Farmington Rotary will not be meeting on Thanksgiving so members can spend time with their families. Next meeting December 5, 2019
Club Information
Serving Our Local & Global Communities Since 1925
Service Above Self
We meet Thursdays at 7:00 AM
UMF Olsen Student Center
UMF Olsen Student Center
111 South Street North Dining Hall
PO Box 864
Farmington, ME 04938
United States
PO Box 864
Farmington, ME 04938
United States
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President Sue Pratt congratulates Mike Cormier on his second Paul Harris Fellowship.
Thank you Mike for your significant donations to the Rotary Foundation!
Michaela Wright and Allie Cox recently shared their experience at RYLA, Rotary Youth Leadership Awards, in Caratunk. Rotary sponsored this leadership development opportunity that featured a ropes course, white water rafting and so much more.
Future Rotarians???? Hopefully!!!! They get it.
Mt. Blue Interact Club President Brooke Bolduc helped paint pinkies purple.
PDG Al displayed and explained the reason for purple pinkies.
Bonita Lehigh, Founder of The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, was sponsored by Ann Yorks.
Chris Hollingsworth, RSU 73 Curriculum & Technology Coordinator was sponsored by Mike Cormier.
Heidi Hedstrom shared very useful cybertech information with
our club today. Heidi owns Hedstrom Tech Services.
President J. Richard Veilleux of the St-Georges Rotary Club hands PDG Doug Ibarguen of the Farmington Rotary Club a $500US donation to Farmington Rotary Club's Cabot Cheese Fundraiser. All proceeds from this 3rd Annual event are going to benefit the Farmington Firemen's Benevolent Association and the Farmington Disaster Relief Fund. The contribution was gratefully received in St-Georges, QC at the District Assembly.
We had a great visit from a delegation from Rotary Club de Levis! It was great to see President Christine Bellerive again
and hear priorities for the Levi club. She has invited us to join them and visit their club.
Bonita Lehigh, Founder and Executive Director of The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies,
spoke to our Rotary Club this morning about this exciting project.
Karen Henderson, Employment Specialist at Western Maine Community Action joined us after being sponsored by
Dalene Sinskie and inducted by Past President Frank Underkuffler
UMF Admissions Director, our own Lisa Ellrich, gave an interesting look into
the current world of College Admissions.
Above: Amanda Hall shares fascinating information about the continued culture war in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
Below: Vice President Terri Winslow thanks Rhonda Irish, Town Manager of Wilton, for her presentation.
Susy Sanders displaying some of the crowns made with help from fellow club members for
this year's Wonderland
Robert "Bob" Neal entertained the club as our speaker with anecdotes from his life.
Value of Rotary volunteering
Value of Rotary volunteeringA special report prepared for Rotary International by the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies estimated the value of Rotary member volunteer
The Sustainability Challenge
10 years into the Rotary-USAID water and sanitation partnership, here’s what worked, what didn’t — and
6 humanitarians honored for their work with refugees
Six humanitarians who are members of the family of Rotary were honored as People of Action: Connectors Beyond Borders during the 2019
Hoops on the Hudson
In Yonkers, New York, a new basketball court four years in the making provides valuable life lessons to the community’s kids — and its
World Polio Day cheers major achievements toward global polio eradication
Health officials announce type 3 of the wild poliovirus has been completely eradicated, a major step toward a polio-free world.
