Newsletter - Archive  Sep 15, 2009

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Volume # 2	Date September 15, 2009	Issue #10

Our Next Program:  Club planning session for the Celebrity Waiter Dinner

                                 This is a change from an earlier posting of this weeks news

Last Week's News:

     Guests and Happenings:

         ~ Visiting Rotarians:  None

         ~ Guests: : None

           News - President Julie announced the  Riverdance being held this Saturday,

                       September 19th to support the Fuel & More Program

                     -   Julie also announced also that she is encouraging strong Rotary support for

                           the 30th anniversary dinner for York Hospice at the Regatta Room on the 25th.

                           tickets are $25. 

                    -    Julie has received the official letter and check for our District Simplified Grant

                          for the EveryFifteenMinutes program. The Grant ($2885) will be augmented by

                         contributions from our club,the Lions Club, the Police and Fireman's Associations,

                          and the school system. This was the largest District Grant awarded this year. The

                          District money comes from the contributions Rotarians make to the Rotary

                          Foundation. In celebration of the successful Grant submittal Julie asked Dave,

                          who wrote the Grant, to sign a speakers book to be donated to the Kittery

                          Schools. The tragic recent accident in a neighboring town highlighted how

                          important the EveryFifteen Minute Program message is.

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 Dave signing the "speaker's " book,         Dave had a very visual way of announcing

                                                             that the Highland Games were this week and

                                                             that his "Clan" was arriving from across the country

                                                            to attend together

                              Dan showed us all a letter he recieved with pictures from their friend

             Alex Nzuva in Kenya. Alex writes that they had recieved the second box of clothes

           we sent and the pictures are of the local self-help group in the village who make robes,

           baskets and repair roads around the village. Some of the members are wearing some

           of the clothes  we sent. Two pictures show them fetching water at the nearest dam for

           domestic use. The need for clean, safe local water is very great and Alex writes that he is

           praying for our proposed water project to go through. He is going to try to talk to the Nairobi

           Rotary Club this month .

The Village of Kiounguani,Kenya Self Help Group showing some of their work

The Group repairing roads near the village

Fetching water for home use

This is their "local" water supply

Meeting Program: 

           .The meeting was club assembly and President Julie and event Chair Sue turned it into

         a planning meeting for our celebrity Waiter Dinner. The dinner will be November 5th.

         We will continue to review details in the comming weeks at each meeting

                                              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). 

            Obie won the raffle but he had to scoot so Frank drew for him and

            got the 4 of spades, Obie lost $362.50

Upcoming Programs: 

                 September 22 ~ Change in schedule! This meeting will be continued

                                             planning for Celebrity Waiter

                September 28 - Club Social Pot luck at Frank & Ruth's. The entree is being

                                        provided by Kittery Estates so we need to bring the rest, let

                                       Susie know what you are bringing

Birthdays:        September 26 - Pat

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

                                 September 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 Footprints 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.