To watch a brief video including several great Polio Ambassadors, RI Polio Chair Mike McGovern, Ann Lee Hussey (a Polio survivor) and Past Foundation Trustee Julia Phelps, Click Here.
Serving Our Local & Global Communities Since 1925
Holger Knaack of the Rotary Club of Herzogtum-Mölln, Germany
is the President of Rotary International for 2020-2021.
To read his monthly message click here.
FCHN CEO Trampas Hutches updated the club on the response to COVID-19 at FMH
and joined our club the same day.
Welcome Trampas!
Karen Henderson gave us a very detailed and well-done Classification Talk this morning.Thank you, Karen!
Vera Johnson shared her concept of a Community Memorial of the LEAP disaster
Denise Mochamer & Frank Giampietro, Advisors to the Mt. Blue Middle School Impact Club,
addressed our club on the accomplishments and plans of the 25 to 30 students involved in that group.
We are very appreciative of their work with the group along with Diane Thompson and our own Ann Yorks!
Erica Emery displays her Rotary mug from her 2017 presentation to our club as she updated us on progress at Rustic Roots Farm.
UMF Rotaract President Madison Vigeant receives a "Women in Rotary" Pin
from President Sue Pratt
Patty Cormier joined Farmington Rotary under the classification of Home Brewing and was sponsored by Walter Gooley.
Al Feather is very pleased that we now have our own Home Brewing expert in the club.
Patty's other occupation is being the Maine State Forester.
Welcome Patty!
Derek Hayes shows his drone hovering in mid-air. Derek uses the drone in pursuit of his photography hobby.
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Welcome Jordan Burton sponsored by Susy Sanders and inducted by Past President Frank Underkuffler
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Multiple Paul Harris Fellow presented with appropriate pin recognizing Patty Byers' continued support of the Rotary Foundation. Thank you!
President Sue had the honor to present a Service Above Self Award to a previous member who continues to volunteer and help out our club. It was wonderful to connect with Kym Recco during our Festival of Trees and present her this certificate of appreciation for supporting our Halloween Window Painting again this year.
Past President Mike Cormier & President Sue Pratt display
some of the PJs collected for this year's Christmas Pajama Drive
Farmington Rotary will not be meeting on Thanksgiving so members can spend time with their families. Next meeting December 5, 2019
In a time of social upheaval, where should America go?
Chicago Rotarian Xavier Ramey says the key to creating an equitable society is understanding where we’ve been
Rotarians pledge to restore the monarch butterfly’s disappearing habitat
Seventy-five percent of the world’s plant species are dependent on pollinators, such as the monarch, to survive
History: A Home for Headquarters
The idea that Rotary should own its headquarters dates back at least to the 1920 convention, when RI President Albert Adams said that he hoped to someday see the headquarters in a beautiful building of Rotary’s own.
Hunger hits home: The pandemic reminds us that food insecurity isn’t just ‘over there’
Hunger and malnutrition unleashed by COVID-19 could carry the impact of the pandemic far into the future.
In the face of a pandemic, the important work of fighting polio must continue
Rotary and its partners have mobilized disease-fighting infrastructure to respond to COVID-19 —while remaining dedicated to eradicating polio
Service Above Self
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