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Waterville

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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Waterville Rotary Spring Social 2025
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Tickets will be available starting at Monday's meeting! The price is still $25 per person; a cash bar will be available.
 
We look forward to seeing you at the social!
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On Saturday April 19, volunteers from our club participated in the South End Neighborhood Association’s Annual Spring Clean Up.
Rotarians collected trash along the roadside of the Donald Carter Memorial Drive from the bridge to the intersection at Silver St.
18 contractor trash bags were collected along with scrap metal, tires and a shopping cart.
Trash Crew
The “Clean Up Crew” from left to right:
Michele Prince, Jackie Dalton, John Dalton, Suzanne Uhl-Melanson,
Churchill Elangwe-Preston and Jeff Melanson. 
Absent from the photo Peter Garrett
 
Suzanne collecting trash
Suzanne Uhl-Melanson collecting trash from the roadway
At our meeting on Monday April 7th, we were  joined by Rotary Foundation Trustee Marty Helman, member of the Rotary Club of Boothbay Harbor. She  shared details of the new Peace Center in Turkey at Bahçeşehir University, which she was closely involved in developing. She recently returned from its grand opening in Turkey, with over 1000 Rotarians attending.   Marty has recently been selected as one of the incoming Rotary International Directors representing Zones 28 & 32 for the 2026-2028 term. 
Jennifer Casey, Membership chair (left) and Lindsey Cameron, Club president (right) welcome our newest member Karla Taglieri of the Alfond Youth & Community Center, who was inducted at our club meeting on March 25.
Congratulations Karla!
Lindsey Cameron with Tina Chapman who drew the joker and won $313.00  Congratulations Tina!!
Lindsey Cameron with Tina Chapman who drew the joker
and won $313.00  Congratulations Tina!!
After many, many weeks we finally had a winner of the Basket Raffle!! It was down to only two envelopes with one of them containing the winning card.
Waterville, Maine — The Waterville Rotary Noon club has had a busy year of putting “Service above Self”. With the new Rotary year starting in July, the club has already completed several Community Outreach and assistance projects.
 
In June, to wrap up the previous year, Rotary District 7790 hosted its District Conference in Waterville. Visiting many local businesses, tours, and events, Waterville saw an economic impact of over $100,000 in spending over the two-day conference. Many visitors also extended their stay in Waterville beyond the conference.
Rotarians at South End National Night Out Event
Rotarians Jeff Melanson, Michele Prince, Andrea Pasco and Dan Eccher volunteered to help distribute hundreds of LLBean backpacks filled with school supplies at the South End Neighborhood Association's 18th Annual "South End National Night Out Event on August 6 at the Green Street Park in Waterville.
 
Club member Jim Chapman, Advisor of the Kennebec Valley Business Club and Student Senate also volunteered at the festival. The students offered face painting and a ring toss game with prizes. They loved spending time with the community and are looking forward to future collaborations
Despite  90F+ record breaking temperatures on Wednesday June 19, Rotary volunteers  weeded and mulched  gardens at the Riverwalk at Head of Falls, one of our club's signature projects.
There is a planned tour of the Riverwalk  for attendees at this weekend's Rotary District Conference, so we want the walk to look its best!
 
Thanks to (in alphabetic order):
Roger Crouse
John Dalton
Dan Eccher
Peter Garrett
Jeff Melanson
Michele Prince
Suzanne Uhl-Melanson
and thanks also from the Sunrise Rotary Club members Mary Morrison, Tom Munson & Jim Nelson
 
....and also to Roger and William, missionaries from Roger's church who lent a hand!
Plan to join us in Waterville - on June 21, 22, and 23 for the 2024 District Conference. Our Keynote Speaker will be Kevin Hines, author, filmmaker, mental health advocate, and suicide prevention activist. There will be amazing speakers, interactive activities, a summer garden party, a House of Friendship, and many opportunities to experience Hope in Action! 
For additional information and registration, please see: https://portal.clubrunner.ca/50110/Events/district-7790-conference-2024
Our club was happy to  join the Sunrise Club to collect toothpaste for the Waterville Area Essentials Closet.  Over 5 dozen tubes of toothpaste was donated by club members.  The Closet is a program of the 1srt Congregational Church of Waterville and provides personal and household items for community members in need.  They have served over 1650 different people who represent more than 4500 family members in their homes.
Members of our club participated in the South End Neighborhood Association 
Annual Spring Clean Up, which was held on Saturday April 27.  Rotarians gathered trash from both sides of  Donald Carter Memorial Drive leading from
the bridge to the intersection of Grove St in Waterville.  
18 contractor size garbage bags of roadway trash were collected along with a pickup truck bed of larger items,  We estimated that at least 90% of the trash collected was plastic!  
At a recent club meeting, Dan Eccher, club president and Michele Prince, Community Services Chair present Paula Raymond of the South End Neighborhood Association (SENA) a check for $1500.00 to support purchase of bikes for SENA's annual bicycle  program.
Speakers
Club Assembly
Apr 28, 2025
Waterville Police Chief
May 05, 2025
Waterville Police Department
Virginia Marriner, Executive Director
May 12, 2025
Literacy Volunteers of Kennebec - Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library
David Pelton, Director of Real Estate Development
May 19, 2025
KVCAP's efforts to address affordable housing for everyone
Rhoda Reads
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Club Members: read or download most recent Board Meeting Minutes here:
November 2024
 
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