
As for the Foundation, over $10,000 was raised in support of The Rotary Foundation’s anniversary. THANK YOU to all for helping us to reach this goal.
So I pass the gavel-and the pen-to your next District Governor, Dave Underhill, knowing you are in great hands. It has been my pleasure writing to you each month and sharing all that is a part of Rotary.
Marge
DISTRICT HISTORY
WOW! Another Great Response!!
Deb Marsolais, Rotary Club of Hampton; Loretta Rowe, Rotary Club of Portland;
David Taft, Rotary Club of Brunswick; Dennis Robillard,
Rotary Club of Saco Bay Sunset!!
Last Month’s and This Month’s District History Request:
A NEW TWIST!
I would like to start adding some individual club history to the District Website. Starting with the Club Presidents from day one of your club through 2016-2017 Rotary year. Send me the list of all your club presidents’ names and the date they served. We have 40 clubs and it would be great to have all 40 clubs and their past presidents listed before all that information is lost. This could just be the start of developing the information about our clubs on the District website. By the time you read this I will have the Rotary Club of Kittery, Maine Club Presidents’ names and dates of service listed in the District History. Who will be the next club to be added?
WE HAD FOUR MORE CLUBS ADDED THIS MONTH!
We now have ELEVEN Rotary Club pages with their club presidents all listed with their dates of service from the start of the club, plus yours truly added any DGs from those clubs and their charter dates. Out of these eleven clubs that were chartered in 1915, 1925, 1960, 1969, 1974, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1996, 1998, and 2016, we have the oldest and the youngest clubs in the District who have responded!
Check them out – On the home page of the District Website CLICK on About Us; CLICK on District History; CLICK on Rotary Clubs of District 7780; CLICK on the Rotary Club name that is light blue and it will bring you to that club’s page and you can see the list of their club presidents. THANK YOU to these eleven clubs for providing their information!
This Month’s District History Request:
A NEW TWIST CONTINUES!
We will continue adding some individual club history to the District Website. Who will be the next Club to provide me with their Club Presidents from day one of your club through 2016-2017 Rotary year? Send me the list of all your club presidents’ names and the date they served. We have 40 clubs and 11 clubs have provided me with the information. Who out of the remaining 29 clubs will be the next ones to have their own page under the District History page? It would be great to have all 40 clubs with their past presidents listed before the end of this Rotary year. This could just be the start of developing the information on our clubs on the District website. WILL YOUR CLUB BE THE NEXT ONE ADDED? YOU DON’T WANT TO BE THE LAST CLUB ADDED!
PLEASE send your club presidents’ names and dates of service to me at mawilliamspdg@comcast.net along with your name and the name of your Rotary Club. The names of all those who share “their Club presidents information” will be in next month’s newsletter and “the listing their club presidents and dates of service” will be posted to the District History on the appropriate club page for everyone to read. If you have any District History information, please share it with me so it can be posted to the District History page on District 7780’s Website.
MY INDIA TRIP - JAMES PETERSEN, PRESIDENT, PORTSMOUTH ROTARY CLUB
PRID Julia Phelps and PDG Nancy Barbee Old Delhi
I went on a fabulous Rotary trip to India this past January. Julia Phelps, Past RI Director, is how I found out about it by her posting on her Facebook. Nancy Barbee, Past District Governor, was our group leader with many trips to India under her belt. Our group included sixteen Rotarians mostly from south of the Mason-Dixon Line. They were nice folks and now are new friends, and for some reason I did not come back with a habit of saying “y’all” or “bless your heart."
Nancy showed us around Old Delhi, which frankly isn’t that much different than New Delhi in terms of the general chaos. One issue they have in India is locals tapping power from the electrical grid like syrup from a maple tree. Hundreds of adhoc wires form an overhead cobweb in just about all of the places we visited, but it was in Old Delhi that we were introduced to the practice. When I returned home I watched a documentary film on India’s problem with stealing electricity. It is embedded in the culture and likely will take a long while to untangle.
All Rotarians are invited to celebrate the RYLA experience, to thank our Club and District leaders for their service and to induct our new Club Presidents and Officers for Rotary 2017-2018!
The Changeover will take place at Camp Hinds in Raymond ME. Here’s the format.
District Changeover (5:00 to 6:45 PM)
5:00-5:30 PM Arrive and make your way down to the waterfront site of the former dining hall (the area where we’ve done this for the past couple of years).
We will provide soft drinks and water. Please bring small “apps to share” for this social part of the event.
5:45 PM District Changeover activities
>Salute and thank the incumbent Club Presidents and officers
>Induction of next year’s Club Presidents and officers
>Special thank-you to District Governor Marge
>Induction of next year’s district officers
The social event for Rotarians will continue until about 6:45. At this point some Rotarians may choose to leave, and all of us remaining will move to the NEW dining hall to have supper with RYLA campers.
This will be followed by the RYLA skits and events. It’s a wonderful chance to meet and understand those who make the RYLA experience possible, from the campers themselves to the counselors and our RYLA chair Phil Giordano.
There is a nominal $10 fee for the supper. There is no cost to attend the changeover event only: if you do not intend to stay for supper, enter “NO SUPPER” in the comment field when you register and do not make a payment.
Very limited accessible parking at the old dining hall. Otherwise please plan to park “up top” and walk down to the water. In case of inclement weather our social will be held inside the former dining hall.
Thanks, we will hope to see you at the water’s edge!
DGE Dave Underhill
Polio Plus Update - June
Very good news. Polio cases thus far this year are still down with no new cases since my last report: year-to-date, three cases in Afghanistan and two cases in Pakistan.
As a District, we had a goal this year of raising $44,060 and as of May 17 we have raised $54,228 with still over a month to go. CONGRATULATIONS! When you add in the $17,616 of our Foundation District Designated Funds that have been donated we, as a district, have donated $71,845. And I know there were Polio Plus donations coming out of Governor Marge’s District Conference that have not yet been counted and I believe many clubs will be donating as the end of the Rotary year approaches.
There are 15 clubs that have already met or exceeded their End-Polio-Now giving goals and several other that are very close. In addition, a number of clubs who didn’t set a goal have raised significant Polio Plus money. However, there are 6 clubs that have yet to make a Polio Plus donation this year. One of our goals is to have every club in the district make a donation; last year we missed it by only one. The amount doesn't matter, but the symbolism of your club, or individuals from your club, stepping up to support this effort is huge. Still plenty of time, but please be sure your club does something. Last year, the one club that didn’t give was surprised, having thought that they did. If you have any doubt whether or not your club has donated, let me know and I’ll give you the information. Let’s be a district that supports End Polio Now 100%.
District Grants
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS IS NOW!
District Grant applications are due June 1! Don’t procrastinate – in order to be “fair to all concerned” any applications that arrive after the deadline will NOT be considered. To take advantage of District Grants, clubs must have had two members go through the online grants modules, sign and send their club MOU to grants@rotary7780.org; publish the name of their Club Foundation Chair in Clubrunner and set an Annual Giving Goal in myrotary.
Be sure to use the dedicated email to file the application itself: grants@rotary7780.org.
These grants are funded in direct proportion to the amount of money we donate to Annual Giving in previous years. And because our giving is increasing, so is the money available for these grants! A record $42,798 will be distributed to clubs for District grants in just a few weeks! Be part of it!
And as the Rotary year winds to a close, remember to get remaining donations to Annual Giving and Polio Plus in to Rotary so that the funds will be counted as part of this year’s giving. Checks are good – Online donations are good – Rotary Direct means that you decide the frequency and amount and the rest is done for you!
Marty Peak Helman, District Foundation Chair
Cuban Cultural Exchange
The District #7780 Cuban Cultural Exchange is nearing completion!
Though its been a difficult trip to plan, more details are being finalized every day. Ten finalists for the six traveler spots are being interviewed within the coming week and preparations for their journey will begin. Your help is needed to support the filtration system supplies that the group will be bringing with them. A GoFundMe Campaign has been created for ease of use but arrangements to make donations may also be made by contacting Rachael Ela at rachaelela@comcast.net. Please visit https://www.gofundme.com/rotary-7780-cuba-water-project to contribute via GoFundMe and please share on social media to help us get the word out for this effort and to fund ongoing efforts to support the work that has been and will be done in Cuba!
Medical Team from Uganda, Partners with District 7780 Rotarians and Area Medical Facilities to Improve Oncology Patient Care
Uganda Medical Team with Bob Wester
The Rotary Clubs of Kennebunk Portside, York, and Wells hosted a team of oncology professionals from Uganda who traveled in Maine this month as part of a District 7780-sponsored Vocational Training Team. The seven-member team participated in professional experiences with multiple healthcare organizations in southern Maine with the goal of improving oncology patient care in Uganda. Cancer is a significant health concern in Uganda with little general knowledge of early detection or screening and limited treatment facilities or options.
The local coordinator of the program was Peg Belanger, oncology nurse navigator at Southern Maine Healthcare and member of Kennebunk Portside Rotary. The team spent time with staff in several facilities: Southern Maine Health Care and Oncology (Biddeford), Mercy Hospital, York Hospital and York Oncology. Southern Maine Community College, University of New England, American Cancer Society, and New England Cancer Specialists, to name a few. Local Rotarians hosted the team members during their time in Maine.
CLUB DISCUSSES POSSIBILITY OF FUTURE SERVICE PROJECT
Pictured above: Dan Ostrye, Bruce Kapner and President Sarah MacGillivray stroll through Gilsland Farm.
On May 15th, the Rotary Club of Yarmouth met at the Gilsland Farm Preserve of Maine Audubon in Falmouth. Maine Audubon provided a Powerpoint program about its mission, activity and preserves in Maine. After the meeting, several club members walked trails through the Preserve. This meeting has led to a discussion with Maine Audubon about a possible service project that new Yarmouth Rotarians might undertake at one of Audubon’s nature preserves.
The Rotary Club of Wells
MAY HIGHLIGHTS
Our Annual Vidalia Onion benefit went very well!
After the Vidalia Onions were unloaded, President Doug Bibber and “Miss Onion” aka Suzanne Ilsley went out to deliver!
Pictured on left: the “unloading” crew (l-r): Dennis Hardy, Suzanne Ilsley, Rocky Furman & the Delivery Driver, President Doug Bibber, and Terry Hodskins.
The Wells Club held their 32nd Annual Charter Night on Friday, May 12. The event was a great success!
Picture on left: Rotarian Barry Wolfson and his wife Jeanne Wolfson. Pictured on right: Rotarian Kathleen Thornton and her daughter Emily Thornton.
The Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth
FORT WILLIAMS PARK
SP-CE Rotary Club just completed the final phase of its latest efforts at Fort Williams Park to revitalize the picnic shelter. This phase of the project included landscaping, installing new plantings and general sprucing up, which follows the installation of an expanded patio and walkways. It was a group effort!
Left to right: Nancy Irving, Scott Irving, Catherine Callahan with daughter Audrey and husband Bret LeBleu; John LoBosco, Bill Anderson, Mike and MaryAnne Tranfaglia; Hugh O'Shea; Nicole Albert; Nancy Hawes; David Rogers
FT WILLIAMS + ROTARY HISTORY
The South Portland – Cape Elizabeth Rotary club was founded in the same year that Fort Williams was de-activated. The club has been a faithful supporter of the Park throughout its existence.
Major projects that have been supported by the club include:
Construction of the picnic shelter in 1980.
Purchase of the flagpole at the top of the hill in 1988
Funding for an exhibit in the Museum in 1994
Pond restoration work in 1999/2000
Funding for the initial design of the Children’s Garden in 2012
Additional funding to bring Children’s Garden to its goal in 2015
In addition, the Club has taken on projects involving labor and/or funds that were smaller in scope from time to time. For instance in our current fiscal year we painted the garage doors on the Fire Barn, contracted to have the graffiti removed from the Fire Barn and arranged for the purchase of the new flagpole in front of the lighthouse (in partnership with Bath Savings Institution).
The Rotary Club of South Berwick-Eliot
MARSHWOOD INTERACT CLUB MEETS TO RECOGNIZE MEMBERS
On May 11, the Marshwood Interact Club joined the South Berwick/Eliot Rotary Club to recognize the dedicated members of Interact. They thanked the outgoing officers and welcomed the new officers. The Interact Club meets at Marshwood High School and provides high school students with opportunities to serve the local community and the world.
The new officers for the next school year are Will Hausmann, president, Courtney Thim, vice president, Matthew White, secretary, Morgan Hasty, treasurer, Alayna Melino and Carlie White co -president-elect, Macey White Historian. Henry Honkonen, Michael LaSelva, Katherine Austin and Alayna Melino received the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) and will experience leadership training with other RYLA students in Raymond, Maine at the end of June. Last year’s RYLA honoree was Will Hausmann.
With assistance from the advisors, Grace Jacobs and Sarah Kent, as well as the Rotary Club liaisons Helen Goransson and Barry O’Brian, the Interact students have organized and supported many meaningful projects. This year, for example, they organized a Halloween can drive for the food pantry, they assisted with the South Berwick Recreation’s Easter Egg Hunt and Valentine’s Day dance, they assisted with the Jimmy Fund pancake breakfast at GWS, they made and delivered lunches for Crossroads House in Portsmouth, and they volunteered each month at the food pantry. This year was the first Global Service-Learning Trip. Twelve Marshwood Interact Club members traveled to the Dominican Republic to respond to genuine needs in the areas of environmental conservation and education.
Also, at this breakfast meeting, the Interact Club presented a $1,000 donation to Safe Passage/ Camino Seguro, which will be matched by Rotary and will support the work being done with impoverished families in Guatemala City, Guatemala. This is the eleventh year the Interact Club has supported Safe Passage.
South Berwick-Eliot Rotary cont'd
INTERACT CLUB RETURNS FROM SERVICE PROJECT
As a follow-up to a service trip that several students from the Marshwood High Interact Club recently made to the Dominican Republic, club advisor Grace Jacobs wrote this:
We spent 3 days in the mountains and they planted 400 coffee and cocoa trees for a watershed cooperative. We were in a very rural and remote setting and connected with so many. We met farmers, artisians, peace corps volunteers and agricultural engineers who shared so much with us.
We then traveled to the coast to work with the Dream Project - a remarkable education foundation - and we provided the materials and labor for a new library in an underserved barrio. The art, love and hard work the students provided was heartwarming.
Very satisfying and emotional week. These kids are transformed by the experience of serving and connecting in such an organic way. Now the quest is how to help them support and integrate their feelings and experiences into their lives here.
They learned so much about themselves and the world. Some of the day to day drama of high school will feel insignificant. They will need to know people care about this work.
They are awakened and ready to do so much.
The Rotary Club of Sebago Lake
ANNUAL PIZZA CHALLENGE
Sunset Variety of Raymond, ME is the 2017 winner of the Rotary Club of Sebago Lake's Annual Pizza Challenge
The Sebago Lake Club held its Annual Pizza Challenge, with over 10 vendors showing off their most popular selections. A raffle for a year of dinning was also a huge success. Twelve local restaurants donated gift certificates which was packaged as the “Dine on us for a year” so the winner could use the certificates once a month or every week however they choose.
The Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale
GOVERNOR VISITS ROTARY CLUB
Governor Paul LePage spoke to Sanford-Springvale Rotary and invited guests on Thursday morning, May 11th. His half-hour speech covered a variety of topics, including the state income tax, Maine school district issues and the continuing outflow of young professionals from our state. The Governor was informative, humorous and was wearing his Rotary pin, as Sanford Rotarian, introducer, and event organizer, Elias Thomas pointed out. He has been a Rotarian since 1976 and is a member of the Waterville, Maine Rotary Club in District 7790.
The Rotary Club of River Valley
HIGH SCHOOL HONOR STUDENTS RECOGNIZED
Mountain Valley High Top ten high honor students were recognized at the River Valley Rotary Club Fellowship luncheon on May 15, 2017,
and provided lunch on Monday, May 22, 2017 for the top honor students from Dirigo High.
The Rotary Club of Portsmouth
MAY RECAP
With the advent of warm weather, our club has been involved in several hands-on, outdoor projects.
Armed with a $700 William Cash Fund grant, some of us assembled at the Portsmouth Middle School to help install a garden.
Others went to Rye’s Wallis Sands beach to help the Interact Club do a spring clean-up. Still more participated in a project at the Chase Home. All three events took place Saturday morning May 13. Still more lent a hand in a Habitat for Humanity Women Build project.
Meanwhile, many of us donated clothing to the Durham, N.H. Thrift Shop through a collection truck outside the Portsmouth Country Club. Those monies will ultimately fund Friends in Action. That’s an organization that creates social and recreational activities for the developmentally disabled.
The Rotary Club of Oxford Hills recently held their annual May Day Play Day on May 13th, which was a fun-free day for local elementary students. We had rope climbing, face painting, Moon Bounce House, free popcorn, backpacks, tye dye shirts, crafts, hot dogs, chips, cookies and water. This year’s event turned out to be the best year ever! We gave out all 300 backpacks (200 of which were filled with goodies). By noon, we gave out 320 hot dogs & buns, and 9 cases of water. Many club members and partners, along with Interact and high school students, helped make the event run smoothly. The Norway-Paris Kiwanis Club also held their annual Bike Rodeo with free bike helmets, bike safety and inspections. Other participants included Norway Fire Dept with their 100’ ladder truck and smoke house, and PACE ambulance. A fun time was had by all!
Photo on left: Tina Fox, our interact advisor helping at the tye dye t-shirt table. Photo on right: Joel Speakman, Club President giving out free bags of popcorn.
Photo on left: Mary Lou Burns and Tally Decato (club members) giving out the free backpacks.
The Rotary Club of Kittery After-Hours
SPONSORS SERVICE PROJECT AND SOCIAL TO BUILD COMMUNITY AWARENESS
On April 27, 2017, the Kittery Rotary After-Hours Club sponsored their first “Service and Social” event for the purpose of building awareness and positive image in their community.
Three times a year club members can be found walking along Walker Street in Kittery, cleaning up trash and debris. The club is also looking to recruit a few new members and build awareness of their work in the community. They decided to combine efforts. Led by the club’s Membership Chair Deb Hartman, members of the club and nine guests worked together to clean up Walker Street after the long winter.
Following the cleanup, the group gathered at The Farm Restaurant in Kittery for a social hour. Guests joined in the club’s traditional toast and spent time catching up with old friends and making news ones, too. Hartman hopes that this will become a regular event and has invited guests to lend a hand during the club’s upcoming fundraiser at the Kittery Block Party on June 17th.
The Rotary Club of Kennebunk Portside
ROTARIAN RECEIVES AWARD FOR SERVICE TO COMMUNITY
Photo above: Kirk Butterfield presents PH Award to Dr. Crowley
Kennebunk Portside Rotary recently presented Dr. Kevin Crowley with its highest award for service above self, Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellow. The club made the award in recognition of Dr. Crowley’s long commitment to young people in the community. He is retiring at the end of this school year after 28 years in education. Dr. Crowley spent the past seven years as principal of Mildred L. Day Elementary School with a year as interim Superintendent of Schools for RSU 21.
Kirk Butterfield, President Elect of Portside Rotary club, presented the award after praising Dr. Crowley for his positive involvement in the lives of students. He cited his own children as examples of those who have benefited from Dr. Crowley’s support. He also emphasized that Dr. Crowley has been helpful to the club as they’ve initiated projects in the schools.
Kennebunk Portside Rotary cont'd
CLUB STRIVES TO INCREASE VISIBILITY
Kennebunk Portside Rotary has made a commitment to increasing Rotary visibility in their community by adopting a “uniform” to be worn during all service and fundraising events. Rotarians Bill and Ki Leffler donated the aprons to all club members, who wore them proudly at a recent meeting.
The Rotary Club of Hampton
PROJECT PROMOTES BUDDIES
The Hampton Rotary recently built and installed Buddy Benches at six elementary schools in our service area. What's a Buddy Bench? On one hand it's simply a five foot wooden bench with the words "Buddy Bench" engraved on the back rest and painted with a rainbow of colors located in the playground area of elementary schools. But it's really more than that. The idea behind the Buddy Bench is to eliminate loneliness and bullying on the playground and to spread the message of inclusion and kindness while fostering friendship. Whether someone is feeling lonely, bullied or is a new student they can sit on the Buddy Bench and other students can sit with them to make them feel welcomed and eliminate the feeling of loneliness. It's really a helpful way for schools to facilitate “peer support among students."
The club will present and explain the concept of the Buddy Bench to each school's assembly in June, and then have a ribbon cutting ceremony to celebrate and "kick-off" the Buddy Bench. The club members will then stain each bench in the fall to protect them after they've had a chance to weather over the summer.
Pictured above from left to right: President Rich Gibadlo, Vice-President Donna Abisi, Rotarian Will Gonzalez, PP Dave Reid, and President-Elect Bill McGowan
Hampton Rotary cont'd
HANSEN PRESENTED WITH HONORARY MEMBERSHIP
Pictured from left are Deb Marsolais, Rick Considine, Hansen, Doc Noel, and Ann Kaiser.
On behalf of the Rotary Club of Hampton, four past presidents recently gathered to present Richard "Dick" Hansen, club president from 1986 to 1987, with a certificate proclaiming him as an Honorary Member of their club. Dick has has been an active Hampton Rotarian since 1979.
The Rotary Club of Bethel
2ND ANNUAL MAY DAY 5K RUN AND 1 MILE FUN RUN
The Bethel Rotary club recently held its 2nd Annual May Day 5k Run and Kid 1 Mile Fun Run on Saturday, May 13th. With over 90 runners and walkers (twice as many as last year!), and over 35 local businesses, over $7k was donated to the race. Proceeds will benefit scholarships for after school activities for SAD 44 students.
In addition, the club is busy planning its biggest fundraiser, its Annual Yard Sale and Auction, which will be held at Telstar High School on Saturday, June 24th and Sunday, June 25th. The yard sale is 8am - 5pm on Saturday and 8am til noon on Sunday. The auction preview is at 5:30pm on Saturday, with the live auction starting at 6:30pm.
District 7780 Deceased Rotarians 2016-2017 Rotary Year
Honored at 2017 District Conference
Celebration of Life Friday, May 19, 2017 & Saturday, May 20, 2016
Boyce F. Martin, Jr. – Rotary Club of Damariscotta- Newcastle - Died June 1, 2016
(He was not honored at 2016 District Conference)
Cynthia Ann Moran-Laux – Rotary Club of Bethel – Died June 21, 2016
Leon Tranchemontagne – Rotary Club of Biddeford-Saco - Died July 3, 2016
Stella Patten – Spouse of PDG Bob Patten - Died July 11, 2016
Allan B. Corderman – Rotary Club of Brunswick – Died September 20, 2016
Paul Emery – Rotary Club of Westbrook-Gorham – Died October 26, 2016
James Russell – Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth – Died November 3, 2016
Philip Paul Mancini – Rotary Club of Scarborough – Died November 11, 2016
Joseph L. Sheehan – Rotary Club of Wells – Died November 13, 2016
Richard Holden – Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth – Died November 15, 2016
Robert C. Bohlmann – Rotary Club of Wells – Died November 17, 2016
Dr. Jean J. Labelle – Rotary Club of Falmouth – Died November 23, 2016
Edwin Inness – Rotary Club of South Portland- Cape Elizabeth – Died November 24, 2016
Mason Philip Smith – Rotary Club of South Portland-Cape Elizabeth – Died November 25, 2016
Carl W. Brage – Rotary Club of Portsmouth – Died November 29, 2016
David W. Burke – Rotary Club of South Berwick-Eliot – Died December 2, 2016
Gordan R. Allen – Rotary Club of Portsmouth – Died December 7, 2016
C. Thomas Folkemer – Rotary Club of Freeport – Died December 26, 2016
Walter H. Leffler – Rotary Club of Wells – Died January 5, 2017
Jeffrey H. Marple – Rotary Club of Portsmouth – Died January 20, 2017
Fred W. Hall, Jr. – Rotary Club of Rochester - Died January 20, 2017
Stephen C. Ryder – Rotary Club of Portland – Died March 4, 2017
George Robert Moore – Rotary Club of South Berwick-Eliot – Died March 6, 2017
J. Andre Baillargeon – Rotary Club of Saco Bay – Died April 23, 2017
William Magill Thompson – Rotary Club of Damariscotta- Newcastle – Died April 24, 2017
Douglas P. Hooper – Rotary Club of Saco Bay Sunset – Died May 15, 2017
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 deb.marsolais@comcast.net 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 JULY Newsletter Submissions: June 23rd
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