Last night was Membership Night! We welcomed seven potential Rotarians, provided a lot of information of "What is Rotary?" and welcomed guest speaker Christopher Lewis, President of the American Wheelchair Mission!
Opening Ceremonies: President Scott Kimball called the meeting to order. Invocation by Laura Pellerano and we said the Pledge of Allegiance.
Greeter: Clyde Cushing
Make-ups: Lincoln and Debbie Ehrlenbach – 11/1 Rimouski Rotary Club, 11/4 Foundation Seminar, 11/6 Riviere-du-Loop Rotary Club. Tracy Shaffer and Dave Wells Foundation Grant Seminar. Scott Kimball and Ashley Johnson 11/4 SPCA Service Project.
Visiting Rotarians: David Wheaton from the Bangor Breakfast Rotary Club
Guests:
- Julie Pelletier and Anna Sawyer sponsored by Julie Bouchard
- Cheri Robbins sponsored by Laura Pellerano
- Alicia Johnson and Kathy Smith sponsored by JoAnn Brown
- Mark Stewart sponsored by Tony Bouchard
- Beverly Day sponsored by Ashley Johnson
Birthdays: Suellen Speed 11/2 and Heidi Omlor 11/5
Wedding Anniversaries: Michelle and Everett Beal for 31 Years 11/1 and Julie and Tony Bouchard for 5 years 11/1
Door Prizes: Pat’s Pizza gift card, Certificate to a local fitness club and a Kindle Fire Device to three lucky potential Rotarians!
Rotary Minute: Everyone is glad to have their Power back!
50/50: Marian Wells $16.00
Rotary Business:
- Movember for Mens health. Judging 11/28/2017 $10.00 to support!
- Next Week we will be starting our Annual THAW Fund Fundraisier using the Snow Day Chart!
- Chamber After Hours at TD Bank 5:00pm-6:30pm 11/16/2017
- 11/11/2017 Food Drive at Hannafords.
- Rotary Leadership Institute 11/18 in Lewiston.
- Gifting Experience 12/9/2017
Scott Kimball talked about “What is Rotary?” with a PowerPoint presentation with the help of Carl Lusby.
Program/Speaker: Christopher Lewis, President of the American Wheelchair Mission was our guest speaker this evening.
Chris is a member of the Rotary Club of Los Angeles and lives with his family in Las Vegas, Nevada. Five days after the launch of Sputnik in 1957, Chris was born into the world of show business. His father, Jerry Lewis, was the number one box office start in the world and had just completed his 6th Annual Telethon to benefit the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Jerry helped establish MDA in 1952 and raised over 2 Billion dollars for the cause during his lifetime.
Chris became involved in the fundraising effort early in life and worked on the MDA Labor Day Telethon for 39 years.
He spent years handling his father’s film and television distribution and then in 2000 came the opportunity to help create a worldwide wheelchair delivery mission.
Chris helped create and sustain a humanitarian mission that delivered over 760,000 wheelchairs to people in more than 150 countries and in 2009 created the American Wheelchair Mission to continue and expand the outreach worldwide.
In the past eight years, the organization has delivered brand new wheelchairs and mobility aids into the lives of the poorest of the poor throughout the world and to Veterans across the United States with the Knights of Columbus.
Chris shared a video of a few wheelchair missions he was apart of. Very moving!
Respectfully submitted by Ashley Johnson
