Opening Ceremonies: President Carl Lusby called the meeting to order.  Invocation by Ray Williams and we said the Pledge of Allegiance.
 
Greeter: Gene Pellerano
 
Make-ups: Jo Cooper, Andrea Mason, Bruce Fisher, Lincoln Ehrlenbach, Laura Pellerano, Ashley Johnson for helping with Blue Hill Fair.
Carl Lusby, Marian Wells, David Wells and Charlene Churchill for attending the Membership Committee meeting.
Linda Fuller, Irv Hodgkins, David Wells, Wheaton, Bruce Fisher, Bill Casale, Jack Frost, Ray Williams and Carl Lusby for helping with the Freshman BBQ.
Lincoln Ehrlenbach and Julie Clark – District Meeting
Tracy Shaffer, Scott Kimball, Ray Williams, Dana Reiter for attending the Donations Committee Meeting.
 
Birthdays: Dane Reiter – September 7th
 
Door Prizes: Bouquet of Flowers to Cheryl Callnan,  Cooking Package to Bruce Fisher, BHBT Tumbler to Nancy Mayo, Pedometer to Larry Fernald.
 
Rotary Minute: Jo Cooper shared a Rotary Minute
 
50/50:  $13.00 to Tony Bouchard
 
Happy Dollars Highlights: Tony Bouchard, Bill Casale, Lincoln Ehrlenbach, Dom Efter, Iris Simon, Jack Frost, Jo Cooper, Charlene Churchill, Ashley Johnson, Debbie Ehrlenbach, Doug Kell, Carl Lusby and Nancy Mayo all gave happy dollars this week. All happy dollars will go towards the Challenger Little League.
 
Rotary Business:  
 
Autumn Gold Pancake Breakfast (Wheelchair  Project Fundraiser for Costa Rica) – Saturday, September 24th at the Ellsworth Elementary Middle School. We are looking for 25 volunteers to help with the breakfast. Please contact Dave or Cheryl to sign up.
 
RYLA – We will be sending a young man to RYLA on September 16th-18th. He works at TD Bank in Ellsworth. Thanks Dom!
 
RLI- The Rotary Leadership Institute will return to District 7790 on Saturday, November 5, 2016 at Lewiston – Auburn College.  Please let Carl know if you are interested in attending.
 
Finding a New Home for our Club- The Location Committee spoke to the club about the two final choices that best fits our needs for our club. There were the Elks Lodge and the Moore Community Center.  The committee shared their work and answered questions regarding the final selections and the search process that arrived at this point.
We will keep minutes of the discussion and meeting to send by email to the members unable to attend the meeting and provide an electronic voting opportunity so all the members can have input before the final selection for our new meeting place is announced on Tuesday, September 13th.
 
Program/Speaker: President Carl Lusby was our guest speaker this week! Carl spoke to the club about The Rotary Foundation.
 
At the 1917 convention, outgoing Rotary President Arch Klumph proposed to set up an endowment “for the purpose of doing good in the world.” In 1928, it was renamed The Rotary Foundation, and it became a distinct entity within Rotary International.
 
In 1929, the Foundation made its first gift of $500 to the International Society for Crippled Children. The organization, created by Rotarian Edgar F. “Daddy” Allen, later grew into Easter Seals.
When Rotary founder Paul Harris died in 1947, contributions began pouring in to Rotary International, and the Paul Harris Memorial Fund was created to build the Foundation
 
1947: The Foundation established its first program, Fellowships for Advance Study, later known as Ambassadorial Scholarships.
 
1965-66: Three programs were launched: Group Study Exchange, Awards for Technical Training, and Grants for Activities in Keeping with the Objective of The Rotary Foundation, which was later called Matching Grants.
 
1978: Rotary introduced the Health, Hunger and Humanity (3-H) Grants. The first 3-H Grant funded a project to immunize 6 million Philippine children against polio.
 
1985: The PolioPlus program was launched to eradicate polio worldwide.
 
1987-88: The first peace forums were held, leading to Rotary Peace Fellowships.
 
2013: New district, global, and packaged grants enable Rotarians around the world to respond to the world’s greatest needs.
Since the first donation of $26.50 in 1917, the Foundation has received contributions totaling more than $1 billion.
 
Respectfully submitted by Ashley Johnson
 
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