September 22, 2011: Rotary Log (exchange student)
This past Thursday brought clouds, cool temperatures, and rain showers as we welcomed the Fall season. The PCC kitchen warmed members up with a classic fall meal of pork tenderloin with mashed potatoes and green beans.
Today we welcomed one guest and a few visiting Rotarians: Patty Carter was our guest and George and Patty Rice of the Oxford Hills, ME club joined our meeting on their “week-long Rotary tour”, as they called it.
Last week there was an urgent note that our moose remained unnamed. Well there is breaking news today! Our moose has a name: ACE !
Club members were reminded to check their profiles on Clubrunner and to look out for an email that would be coming soon as an update.
Rick Page and
Marie Brownell motivated members with a call to action today speaking about Rotoract. Rotaract is a stepping stone for 18-30 year olds between Interact and Rotary. It offers this age group the opportunity to serve their communities without the full commitment of Rotary. There are two types of Rotaract, college based and community based. Marie talked about the successful
Marie invited a few members to speak and update the club about similar programs. Tawnee Walling provided a summary of Interact, Ben Wheeler informed the club about RYLA, Rick Page spoke about Youth Exchange, and Neal Oulette educated the club on Friends Forever and somehow avoided a $1 penalty from Marie.
Most importantly, how can the members of our club help? It starts with becoming a mentor to future Rotarians who would like to serve their communities. It provides future members with professional development and an example of what “service above self” really means.
Marie hopes to attain the goal to use the
To wrap up the meeting, the 50/50 raffle was held and Marie drew the ticket of Neal Oulette. Congrats Neal and thank you for extending the additional winnings another week.
In honor of our friend Sam in
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