BING June 12

District Governor: Marty Peak Helman  Boothbay Harbor, Maine

Martyrotary@gmail.com            207-233-8471

 

President Rotary International:  Sakaji Tanaka

One Rotary Center        1560 Sherman Avenue  Evanston, IL 60201

www.rotary.org            847-866-3000

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THE FOUR WAY TEST

 

Of the things we think, say or do:

1. Is it the TRUTH?

2. Is it FAIR to all concerned?

3. Will it build GOODWILL & BETTER FRIENDSHIPS?

4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?

 

THE OBJECT OF ROTARY

            Is to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthy enterprise and, in particular, to encourage and foster:

1. The development of acquaintance as an opportunity for service

2. High ethical standards in business and professions; the recognition of the worthiness of all useful occupations; and the dignifying of each Rotarian's occupation as an opportunity to serve society.

The application of the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business and community life.

 

MAKE UP OPPORTUNITIES

 

Monday:

            Exeter                          Exeter Inn                     12:15 PM

            Rochester                     Governor's Inn              12:15 PM

            Wells, ME                     The Bull "N Claw          7:30 AM

Tuesday:

            Concord                        Cat 'n Fiddle Restaurant 12:15 PM

            Hampton                       Ashworth By the Sea    7:30 AM

            Kittery, ME                   Kittery Estates              7:30 AM

            Kittery After Hours       Weathervane                5:00 PM

Wednesday:

            Biddeford-Saco, ME      Captain's Gallery Rest.  12:15 PM

            Durham Great Bay        Three Chimneys Inn      7:30 AM

            Ogunquit, ME                The Old Village Inn       12 noon

Thursday:

            Kennebunk, ME            Boat Yard Restaurant    12:15 PM

            Seacoast Rotary                        Portsmouth Gas Light    7:30 AM

            Portsmouth                   Portsmouth Country Club           12:15 PM

            Sanford-Springvale, ME Town Club@Fleet Bank            7:30 AM

            South Berwick/Eliot, ME            SB Community Center   7:15 AM

Friday:

            Bow                             Trinity Tavern               7:30 AM

            Portland, ME                 Portland Club                7:15 AM

            York                             York Harbor Inn           7:30 AM

 

Make-up on the web:  www.roti.org or www.rotaryeclubone.org

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BING June 12, 2013

Submitted by Rick Aubin

Pledge: Carol S   Invocation: Dick Clark     4 Way Test: Cindy I      50/50 winner: Cindy I

Visiting Rotarians: Dustin Raymond, Dan Richard, Beth Palmacanio, Bob Lapointe

Announcements:

Ron: rotary pavilion this Saturday for clean up

Nick:  Rotary Night at the Fisher Cats is July 27. So far we have 30 club members and are extending the invitation to other clubs for 10-15 more Rotarians

Bingo 129 people 19 boxes of tickets, team 1 on Thursday. Call to arms was very effective—many people showed up.

Foundation minute: consider making a donation—every little bit counts—help make it every member…

Presentation: Tom, Bess spoke about receiving funding for Rain. Training, equipment, children's school. Women's artistic coop, $8000 raised. Sega partnership with Rotary—the area is in uproar—Mali border in Niger. 20 women who mentor girls, teach the women about health and hygiene, teach how to make crafts—they make money for school. Gave a herd of 20 goats. Breed the animals—sell off the males to support mentoring program. Females help with milk and cheese.

No clean water and need to build a veg. garden. 2 mentors and one child died of cholera. They are building a well. Three seasons of food from the garden. Starting in the fall to dig the well. Gastone Caba, deputy director of Rotary district in Niger.

Tom presented check for $6,500 to Rain for an international project.

Happy Bucks:

Name: Tom, 45 anniversary, went to New York to ground zero—highly recommended

Name: 5 happy bucks to go to Ireland with family

Name: Ron 6 bucks, co-chaired the golf committee thank the Links, sponsors, Ken Plante, Interact club, John Guy won the 50/50 and put it back

Name: Mark nice tournament and won the booze

Name: Kathy happy for smooth running golf tournament

Name: Nick neighbor has stage 4 breast cancer—happy buck, Friday weeksie pizza to help support this lady

Name: graduated Sanford HS on Friday top 10 graduate

Name: nancy nice trip to Turkey, fantastic two weeks, demonstrators were there, did not participate, found out first hand what it was about

Name:Jay 40 years married

Name: Dustin thanks for the visit

Cova: john guy—thanks, ron thanks

Rick thank walgreens

Betsy: Malcolm M was first Rotarian to get a hole in one

Eliot: Centrix bank is the new champion of golf—thank the committee, thanks to Kathy, ron and tracy, golfers like to have fun, disappointed and proud with John with throwing money back, care pharmacy didn’t have to hit a green to win the money

Fines: None, but bring some cash next week!!!

Absent Rotarians:

Scott Behner, Dave Bibber, Mike Bolduc, Rob Boulanger, Frank Cassidy, Marion Cheney, Gary DeColfmacker, Tom Dunnington, Pete Forsythe, Ann French, Ann Goodwin, Norm Heine, Jim Horne, Wally Johnson, Melissa Lesniak, Thad Mansager, Malcolm McNeill, Tom McShera, Jay O'Neill, Nick Pellman, Ken Plante, Don Purdy, Cate Rafferty, Ram Ramdev, Jerry Reese, Dan Shaheen, David Slater, Jennifer Soldati, Craig Stevens, Doug Surina, Matt Sylvia, Jim Verschueren, Laurie Widmark, Peter Widmark

    

Upcoming Speakers:

       

        · 6/19 Melissa Lesniak, trip to Guatemala

        · 6/26 "Passing the Baton" from Amy to Matt!

        · 7/3 No meeting due to holiday

 

The Program today: Martha Hewitt - Greater Seacoast Workforce Coalition

 

Dave: likes going to rotary and seeing the work you do. Great place to speak. Employment coordinator for seacoast health—help people with mental health issue find work

Beth, adults with developmental disabilities

The coalition: been around for a few years, great combo. Lots of groups in the community schools non profits etc. employers are very will to hire as long as skills set is  there. Employers are looking more at peeps with disabilities. Incredible buying power. Employers are not always clear to find the labor pool. Brought everyone together and educated themselves. They can get employers answers.

Education for employers:. Businesses are apprehensive and need info. One way is going to rotary and chambers, partnership with Walmart etc. They don t know the benefits of hiring disabled. Coalition is easier than having separate sites. State has taken off with this concept. Maine is taking a good look.

People in coalition have a common cause. No turf wars. Trust is important and not keeping personal info. Not part of the job in each site but coming together has healed the greater good. See spiral bound book on table. Please take them home.

Question about liability from audience—employee not obligated to tell they are disabled, but they may need to ask for special things. There is money for special considerations so the employer does not have to pay. Case in point—American airline employee need meds that make him dizzy, went to court but decision went to AA. Peeps with mental health illness may be more violent. They assess people from the get go to make good matches and they need to know the ins and outs of the job. This is so they don’t put a drug user near drugs (hospitals)

Question—follow up, provide life coaches, they are there for the duration of the job. 120 people with Seacoast Mental Health. 40 percent working. They develop relationships with business owners—become friends.

Question—what percentage are collect gov't benefits and how does that change? System is designed to have people take bigger steps to employment. Two major types of benefits: economic need and …

People have moved off all of their benefits, but leaving health ins behind is tricky. They need the health benefit.

Question, degree is disability—A: it is all over, Q: what incentive for employer? A: risk is across the board. Incentives: their model—anyone can work but a job may need to be customized.  OJT, the supervision time is subsidized

Question: where are clients working—what jobs

Answer: all over, we make sure they are well place and constantly assess.