05/13/16 Bits & Pieces

 

Rusty Atwood ran the weekly raffle, asking our speaker to pull a name out of the pot for a chance to win $1563. Patty Erickson's name was pulled and out of 12 cards remaining in the deck, SHE FOUND THE QUEEN OF HEARTS...much to the chagrin of a lot of unhappy campers who were hoping it would have been their chance at fame and fortune. CONGRATULATIONS TO PATTY ERICKSON! Back to square one and starting all over with a new deck of 52 cards and a new pot for winning.

President Bowen welcomed back some of our snow birds who seem to be migrating back to the north: Mark Millar, returning from Colorado and Alan Levenson, returning from Arizona.

The three-person troika of Kris Rosado, Patty Erickson and Alex St. Hilaire made announcements about our Maine Outdoor Challenge (MOC) approaching fast and we need, not only 5-person teams to participate, but people to ask local businesses for items and gift certificates to be used at the Lobsterbake and Awards Banquet on June 8th. If you can form a 5-person team for the MOC, please contact: Kris at: kris.rosado@morganstanley.com. For volunteering to help with acquiring gifts for our raffle/auction at the Lobsterbake, contact Alex at: alex.st.hilaire@td.com  or  Patty at: perickson@bathsavings.com

Juliana L’Heureux spoke about the upcoming four Argentinian visitors that are coming to our area through a Group Study Exchange program, who will be in Portland on Monday, June 6th. Hopefully, host families can join this opportunity to welcome our international visitors (see separate article in this issue).

 

President Bowen reminded all club members to respond to the invitation to have our historic group photograph taken on June 3rd at Portland City Hall, rain or shine. You can sign-up by going to our club website on the right side under calendar events or simply click HERE. We'd like to see as many of our members turn out for this historic photo opportunity. YOU can leave your mark in the record books and YOUR face will go down in history!

Visiting Rotarian PDG Carolyn Johnson introduced her guest, Shenna Bellows, Interim Executive Director of Learning Works, who spoke to the club about the “Graffiti Busters” summer project. From April through November (weather permitting), graffiti removal is offered in Portland and Biddeford. Over 500,000 square feet of graffiti has been removed throughout Portland since 1994. To learn more or to support this project, contact Shenna at Learning Works 775-0105 or by email at: sbellows@learningworks.me. This program helps juveniles in rehabilitation from offenses to make amends by offering them meaningful opportunities in community service.