Newsletter - Archive  Nov 11, 2008

print this page

Volume #1	Date November 11 2008	Issue #1

                                                            The Gateway

Our Next Program: November 18 ~ Club Assembly

Last Week’s News: November 11

Club News: 

 The Celebrity Waiter Dinner was a great success, we are still collecting funds but thanks to all our wonderful waiters/waitresses and to Kittery Estates who provided the food and their chefs who prepared and served it we made over $4600 for service (and still increasing) and over $1200 for the campaign to eradicate Polio. The success with the dinner means we will definitely replace the calendar sales as a fund raiser. An additional $152 was raised by the Master Christmas Elf and his table of elves for Kittery Holiday Baskets.

Meeting Program

 District 7780 Youth Exchange Committee Chair Dave Wilson and his wife Cindy joined us. Dave lives in Portland and is a member of the Saco Bay Rotary club. The Youth Exchange program allows a high school student to spend 10 months in a foreign country, while a student from that country is hosted in the local community.   A club is needed currently as a sponsor for an interested youth who lives in the Portsmouth area.   Dave explained the responsibilities of the sponsor and also how Rotary manages the program as well as sharing some experiences with students who have participated in Youth Exchange

50-50 Raffle:

(50% of the pot goes for the club and 50% goes to the lucky individual if their raffle ticket is selected and they then draw the one Joker hidden in the ever decreasing deck of cards. If the card is not drawn the pot rolls over to the next week)

This week Pam Gray lost $37

Lezlye Shea was the winner of the weekly Calendar Raffle

Upcoming programs:

  November 25 ~ Our Shapleigh and Traip Students of the Month

  December 2 ~ Rob Werner of Rotary Club of NH will join us to talk                            about Americans for Campaign Reform

  December 9 ~ Kendra Downs will introduce us to Kittery-WomenAde, a                         local community action group, Board Meeting at 8:30

  December 16 ~ Club Assembly

  December 23 ~ Our Christmas Program

  December 30 ~ No meeting

Special Events Coming Up:

          November 22^nd – We will assist the Kittery Recreation Center on the                        concessions at the Harlem Rockets Game at 7 pm at    

                       R.W.Traip Academy

          December 6^th- We will serve free cocoa and cookies at the end of the                      Annual Christmas Parade – 3 PM

          December 14^th ~ We put on the free Seniors Holiday Dinner at the                           Recreation Center, the Dinner is 4 pm to 6:30 pm

Birthdays:

  Stephanie – November 3, Dave A- December 8,  Pat - December 21,

  Bill - December 24, Russ - December 27,  Dee - December 30

Club Reminders

  ~ All Happy/Sad dollars this quarter are going to Kittery Holiday Baskets

 ~ Do not forget to bring in a canned good donation for Kittery Holiday  

      Baskets weekly

 ~ This Month is Rotary Foundation Month, make a contribution to the 

    Foundation and the club will match it in your name while funds last.

Do not forget to regularly check the Calendar on our Website for long term schedules and the Photo Albums for updates on Program and Activity pictures.

.