Newsletter - Archive  Nov 24, 2009

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Volume #2	Date November 24, 2009	Issue #21

Our Next Program:  Seacoast Science Center

Last Week's News:

     Guests and Happenings: 

         ~ Visiting Rotarians:  Joe Carleton, Wells Rotary Club

         ~ Guests:  Joan Donhauser, Max Perreault, Troy Perreault, Julie Perreault,

                          Joyce Westman, Allyn Pinkham, Alex Pinkham, Niles Pinkham,

                          Wes Rhames, Cora Hickoff, Elizabeth Edwards, Steve Frost

          ~ News:         Foundation Chair Dave announced that this is the last meeting of the

                         Fall Rotary Foundation Annual Fund Drive.  The donations and matching

                         funds from the Club will be submitted in December. Anyone wishing to

                        donate please let Dave know before December 1st. Rotary encourages all

                        Rotarians to become sustaining members by contributing at least $100 a year

                        We still have matching funds available in the budget.

                          On Monday Barbara Moulton was presented a Kittery Rotary donation

                     check for $400 for Kittery Holiday Baskets,as the Thanksgiving Boxes were

                     being packed. Our canned goods were brought to the collection area last week.

Presenting Barabara a Rotary $400 Donation for              Karol Gooch - Packing the over 100 boxes

Kittery Holiday Baskets                                                 of food, checking each is complete

                     During  the next month we will continue to dedicate our Happy/Sad Dollars to

                     Kittery Holiday Baskets, collect canned goods, and bring unwrapped gifts for the

                     children for Christmas. Barbara says all gifts are welcome but she stresses that

                     underwear and pajamas for all ages of children are needed. These garments are

                     not so commonly donated and are very needed by the children. 

                      KHB tries to supply at least two complete new sets of clothes for each child

                   as well as at least one  large gift and a couple of smaller ones for each child.

                  The Christmas dollar donations go to fill in food and clothing needs and last year

                  Barbara reported being able to get $1000 worth of clothes for $138 at a JC Penny

                  sale the day after Christmas. Over 100 families are helped by KHB and most have

                  several children, Last year over 120 children were involved.

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      Meeting Program:  .Students of the Month

              This was the first time we hosted a Shapleigh Lower Grades Student

            of the Month. From now on we will have three students each month, two from

            Shapleigh. 

Teacher Steve Frost introduces 5th Grader        Teacher Wes Rhames introduces Cora

Max Perrault, our youngest Student of the         Hickoff, 6th Grader from Shapleigh and despite

 Month  to-date, a young man with a passion    the above serious look, we agree with her teacher,

  for sports                                                      Cora "twinkles"~ when she smiles her eyes sparkle

 Teacher Joan Donhauser with return       P-E Russ congratulates Max, Alex, & Cora as well as

  Student of the Month,this time as a        their parents and teachers

  senior at Traip, the very talented

  Alex Pinkham, this time being cited for

  her extra ordinary mastery of foriegn

  languages

  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 pulled the 7 of diamonds, losing $17

Upcoming Programs: 

               December 1 ~ Seacoast Science Center

               December  5 ~ Christmas Parade, Kittery Rotary will again provide cookies and

                          cocoa (cocoa donated by Jeff Furbish, Noel's Bakery & Restaurant )

               December  6 ~ Christmas Caberet - Benefit for the Rotary Club of Kittery at

                                       Kittery Estates   Tickets are $20 for dinner and entertainment          

               December  8 ~ Up the Nile

               December  15 ~ Club Assembly 

Birthdays:  Dec 24 ~ Bill, Dec 27 ~ Russ, Dec 30 ~ Dee & Jeff

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

                                  December 1 & 8 ~ Pat & Larry

News of our District Governor and fellow club member Jeff: Last Thursday your

          Foundation Chair went to Bath to attend the Foundation Seminar there. The event was

         chaired by District Foundation Chair Liz Cullen, with our own PDGx2 Marie- the District

         Annual Giving Chair, and PDG Elias, the District Polio Chair. Traveling with Jeff is not

         necessarily a strain as he provided the transportation.

Jeff, Liz, Grace Connolly , & Dave                    Liz and Elias preparing while riding in comfort

Grace is the District GSE Team chair               chauffered to Bath (Elias deserved the break, he

                                                                     had to be up at 3 AM the next morning to address

                                                                     a Rotary gathering in Philadelphia)

                                       Remember him? Our DG is a very busy man

                                        Photo courtesy of Guy Saucier of Bath Rotary (our hosts)

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 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.