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Speakers
Dec 13, 2019
No Meeting
Dec 20, 2019
Jim Ciampi, Musician
Holiday Program
Dec 27, 2019
NO ROTARY MEETING - Holidays' Observance
Jan 03, 2020
TBD
Jan 10, 2020
Lauren Webster, Mktg-Admin Dir, 75 State Street
Jan 17, 2020
Jon Nass, CEO Maine Port Authority
Role of the Port Authority in Maine's Growing Economy
Jan 24, 2020
Nicole Avery, Ex Dir Big Brothers/Big Sisters
Jan 31, 2020
Dr. Habib Dagher, Exec Dir Advanced Structures UMe
Innovating New Construction Materials
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Executives & Directors
President
Amy Chipman
 
President Elect
Ellen Niewoehner
 
Vice President
Bob Martin
 
Treasurer
Scott Blakeslee
 
Secretary
Bruce Moore
 
Immediate Past President
John Curran
 
Director Term End 2020
Patty Erickson
 
Director Term End 2020
Erik Greven
 
Director Term End 2021
Gracie Johnston
 
Director Term End 2021
Mike Fortunato
 
Club Admin/Coordinator
Elise Hodgkin
 
Club Protection Officer
Nan Heald
 
Community Service
Gracie Johnston
 
Communications - PR External
Julie L'Heureux
 
Communications - WJ Bulletin Editor
Loretta Rowe
 
Constitution/ByLaws Chair
Tom Saturley
 
Fund Raising Co-Chair
Patty Erickson
 
Fund Raising Co-Chair
Kris Rosado
 
Good Cheer Chair
Loretta Rowe
 
International Service Chair
Erik Greven
 
Invocation Chair
Dave Small
 
Meeting Day Chair
Jennifer Frederick
 
Membership Chair
Bowen Depke
 
Music Chair
Bill Blount
 
New Mainers Initiative Chair
Ben Millick
 
Program Co- Chair
Roxane Cole
 
Program Co-Chair
Peter Goffin
 
Opioid Task Force Co-Chair
Gracie Johnston
 
Opioid Task Force Co-Chair
Bruce Moore
 
Rotary Foundation Chair
Bill Blount
 
Sergeant -At-Arms
Dave Putnam
 
Web Administrator
Erik Jorgensen
 
Web Administrator Assistant
Loretta Rowe
 
Youth Service Chair
Megan Peabody
 
Friday, December 06, 2019
Welcome to the
Rotary Club of Portland, Maine!
Portland Rotary
Service Above Self
We meet Fridays at 12:15 PM
The Clarion Hotel
1230 Congress Street
Portland, ME  04102
United States of America
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Rotary This Week
 
 
 
Portland Rotary
will meet Friday, December 6, 2019
at the Clarion Hotel
1230 Congress Street, Portland
*12/06/19 Troy Moon, One Climate Future
Troy Moon has worked on environmental issues for the City of Portland since 1997. He started his career developing and implementing solid waste management programs, including the City's successful “pay as you throw” waste collection program and curbside recycling. He has also managed the City’s parks and open spaces, where he led efforts to expand community agriculture and adopt low impact land management practices.
 
Throughout his tenure with the City, Troy has been engaged in a broad range of sustainability projects. He oversaw the completion of Portland’s greenhouse gas inventories in 2001 and 2007 and chaired the committee tasked with drafting the city’s ‘Climate Action Plan’ in 2008. He became the City’s Sustainability Coordinator in April 2016 and has focused on community resilience and energy efficiency. He led Portland’s LED streetlight conversion project and leads the city’s effort to transition to 100% renewable energy by 2040 and to reduce community wide greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
 
Thanksgiving At St Vincent de Paul's
Serving Thanksgiving Dinner to those in need at St. Vincent de Paul's soup kitchen were:
 
 
 
 
 
Erik Greven and Dick Hall......
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ralph Hendrix, President Amy Chipman, Erik Greven, and "head chef" PP Dick Hall on the assembly line of fixing the dinner plates......
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bruce and Sue Jones on the serving line.....
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Charlie Frair and Paul Tully serving up juice and coffee........
 
 
 
 
 
 
1st VP Ellen Niewoehner making sure everyone had a seat and was fed. It was a rewarding event to help and give service where it was needed.
 
December Birthdays & Rotary Anniversaries

NOTABLE DATES FOR MEMBERS IN DECEMBER
Member Birthdays
DEC 07 - Jake Bourdeau
        08 - Katie Brown
        09 - Nate Cermelj
        14 - Ben Delcourt
        14 - Bob Spohr
        18 - Rob Chatfield
        23 - Bruce Nelson
        24 - Dick Giles
        25 - Bill Reynolds
        28 - Dave Seddon
        29 - Cyrus Hagge

Date-Joined-Rotary Anniversaries
     2 years - Ben Jackson
     7 years - Chris Force
     8 years - Bob Martin
   13 years - Jake Bourdeau
   16 years - Jack Carr
   17 years - Amy Chipman
   17 years - Dick Giles
   17 years - Ralph Hendrix
   17 years - Bruce Jones
   17 years - Don Mackenzie
   19 years - Erik Jorgensen
   21 years - Greg Hansel
  22 years - Jon Young
  35 years - Peter Goffin
  38 years - David Small
  42 years - Joe Gray
  47 years - Bruce Nelson
  
CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!
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

Project
When
Who to Contact
 

 

Preble Street
Resource Center
Soup Kitchen
4th Wednesday ea month
3:30-6:30 pm
Contact Gracie Johnston
Game Night
Long Creek
Youth Center
3rd Wednesday ea month (note change in DAY)
Mike Fortunato
or Jim Willey
  
This Week's Duty Assignments
Invocation:  Tom Talbott
Program Reporter:  Erik Jorgensen
Bits & Pieces Reporter:  Erik Jorgensen
Photographer:  Julie L'Heureux
Registration/Greeter:  Mark Foster
Sell Meal Tickets: Jennifer Frederick
Raffle:  Ellen Niewoehner
Collect Meal Tickets:  Larry Gross
Sgt-at-Arms:  TBD
Rotary Meeting Locations

If you would like to mark your calendars,
we are scheduled at the following locations
through March 2020:

2019
Dec 06 - The Clarion
        13 - NO MEETING - Spec Attendance
                at 2pm showing Magic of Christmas
        20 - The Clarion
        27 - NO MEETING - Christmas Holiday

2020
Jan 03 - The Clarion
       10 - The Clarion
       17 - The Clarion
       24 - The Clarion
       31 - The Clarion

Feb  07 - TBD
        14 - The Clarion
        21 - The Clarion
        28 - The Clarion

Mar  06 - The Clarion
         13 - The Clarion
         20 - The Clarion
         27 - The Clarion

Blue BOLD dates are scheduled Board meeting days.

Any questions, please contact Loretta at: lrowe@maine.rr.com
 
Ongoing 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. Contact: Erik Greven at: egrev95@gmail.com
 
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.