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The Rotary Club of Kittery distributed the face masks to local business that supported our Calendar Raffle in December, along with a number of non-profit organizations and senior residences facility and nursing homes in the Kittery area starting on

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Seacoast Online Posted Jun 3, 2020 at 9:32 AM

Rotary Club of Kittery honors Lombardi family

Carol and Mary Lombardi, from left, show off their homemade masks they’ve been hanging on their fence in Admiralty Village in Kittery, Maine, for anyone to take. [Courtesy]

Posted Jun 3, 2020 at 9:32 AM

The Rotary Club of Kittery announces the Lombardi family of Kittery were named Paul Harris Fellows....

The Paul Harris Fellow recognition was established by Rotary in 1957 to encourage and show appreciation for substantial contributions.

The presentation was made during the club’s June 2 virtual meeting. Eric Waddell, president of the Rotary Club of Kittery, noted the family’s commitment to the community and to the ideals of Rotary in his remarks.

“We have the honor and pleasure of recognizing the Lombardi family as they become Paul Harris Fellows,” Waddell said.

George and Carol Lombardi, along with their three children, have been supporters of Rotary over the years. They have hosted Rotary Youth Exchange Students, and two of the Lombardi children, Michael and Mary, have participated as Rotary Youth Exchange students in Japan and Italy, respectively. Most recently, the club was moved by Carol’s and Mary’s efforts to make face masks and give them away to anyone in their neighborhood.

Seacoast Online Posted Jun 1, 2020 at 3:24 PM

Kittery Rotary matches COVID-19 grant, donates to Ore Nell’s BBQ

Chef David Vargas, at left, smiles with employees after receiving the Kittery Rotary Club’s check.

KITTERY, Maine – Rotary District 7780 applied for and received a COVID-19 Disaster Response Grant for $25,000 from Rotary International’s Foundation to combat local food insecurity.

The district divided it among the 41 Rotary clubs in Southern Maine and New Hampshire which comprise District 7780. Each club received approximately $600.

The Rotary Club of Kittery decided to match the grant dollar-for-dollar and award it to Ore Nell’s Barbeque, a small local business that is making a difference in the community.

Chef and restaurant owner David Vargas has been helping to feed local essential workers including hospital staff, first responders and school nutrition professionals. At a recent virtual meeting of the Rotary Club of Kittery, Vargas shared what he and his staff have been doing to support essential workers and to help curb food insecurity on the Seacoast.

The Rotary Club of Kittery thanks Vargas and all Kittery residents who are making a difference during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Rotary Club of Kittery has been sponsoring 2 Traip Academy students to attend RYLA

(Rotary Youth Leadership Awards) camp for a number of years. They alwasys come to the club to tell of their experience. It is amazing to hear these young people tell about all that

Supporting our young is one of our favorite things to support and we have been doing

Scholarships to Traip Academy Students for numberous years. hese students are our

future and the members of the club are always glad to have a small part in their continued

education. President-elect David Gooch presided at this year's presentation as Club President

Linda Hirst was off in Rhode Island doing good work with some other youths from Maine -

Article published Nov 25, 2009
Clubs
Grant funds DUI prevention event in Kittery

KITTERY, Maine — The town of Kittery will host an "Every 15 Minute" program in the spring of 2010, before school prom season, as a result of a grant recently obtained by the Rotary Club of Kittery.

A partnership of firefighters, police, school, Rotary Club, Lions Club, York Hospice, and numerous other town organizations and businesses are contributing to put on an interactive multi-day program.

This is designed to heighten awareness of the tragedy of young people killed in alcohol-related car accidents. "Every 15 Minutes" is a national program (www.every15minutes.com) last conducted in Kittery more than six years ago.

The message is still remembered by students who were at R.W.Traip Academy at the time. The Kittery Rotary Club applied for, and received from Rotary District 7780, a grant of almost $3,000, the largest grant of its kind awarded by the District this year.

The funds will be coupled with local donations from the partnering organizations in hopes of ensuring that young lives will be saved.

Unfortunately, the picture in the article below was not a clear one in the newspaper article and it has faded over time.