Join you fellow Club Members for an afternoon of laughter at The Public Theatre in Lewiston. 

Elise Chase is the Director of Crisis Services and has been with Sweetser since 2019. In this role, she oversees mobile crisis intervention, crisis triage, and the OPTIONS program. Elise has extensive experience within Sweetser, having worked in various programs including residential services, crisis stabilization units, and mobile crisis intervention. Prior to her current role, she served as the Clinical Supervisor for Mobile Crisis in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford counties. She is an LMSW-cc, CCS (Certified Clinical Supervisor), and has her MHRT-csp certifications. Elise earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology and her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Southern Maine. A local to Maine, she is dedicated to serving her community and is passionate about delivering essential services throughout the state. Outside of work, Elise enjoys traveling and spending time with family.

Instead of a morning meeting, please join us this Evening for the Act Club Dinner as seen in the Upcoming Events.

Help with Food prep and serving for the Act Club dinner.  Also, please bring a dessert.

The Price is Right event at Mt. Blue H.S,

A Rotary Club Assembly is a regular club meeting dedicated to discussing and coordinating club business, such as future plans, projects, and committee reports, rather than a formal program. These assemblies provide a forum for member participation, enabling the sharing of ideas, addressing concerns, and fostering a collective understanding of the club's direction, with the club president typically leading the discussion to ensure transparency and engagement. 

Key Purposes of a Rotary Club Assembly

• Monitoring Progress:

Directors and committee chairs provide updates to the club on their projects and activities. 

• Strategic Planning:

The assembly serves as a platform to develop long-term plans, coordinate committee efforts, and discuss upcoming initiatives for the new Rotary year. 

• Member Engagement:

Assemblies encourage members, especially new ones, to learn about the club's operations and contribute their ideas and feedback. 

• Information Sharing:

Members exchange information on topics of importance to the club, ensuring everyone is informed about goals and ongoing activities. 

• Education:

The meetings offer ongoing education about Rotary, including the importance of membership development, community outreach, and Rotary's values. 

How a Club Assembly Typically Works

• Leadership:

The club president or a designated officer leads the assembly, guiding discussions and ensuring member interests are addressed. 

• No Formal Program:

Unlike a standard Rotary meeting, a club assembly lacks a pre-scheduled guest speaker or entertainment, focusing instead on internal club business and member interaction. 

• Focus on the Future:

While past performance might be reviewed, the primary goal is to look forward, outlining the president's aspirations and the plans of various committees for the upcoming Rotary year. 

• Member Input:

The assembly provides a crucial opportunity for members to voice their ideas, concerns, and commitments to the club's goals. 

Why They Are Important

• Transparency:

Assemblies promote transparency and inclusivity by providing a clear channel for communication between club leaders and members. 

• Shared Vision:

By involving members in the planning process, assemblies help create a shared vision and commitment to the club's success. 

• Improved Administration:

Regular assemblies facilitate effective club administration by fostering communication and allowing for adjustments to plans.

Come learn about how to care for your Apple trees.  It doesn,t matter if you have 2 trees or 500 trees, they need to be pruned to grow.  Bring any questions you may have.  We will be providing lunch afterwards.

Dick Brown, an altruistic/non directed donor discusses why he decided to be a donor and what it means to him.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_Sy20yOW4S/

Chief Hardy has worked for the Farmington Fire Department for 25 years.  He is a 1997 graduate of Mt. Blue High School.  He holds the following certifications: Certified Firefighter 1 and 2 (Maine State Fire Academy), Fire Officer 1 and 2 (Maine Fire Service Institute), Fire Instructor (Maine Fire Institute), Licensed Emergency Medical Technician (Maine EMS), Fire Inspector 1 (National Fire Protection Association), and Rescue Systems 1 (New Hampshire Fire Academy). Chief Hardy currently serves as the Training Coordinator for the Franklin County Firemen’s Association. 

Chief Hardy has served as Firefighter, Senior Fire Instructor, Captain, Fire Chief (Livermore Falls), and Emergency Medical Technician (Northstar EMS)

Hear Les Harding's attestation to his life's journey.

Enter by back entrance, downstairs in the conference room.  The Invasives workshop will start soon after our meeting ends. Would folks please bring morning food items?  Muffins? Anything breakfasty.  Patty will have coffee going, and will pick up a few DD donuts.

Matt will be there to open the door at 6 a.m.

Lunch is provided!

A Rotary Club Assembly is a regular club meeting dedicated to discussing and coordinating club business, such as future plans, projects, and committee reports, rather than a formal program. These assemblies provide a forum for member participation, enabling the sharing of ideas, addressing concerns, and fostering a collective understanding of the club's direction, with the club president typically leading the discussion to ensure transparency and engagement. 

Key Purposes of a Rotary Club Assembly

• Monitoring Progress:

Directors and committee chairs provide updates to the club on their projects and activities. 

• Strategic Planning:

The assembly serves as a platform to develop long-term plans, coordinate committee efforts, and discuss upcoming initiatives for the new Rotary year. 

• Member Engagement:

Assemblies encourage members, especially new ones, to learn about the club's operations and contribute their ideas and feedback. 

• Information Sharing:

Members exchange information on topics of importance to the club, ensuring everyone is informed about goals and ongoing activities. 

• Education:

The meetings offer ongoing education about Rotary, including the importance of membership development, community outreach, and Rotary's values. 

How a Club Assembly Typically Works

• Leadership:

The club president or a designated officer leads the assembly, guiding discussions and ensuring member interests are addressed. 

• No Formal Program:

Unlike a standard Rotary meeting, a club assembly lacks a pre-scheduled guest speaker or entertainment, focusing instead on internal club business and member interaction. 

• Focus on the Future:

While past performance might be reviewed, the primary goal is to look forward, outlining the president's aspirations and the plans of various committees for the upcoming Rotary year. 

• Member Input:

The assembly provides a crucial opportunity for members to voice their ideas, concerns, and commitments to the club's goals. 

Why They Are Important

• Transparency:

Assemblies promote transparency and inclusivity by providing a clear channel for communication between club leaders and members. 

• Shared Vision:

By involving members in the planning process, assemblies help create a shared vision and commitment to the club's success. 

• Improved Administration:

Regular assemblies facilitate effective club administration by fostering communication and allowing for adjustments to plans.

Based in Lewiston, Maine the United Way of Western Maine has been proudly serving the local community since 1932. In 2018, we added Oxford County to our service area, and in 2025 we added Franklin County.

OUR VISION & MISSION

We are a visible organization that focuses on contributors and volunteers as customers and are in the forefront of challenging citizens, businesses, agencies, and ourselves to address the vital human needs of our communities.

Our mission is to increase the organized capacity of people in Androscoggin, Franklin, and Oxford Counties to care for one another.

A Rotary Club Assembly is a regular club meeting dedicated to discussing and coordinating club business, such as future plans, projects, and committee reports, rather than a formal program. These assemblies provide a forum for member participation, enabling the sharing of ideas, addressing concerns, and fostering a collective understanding of the club's direction, with the club president typically leading the discussion to ensure transparency and engagement. 

Key Purposes of a Rotary Club Assembly

• Monitoring Progress:

Directors and committee chairs provide updates to the club on their projects and activities. 

• Strategic Planning:

The assembly serves as a platform to develop long-term plans, coordinate committee efforts, and discuss upcoming initiatives for the new Rotary year. 

• Member Engagement:

Assemblies encourage members, especially new ones, to learn about the club's operations and contribute their ideas and feedback. 

• Information Sharing:

Members exchange information on topics of importance to the club, ensuring everyone is informed about goals and ongoing activities. 

• Education:

The meetings offer ongoing education about Rotary, including the importance of membership development, community outreach, and Rotary's values. 

How a Club Assembly Typically Works

• Leadership:

The club president or a designated officer leads the assembly, guiding discussions and ensuring member interests are addressed. 

• No Formal Program:

Unlike a standard Rotary meeting, a club assembly lacks a pre-scheduled guest speaker or entertainment, focusing instead on internal club business and member interaction. 

• Focus on the Future:

While past performance might be reviewed, the primary goal is to look forward, outlining the president's aspirations and the plans of various committees for the upcoming Rotary year. 

• Member Input:

The assembly provides a crucial opportunity for members to voice their ideas, concerns, and commitments to the club's goals. 

Why They Are Important

• Transparency:

Assemblies promote transparency and inclusivity by providing a clear channel for communication between club leaders and members. 

• Shared Vision:

By involving members in the planning process, assemblies help create a shared vision and commitment to the club's success. 

• Improved Administration:

Regular assemblies facilitate effective club administration by fostering communication and allowing for adjustments to plans.

Join us for a Potluck Dinner as we transition to a new slate of Club Officers.

Our Annual Yard Sale to raise funds to support the multiple Scholarships awarded to Mt. Blue High School & Mt. Abram High School Graduates.

Avery Boucher and K9 Foster

Farmington District
Warden since 2023. K9 handler since 2026.

K9 Foster is a high speed but focused male labrador retriever that has intense ball drive. Certified in tracking, evidence search, hasty air scent search, and human remains detection, he brings energy and focus to every deployment.

Warden Boucher enjoys how rewarding working a K9 is. Seeing the progress from hard work and dedication put into training with the end results helping people finding lost loved ones.

General Information

Entrants must observe all applicable rules and regulations and follow all instructions from police or parade officials. The 4^th of July Day Committee reserves the right to remove any entrant from the parade either prior to assembly, at assembly or at any time during the parade.

RELEASE – All entries must sign a Release, Waiver & Indemnity Form.

TIME – Lineup will begin at the UMF Parking Lot Behind the Student Center on High Street at 8:00 a.m. First unit steps off to begin the parade promptly at 10:00 a.m.

AWARDS – Entries will be judged prior to the parade. All entrants interested in being judged must be in line by 9:30 a.m. The 1st place winners in each category will receive a blue ribbon and a $50 Chamber Bucks Coupon, 2nd place winners will receive a red ribbon and a $25 Chamber Bucks Coupon, and 3rd place winners will receive a white ribbon.

    RAIN DATE - Parade will occur rain or shine.

Public Works Director, Philip Hutchins, and Town Manager, Erica LaCroix, will join us to talk about some of Farmington Public Works projects.

A Rotary Club Assembly is a regular club meeting dedicated to discussing and coordinating club business, such as future plans, projects, and committee reports, rather than a formal program. These assemblies provide a forum for member participation, enabling the sharing of ideas, addressing concerns, and fostering a collective understanding of the club's direction, with the club president typically leading the discussion to ensure transparency and engagement. 

Key Purposes of a Rotary Club Assembly

• Monitoring Progress
• Strategic Planning
• Member Engagement
• Information Sharing
• Education

How a Club Assembly Typically Works

• Leadership:

The club president or a designated officer leads the assembly, guiding discussions and ensuring member interests are addressed. 

• No Formal Program:

Unlike a standard Rotary meeting, a club assembly lacks a pre-scheduled guest speaker or entertainment, focusing instead on internal club business and member interaction. 

• Focus on the Future:

While past performance might be reviewed, the primary goal is to look forward, outlining the president's aspirations and the plans of various committees for the upcoming Rotary year. 

• Member Input:

The assembly provides a crucial opportunity for members to voice their ideas, concerns, and commitments to the club's goals. 

JP Fortier, Executive Director of the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, will provide us with an update on the Chamber of Commerce and upcoming activities.

Volunteers will work with LEAP to repair a client's deck to improve accessibility to their home.

Sarah Patterson offers a lifestyle program called Carpe Diem Fitness that includes weight training, nutrition, and bodybuilding. Sarah works as a personal trainer and nutrition coach helping clients reach their goals.

Fit Girls is a running, reading, and caring program for 4th and 5th grade girls that operates for 6 weeks after school in the fall and the spring.

A Rotary Club Assembly is a regular club meeting dedicated to discussing and coordinating club business, such as future plans, projects, and committee reports, rather than a formal program. These assemblies provide a forum for member participation, enabling the sharing of ideas, addressing concerns, and fostering a collective understanding of the club's direction, with the club president typically leading the discussion to ensure transparency and engagement. 

Key Purposes of a Rotary Club Assembly

• Monitoring Progress:

Directors and committee chairs provide updates to the club on their projects and activities. 

• Strategic Planning:

The assembly serves as a platform to develop long-term plans, coordinate committee efforts, and discuss upcoming initiatives for the new Rotary year. 

• Member Engagement:

Assemblies encourage members, especially new ones, to learn about the club's operations and contribute their ideas and feedback. 

• Information Sharing:

Members exchange information on topics of importance to the club, ensuring everyone is informed about goals and ongoing activities. 

• Education:

The meetings offer ongoing education about Rotary, including the importance of membership development, community outreach, and Rotary's values. 

How a Club Assembly Typically Works

• Leadership:

The club president or a designated officer leads the assembly, guiding discussions and ensuring member interests are addressed. 

• No Formal Program:

Unlike a standard Rotary meeting, a club assembly lacks a pre-scheduled guest speaker or entertainment, focusing instead on internal club business and member interaction. 

• Focus on the Future:

While past performance might be reviewed, the primary goal is to look forward, outlining the president's aspirations and the plans of various committees for the upcoming Rotary year. 

• Member Input:

The assembly provides a crucial opportunity for members to voice their ideas, concerns, and commitments to the club's goals. 

Why They Are Important

• Transparency:

Assemblies promote transparency and inclusivity by providing a clear channel for communication between club leaders and members. 

• Shared Vision:

By involving members in the planning process, assemblies help create a shared vision and commitment to the club's success. 

• Improved Administration:

Regular assemblies facilitate effective club administration by fostering communication and allowing for adjustments to plans.

We will be meeting at the Western Maine Community Action Office in Wilton, after our morning meeting, to fill around 200 backpacks for local children. 

Entrepreneur, current small business owner, lover of Maine and road cycling enthusiast. The Shoe Guy is a brick and mortar comfort shoe store, nestled in the western Maine hub of Farmington. Feet are about to be comfy round here!

My belief is that customer service isn’t just a thing sales people have to focus on, it’s the only thing, and it’s lacking in businesses of all types today. The way I plan on making customer service the only thing is to branch out as an entrepreneur and start my own business. Enter in The Shoe Guy!

I will continue to work on helping my community by merging my dreams with my biggest passions; the Maine outdoors, comfort and health, and road cycling. I plan to devote my future towards achieving these goals, by helping my community walk in comfort, and to put Maine on the map as a go to destination for cycle tourism.

Abby graduated from UMF in May 2025 with a degree in Secondary Education, Social Studies. While at UMF, she nurtured her longstanding interest in photography and developed her skills as a student employee in the marketing department. Following graduation, she continued working with the department over the summer and, though initially set on becoming a teacher, found a home combining her passions as a Digital Media Specialist. In this role, she mentors student employees while expressing her creativity and storytelling through photography and social media. Outside of work, Abby loves traveling, attending concerts, and spending time with friends and family. As a former member of UMF’s women’s rugby team, she’s an avid rugby fan and enjoys watching and photographing the sport. Even in her off time, she is still often found behind the camera photographing games, portraits, events, landscapes, and everything in between.

REMEMBERING OUR HERITAGE

When the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife moves to its new Augusta headquarters in 2026 on the east bank of the Kennebec River, the Friends of Fly Rod Crosby will be there to dedicate a monument that will honor Cornelia Thurza Crosby.

“Fly Rod” Crosby was the unsurpassed fly fishing guide of the Rangeley Lakes who took her show on the road in the 1890s to market Maine far and wide. For her vision, outdoor skills and accomplishments, conservation ethic, and advocacy for the licensing of wilderness guides, “Fly Rod” was awarded Maine Guide license Number One.

Inducted into the Maine Women’s Hall of Fame in 2018 she began to receive due recognition for her contribution Maine’s reputation as vacationland.

A BRONZE STATUE TO HONOR FLY ROD

Our mission is to raise the needed funds from private donors and sponsors to present the state of Maine with a bronze statue of Cornelia Crosby which will stand outside the entrance to the new headquarters of the MDIFW (or an appropriate location on the grounds).  Our goal is to unveil the monument at the dedication of the new Department building.  Once she is standing where she can look across the Kennebec our work will be done.

The 2022 Maine budget approved by Governor Janet Mills gave the state permission to buy two parcels of land in Augusta and build a new facility to serve as headquarters for the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.

Volunteers needed to help the Farmington Elks run Bingo at the Farmington Fair.

Monday, September 21st

Volunteer in 2-hour blocks. 12-2 PM, 2:30-4 PM, 4:30-6 PM & 6:30-8 PM

Kenny R. Wing, co-author, The Lost Villages of Flagstaff Lake and noted expert of Benedict Arnold’s march through the Maine wilderness.

Eight years after the Arnold Expedition, the Robert Forbes family traveled the same route from the south side of the St. Lawrence River to the Kennebec River, essentially retracing Arnold’s route in reverse. Based on a true story, the family of six emigrated from England to Canada to build a better life. Circumstances soon forced the family to leave Quebec and join Robert’s brother in the District of Maine. Led by three unscrupulous fur trappers who agreed to guide the young family through the 200-mile wilderness, the family was soon abandoned to fend for themselves. Kalloch draws on the journals of several men from the Arnold Expedition as the Forbes family struggles to reach the Kennebec River.