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Save the Date! Rotary Golf Tournament October 16, 2020

Sponsorships Now Available to Help Raise $ for Basic Needs

The Rotary Club of Portsmouth, NH is hosting our 27^th Annual Golf Tournament on Friday, October 16th, at Pease Golf Course in Portsmouth, NH.

Corporate and team sponsorships opportunities are available now. Team & individual golfer registrations will become available mid-September. All Rotary members and guests are welcome and individuals will be paired with other players.

The tournament will be a four-player scramble format. Tournament day check-in begins at 8:00 a.m. and shotgun start at 9:00 a.m. Entrance fees are $150 per player, and include lunch, greens fees, practice range, cart fees and a sit-down lunch.

Prizes include 4 place prizes, Top Men’s & Women’s Division, the highly acclaimed Rotary Cup and all par 3’s – Closest to the Pin, and Longest Drive Contest.

Net proceeds from the event will benefit the Portsmouth Rotary Club’s Basic Needs Fund for worthy community non-profit organizations that serve food banks, clothing, shelter and other basic needs.

To register an individual, a team, or to become a tournament sponsor visit https://portsmouthrotary.org/sitepage/golf-tournament or contact Frank Firicano, 978 857-0934 (ffiricano@gmail.com) for more information.

Top of the Week October 21, 2020

Top of the Week!

An Invitation from 3S Artspace

Marketing Manager Sara O’Reilly has reached out on behalf of 3S Artspace to invite our members to their virtual event on 10/21: "An Introduction to Culture Keepers, Culture Makers: Portsmouth Edition" She saw in our Rotary log for October 1 that we had Najee Brown speak about BLM, and thought perhaps their event could be shared as a way to keep the conversation going if people are interested!

Here are the details: -

An Introduction to Culture Keepers, Culture Makers: Portsmouth Edition

Date: Wednesday, October 21 at 7pm

Location: Zoom. This is a virtual event. - Free and open to the public. (Donations welcome!)

More info and to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/an-introduction-to-culture-keepers-culture-makers-virtual-tickets-123053358909 Contact Sara if you have any questions about the event.

Golf Tournament

The Annual Golf Tournament is in the books. We are still waiting for the official tally on how much was raised, but we can share these photos taken by our resident photographer extraordinaire, Don Chick.

photoalbums/portsmouth_rotary-golf-tournament-10-16-2020

Congratulations to this year's winners of the coveted Portsmouth Rotary Cup.

Virtual Fundraising

An article by PDG Marty Helman is now on the home page of the District web site, and seems worthy of sharing widely within our club. We’ve been exploring different ways to manage virtual fundraising and there are some examples here.

https://rotary7780.org/Stories/fundraising-goes-virtual-1'

Keep Up to Date on the COVID-19 Pandemic

For up to date information and available resources in New Hampshire visit the State's web page:

https://www.nh.gov/covid19/?ocid=eventhub

The City of Portsmouth's website is also a great source for local COVID-19 information.

https://www.cityofportsmouth.com/city/covid-19-information

Helping Cross Roads House in These Trying Times

Some of the ways you can still help at Crossroads:

• Meal Preparation - Prepare food in your home and drop it off at the shelter. This includes both dinner entrees and bagged lunches. Whether we provide the ingredients and pans, or you do, this will help us to continue serving residents three meals a day when volunteers are unable to come into the shelter. Please contact our volunteer coordinator, Kristina Siegenthaler, at k.siegenthaler@crossroadshouse.org, or 603.436.2218 ext. 107, for more information.

• Donations of Food and Supplies - Donations of food items and supplies from our “Wish List” are greatly appreciated at this time. You can view our “Wish List” online at www.crossroadshouse.org/donations/wish-list. Donations can be dropped off at the shelter at any time, or you can shop our Amazon.com Wish List (http://a.co/gOnxxkK) from the comfort of your home and have items delivered to the shelter.

• Monetary Support - Our annual “Benefit by the Sea” fundraiser has been posted to August 29, 2020. This event provides funding for nearly 30% of our shelter operating budget. Now more than ever we need your help to ensure we can continue serving some of our most vulnerable neighbors. If you are able, click the link below to make a donation today. The gift you give today will make a tremendous difference for the families and individuals who rely on Cross Roads House to make it through this difficult period.

Rotary Dinner Service the Salvation Army

Yes, even in these trying times, Rotary continues to serve...

Dinner, that is, at the Salvation Army's food truck.

Rotary participation is being limited to two people per service.

If you would like to participate please contact Sara Treacy at 603-661-8588.

New Scholarship Fund Honoring Dr. Clayburgh

Nancy Clayburgh whose husband Jim passed away on Friday, May 1^stwould like to establish a Rotary scholarship fund in his name.

Dr. James B Clayburgh Scholarship Fund. Anyone wishing to support this fund may do so by mailing contribution to Rotary Club of Portsmouth, PO Box 905, Portsmouth NH 03802-0905.

She has moved away but you can still Make Peg’s Day!

Dear Fellow Rotarians:

Especially in these challenging times, it is time to up our communications game.

Our dear Peg Millar has moved (at least temporarily) to be closer to her son, but would still like to keep in touch with all of her Rotary friends. Peg would love to receive cards or other correspondence. Her address is: Peg Millar, Harbor Chase, 4150 Indian River Blvd Vero Beach, FL 32967.

Thank you from Rotary Connections Committee

Rotary Connections is back!!!

Now more than ever 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 Connection, please reach out to the Cathy Nickerson.

Project: Volunteer Surge

Looking to help out in these trying times but don’t know how or where? Check out this opportunity from the Global Impact Group.

Rotarians and their supporters have the opportunity to lead recruitment of the first one million citizens to participate in Volunteer Surge. Together, we can reduce suffering and save lives.

https://theglobalimpactgroup.org/

Rotary Log for October 7, 2020

Rotary Log for Thursday October 8^th, 2020 via Zoom meeting

Another virtual Zoom meeting today led by President Elect Justin. Pandemic President Jon was fighting justice somewhere, but we still had 44 members present anyway.

Al Lantinen kicked things off by singing “My country tis of thee”.

Barbara Miller joined us from Concord State House, wow—is she connected! She also brought two guests, Diane and Sue Polidura. John Rice’s invocation was an edited and timely version of the Prayer of St. Francis. He also disclosed that his wife Joan is having the second cancer surgery tomorrow in Boston. We will all include her in our prayers! Speedy recovery!

Announcements.

Golf Tournament raised $27,000 so far!

Who am I:

Bob Smith – is a financial advisor, lives in Portsmouth with his wife Pamela, lists jalapeno peppers as his favorite food. What we don’t know about Bob is that he used to play drums in a Rock and Roll band as a young lad!

Fines:

If you’re cross checking your mobile phone $2

If your candidate lost in the primary $2

If you have a lawn sign for your candidate $2

Ben Wheeler trash talking about golf and his team $5

Dan Hoefle cutting the ribbon at for the new accessible bathrooms at Portsmouth Discovery Center $20 (insert bathroom humor here)

History Moment:

Ian O’Neail – Mort Schmidt wrote about October which is Vocational Service Month!

Main Program:

Barb Miller introduced Sue Polidura, Republican District 21 Senate candidate for the seat being vacated by retiring Martha Fuller Clark.

Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Sue came to the seacoast originally as a member of the U.S. Air Force. She has since lived in Portsmouth for more than 40 years.

She worked in companies such as Data General and Timberland Company World Headquarters. Most recently, she was employed by several Federal Government agencies. She retired last year from a purchasing agent position at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard.

Sue is a self-described constitutionalist and wants to keep New Hampshire tax free. She is endorsed by the Police Association and is not in favor of defunding the Police. Sue is an avid local historian, especially of the Louis De Rochemont era, a subject she spoke about at Rotary a few years back. Sue gives tours of the North Cemetery. Sue is also president of the Women’s City Club.

For more information about her campaign go to www.suepolidura.com

Our meeting closed with the Four Way Test recited by Past President Ben Wheeler.

Respectfully submitted, Yvonne Legge

Photo captures by Don Chick

New Members Photos

To see photos of our new members click on the following link:

http://portsmouthrotary.org/PhotoAlbums/new-member-photos-welcome

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