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Welcome to the Rotary Club of Portland, Maine!
Portland Rotary
Service Above Self
We meet Fridays at 12:15 PM
Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
88 Spring Street
Portland, ME  04101
United States
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Club Policy for Meeting Cancellation
Our club policy regarding winter storm-related cancellation of Rotary meetings is:
 
IF PORTLAND SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS, PORTLAND ROTARY DOES NOT MEET.
 
Please watch your local TV news/weather broadcasts on Friday mornings, in the event of a snow storm.
Rotary This Week

Portland Rotary Club
will meet this Friday,
March 02, 2018
at the Clarion Hotel
1230 Congress St
Portland

 
*03/02/18 PDG Marty Helman, District Foundation Chair
(Reschedule from previous weather-canceled date.)
Martha Peak Helman has been a member of The Rotary Foundation’s Rotary Peace Centers/Major Gifts Initiative Committee for the past two years; this year she serves as vice chair of The Foundation’s Peace/Major Gifts Initiative.

Marty has been selected to be a Training Leader at the 2018 International Assembly; she served as Trainer for the Governors-nominee at the Zone 24-32 Institute (2013 and 2017), for the Zone Rotary Future Leaders (2016), as well as for D-7780 Governors-elect (2015-16 and 2019-20). She has been a President’s representative (2016); she frequently facilitates at the Rotary Leadership Institute (since 2009) and Northeast PETS (since 2013). She started and continues to edit the Zone 24-32 monthly newsletter (2013-present). Marty currently serves as District 7780’s Foundation Chair (2015-18); she was a “Peace Through Service” District Governor in 2012-13.

She and her husband Frank are multiple Major Donors and Bequest Society members, and through the corporate support of the Otto and Fran Walter Foundation, they are Arch Klumph Society members. Marty and Frank are members of the Boothbay Harbor Rotary Club in District 7780, which they joined in 2003.
 
Marty graduated from Connecticut College cum laude and holds her master’s in teaching (secondary) from Pace University. In her professional career, she has been both a writer and an editor; she has put that experience to good stead in her Rotary work, authoring “Rewriting the Future,” about a literacy support organization in Guatemala, and most recently, editing “String of Pearls,” a book about and fundraiser for the Rotary Peace Centers.
 
02/26/18 Portland Rotary Club Assembly

President Don Zillman led the Club Assembly discussions about ByLaws language. Several memoranda were emailed to members for the purpose of requesting advanced feedback for this club assembly.

Additionally, Nan Heald (at left), the Rotary Club’s Protection Officer, provided leadership information during the assembly about how to uphold our Rotarian responsibilities within the framework of the “Four-Way-Test.” In summary, the consensus of the discussion involved updates to ByLaws language related to two key issues:

• The provision about the concept intended in the word “invocation,” and 

• The Music Committee’s weekly schedule of Rotary Song Book singing and patriotic songs.  

By a show of hands, the Rotarians who were present at the Assembly supported retaining the word “invocation” in the ByLaws. Discussion supported the concept of invocations being welcoming, uplifting and inspirational messages, inclusive of all religious faiths and respectful of everyone.

Past President Bill Blount provided a brief history about the tradition of Rotary songs. In fact, several Rotary song books, dating to the club’s earliest years, are part of the club’s archives. Fortunately, the Portland Rotary has the talents of trained musicians to accompany singing and the choice of patriotic hymns. Although some of the lyrics in the Rotary song book may seem to be out of musical style, the tradition of singing is supported by a consensus of the members who discussed this topic. Preference should be considered to singing songs that contribute to the program or enhance seasonal themes, like special holidays and particular celebrations. Singing patriotic songs and Happy Birthday to Rotarians will continue. Thanks is expressed to the Music Committee for giving careful consideration to this subject because singing is a long practiced tradition in the weekly program.
 

02/26/18 Bits & Pieces
 
President Don Zillman welcomed 49 members, and 1 visiting Rotarian from NYC to our Club Assembly meeting of February 23rd. 
The invocation was presented by Past President Russ Burleigh and we sang our Patriotic song.

 
Charlie Frair announced the 5 Veterans Groups we will be considering for the two $1000 contributions in April.
 

 
 
Gracie Johnston, Chair of the Community Service Committee, announced she was still looking for members to help out at the Preble Street Soup Kitchen on February 28th and how much it helps the residents. Hours for volunteers are 3:30 - 6:30 p.m. for a full shift and they could really use our help for the full shift. Thank you if you can assist. Contact Gracie at: gracie.johnston@newscentermaine.com  or  Ali Brauner, Volunteer Manager at Preble Street, 775-0026 x1162 

volunteer@preblestreet.org

 

 
 
Past President John Marr reported for the Portland Rotary group that visits with the incarcerated kids in the Cedar Unit of Long Creek Youth Development Center. This past week the group gathered with the kids and immediately got their attention by bringing Italian sandwiches, soda, snacks including St Paddy's Day cookies. Once we had their attention we got into a few rounds of high stakes BINGO with a goody back prize for every winner. It's no surprise that the currency of the Cedar realm is food. George Crockett pulled the pellets and Jim Willey emphatically annunciated the information. Dave Putnam was the Vannah White and delivered the prizes. Mike Fortunato has been the primary coordinator and calls upon Katie Brown to come up with ways to involve the kids in worthwhile projects, such as creating thank you and cheery cards for Veterans or shut-ins on the local "meals on wheels" routes. The Cedar support group meets with the boys on the third Tuesday of the month.  We need more assistance and invite anyone interested to show up at Long Creek at 6:15 PM on the third Tuesday and witness the appreciation the kids have for the work we do. These kids will be released back into the neighborhood and it's important for us to acknowledge them and give them a sense of the world they will soon return to. Rotary will be holding our March 16th meeting at Long Creek and the culinary arts team is psyched and working on an Italian theme menu, so, please plan on attending that meeting and learning more about the Long Creek Center.

 
 
Alex St. Hilaire spoke briefly about the upcoming Maine Outdoor Challenge to and touched on the Raffle and the Silent Auction.
 
Raffle: We will be looking for more club participation this year in selling tickets. Our goal is that everyone can sell $50 of tickets. We also are replacing the shotgun raffle, and need IDEAS for a new raffle item that we can conceivably obtain at a low price/for free.
 
Silent Auction: We will be having the MOC Silent Auction Solicitation Letters printed and available during every meeting going forward. They will be on the front table. We are asking that Rotarians please take one or two and try to provide at least one item to the Club. I will be also asking for volunteers for teams, and be assembling that within the next couple weeks.

 
 
Jan Chapman conducted the weekly raffle drawing, which was up to a whopping $1546 in the pot. Looks like Ben Jackson's name was drawn, but he failed to find the elusive Queen of Hearts. 
 
Volunteer Opportunities
Following is a list of our Club's volunteer projects. If you know of other opportunities, please contact Loretta: lrowe@maine.rr.com
 

                          When
Project              Who to Contact


Preble Street        4th Wednesday ea month
Resource Ctr        3:30-6:30 pm
Soup Kitchen        Gracie Johnston
                           gracie.johnston@wcsh6.com


Game Night         3rd Tuesday ea month
Long Creek          Mike Fortunato
Youth Center        michael.k.fortunato@gmail.com
                           or Jim Willey
                           jimandbarbarawilley@gmail.com                       

 

Birthdays and Rotary Anniversaries

NOTABLE DATES FOR MEMBERS IN MARCH

Member Birthdays
  1st - Jerry Angier
  4th - Joel Gratwick
  4th - Steve Mortimer
  6th - Peter Moore
  9th - Dave Small
12th - Deb Lavoie
14th - Mac Collins
15th - Travis Parker
16th - Larry Gross
21st -  Kathy Grammer
29th - Ellen Nieowehner
30th - John Thompson
31st - Alan Nye   
 

Date-Joined-Rotary Anniversaries
  1st -  Joel Gratwick - 28 years
           Howie Herodes - 26 years
           Queenie Wescott - 26 years
10th -  Brian McDonough - 1 year
           Mike Robinson - 1 year
           Andy Stone -1 year
13th - Gracie Johnston - 3 years
15th - Janelle LaSciuto -5 years
18th - Nick Lotfey -2 years
19th - John Curran - 8 years
27th - Tom Ranello - 20 years
            
        
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
 

This Week's Duty Assignments

Invocation:  Russ Burleigh
Program Reporter:  Ben Lowry
Bits & Pieces Reporter:  Tom Talbott
Registration/Greeter:   Andrew Cook
Sell Meal Tickets:  Terri St Angelo
Raffle:  Bruce Jones
Badge Box:  None
Collect Meal Tickets: Chris Thomas (if needed)
Sgt-at-Arms (Setup):  Scott Blakeslee
Sgt-at-Arms (Take Down): Mike Fortunato

Rotary Meeting Locations

If you would like to mark your calendars,
we are scheduled at the following locations
through March 2018:

2018 
Mar 02 - Clarion Hotel
Mar 09 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Mar 16 - Long Creek Youth Center
Mar 23 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Mar 30 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay


Blue BOLD dates are scheduled Board meeting days.

Any questions, please contact Loretta at: lrowe@maine.rr.com
 

Item Donations Needed
The following items are needed on an on-going basis. Please feel free to bring them to a meeting where we will collect and distribute them to the appropriate projects.
 
Crutches4Africa - Crutches, canes, folding walkers and wheelchairs to be shipped to Africa.
 
Toiletries for the Shelters - Collect those tiny bottles of toiletries you are paying for during your next hotel visit and bring them home for members of our society who find themselves staying at a shelter and in need of personal hygiene products.
 
Prospective Rotarians

As we receive applications for prospective members to join our Portland Rotary Club, the names of the applicants will be included in our Windjammer. Any information and/or comments you would like to share will be handled confidentially. Please contact Loretta Rowe: lrowe@maine.rr.com. Your input will be appreciated.

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(Sponsor)                                                                           

Kim D'Amaro               The Salvation Army
(Jim Willey)


Thank you.