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Jun 20, 2017
Elder Abuse Prevention
Jun 27, 2017
Jul 04, 2017
Jul 11, 2017
Jul 18, 2017
Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) in Maine
Jul 25, 2017
Gorham High School Interact
Aug 01, 2017
The New Rotary Year
Aug 15, 2017
Westbrook Downtown Coalition
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Save the Date - Annual Lobster Boil
Home of Henry Saunders
Jul 11, 2017
5:30 PM – 8:00 PM
 
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WRVC Board Room
Aug 01, 2017
10:30 AM – 11:15 AM
 
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First Meeting of 2017-2018 Rotary Year
8/1 10:30AM at WRVC
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Upcoming Opportunities
Flag Day Ceremony - At Riverbank Park, Main St Westbrook, Wednesday June 14 7PM. To commemorate the adoption of our American symbol of Freedom by Congress on June 14, 1777.
 
Polio Plus – Please give generously to our cans thru June. As we approach the end of this Rotary year, let’s not forget that the fight to end polio continues. Polio cases are down year-to-date over last year with 3 cases in Afghanistan and 2 cases in Pakistan. With double matching help from the Gates Foundation, we will lick this disease. Our Polio Plus cans will be emptied after our meeting on June 20 so funds can be submitted prior to year-end.
 
Westbrook Middle School – Rotary Service Award – Wednesday June 21 6PM - WG Rotary will be presenting the Annual Rotary Service Award to a boy and girl from the graduating 8th grade class who best exemplify the Rotary motto “Service Above Self” as voted by the WMS faculty.  As part of this year’s presentation to the students, we will also be presenting a new plague to the school.  All members are welcome to attend.
 
Gift of Life Check Presentation - Thursday June 22 at Maine Medical Center 2PM - Presentation of $10,000 check to MMC by Gift of Line New England's Ted Shaughnessy for operations performed in February on Panamanian children Angel and Jean Carlos. All WG Rotarians are welcome to attend.  Details on exact location available shortly. If interested, contact Christine Johnson.
 
Summer Lunch Program Kick-Off Event – June 30, Walker Field 3-5PM, 3 volunteers needed. This event is designed to make sure that the community is aware of the program and the feeding sites and to have some fun. Walker Field is off Brown St near St Anthony’s (St Hyacinth’s). To volunteer, contact Christine Johnson cejinmaine@gmail.com
 
Summer Lunch Program – Once a week on your chosen day M-F from June 26 through August 23 (no service July 3-4). 11:45 to 1PM. Feeding sitesHigh School, Middle School, Westbrook Point, Intercultural Community Center, and Walker Field. To volunteer contact Barbara Nichols at: nicholsb@westbrookschools.org
 
Ronald MacDonald House - Ongoing - Pat and Cliff Plummer are back and collecting can tabs for RMH. Aluminum can tabs from beverage cans, pet food cans, tuna cans, etc, all are worth money in quantity. Please consider saving your aluminum tabs over the summer and bringing them to a future meeting. The Plummers have been working on this project for quite some time and would appreciate our help this year.

Donate to our Club's Charity through Amazon Smile – Ongoing - If you order items from Amazon.com, even if not very often, you can help Westbrook Gorham Rotary Club Charities.  Go to http://smile.amazon.com/. Search for our Charity and select it. You may need to login to your Amazon account before being able to finalize your selection.   Then, when you shop Amazon.com (always starting from http://smile.amazon.com/) a portion of every purchase will be donated to our charity.
 
CLYNK for Literacy – Ongoing - Keep those cans and bottles coming! Drop off your filled CLYNK bag at any Hannaford. Thanks to those who have contributed bottles so far to help purchase books that we donate for each speaker.  If you need more CLYNK bags, they are available at each meeting. 
Gorham Interact Cleans Up
To cap off a great year and do one more service project before summer vacation, members of the Gorham Interact Club volunteered at Sebago Lake State Park on Saturday, June 10th.  They worked very hard from 9:30-1:00, helping the State Park work crew with the difficult job of cleaning things out after a spring of lousy weather. They raked leaves, cleared brush and removed debris from the inner areas of the park. Interact Adviser Neile Nelson commented: I am so so proud of these kids. They are remarkable.”
 
  
Nealley says “Senior power” Maine’s greatest resource
“Senior power” is Maine’s greatest natural resource, according to David Nealley, publisher of Maine Seniors magazine. Nealley addressed the membership of the Westbrook-Gorham Rotary Club at its June 6 lunch meeting held at the Westbrook Regional Vocational Center Culinary Arts dining room.
 
Nealley, a 1984 Business Administration graduate of the University of Southern Maine, has accumulated an impressive background in a variety of fields including financial services, business management and politics. He was awarded a U.S. Chamber of Commerce Blue Chip award for successfully resurrecting the Snow and Nealley Company, an old family business manufacturing axes and garden tools. His revitalization of that company led to his being featured in Entrepreneur and Forbes magazines for his niche marketing expertise.
 
Nealley started Maine Seniors magazine several years ago with a vision for “changing the narrative” about senior citizens. He told the club members that Maine has the highest rate of volunteerism in the United States and also ranks among the highest in generosity mostly due to its large population of senior citizens who are motivated to be involved in making their communities stronger.
 
He pointed out that seniors who decide to retire to Maine from other states make a tremendous difference because of their love for the state. Some even invest philanthropically while most adopt the communities they move into as their own and quickly get involved.
 
Nealley told the Rotarians that Maine would do well to understand all the assets that seniors bring. He pointed out that in many cases the word “senior” is viewed positively as in the cases of “senior partner” and “seniors” in high school and college while “senior citizens” has a negative connotation of being “over the hill.” His goal through the publication is to replace that myth with the fact of the profound value that seniors bring to Maine.
 
He pointed out that the average age of U.S. presidents is 58 years old when elected and that most corporate CEOs are in their late fifties. Now that men are living to an average age of 83 and women to an average age of 87, people prefer to stay active and involved well into their seventies. Recognizing that fact and utilizing all the resources that seniors bring to the state is important to the future of Maine as a whole.
 
For additional information about Maine Seniors magazine visit www.meseniors.com or call 207-299-5358.
 
L-R: Hal Thomas, David Nealley, Jason Beever
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Speaker Assignment List
We have been receiving many requests to provide programs recently so have not assigned members to specific weeks as we have done in the past.  If you have an idea for a program, please contact Christine Johnson.  We are currently seeking programs for August and beyond. 
 
Here is the list of upcoming dates with speakers and their sponsors:
  • 6/13 - Andrew Turcotte - Russian Sister City Updates - Phil Spiller 
  • 6/20 - Betty Balderston - Elder Abuse Prevention
  • 6/27 - Changeover Ceremony - Welcome Dr Bill Chadwick as our new President
  • 7/4 -   No Meeting - Happy Independence Day
  • 7/11 - No Lunch Meeting - See you at the Lobster Boil
  • 7/18 - Matt Collins - Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)
  • 7/25 - Aaron Farr - President GHS Interact Club - Ethan Johnson
  • 8/1 -  Club Assembly
  • 8/8 to 9/5 TBD
  • 9/12 - District Governor Dave Underhill - Bill Chadwick
  • 9/19 - Golf Tournament - No Meeting
 
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Missed a Meeting?   Make up online at Rotary E-Club One
 
Or at one of these other local clubs in our area:
 
Portland - Fridays 12:15PM at Holiday Inn by the Bay or Clarion
check website for current week's venue
 
Portland Sunrise - Thursdays 7:15AM
Cumberland Club 116 High St Portland
 
Falmouth - Mondays 4:30PM
American Legion Post  65 Depot Rd Falmouth
 
Scarborough - Tuesdays 5:45PM
Cabela's 100 Cabela's Blvd Scarborough
 
Sebago Lake Rotary Club - Thursdays 12:15PM 
Dena's Lobster House & Tavern 765 Roosevelt Trail Windham
 
OR you can always claim a make up by attending Rotary-sponsored events of our club or other clubs like fundraisers, selling Christmas Trees, by volunteering at our Golf Tournament or our Road Race, or by attending District events or training. Just let our Secretary Mike Foley know when you have participated in any of these activities at mfoley@me.com
 
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