WE ARE DELIGHTED TO WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBER, ERICA PLACE, FROM THE ELIOT BRANCH OF KENNEBUNK SAVINGS BANK (Pictured here with our Membership Chair, Stan Shapleigh)

 

We are delighted to have Mary Onken and Amy Miller join our jolly group of do-gooders.  Mary is a retired school teacher and national official of track and field, and Amy is a writer and major community volunteer and also an active booster for the Life and Hope school project in Haiti.  Both have already shown their true colors in volunteerism even in our club's activities.  WE ARE SO GLAD TO WELCOME THEM!

 

The South Berwick - Eliot Rotary Club is proud to welcome another Interact Club.   Our successful and active Interact Club at Marshwood High School, led this year by enthusiastic advisors Grace Jacobs and Carolyn Maugher and a team of hard-working officers, has provided community and global service in many ways and we are so proud of them.  This year, Berwick Academy in South Berwick chartered its service club to join the ranks of the Rotary Interact clubs.  Advisor Jen Onken and a group of approximately 100 students are out and about serving the community and helping in global projects all year long.  Now they are also benefiting from the support of our Rotary club to broaden their experiences, including taking part in the Interact United Nations trip and sending students this coming June to the next session for the Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) camp in Raymond, Maine.

 

Pictured below, from left to right, Rotary Interact Club liaison and past president Skip Cousens, co-presidents Greta Lincoln and Robin Orr, and current club president Richard Donhauser, presenting their charter to Berwick Academy.

 

 

 

We officially welcomed our newest member, Brandon Elsemore.  He is a realtor, parent, civic-minded and creative, and he has already helped the club on a few of our projects.  We are thankful for members like Brandon!

 

In August we were delighted to welcome members of the late David Burke's family.  David was a beloved Rotarian in our club and we miss him dearly.  His family, Tracey Hovan and his two children Riley and Kayla Burke, presented a donation of $1000 to the club with the message, "Thank you for all the work you do.  Dave was a very proud member.  Please use these funds in any way you see fit."  Knowing how inspired David was by the young people in our Marshwood Interact club and the enthusiasm with which he supported their endeavors, our board voted to use the donation to fund RYLA (Rotary Youth Leadership Award) students attending that leadership camp next summer.   This past June, our club supported 3 students who benefited from this multi-day leadership experience which has always been life-transforming for those who attend.  Thank you, Tracey, Riley and Kayla.  We appreciate your generosity!

In November we welcomed another new member.  We are delighted to have South Berwick resident Derek Ahl join us as a member of the South Berwick-Eliot Rotary club.  The more Rotarians serving humanity the better!