York ME Rotary - The Rotary Beacon - Archive (Mar 12, 2004)

The Rotary Club of York, Maine Rotary International Theme 2003-2004: "Lend a Hand" Jonathan Majiyagbe, President Rotary International Trish Hunter, Rotary District 7780 Governor	Officers		2003-2004

	President		Steve Lapointe
	President Elect		Doug Gray
	Vice President		Richard Santoro
	Treasurer		Chris Kehl
	Secretary		Ann MacAulay
	Directors:	Club Service	Annette Fazio
		Fundraising	Paul Salacain
		Club Service	Brett Rankin
		Vocational	Tom Elias
		International	Stacie Kerrigan
		Marty Ulan Award	Patricia Murray
		Sergeant-at-Arms	Jim Colson Erik Bergeron
		Chaplain	Jud Knox
		Past-President	John J. Rainone

March 12, 2004

Guests: Andy’s wife Diane; Ben Morong who will soon be a member.

Happy Dollars:

Mary Andrews had some words of wisdom;
Loretta Prescott gave $2-one for the girl scouts’ birthday, founded in 1912, and their cookie sales and the other for a flea market on 3/13/04 at the Union Cong. Church;
Annette is happy her daughter landed a great job with Estee Lauder;
Ben Morong is leaving the ranks of the unemployed and working for Pepperell Bank and Trust;
Ray Bald hopes everyone comes to the play “To God Be the Glory”;
Jim Bartlett had a great time in South Carolina and beat his brother playing golf; John Rainone “demonstrated” the membership committee selection process; Steve LaPointe stated that Doug Gray is away at President-Elect training today;
Ed Kimball will be married next week 61 years!
Elmer told a joke—"Who wants to live to be 90?…someone who’s 89!"

Club Anniversaries - Don Sweet and Jud Knox

Raffle- Loretta won!

Next week is club assembly, Board meeting this coming Wednesday at Remax.

Sell those hot tub tickets and Spring dance tickets.

Greeters next week- Russ Thompson and Don Sweet.

Birthdays- Elmer and Jeff McConnell

Speaker—Cpt. Scott Flanders of the Salvation Army; works at the Portsmouth Citadel, married to Leslie Flanders who is also a captain; they have 3 children, born and raised in Dover, De.

His work for the Salvation Army encompasses the greater seacoast area; if the need is legitimate they will help in whatever form possible…run a soup kitchen, a food pantry, and cash assistance. The soup kitchen is open everyday except Thanksgiving. On Thanksgiving Day the Portsmouth Rotary has a dinner. The Salvation Army is a church, and Scott is an ordained minister. He met his wife through the Salvation Army.

The Joan Crock Donation – 1.6 Billion dollars to the Salvation Army. She built a beautiful sports/activity building in San Diego about 10 years ago. Her dream was to build about 30 of these facilities across the nation. The money is going to be dispersed to the 4 different territories. No portion of the funds can be utilized for existing programs. The local Salvation Army is still counting on local support! None of the money will go to Maine, New Hampshire, or Vermont as these facilities need to be in large cities so they can be utilized to their maximum and also supported.

Meeting Adjourned.