Newsletter - Archive  Nov 1, 2009

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Volume #2	Date November 3, 2009	Issue #18

Our Next Program:  NAMI

Last Week's News:

     Guests and Happenings:

         ~ Visiting Rotarians: Rick Goodrich, Area 3 AG

         ~ Guests:  Andy Glazier, Julie and Justin Pelkey

        ~ News: 

               -  Membership Committee Co-Chair Pat Holmes attended the District Membership

                  Seminar on October 28th. Also in attendance of course was club member and

                   District Govenor Jeff Pelkey as well as District Membership Committeee Member

                  Dave Gooch. The Seminar was very interactive and we brought home a lot of good

                  ideas from presentors and our fellow clubs.

District Membership Chair PDG Brad Jett       Pat and Jeff listen to an opening speaker

and DG Jeff

Pat working in one of the Group Discussion Sessions

              - Saturday the Rotary Club of Kittery supported the Kittery Recreation Department's

                Halloween Party with our "Hungry Pumpkin". A wonderful collection of gremlins lined

                 up to toss pumpkins and spiders into the "hungry pumpkin" and walk away with candy.

                 Besides Ellen and Dave, Ellen's grandaughter Hayley returned to once again support

                 the Club, this time she also brought her friend Lindsey. Karol Gooch also was a helper

                 in her "Lady of the Castle' costume.

Karol & Ellen with a short tosser                         Hayley has been a regular Rotary Club

                                                                              supporter for years 

     Ellen & Hayley cheer a mummy                   The "Crew" Hayley, Lindsey,Ellen,

                                                                      'Sheik Rattle & Roll' and Karol

             -   During November and December in addition to our Happy /Sad Dollars each member

             is asked to bring in a canned good for Kittery Holiday Baskets at each meeting.

            - November is "Rotary Foundation" Month. During February (and again in the

               spring) we solicit for donations to the Foundation. Donations to the Foundation

              go one-half into the World Fund and one half comes back to the District. The

               World Fund supports International Rotary Initiatives in Education, Health and

              Hungar, and World Peace. District Funds go (among other programs) to

              Matching Grants and District Simplified Grants such as the Grant we received

              for the "Everyfifteen Minutes" program.

                 The Club sets aside $1000 in our budget to match club members donations of

             any amount, so a $50 donation will be credited as $100 toward personal

            recognition, PHF Awards, as long as the funds last. Every Rotarian is asked to

            consider giving $100 each year to the Foundation. We realize not everyone can

            do that, which is why the Club budget includes $1000 as a baseline donation from

            all of us. Donations can be given to the Club Foundation Chair, Dave Gooch. In

            our 22 years the Club has given over $90,000 to the Foundation.

      Meeting Program:  .

                             This was the oficial visit of District Governor Jeffrey S. Pelkey, Past President

              X2 of the Rotary Club of Kittery

DG Jeff joined PDG Marie for breakfast                     PDG X2 Introduced our District Governor 

                                                                           for his official club visit -the last for the District

      DG Jeff told of us of his meetings with       President Julie presented flowers to Julie and  

          RI President John Kenny                      a gift check of $100 to the Foundation to the District

                                                                    Governor donated in his honor

      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). 

            PP Sue C won the raffle and drew the Jack of Spades leaving $471 in the pot

Upcoming Programs: 

              The menu for the Celebrity Dinner will be Fruit cup, Salad, Chicken or Shrimp

             or Broccoli Alfredo, Bread Sticks, Triple Chocolate Cake and FUN! Rember to

              bring a bottle of wine for the wine raffle

                     November 5  ~ Tonight! Social at Robert's Maine Grill to celebrate with the Pelkeys

                                          the completion of DG Jeff's "Official Visits" 

                    November 10 ~ "NAMI" - with Richard Lowe

                    November 17 - Club Assembly

Birthdays:  None

A Phantom of Halloween Past - Not long past! The Club Greeter??

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

           November 10 &17 Dan & Brad

Club Reminders:

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

                  our Third Grade Dictionary Project

                Happy/Sad dollars for the other meetings this quarter go to Kittery Holiday Baskets

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.