Newsletter - Archive  Sep 8, 2009

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Volume #2	Date September 8, 2009	Issue #9

Our Next Program:  Club Assembly

Last Week's News:

     Guests and Happenings:

         ~ Visiting Rotarians: None

         ~ Guests: Kathy Pridham, Jon Carter, Guest Speaker Linda Higgens

          ~ News:  Pat reminded everyone of the October 28 District Membership Seminar,

                          all are encouraged to attend, a sign-up for registration is held by Pat

                          Everyone should email Susie to let her know what they are bringing to

                            the potluck social, the entree is being prrovided by the chef from Kittery

                            Estates 

                         Dee reminded us of the 30th anniversary dinner for York Hospice to be held

                           at the Regatta Room September 25. Kittery Rotary is a long time supporter

                           of York Hospice, tickets are $25.

                        The Celebrity Waiter Dinner will be in early November, We will need lots

                            of waiters, please let Sue or Russ know that you are planning to host a table.

                       On the 26th of August we recieved two banners from Luca from his Italian

                            sponsoring Rotary Club and home District but we did not include them in the

                            newsletter, here they are:

                         On September 1st at our meeting President Julie showed us the exchange

                            banner she recieved from the Livingston  Montana club she visited on vacation.

      Meeting Program:  .

                        President Julie called upon Ellen McClure to make a presentation on behalf

                 of the Club. Ellen presented Town Manager Jon Carter and Oil and More Program

                 Administrator Kathy Pridham a Club check for $1000 for the Oil and More Program.

                Kathy  & Jon, after they thanked the club, were invited to tell us about the River Dance

                to be held for the program at the Weathervane "Lobster in the Rough" on Badgers Island,

                tickets are available at the town offices. see more detail at

                http://www.kittery.org/Pages/index

                    The speaker for the meeting was Linda Higgens, founder and Executive Director

               of Ethel's Tree of Life. linda talked about a program they ran this summer which

              provided life skills, work skills, and work experiance to young men and women who

              needed help transitioning into the working experiance.

                     The program provided seminars and workshops and the young people were

             placed for several months working for businesses or organizations to get experence

             and coaching on job expectations and performance.For more information on the

            program and Ethel's Tree of Life check the following websites:

              http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090522/GJNEWS_01/705229901/- 1/FOSNEWS ,

              http://volunteer.united-e-way.org/me/org/12663617.html

      50-50 Raffle

          (50% of the pot goes for club administration and 50% goes to the lucky individual if their       

          raffle ticket is chosen and they select the one joker hidden in the ever-decreasing deck of

          cards. If the joker is not drawn then the pot rolls over to the next week). 

           Pat won the raffle but drew the 10 of Hearts, losing $352.50

Upcoming Programs: 

                    September 15 ~ Club Assembly

                    September  22 ~ Doctor's Choice with "Trust Me... " Dan

                    September   28 ~ Club Social at Frank & Ruth's

Birthdays:  September 26 - Pat

Upcoming Greeters. Making sure no one feels like a stranger here:

                 September 15 & 22 Dee & Frank,( Dee is always a greeter as she hands

                                              everyone the 'winning" raffle tickets)

Club Reminders:

                Happy/Sad Dollars on Student of the Month meetings goes to fund

                  our Third Grade Dictionary Project

                Happy/Sad Dollars for the other meetings this quarter go to the Foot Prints Food Pantry

Do not forget to regularly check the calendar of our Web Site for long term schedules and the photo Album for updates on our Program pictures and Activity pictures.