This Week's Speaker:Patty Byers, Rotary Club of Portland President 2024-2025
On Friday, our speaker Patty Byers will share her vision for Portland Rotary as she begins her year as President.
Patty joined Rotary in 1998, at the club in Princeton, NJ, where she served as secretary for five years, before becoming Club President in 2005. After moving to Maine, she was a member of the Farmington Club for three years, before moving to Portland Rotary in 2020, where she has served as Foundation Chair for three years.
Patty grew up in Pasadena, California. She is a graduate of Occidental College with a BA in Psychology, and of Princeton Theological Seminary with an MDiv degree. Her first career was as vice-president in private banking, specializing in trust and estate administration. She is still a Trustee of the Fred C. Rummel Foundation, a fifteen-million-dollar charitable trust based in New Jersey. She had a second career in major gift and campaign fundraising in education and healthcare, from which she retired in 2016, having received national recognition in non-profit fundraising.
Patty lives in Portland with her husband, Reid, and loves visiting their two sons, Reid III and Hartman, in Boston, as often as possible.
We are knocking on the door of important events! Need your help!
Sunday July 21st: Sea Dogs Game/ Field Presentation of 150 Flags: You receive a free ticket to game, and you can purchase more through this link: Flags For Heroes Sea Dogs Tickets. Tickets are $12, but by using this link, $4 will be donated to Portland Rotary.
Sunday July 21st, 6pm. Set up Display at Maine Mall! Yes, the same day as the Sea Dogs event, we then bring the flags over to the Maine Mall for the floor display. Flags will be up July 22- August 5.
We will need volunteers for the following:
Sunday July 21st, 11:30am - 3;30pm (Shifts) Staff our Rotary Booth at the Sea Dogs game, with handout information
Sunday July 21st, Maine Mall 6pm - Flag Display Set Up
Please contact Charlie Frair, Paul Tully, or Tom Talbott if you can assist!
SUNRISE AFTERNOON FUN! The Sunrise Satellite Club invites you to join us for a casual social at the Clam Bar on Portland's waterfront - 199 W. Commercial St, on Wednesday, July 17th at 5:30 pm. Grab some steamers and a cold beer and enjoy the outdoor seating. There is plenty of parking but Social Chair Quinn Slayton recommends riding your bike. Hope to see you there!
REVIEW OF OUR CLUB MEETING PROTOCOL
Our meetings are at the Italian Heritage Club, and the lunch cost is $22.
Please help the registration team:
Venmo, before you get to the registration table, is preferred.
Venmo to: @dickhall7780 (207) 749-9186
Checks, made out before getting to the registration table, are the second best option. Exact change is requested if paying in cash.
Last option, but still acceptable is cash needing change.
If Venmo or check is not exactly $22, please include a Venmo note or memo on the check.
Regardless of how you pay, please be sure to check in with the registration team. Registration can be hectic so try to help make it easy for the registration volunteers.
Tom Nickerson sends out weekly reminders, and you should reply with your RSVP to (tnickersonrotary@gmail.com) to reserve your meal. The deadline for your reservation is 10 AM on Wednesday.
Do you have friends who might be interested in our programs and the mission of our club? Feel free to forward Tom Nickerson's weekly message to them and invite them to come to a meeting to see our good works.
Arrive as early as 11:30 AM to check in. The meeting begins at 12:15 PM ending promptly at 1:30 PM.
Speaker Schedule
July 19- Portland Sea Dogs- Annual Picnic Lunch at Hadlock Field
July 21 - Sunday - Hadlock Field Presentation "Flags For Heroes"
July 26 - Flags For Heroes Lunch at the Maine Mall
August 2 - Niki Curtis, Humanitarian Outreach to Poland Trip Review
August 7 - Wednesday Social Event - Portland Sea Dogs Game
August 9 - No Meeting (Social took its place!)
August 16- Dr. Linda Durst, Suicide as a Public Health Issue
August 23 - Cary Tyson, Portland Downtown District
August 30 - No Meeting - Happy Labor Day!
Club Executives
President Patty Byers President Elect John Thompson Vice President Justin Lamontagne TreasurerDick Hall Secretary Tom Nickerson Board of Directors Dick Hall, Quinn Slayton, Zachary Newell, David Ertz,
Theological Seminary with an MDiv degree. Her first career was as vice-president in private banking, specializing in trust and estate administration. She is still a Trustee of the Fred C. Rummel Foundation, a fifteen-million-dollar charitable trust based in New Jersey. She had a second career in major gift and campaign fundraising in education and healthcare, from which she retired in 2016, having received national recognition in non-profit fundraising.
SUNRISE AFTERNOON FUN! The Sunrise Satellite Club invites you to join us for a casual social at the Clam Bar on Portland's waterfront - 199 W. Commercial St, on Wednesday, July 17th at 5:30 pm. Grab some steamers and a cold beer and enjoy the outdoor seating. There is plenty of parking but Social Chair Quinn Slayton recommends riding your bike. Hope to see you there!
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