November 22, 2016 Newsletter

 
 
Opening Ceremonies: President Carl Lusby called the meeting to order.  Invocation by Jo Cooper and we said the Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Greeter: Jane Langley
 
Make-ups: SPCA Service Project – Lincoln Ehrlenbach, Jane Langely, Scott Kimball, Clyde Cushing and Ashley Johnson
 
Visiting Rotarians: Harold Mayhew of Vermont
 
Guests: Linda Kimmelman – Executive Director of Loaves & Fishes Food Pantry
 
Birthdays: Rob Hemenway 11/23 and Peter Farragher 11/26
 
Club Anniversaries:  Michelle Beal
 
Wedding Anniversaries: Heidi and Peter Omlar
 
Door Prizes: Tony Bouchard, Pam Cushing, Rod Fox, Harold Mayhew and Bruce Fisher were all winners.
 
Rotary Minute: Jo Cooper shared her own Rotary Minute
 
50/50: $14.00 to Irv Hodgkins
 
Happy Dollars Highlights: Irv Hodgkins,  Tracy Shaffer, Doug Orville, Micki Sumpter, Iris Simon, Jack Frost, Lincoln Ehrlenbach, Carl Lusby, Clyde Cushing, Jane Langely, Nancy Mayo, Dave Wells, Marian Wells, Jo Cooper, Peter Farrager, Dan Hurley, Larry Fernald and Harold Mayhew gave Happy Dollars this week. All dollars will go towards Project Hope this quarter.
 
Rotary Business:  
  • Our club received a Thank You Letter from Maine Coast Memorial Hospital thanking our club for our donation for $1,000 to their prescription Assistance Program.
  • Child and Family Opportunities (CFO) Giving Tuesday Campaign – Pamela of CFO talked to us about their Giving Tuesday Campaign. Our club will be raising donations  to help them out. The online donation link is available on our Facebook Page and Website and was emailed to all club members this week. \
  • Carl Lusby gave a check to Executuve Director, Linda Kimmelman of Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry. The check was the donations our club raised at our Hannaford Food Drive on November 12th. The totals were: 628 pounds of food (roughly), 132 of the Hannaford helps boxes, and $1,329.22 in cash donations.
  • The Gifting Experience - Jack Frost is still looking for volunteers. Please sign up.
  • Month of December at Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry - Clyde Cushing is still looking for volunteers to help out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Friday mornings. Please sign-up.
  • Movember - No Shave - Last week to sponsor or be in the contest! $10.00. Donations will go towards Men's Health at MCMH.
  • 50/50 School Closings: $2.00 - Pick the day you think school will be closed the entire day. Donations will go toward WHCA Thaw Fund.
Program/Speaker: Harold Mayhew and Don Robinson were our guest speakers this week. They both talked about the Acadia Arena Project. Harold owns Bear Mountain Design and he is the architect for the project. Don Robinson is the person helping raise the funds for the project.
 
Acadia Arena is poised to become the first “Net-Zero” ice arena in North America. The Acadia Arena is part of a master plan which will include a park system with miles of multiple use mountain trails.
The arena is designed to become a regional indoor-outdoor activity center with an indoor regulation rink and an outdoor public skating rink. Other key features include a grand lobby, a raised track and fitness center which are oriented toward a wonderful long range Downeast Maine mountain vista. Other features include team rooms, food service, training and fitness center, multiple function spaces and administrative offices.
 
Respectfully submitted by Ashley Johnson
 
 
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