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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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Rotary This Week

Portland Rotary Club
will meet this Friday,
April 06, 2018, 
at the
Clarion Hotel
1230 Congress Street, Portland

 
*04/06/18 Bill Brennan, Maine Maritime Academy

In the winter of 1966 a New England family moved from Bermuda to Castine, from green grass to deep snow and cold wind off Penobscot Bay.  One member of the family arrived to become Commandant of Midshipmen.  Another memberwas an 8th-grade boy whose life was changed forevermore by that move.

Bill Brennan, who left Castine in the 1970s for college and a career, returned in 2010 to become the fourteenth president of the Academy (which includes a commission as Rear Admiral in the U.S. Merchant Marine Service). 

Dr. Brennan holds a B.S. in Marine Biology from the University of Maine, an M.A. in Marine Affairs from the University of Rhode Island, and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Environmental Sciences from the University of Maine.  

His professional career includes senior legislative staff for then-Congressman John R. (Jock) McKernan, Jr.; commissioner of Marine Resources for Governor McKernan; consulting for private and public sector clients in natural resource, energy and environmental areas; administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA); and, Assistant U.S. Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. 

Maine Maritime Academy is a state college founded in 1941 for the purpose of perpetuating Maine’s seafaring tradition and contributing to the nation’s wellbeing. Maine Maritime has since grown to over 1,000 students, become co-educational, expanded its academic programs, and is widely recognized as one of the best public colleges in America and one of best-value educations available.  Its enviable job placement rate is over 90% within 90 days of graduation.  

What is the future vision for Maine Maritime?  How will it get there?  Learn more about these questions and others this Friday.
 

03/30/18 Julie Mulkern, WinterKids
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the program story is unavailable this week. For more information on WinterKids, please go to their website at WinterKids.org.
 
03/30/18 Bits & Pieces

President Don Zillman welcomed 49 Rotarians, and 1 visiting Rotarian, then asked Past President Tom Talbott to give the invocation on Friday. Tom selected the theme of spring and the end of winter. Past President Laura Young led us in the Pledge of Allegiance, and Kathy Grammer led us in "America the Beautiful." 


Elise Hodgkin reminded the Club to fill out the committee choice sheet for next year. 


Visiting Rotarian Lionell Nima requested assistance from the Portland Rotary Club to help him with efforts in the Congo. He is looking for volunteers to help with being board members and volunteers to help his organization with waste management and other environmental management initiatives.


The Rotary tree initiative is springing forward with the goal of planting one tree for every Rotarian around the world, or over 1,000,000 trees. Stay tuned for instructions on where to request and pick up your tree. 


Charlie Frair discussed the results of last meeting regarding veteran-based organization presentations and the selection of two organizations for the fund raising efforts: Betsy Ann Ross House of Hope, and Honor Flight Maine. Additional funds are still available, and are being distributed to some of the other veteran support organizations. 


Joe Reagan hosted a telethon fundraiser on WGAN to support veteran’s initiatives, and he helped raise over $50,000, which met the goals for the event.  

 


 

Mike Fortunato discussed how the Cedar Kids at Long Creek's 'Game and Pizza' night event went well, and he thanked the volunteers who helped make the night special.  

Mike also discussed some of the needs for making the upcoming Maine Outdoor Challenge a success. These include calling for more auction items, asking volunteers to help prepare for the event, and to run the event.   


Gracie Johnston discussed the Preble Street volunteer night in which the Rotary clubhelps prepare and serve the food to those in need.  The volunteers during the recent event included over six Portland Rotarians.  


 

Elise led the raffle this week, and the speaker (Julie Mulkern) from Winterkids picked PTG's ticket out of the can. Paul Gore selected a King of Clubs, which lets the Queen of Hearts rest for another week. The pot is getting bigger, so join us next week for a chance at over $350. 

 


Nan Heald had the pleasure of introducing our newest member to Portland Rotary: Chet Randall, who works with Pine Tree Legal Assistance. Please join us in welcoming Chet to our club!

(Photo: President Don Zillman, Chet Randall and Nan Heald.)
 

Excerpted From Meeting 030218

On March 2, 2018, with District Foundation Chair and PDG Marty Helman in attendance as our speaker of the day, Club Foundation Chair and Past President Dick Hall summoned the “man in the orange vest” John Houghton to come forward. John was neither hunting or directing traffic, but was to be honored for receiving his Paul Harris Fellow +3 pin, for his contributions to the Rotary Foundation. John participated in one of our “Circles,” where 5 members pledge $200 a year, and then nominate one member to be the recipient of the PHF. Thank you John!

(Photo L-R: President Don Zillman, District Foundation Chair, PDG Marty Helman, John Houghton, and Club Foundation Chair and Past President Dick Hall.)

EDITORIAL CORRECTION
Please accept our apologies for an incorrectly listed email address in last week's Windjammer for the following article:
 
Matt Wolcott will chair the program committee beginning July, 2018, when John Curran becomes the club’s president. He requested Rotarian participation in helping to identify speakers for the club programs.  His email contact info is: mwolcott@unitedwaygp.org.
Die-Hard Rotarian Skiiers
Taking advantage of the LAST of winter snows at Sunday River on 3/29?
 
(Photo: Erik Greven, Larry Gross, Ellen Niewoehner, Ben Lowry and Paul Gore.)
 
 
Birthdays and Rotary Anniversaries

NOTABLE DATES FOR MEMBERS IN MARCH

Member Birthday
  4th - Merle Hallett
        - Mark Stimson
  7th - Ben Jackson
10th - John Houghton
16th - Bob Fowler
19th - David Clough
24th - Jean Murachanian
        - Bob Traill
26th - Danielle Conway
27th - Mike Robinson  
 

Date-Joined-Rotary Anniversaries
John Houghton - 45 years
Dick Hall - 34 years
Loretta Rowe - 30 years
Roxane Cole - 27 years
Michael Reed - 25 years
Kris Rosado - 9 years
David Smith - 8 years
Jan Chapman - 6 years

Patty Erickson - 2 years
Jennifer Frederick - 2 years
Matt Wolcott - 2 years
Tiel Duncan - 2 years
​​​​​​​Abdullahi Ali - 1 year
                    

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
 

                          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                       

 

This Week's Duty Assignments

Invocation:  Charlie Frair
Program Reporter:  John Marr
Bits & Pieces Reporter:  Alan Nye
Registration/Greeter:   Rusty Atwood
Sell Meal Tickets:  Jennifer Frederick
Raffle:  Matt Wolcott
Collect Meal Tickets: Jan Chapman
Sgt-at-Arms (Setup):  TBD
Sgt-at-Arms (Take Down): Bruce Moore

Rotary Meeting Locations

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

2018 
Apr 06 - Clarion Hotel
Apr 13 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay

Apr 20 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Apr 27 - TBD

May 04 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
May 11 - Clarion Hotel

May 18 - Clarion Hotel
May 25 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay

Jun 01 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Jun 08 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay

Jun 15 - Holiday Inn By-the-Bay
Jun 22 - Clarion Hotel
Jun 29 - TBD


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.

PROSPECT                 BUSINESS
(Sponsor)                                                                           

Kim D'Amaro               The Salvation Army
(Jim Willey)


Thank you.