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.
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.
 
In the spring, many club members took part in a clean-up in the South End neighborhood along Carter Memorial Drive. Rotarians spent morning hours cleaning up trash along the busy road and collecting returnable bottles and cans.
 
The annual Online Fall Auction the Club hosts brought in over $11,000 this past November. Proceeds from this auction will be used to help the club provide resources and help with Mental Health. Many local businesses donated items to the auction, and Rotarians were responsible for soliciting items.
 
The club does many community service and outreach projects throughout the year. Michele Prince, who serves on the Community Service committee states “the Waterville Rotary Club provides members with a wide variety of ways to engage with and positively impact the community.  It is rewarding to be involved in these projects, and it’s also a lot of fun!” Other projects worth mentioning are the volunteer and financial support of the Maine Children’s Home Christmas program, financial support of the Maine Children’s Home Winter Essentials program, Salvation Army Bell ringing, and raising awareness and funds to help Rotary International in the eradication of Polio through the Purple Pinky Polio Project.
 
The club takes an active role in many community projects, and always invites others with the same service mindset to join them on a project or nominate a project.  The best way to be involved is to become a member of the club. For more information, please email wtvlrotaryclub@gmail.com.
 
About Rotary
Rotary International brings together a global network of community leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. We connect 1.4 million members from more than 46,000 Rotary clubs across the world. Their service improves lives both locally and internationally, from helping those in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. Rotary values diversity and celebrates the contributions of people of all backgrounds, regardless of their age, ethnicity, race, color, abilities, religion, socioeconomic status, culture, sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity. Visit Rotary.org for more information.
 
About Rotary Club of Waterville
The Rotary Club of Waterville, on Facebook at Waterville Rotary Noon Club and Instagram at @waterville_rotary, welcomes new members who, as people of action, seek to volunteer their skills and resources to solve issues and address community needs. Information about becoming a member is available at www.watervillerotary.com or by attending the weekly meeting at Noon on Mondays at the Best Western Plus Hotel in Downtown Waterville, 375 Main Street Waterville, ME 04901. For more information email wtvlrotaryclub@gmail.com.
 
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