01 October 2020
Speaker of the Day: District Governor Joel Philibert
01 October 2020
Buckets on the Table: Camden Food Pantry (drop off donations to Kim at the bank in Camden –next to Hannaford- or mail to PO Box – or website donation site). Of Note: Deborah told us that we received a $500 donation last week through this link and it came from a non-member who saw our article on Pen Bay Pilot.
Poem for the Day: Kim Milton – Stonington at 6 am, Next Week –
Speaker of the Day: District Governor Joel Philibert
DG Joel’s theme this year is Rotary Opens Opportunities. We need to keep members happy and keep them involved in addition to bringing in new members that fit into our clubs. He quoted Paul Harris, “It is a changing world and we must be prepared to change with it”. He said we need to be creative and revolutionary during this pandemic.
DG Joel’s project this year will be a water project in Peru. The glaciers there are melting and southern Peru is very dry. The population is drinking water without having any microbiologic analysis done which brings many diseases.
Our club is donating $1,000 to the DG’s project. We also have an anonymous $500 matching challenge from a club member, so that could be up to $2,000 total.
DG Joel recommended trying online fundraising to replace missing fundraisers. Many clubs are trying this.
Committee Reports:
Book Club: Oct 13, 1700 Zoom. Contact Kristin. The Splendid and The Vile, Erik Larson.
Painting Trim, Oct 4 for Midcoast Recovery and need volunteers!
Community: Next Habitat Project is Oct 17th. Let Tim Dresser know if you are interested in hanging out with some builders! We can have as many volunteers from now on, Come Join Us!!
Corn Hole: tournament raised around $1,400 and the winner selected AIO Food Pantry as the recipient.
Next Week’s Speaker: Lane Sturtevant / Ava Baeza, Maine Voting Process