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Service Above Self

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Mondays at 12:00 p.m.

Best Western Plus

375 Main Street
Mail: 50 Elm Street
Waterville, ME 04901
United States of America

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Gearing up for our 63rd Fall Auction!

The Waterville Rotary Club is excited to open the 63^rd annual Fall Auction soon. Bid high and bid often and find some great holiday gifts! The Club is bringing back their annual Fall Auction just in time for your holiday shopping needs. Previous bidders can login to their bidding Owl account to view the auction when it goes live November 20! New bidders can create their account online.

Proceeds from the auction help fund the Club's service projects and other community initiatives that include, but are not limited to, food insecurity, youth development, mental health awareness, and promoting literacy.

Follow our event on Facebook or come back here when our auction is live to access the link!

District 7790 Mourns Loss of our District Governor- Serge Poulin

District Governor, Serge Poulin tragically passed away in a car accident on Monday, August 3.

Welcome Our New President!

The gavel has been passed to our new President Roger Crouse! We look forward to a great year of "creating lasting impact" with Roger at the helm.

Spring Social!

We are looking forward to spring! Our Club will once again host our annual Spring Fling social event and auction. We are excited to welcome our local Rotaract groups as well to this fellowship event! This event helps raise money for community initiatives and service projects for the 2026-2027 Rotary year. Save the Date and contact Jim Chapman, Chair of the Ways & Means committee for tickets (jchapman@mainecc.edu).

Presidential Mini Grant

This year as part of her project of choice, Club President Michele Prince opened applications for non-profit causes to apply for help from our club. Our club members voted to support the Food Pantry at Kennebec Valley Community College. Congratulations KVCC!

Rotarian on the Road to Recovery

Our fellow Rotarian from the Waterville Sunrise Club, Cliff Hannon, survived a devastating accident last November. Read all about his road to recovery in this article.

Mental Health First Aid

Join us for Mental Health First Aid Training, sponsored by Rotary District 7790’s Mental Health Action Team and taught by certified instructor Brittney Dunphy of Redington‑Fairview General Hospital. This course equips participants with practical tools to support someone experiencing a mental health or substance‑use challenge. Registration is $75 and includes materials and meals, with a special Rotarian rate of just $25 thanks to the Mental Health Action Team. Click here to register (Rotarians) or contact rotariantinachapman@gmail.com for community members.

Service Above Self

Thank you to Amy Calder from the Morning Sentinel for the great article about our Club's support of several food pantries in the area. Read her full story here: https://www.centralmaine.com/2025/11/22/practicing-service-above-self-in-waterville-column/

62nd Annual Online Auction

Save the Dates! Bidding starts Friday, Nov 14, 6PM and ends Sunday, Nov 23, 6PM

We are getting all the items ready for bidding! Save the dates for our annual online Fall Auction. Getting your holiday shopping done early! Bid high, bid often, and support a great cause. Funds this year are focusing on programs and projects that impact the youth of our community. The 62^nd Online Auction is almost here!

District Governor, Susan Pratt Visits Waterville

On November 3 our club had the privilege of hosting our District Governor, Susan Pratt. She shared her background, passion, projects, and goals for the 2025-2026 Rotary year. The Club was very engaged and excited to hear about her focus on literacy and her project in Guatemala with Safe Passage, a nonprofit that helps the people of Guatemala City who live near the dump fight poverty through education and health care.

Later Sue took a tour of the projects that our Club is responsible for around town. She visited the South End Teen Center, where Rotary has supported many items in their kitchen, took a walk along the Riverwalk that our club cleans up every spring, and the StoryWalk at George J. Mitchell School.

We appreciate Sue's leadership and the challenges she set before our club. We look forward to making our District and Rotary International all #UniteForGood.

World Polio Day

Last Friday was World Polio Day and our club raised funds to help the organization End Polio Now vaccinate children worldwide against Polio. Keegan Mills from WABI was at the KVCC location and spoke to some of the members of the Rotaract group about the event. Watch the segment here!

Carter Memorial Drive Clean-Up

This past Saturday several members of our Club joined with the South End Neighborhood Association (SENA) to help with their fall clean up on Carter Memorial Drive. Thank you Rotarians for proving we are truly #peopleofaction!
Rotarians pictured are Karen Normandin, Andrea Pasco, Eric Brown, Jeff Melanson, Suzanne Uhl-Melanson, Matt Hunt, Lisa Roy, John and Jackie Dalton, Rick Mackenzie, and Roger Crouse. Others not in the photo included Scott Pasco, Tina Chapman, Kim Lindlof, Anna from the Teen Center and Manny, an Interact and Teen Center member. In just two hours, we collected17 bags of garbage along with some drywall, metal and a car muffler. We also found a very nice abandoned bicycle, which was given to Anna for the Teen Center. See the photo gallery for more photos!

The Governors

Waterville Rotarians and Past District Governors Tina Chapman and Suzanne Uhl-Melanson posed with Governor Janet Mills at the September 8 Waterville Noon Rotary Meeting at Best Western. Governor Mills was in town to survey progress at the Head of Falls Village, a commercial and residential development that will eventually offer 63 new apartments in the downtown area. During her visit to the Rotary Club, she introduced Maine Economic and Community Development Commissioner Michael Duguay who spoke about recent projects and future plans to help spur development in Maine and the greater Waterville area. For more information about the Governor's visit to Waterville.

Camp Do Good! Donate Blood

Do good, feel good & make a lasting impression on others and in your community this summer: Give blood or platelets with the Red Cross! You’ll feel good knowing your donation can help save more than one life. Join the Waterville Rotary Noon Club at their Blood Drive on Friday, August 1^st at the Best Western.

To reserve your donation spot visit https://rcblood.org/appt or call 1-800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767)

Youth Mental Health First Aid

Save the Date and plan to join Waterville Rotary and NAMI ME for Youth Mental Health First Aid Training. Registration opens soon.

Mid-Maine Chamber B2B Showcase

10 members from our club as well as some from the Sunrise Club staffed our table at the recent Mid Maine Chamber of Commerce's B2B Showcase. Rotarians enjoyed the day in fellowship and were on hand to promote our club and prospect for new members and speakers.

Shown in the photo left to right:

Roger Crouse, incoming Club President Michele Prince and John Dalton

Some of the volunteers at the B2B Showcase

Front Row: Lindsey Carmeron, Suzanne Uhl-Melanson

Back Row: Ron Ducharme, Tina Chapman, Cliff Hannon, Tom Munson, Karen Normandin, Jeff Melanson, Kerry Smart and Matthew Hunt.

Off site meeting

Nov 12, 2026

5pm @ Redington Museum (Waterville Historical Society)

Ira Mandel

Nov 16, 2026

Building Community

Christy Crocker

Nov 23, 2026

Maine Indoor Air Quality Council - Mold Prevention & Education

Tabitha Ryan

Nov 30, 2026

Family Violence Project

Sam Wood & Vanessa Wilson

Dec 07, 2026

RYLA

Happy Holidays! (No speaker)

Dec 14, 2026

Club Holiday Meeting

No Meeting

Dec 21, 2026

Happy Holidays!

No Meeting

Dec 28, 2026

Happy Holidays!

Roger Crouse & Committee Chairs

Jan 04, 2027

Club Assembly

Linda Woods & Steve Knight

Jan 11, 2027

Central Maine Gleaners Group

No Meeting (Alternate Meeting Date)

Jan 18, 2027

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Kristen McCausland

Jan 25, 2027

Long-Term Care Ombudsman Program

TBD

Feb 01, 2027

TBD

Feb 08, 2027

No Meeting

Feb 15, 2027

Presidents' Day

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Rhoda Reads Early Literacy Program

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Board meetings are open to all Club Members. They are scheduled on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 4:00-5:00. Contact Roger Crouse for more information.

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