It started out as a very intimate Rotary Social event on Thursday, April 19th at the Seacoast Repertory Theatre. Local Rotarians from Portsmouth sharing a cocktail and pizza in The Rep’s theatre atrium, discussing The Rep and the current show “In The Heights”. . .
Ramona Dow and Cathy Nickerson recently announced our Basic Needs Committee's first Annual Partnership. The local non-profit selected: Richie McFarland Children's Center. For more about 'Richie' visit their website at www.richiemcfarland.org.
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Last Call for Vocational Award Nominees!
Thank you to those who have submitted their nominations for this year's Vocational Awards. Consider this the last call to get your nominations in by May 24th as the nominating committee will be meeting prior to our club meeting at 11am to make the final decisions. The recipients will be awarded at the June 21st meeting. Please let me know if you would like to be part of the committee.
Friendly reminder and background on what exactly the Vocational Award is:
Vocational Service is the second of Rotary's 5 Avenues of Service.
Each year the Portsmouth Rotary honors 4 individuals representing 4 categories within Vocational Service:
1. Public Service
2. Health and Human Services
3. Education
4. General Category
Please take the time to think of the people you encounter in your daily routine that may not always get the recognition they deserve.
This is your opportunity to nominate this unsung hero and have them recognized on June 21st with a plaque as well as a donation to the charity of their choice.
As well as asking for your nominations, I invite you to sit on the committee with myself and Caitlin Burke to screen the nominations and select the most deserving in each category.
PLEASE GET ALL NOMINATIONS TO LEXI LEDDY BY OUR MAY 24TH MEETING !
Book Donation to Richie McFarland Center
Attached is a photo of our presentation of books to Richie McFarland Children’s Center for our bulletin. We presented 92 books.
And a Hands On Project at the Richie McFarland Center
On the Saturday preceding Mother's Day, Rotarians along with some of their children gathered at the Richie McFarland Children's Center to help spruce up the grounds. Loam was spread and mulch beds edged and re-mulched. A crew also took on the task of re-shingling the roof of one of the sheds on the property.
The work was greatly appreciated by the center and especially the groundskeeper.
Seeking Applications for our Club's Second Annual Partnership
The Basic Needs Committee is actively seeking candidates for our Club's Second Annual Partnership, which will begin in September. Non profits meeting basic needs (food, health, shelter, or clothing) are eligible for consideration. Click on the link below for the application. The deadline for submission being July 13. Please contact Cathy Nickerson, Lindsey Hery, Diane Lavigne, or Bob Lewis for applications or additional information.
The Basic Needs Committee is actively seeking candidates for our Club's Second Annual Partnership, which will begin in September. Non profits meeting basic needs (food, health, shelter, or clothing) are eligible for consideration. Click on the link below for the application. The deadline for submission being July 13. Please contact Cathy Nickerson, Lindsey Hery, Diane Lavigne, or Bob Lewis for applications or additional information.
Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Applications and Service Project
At the surface, RYLA is a four-day, three-night leadership program for students entering their junior year of high school. It is a chance for students to grow as leaders and people on an individual level while in a group setting at Camp Hinds. We invite you to come volunteer to Clean up Camps Hinds on Saturday June 9th at Camp Hinds in Raymond Maine 9:00AM. We use this day to prepare for running RYLA the end of June. This is a great opportunity for Rotarians to work alongside RYLA Staff and Alumni to build bonds in service. Please contact Phil Giordano at Philtastic7780@gmail.com for a list of projects and to let him know you will be attending.
RYLA CAMP also needs vounteer for registration and kick off on Sunday June 24th at Camp Hinds Raymond ME between 7:45 am—12:30 pm Rotarians are invited to Stay for the RYLA Kickoff and Lunch at 11:00 am at the Dining Hall.
Lastly, Rotarians are also invited to attend the "Final Camp Fire & Camper Skits & Candle Light Ceremony, Tuesday June 26th between 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm the cost is $10.00.
Sorry We Missed You
If you have a makeup for a missed meeting, please email it to the following link:
Check Your Profile
The Communications Committee is asking that everyone log onto ClubRunner and check your profile to make sure it is up to date. Change is part of life and we hope to be able to reflect those changes in our website. Happy surfing.
Rotary Connections is back!!!
Rotary Connections let’s our members know that their Rotary club is thinking of them. Members facing a health issue, death in the family or a life celebration, we are here!
If you know of any of our members who may need a Rotary Connections, please reach out to the Cathy Nickerson or President Ben.
Let us Know What is Happening!
If you have an event or news that you would like to share with your fellow Rotarians, please forward the information to Dennis Moulton for inclusion in the weekly eBulletin. My contact information is d-moulton@comcast.net. And please send photos!
Rotary Log for Meeting of May 17, 2018
Beautiful day for a Rotary meeting and an equally beautiful National Anthem. (To be honest, I missed the National Anthem. I'm just assuming it was beautiful.) In fact, I later found out, it wasn’t the National Anthem at all we sang. Oh well.
Happy Dollars.
Lots and lots of happy dollars today. Judy Loto was happy that her husband got his MBA and a Rotarian daughter graduated summa cum laude and is going to work for Google. If you don't believe it, that’s right, Google it! Another Rotarian was happy his son graduated first grade.
Peg is doing better and thank you to the Rotarians who looked in on her. Two Rotarians gave happy dollars just because they were happy to be in a room full of good people doing good things. We know that, but it sure is nice to hear it every now and then.
Announcements.
The club received a thank you note from Georgia Dickinson, now away on a trip to Italy with a group of PHS students. We gave her a bunch of 2017 Rotary Christmas Tree ornaments to give away as hostess gifts…
Sign up now for the Rotary Golf Tournament slated for June 22… Next week is the Rotary Scholarship program…
Bring clothes for Nancy. Well, not exactly for Nancy, but for the Friends in Action thrift store in Durham… The raffle today was $88 with no match. That's it for your news bites.
The program.
When it comes to art, I always feel like I'm a bit of a cretin. Lainey McCartney, however, has a way of making it all seem so understandable. Lainey was on hand to tell us about the Gertrude Fisk Show now going on at the Discover Portsmouth Center. When she finished speaking about Ms Fisk, I actually felt like I had learned something about art.
Now I am going to try desperately not to be a snob around friends and say things like, "Oh, you don’t know who Gertrude Fisk was?? Really?? You are soooo pedestrian."
Lainey McCartney is the Curatorial Associate of the Discover Portsmouth Center. She grew up in a very artistic family. While not an artist herself, she loves studying and lecturing on art. She discovered a collection of paintings by Gertrude Fisk and became enamored with her. This led to her to studying all of Fisk’s work and wanting to bring it to the Discover Portsmouth Center as an exhibit.
Gertrude Fisk was born to a wealthy Boston family in 1879. She died in 1961. She was educated at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, graduating class of 1911. In college, she was the star student of impressionist Edmund Tarbell, of New Castle fame. They were a mutual admiration society and his influence is clear in her works. She also practiced her craft under artist Charles Woodbury in Ogunquit every summer.
Empowered by the suffrage movement, she came into a profession which did not particularly welcome women. But her family was full of strong, brave women. Therefore, she was naturally inclined to be enlightened, thoughtful and daring. World War I helped her a little bit because men were being called off to Europe. Women took their places in the workforce and in the art world. Her use of light, color, and technological developments was ground breaking. Her show of confidence of women in her paintings was like no other female artist of the time.
Fisk was also a remarkable etcher. Interestingly, she was also an incredible athlete and would have been a pro golfer had she not decided to focus on her art. She became a nationally recognized artist and lived a very comfortable life selling her paintings.
So that you, too, can wow your friends at cocktail parties, or if you just want to see some really cool paintings, I have a suggestion. Go to the Discover Portsmouth Center and see "Gertrude Fisk: American Master.” The exhibition is open until September 30, 2018 and there are a variety of lecture series and symposiums scheduled throughout the spring and summer. Yeah, I know you've got to get the yard ready for the summer and do some painting. And more planting. But just go to this. You will thank yourself.
Respectfully submitted, Jonathan Flagg
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