Newsletter - Archive  Dec 15, 2009

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Volume #2	Date December 8, 2009	Issue #24

Our Next Program:  Christmas Program

Last Week's News:

     Guests and Happenings:

         ~ Visiting Rotarians: None

         ~ Guests:  Barbara Moulton

      Meeting Program:  .

               This meeting was our Club Assembly but with so many awayt or having to scoot

            we will need to hold our annual meeting and vote of the 2009-2010 Officers next

            week.

                Barbara Moulton was our guest today and we presented her a check for $600

            plus clothes, food , and toys which have been collected for Kittery Holiday Baskets.

            Barbara's mother started Kittery Holiday Baskets and organized it for 25 years before

            Barbara and her sister took over. Barbara has been organizing the effort for the past 33

            years. This year she reports that they have the highest number of families and children

            they have ever had, 125 families with a total of 165 children. Kittery Holiday Baskets tries

            to provide underwear, pajamas, new clothes and winter coats as well as at least one

            big toy and a couple of little ones for each child. 

Pauli Rines, one of our most recent new members, presents Barbara Moulton

 a Club check for $600  for Kittery Holiday Baskets

                 She frequently is asked to help families during the course of the year and last year

            set another record as one family was located and provided with  food,clothes, and gifts

            at 7:30am Christmas day. "Normal" distribution will be this coming Tuesday, packing will

            start this Friday and go through Saturday and Monday, with the food being boxed Tuesday

            morning early for pickup at noon. The Kittery Rotary Club has been supporting Kittery

            Holiday Baskets since we were chartered 22 years ago.

                 This year, in addition to food collected at Thanksgiving,and  food and gifts collected

            for Christmas, the Club has provided KHB  a total of $1000 from the club budget and

            Happy/Sad dollars this quarter.

      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). 

                   Brad won the raffle and drew the Ace of Hearts, losing $70

Upcoming Programs: 

             December 17 ~ Thusday, The Kittery Rotary sponsored Red Cross Blood Drive

             December 22nd ~ Christmas Program.

             December 29 ~ No Meeting

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

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

            December 22 ~Allen & Ellen

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.