Nov 30, 2018 (Nov 30, 2018)

President

John Curran

First Vice President

Amy Chipman

Second Vice President

Ellen Niewoehner

Treasurer

Scott Blakeslee

Secretary

Bruce Moore

Immediate Past President

Don Zillman

Sergeant-at-Arms

Dave Putnam

Director Term End 2019

Gracie Johnston

Director Term End 2019

Dave Small

Director Term End 2020

Patty Erickson

Director Term End 2020

Erik Greven

Community Service Chair

Gracie Johnston

International Service Chair

Roger Fagan

Vocational Service Co-Chair

Jack Carr

Vocational Service Co-Chair

Larry Gross

Youth Service Chair

Jan Chapman

Rotary Foundation Chair

Dick Hall

Club Protection Officer

Nan Heald

Communications-WJ Bulletin Ed

Loretta Rowe

Communications-PR External

Julie L'Heureux

Constitution/ByLaws Chair

Tom Saturley

Fund Raising Chair

Michael Reed

Good Cheer Co-Chair

Ben Millick

Invocation Chair

Dave Small

Meeting Day Chair

Jennifer Frederick

Music Committee Chair

Janelle LoSciuto

Program Chair

Matt Wolcott

Membership Chair

Laura Young

Web Administrator

Erik Jorgensen

Administrative Coordinator

Elise Hodgkin

New Mainers Initiative

Max Chikuta

Opioid Task Force Co-Chair

Gracie Johnston

Opioid Task Force Co-Chair

Jesse Harvey

Welcome to the Rotary Club of Portland, Maine!

Service Above Self

We meet Fridays at 12:15 PM

The Clarion Hotel

1230 Congress Street
Portland, ME 04102
United States

District Site

Venue Map

Rotary This Week

The Portland Rotary Club

will meet

Friday, November 30, 2018

at the Clarion Hotel

1230 Congress Street, Portland

*11/30/18 Alain Nahimana, Ex Dir Immigrant Welcome Ctr

Posted by Laura Young

Originally from Burundi, Alain Nahimana is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Greater Portland Immigrant Welcome Center. Previously, he served as the Coordinator for the Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition (MIRC).

Alain brings his experience with community organizing and coalition building to foster collaboration, build partnernships, and advance the agenda for immigrant integration.

Second Recovery Coach Academy

The Rotary Club of Portland, along with Greater Portland Health, is hosting a Second 4-week session Recovery Coach Academy class.

Sessions started October 27 and are held at USM. We are hoping to get a few Rotarians to do this training and become recovery coaches.

This training is free and open to anyone who wants to participate and help those dealing with substance use disorder. We encourage Rotarians to please share this opportunity with others you know who might be good candidates.

To register, go to: https://goo.gl/bcKuROeutmspR7zw1
For more information, contact: Jesse Harvey at (207) 874-2141 x5031 or email at: jesse@journeyhousemaine.com

Details are below:

Movie: Recovery Boys

Posted by Jesse Harvey

Jesse Harvey spoke from the podium to promote a movie about those with Substance Use Disorder called "Recovery Boys." It is being screened in Portland on Thursday, November 29th at 5:30 p.m. at the Portland Museum of Art. After the film there will be a panel discussion with Jesse being one of the panelists.

THIS IS A FREE EVENT.

The link to register is: urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.portlandmuseum.org_movies_recovery-2Dboys-2Dmainehealthpoints-2Dnorth-2Dinstitute-2Dimpact-2Dtour&d=DwMGaQ&c=ST5Jxgx_zZ9nYuPWkSm01Luus8kzn0TCuX9tmQgnWms&r=T77VjMpo9-IIJIIypwGaVg&m=k0AzNPmRplKm9WgxpR4DL8VTgLseF83QYbszosDnV04&s=IIll2H5CZGlgu0acVQ4cjhm1bnzteIdXLv9D_LEirPA&e=

This Week's Duty Assignments

Invocation: David Small
Program Reporter: Dick Hall
Bits & Pieces Reporter: Jake Bourdeau
Registration/Greeter: Jerry Angier
Sell Meal Tickets: David Clough
Raffle: Rusty Atwood
Collect Meal Tickets: Jennifer Frederick
Sgt-at-Arms: Mike Fortunato

Volunteer Opportunities

Following is a list of our Club's volunteer projects. If you know of other opportunities, please contact Loretta: lrowe@maine.rr.com

When
Project Who to Contact

Salvation Army Monument Square
Holiday Red 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Kettle Bell Weekdays for the month
Ringing of December

Contact Gracie Johnston

gracie.johnston@newscentermaine.com

Preble Street 4th Wednesday ea month

Resource Ctr 3:30-6:30 pm
Soup Kitchen Gracie Johnston
gracie.johnston@newscentermaine.com

Game Night 3rd Tuesday ea month
Long Creek Mike Fortunato
Youth Center michael.k.fortunato@gmail.com
or Jim Willey
jimandbarbarawilley@gmail.com

Rotary Meeting Locations

If you would like to mark your calendars,
we are scheduled at the following locations
through the end of 2018:

2018
Nov 30 - Clarion Hotel

Dec 07 - Clarion Hotel
Dec 14 - Clarion Hotel
Dec 21 - Clarion Hotel
Dec 28 - NO MEETING
Happy Holidays!

Blue BOLD dates are scheduled Board meeting days.

Any questions, please contact Loretta at: lrowe@maine.rr.com

Item Donations Needed

The following items are needed on an on-going basis. Please feel free to bring them to a meeting where we will collect and distribute them to the appropriate projects.

Crutches4Africa - Crutches, canes, folding walkers and wheelchairs to be shipped to Africa. Contact: Roger Fagan, drrogerfagan@gmail.com

Toiletries for the Shelters - Collect those tiny bottles of toiletries you are paying for during your next hotel visit and bring them home for members of our society who find themselves staying at a shelter and in need of personal hygiene products.