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Opening Ceremonies: President Debbie Ehrlenbach called the meeting to order.
Invocation was read by: Stephanie Laurie Fogelman and we all said the Pledge of Allegiance.
Sergeant at Arms: Lincoln Ehrlenbach and Jo Cooper
Setting up Zoom: Clyde Cushing
Guests: HCTC Students, Teachers and Families
Visiting Rotarians: Kent Weisner
Birthdays: Carl Lusby
ROTARY BUSINESS:
The Rotary Gifting Experience – Saturday December 9th at 9:30am. Meet at City Hall. Shop with local children from 10am to 11:30am. Wrap presents and lunch at Camden National Bank.
Movember Contest – Raised $557.00
Annual Meeting:
The Club’s Annual Meeting is Tuesday, December 12th. Officers for the 2024-2025 club year will be elected, along with approval of the Club Bylaws. Please make every effort to attend.
Cookie Exchange - In the spirit of giving, at our club meeting on December 19th, along with wrapping gifts for the children at KidsPeace, we would like to include signing Christmas cards for residents at Seaport Village in Ellsworth and collection/sharing of cookies. Please bring cookies to share that evening with a few extra to make 4 boxes for first responders in the area: Ellsworth Police Department, Ellsworth Fire Department, Hancock County Sheriff Department and Maine Coast Hospital.
Rotary Learning Center - Rotary Learning Center was introduced at our November 28th club meeting. Club members can earn makeups and have a donation in their honor to Rotary International Annual Fund by completing 15–20-minute training modules in the Rotary Learning Center. For now, the program will go through January 31 2024.
Rotary Leadership Institute – Trainings are available via Zoom and Online. This is a great opportunity to learn more about Rotary.
Rotary Blood Drives are the 2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month at the Elks Lodge in Ellsworth. Please sign up to help. Shifts are from 11:00am to 2:00pm and 2:00pm to 5:00pm.
Door Prizes: The lucky winners were: Kent Wisener, April Hartford, Rebecca Greenlaw, Michal Houslen and Shelly Van Camp.
Happy Dollars: 2nd Quarter Happy Dollars will go towards: The Club’s Prosthetics Project to the Centro De Protesis of the Dominican Republic. All these funds will bring us close to our goal of $5,400 for nine leg socket adapters, thus providing the “Gift of Walking.”
The following individuals gave Happy Dollars: Dave Wells, Carl Lusby, Kent Wisener, Jane Langley, Laurie Fogelman, Tracy Shaffer, Gene Pellerano, Laura Pellerano, Jack Frost, Clyde Cushing and Debbie Ehrlenbach.
HCTC Recognition Night: The Rotary Club of Ellsworth honored four outstanding students from Hancock County Technical Center in Cybersecurity, Health Occupations, Automotive Technology and Biomedical Sciences.
Cybersecurity: Instructor, Laura Johns
Amaisie Allen, a senior from Bucksport HS
Health Occupations: Instructor, Michelle Cote; Assistant Dan Grindle
Jessika Bridges, a senior from Sumner Memorial
Automotive Technology: Instructor, Rich Jamison
Carson Morang, a homeschooled junior
Biomedical Sciences: Instructor, Sarah Petroulis
Anakin Hudson, a senior from MDIHS
Our guest speakers were Marian Wells and Julie Bouchard. It was another great night partnering with HCTC to recognize and encourage excellence in technical education.
Respectfully submitted by Rotarian Ashley Johnson
