Save the Date and plan to join Waterville Rotary and NAMI ME for Youth Mental Health First Aid Training. Registration opens soon.
Welcome to our Club!
Service Above Self
We meet In Person
Mondays at 12:00 p.m.
Best Western Plus
375 Main Street
Mail: 50 Elm Street
Waterville, ME 04901
United States of America
Mail: 50 Elm Street
Waterville, ME 04901
United States of America
Have you thought about a good experience or idea for the auction? Last year's items list is attached.
You can log an auction item at https://forms.office.com/r/GTD4GDQuZk or request a slip from me.
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!
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.
Past District Governors Tina Chapman & Suzanne Uhl-Melanson
Two past District Governors from our club were featured speakers at the recent District Conference held in Quebec City.
Tina Chapman, Chair of the District’s Mental Health Action Team updated attendees on the formation and goals of the District’s Rotary Action Group for Mental Health Initiatives. The recently formed chapter promotes mental health and wellness throughout clubs and communities in the District.
Suzanne Uhl-Melanson presented a talk about club Membership and how to achieve growth. She also spoke about the importance of donating to the Rotary Foundation which included recognizing major donors in the District.
Also at the conference, our club was presented the District Governor’s Citation award.
PDG Tina Chapman presenting the District Governor's Citation to
Club President Lindsey Cameron
Our club congratulated two new members who were inducted
at the Club Meeting on April 28. Shown in the photo are (left to right) Jennifer Casey, Membership Chair, Churchill Elangwe-Preston,
Shelley Swett, and Lindsey Cameron, Club President.
Congratulations to the new Rotarians!
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.
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 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!!
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 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..PNG)
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