Yep! You're reading that correctly! We have officially SOLD OUT of our 2019 Car with a Cause raffle tickets!
Next stop~ HARVESTFEST~ October 19th, 2019 to learn who this year's winner is! I hope it's YOU!!!
Welcome to the York Rotary Club!
Service Above Self
We meet Fridays at 7:30 AM
York Harbor Inn
York Harbor Inn
480 York Street
York, ME 03909
United States
York, ME 03909
United States
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Solving real problems takes real commitment and vision. For more than 100 years, Rotary members have used their passion, energy, and intelligence to take action on sustainable projects. From literacy and peace to water and health, we are always working to better our world, and we stay committed to the end.
York Rotary works in conjunction with the mission of rotary international to improve our local as well as our international communities. If you are passionate about service or just want to get involved, come join us. You will be glad you did.
Wildlife Biologist with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, Cory Stearns told us all about the plight of the New England Cottontail, and what his organization and others are doing to help bring back this species from near extinction. To learn more visit their website at www.newenglandcottontail.org
State Representative, Patty Hymanson who represents District 4, and is also on the Health & Human Services Committee visited us yesterday to inform us of all the good things happening at the State House. She provided us with a list of bills that had passed during the last session, and answered questions from our members on what different bills were about. Thank you Dr. Hymanson for a great meeting, and for all you do to help our State!
Abigail Smith, Executive Director of AWS of Kennebunk told the members about the history of the Animal Welfare Society and all about the wonderful things this organization does today. To learn more, visit their website at www.animalwelfaresociety.org
Also, look who joined us today! York Rotary member Kim Trafton, and her very special guest! Welcome back Kim! We missed you!
On Friday, August 2nd, we pulled our July 2019, $500.00 Car with a Cause Early Bird Winner.
Congratulations to:
R. Hershbery, of York Maine!
Thank you for your support!
Andy Glazier, District Governor of Rotary District #7780 visited the club this morning with his lovely wife Pam Gray.
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We welcomed Chelsea Fitton, who is the Sr. Program & Community Engagement Manager from Friends Forever International, along with several students and staff to our meeting last Friday. The students told us about life in Ireland, and how even in 2019 there remains a divide between Protestants and Catholics. To learn more about this amazing organization that is bringing kids together, please visit their website at www.ff.international
June 21, 2019
Another great meeting day in the books!
The morning meeting started with a presentation by York High School student Ella. Ella has a girl scouts project that she has been working on, where she is proposing to erect Little Libraries in 6 different locations throughout the Town of York. Ella made a wonderful presentation on where the 6 locations areproposed, what is needed for each Little Library, and even provided a schematic on how they would be constructed. We were HAPPY to provide her with a donation to support these efforts!
Next, we welcomed our newest member Fred Diehl. Mr. Diehl lives right here in Town, and is the local Edward Jones representative located on Woodbridge Road. Welcome aboard!
Last, but certainly not least, we welcomed our speakers, Jacob Ouellette and Josh Sawyer from the Sanford Mainers Baseball Organization. Mr Ouellette told us about this wonderful league and the wonderful things that they do for kids in the community. In the above photo President Toni Joerres presented them with a check to support their summer youth camp program. To learn more about this organization or to see the game schedule, please visit their website at www.sanfordmainers.com
Such a fun meeting on Friday! The very talented York Middle School Jazz Band joined us for breakfast and performed an outstanding mini concert! These kids not only did a great job, they did it on their own. Band Director Jimi Neel had a last minute emergency and was unable to attend. Amazing talent ~ I really wish I had thought to tape the concert so I could have posted it here. If you closed your eyes you'd never had guessed they were 12, 13 and 14 years old!!! Incredible!
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Another busy meeting!! This morning started by congratulating the recipients of the York Rotary Clubs 2019 Scholarship winners. The top photo includes Erica Waterbury, Erika Shea, Hannah Gennaro Sophia Newton, Payton Nickerson and their families. Such an amazing group of young future leaders!
The next order of business was to draw the May 2019 "Car with a Cause" early bird winner. Ms. Gennaro helped by drawing the winning ticket # 436, belonging to B. Medeiros of Center Barnstead, NH. We will be mailing a check to him, AND will be putting his ticket back into the tub to be eligible to win again! Congratulations!
Lastly, our speaker today was Jim Christiansen of the Amenyo Foundation. Mr. Christiansen told us of all the good his organization is doing in Ghana. To learn more about the Amenyo Foundation, please visit their website at www.amenyofoundation.org.
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I just found some photos that were sent to me from the action packed meeting on April 26th at the York Harbor Inn! The YMS Interact Club gave us an update on this years Purple Pinky Project; the April YMS Student of the Month was recognized and we had the pleasure of the York High School Drama club sing a few tunes from their play "Oliver!" Just more proof of all the FUN we have on Friday Mornings!!!!
At this mornings York Maine Rotary Club meeting, we had the pleasure of meeting YMS Student of the Month Gunner Sullivan. Mr. Sullivan was joined by his teacher Samantha Pagano, Dr. Barbara Maling, and President Joerres where he explained why he chose to donate his award to the York Community Food Pantry at YCSA. Great job Gunner!
This morning's speakers were Katie Dodge, PT Director of Rehabilitation Services and Erin Morgan, NP, House Calls Coordinator of York Hospital. They made a presentation about the NEW Older Adults House Calls Program at York Hospital. To learn more please visit, https://www.yorkhospital.com/services/york-hospital-center-for-older-adult-care/ .
Did you know? The York Maine Rotary Club was founded on April 2, 1982~ which was 37 years ago? It began with 17 Charter Members, and was split off from the Ogunquit Rotary Club. If you attended this morning's meeting, you would have learned these facts (and many others) like I did thanks to the wonderful presentation by our own Tony Mont. Thanks Tony!
Nancy Breen of the Hilton-Winn Farm visited our meeting this morning. She introduced us to all the wonderful things this local organization does. To learn more please visit their website at www.hilton-winnfarm.org.
Great meeting yesterday where we heard all about the Layman Way Recovery Center, located in Alfred Maine. Above is speaker Kathy Slattery, who is the District Attorney for York County with club president Toni Joerres. To learn more about this important program please visit their website at https://www.yorkcountymaine.gov/recovery
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MARCH MADNESS~ We held the final drawing on Friday, March 29th at noontime at York Hospital. Here is the complete list of this year's winners~
3/1 Jud Knox #390 $150
3/2 Diana Flynn #222 $100
3/3 Roland Gagne #025 $ 50
3/4 Holly Sargent #341 $300
3/5 Mary Ellen Jendzejec # 276 $ 50
3/6 Larissa Combe #299 $ 50
3/7 Sarah George #002 $ 50
3/8 Holly Sargent #342 $ 50
3/9 Jon James #282 $100
3/10 Sue Ball #024 $300
3/11 Jean Kolak #082 $ 50
3/12 Carol Salacain #164 $ 50
3/13 Marie Aimo #119 $200
3/14 Sharon Litvinchyk # 57 $100
3/15 Pat Murray #129 $150
3/16 Jason Rombali #315 $ 50
3/17 Susan Duncan #225 $250
3/18 Adam Hansen # 43 $ 50
3/19 Dylan Prince #170 $ 50
3/20 Becky Brink #186 $100
3/21 Lewis Stowe #303 $100
3/22 Gail Deroche #254 $200
3/23 Amy Richburg #194 $100
3/24 Thomas Simpson #190 $200
3/25 Karen Ashley # 69 $ 50
3/26 Jackie Grant #109 $ 50
3/27 Laurie Knox #247 $250
3/28 Karen Ashley # 69 $100
3/29 Corinne Grant #294 $ 50
3/30 Kelly Frederick #224 $100
3/31 Kevin Beatty #392 $500
And there it is! Congratulations to all winners and THANK YOU to all who participated. Special thank you to York Hospital and Ruby's Restaurant. We had FUN and hope you did too!
Funds benefit York Community Food Pantry and York Hospital Recovery Center.
Darcie Folsom, Assistant Director spoke to the club this morning about the organization she is involved with called Alteristic. "No one has to do everything....everyone has to do something. What's your Green Dot?" To learn more, visit their website at www.alteristic.org
Student of the Month Hayden, visited the club this morning with his family, his teacher Ellen Rothwell and Principal Barbara Maling. He explained why he chose to have the club send his $100 award to Southern New Hampshire ASPCA. Great job Hayden!
Had a great time yesterday, Tuesday March 19th at the York Elementary School for the KinderKoncerts performance by the Portland Symphony Orchestra. We are proud to partner with several other local businesses to bring this event to our Community! To learn more follow this link: https://portlandsymphony.org/education-community/youth-programs/kinderkonzerts/
Busy Friday~ the winners list continued to GROW! Here's the winners through today's meeting:
3/1 Jud Knox #390 $150
3/2 Diana Flynn #222 $100
3/3 Roland Gagne #025 $ 50
3/4 Holly Sargent #341 $300
3/5 Mary Ellen Jendzejec # 276 $ 50
3/6 Larissa Combe #299 $ 50
3/7 Sarah George #002 $ 50
3/8 Holly Sargent #342 $ 50
3/9 Jon James #282 $100
3/10 Sue Ball #024 $300
3/11 Jean Kolak #082 $ 50
3/12 Carol Salacain #164 $ 50
3/13 Marie Aimo #119 $200
3/14 Sharon Litvinchyk # 57 $100
3/15 Pat Murray #129 $150
3/16 Jason Rombali #315 $ 50
3/17 Susan Duncan #225 $250
3/18 Adam Hansen # 43 $ 50
3/19 Dylan Prince #170 $ 50
3/20 Becky Brink #186 $100
3/21 Lewis Stowe #303 $100
3/22 Gail Deroche #254 $200
Congratulations to all the winners and check out this website next week to see who wins through the end of the month. Due to us NOT having a meeting next Friday, the final drawing will be held at York Hospital on Friday, March 29th. We will publish the final winners list as soon as we can... Stay Tuned!
As a recipient of the Student of the Month Award, York Middle School Student CJ was awarded $100 to donate to her favorite charity. Here is a photo of CJ explaining why she chose to support YCSA with her donation at yesterday's meeting. Thank you CJ! You are a special young lady!
Yesterday was quite a busy meeting! Here's a photo of President Joerres, presenting Tegan Kurzynowski, Programs & Community Engagement Coordinator of Friends Forever with a check towards their mission. To learn more about Friends Forever, visit their website at https://www.ff.international
Our speaker this week was Tony Cameron, Director of Marketing & Communications with the Maine Tourism Association. We were reminded how tourism benefits every corner of our State. Great guy and great organization! To learn more visit their website at https://www.mainetourism.com
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