President Don Zillman welcomed 55 members, 3 guests and 1 visiting Rotarian, then congratulated Ben Lowry who was inducted into the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame at the 47th annual Induction Ceremony and Banquet held on Sunday, July 16, at the Holiday Inn By-the-Bay. Ben was recognized for his three-time all-state selection at Falmouth High School and he compiled a .426 career batting average at Colby College in Waterville. Past President Russ Burleigh provided our invocation; we pledged our Allegiance to the American Flag; and sang a patriotic song, accompanied on the keyboard by Russ.
President Don relayed a message from Mary Finnegan, a former Portland Rotarian now living in Apache Junction, Arizona, where summer heat has reached 104 degrees F!
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There was a request for volunteers to help at Preble Street Soup Kitchen on Wednesday, July 26th....please contact Gracie Johnston at gracie.johnston@wcsh6.com. Gracie recently returned from a humanitarian mission to help children in Cambodia, where she worked with the Sharing Foundation, an international aid organization with headquarters in Massachusetts. The Sharing Foundation’s mission is to help meet the physical, emotional, educational and medical needs of orphaned and seriously disadvantaged children in Cambodia.
Among the guests of Portland Rotarians was Eli Small, who was introduced by his father Rotarian Dave Small. They accompanied two visitors from Montagu South Africa, who were helping to teach dance and music at the Center Day Camp on the shores of Big Sebago 
Lake.
A Rotary banner exchange was conducted between Portland Rotary and the Montagu South Africa Club that helped to sponsor the 2 international guests.
Peter Goffin introduced Peter Moore, who was returning as a Portland Rotarian. Peter Goffin has now brought 20 members into Rotary.
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Mike Fortunato spoke about the successful outdoor hamburger and hot dog cookout the Rotarian volunteers helped to host at the Cedar Unit at Long Creek Youth Development Center in Portland. Volunteers are welcome to help with this program by contacting Mike at michael.k.fortunato@gmail.com (a short orientation and background check are all the Rotarian volunteers need, after contacting Mike).
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Dr. Roger Fagan gave a reminder to Rotarians to continue helping to collect used hearing aids for the 3H (Hearing, Hands and H2O) international project in the Dominican Republic. Dick Giles also told us of a slide presentation that was created by another 3-H participant about the project. To view the presentation, visit: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxgkpb1Et6wVUkV1QzlWdTFreTg/view
For more information, visit: http://www.portlandrotary.org/Stories/light-up-their-lives
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