The Rotary Club of
Kittery, Maine
 
Chartered 1987

Date  November 19, 2024 Vol. 17, Issue 17
Next Meeting: Students of the Month, meet at Traip Academy
 
Meeting was opened by Co-President Pauli. 
Guests: Atencio Martin, Emily Flinkstrom, Megan-Shapiro-Ross, Diana Marzinzik,    Beth Guilbert, Agnes Charlesworth
 
Pauli reported on the Interact Clothing Swap held last Saturday and also that the Interact Club had posted a Facebook donation page for donations for the "Warming Kits" the Interact Club is putting together for the Community Fridge.
 
Pauli also noted that she and Bob Guay are planning on attending the "Service Learning" event at Traip for sophomores tomorrow at 10:15, there will be interact Club members there as well, handouts on Rotary and pictures of Interact Club service projects.
 
Sue had sent out reminders of the December 19th Blood Drive, she is looking for volunteers to signup for shift coverage.
 
 
November 30th is the "Stuff A Boat" collection for Kittery holiday baskets, noted by two of our "Community champions"
 
December 7th is the Holiday Parade, we will be handing out free cocoa and cookies at the end of the parade.
 
 
Co-President Brad reported that our club is signed up along with the Kittery Rotary Afterhours Rotary Club for the Community Rotation, Adopt-A-Shelf program for Footprints. our first month is January and the item is Coffee.
 
Brad also noted the new flyers for promoting the sale of the 2025 fundraising Calendar. The calendars will fund our 2025 service work/donations. He noted that they make very good Christmas presents!
 
50-50 Raffle: 50% of raffle proceeds go toward club administration and 50% get added to the Pot which is now at $263.50! 
Bob Gray had the lucky ticket drawn today and a chance at choosing the Joker.
But Bob got the 9 of Diamonds instead ~ just missing the joker next to it!
The Pot will grow as the Deck shrinks!
 
Our program today was to hand out donations budgeted by the club to five very outstanding organizations. 
 
 
 
Stories
Five Who Make A Difference
On November 19th the Rotary Club of Kittery was honored to welcome back five people in our community who routinely are changing lives for the better. The Club welcomed Emily Flinkstrom, Megan Shapiro-Ross, Diana Marzinzik, Beth Guilbert, and Agnes Charlesworth to receive donations from the Club to support their respective organizations:  Fair Tide, Footprints Food Pantry, Table of Plenty, Kittery Holiday Baskets, and Life and Hope Haiti.
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Birthdays & Anniversaries
Member Birthdays
Bob Guay
November 15
 
Spouse Birthdays
Linda Hirst
November 14
 
Anniversaries
Bob Gray
Shea Gray
November 25
 
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