Rotary Club of Saco Bay
Rotary Club of Saco Bay

Service Above Self

We meet In Person
Thursdays at 7:30 AM
Birdies Tavern and Grill
168 Saco Ave
Old Orchard Beach, ME 04064
United States of America
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February and March 2025 Students of the Month
Congratulations to the February and March 2025 Saco Bay Rotary Club Students of the Month!! The following students who were nominated by teachers and faculty, were honored at the March 13, 2025 weekly Rotary meeting for their outstanding contributions to their high schools and each student shared their accomplishments with the Rotarians.
 
- Brady Plante, OOB High School
- Colby Thomas, OOB High School
- Dominick Tremblay, Biddeford High School
- Emily Labbe, Biddeford High School
- Matteo Patino, Thornton Academy
 
Each student was presented with a certificate and a $50 gift card sponsored by Maine Community Bank.
 
Congratulations to all!
 
 
March Madness NCAA Bracket Fundraiser
 
 
It's March Madness Time!! The Saco Bay Rotary Club has started a pool on CBSSports.com. Join in the fun! This pool will be a 50/50 fundraiser and the entry fee is $20 which includes TWO brackets per person. Payout will go to the top overall point leader. Download the CBSSports.com app on your phone or access via your computer. If you are interested in joining, please email us at cgawronski@aol.com and we will send you an online invite with the pool link to get you started. The entry fee can be paid via Venmo. SELECTION SUNDAY is March 16th at 6pm when the 68-team field will be announced and brackets will be available after selections completed. First tip off is March 18th.
 
Thanks for supporting the Saco Bay Rotary Club.
 
 
Welcome & Congrats to our New Members
 
Our club is growing! President Dan Letellier led the induction of four new members over the past few months. We welcome our new Rotarians and look forward to their contributions as they share in our commitment of Service Above Self! 
 
Introducing Rotarians: Tony Alaimo, Bill Doran, Chris Bedard, and Shawn Decoteaux
 
Bon Appetite Community Meal
Addressing food insecurity is one of the core service pillars for the Saco Bay Rotary Club and a team of Rotarians volunteer at the Bon Appetite Community Meal Program in Biddeford the 3rd Friday of each month. We were happy to be able to donate $500 this year  to Bon Appetite. On average, 75 Bon Appetite guests are served each night (Monday-Friday). The Rotarians help out by serving the guests in the dining hall, assisting in the kitchen, and handling all the dishwashing duties. #ServiceAboveSelf
 
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May Students of the Month

Today’s honorees were

Lucas Gerrish of Biddeford High School and Regional Center of Technology, accompanied by teacher, Roger Foreman, and mom Leah.
DMark Marar of Old Orchard Beach High School, accompanied by teacher, Paul Santamore and dad, Slavik.
Happy Birthday

Ed Boucher

 
 
 
Happy 90th Birthday to our Local Poet, Ed Boucher. 
 
Ed proudly served in the Marine Corps.  In honor of Ed's Service, The Rotary Club of Saco Bay is donating a tile to the wall of Heroes at Volk Packaging in Biddeford Maine.
 
Thank you for your service and thank you to all of our Veterans,  
RYLA

We welcomed RYLA Students at our last meeting!

Ed Boucher

Our Latest Paul Harris Fellow

Congratulations to Ed Boucher.  
 
Ed has been in the Rotary Club of Saco Bay for over 16 years.  He served as the Head of our Charitable Giving Committee and he is a Proud Veteran. For many years, Ed has also been our unofficial Poet Laureate of our Club. He has honored many of our club’s Presidents and members, with original poems. We are blessed to have Ed as a member and are grateful for the service he has given. 
 
Jeff Slaton honored Ed by awarding him with a Paul Harris Fellow. In addition, David Arenstam created and read a poem for Ed. 

Congratulations to Ed!  Our club and  community are a better place because of you. 

Thank you
 
(Click "Read More" for the Poem)
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Dan Letellier
Congratulations To Dan Letellier on earning a Paul Harris Fellow!  
 
July President's Message

Jeff Slaton at the Rotary International Conference in Melbourne Australia

Bring on Summer…

A great BIG shout out to Shannon for a fun Rotary year. Thank you.

Well a new Rotary year is upon us and I am very optimistic it will be a fabulous. So far it has been a very nice year, having just returned from the Rotary International Conference in Melbourne, Australia. At a date in the future, I will be your speaker and share some of the awesome photos and videos.

I had the pleasure of meeting RI President, Gordon McInally for the second time in Melbourne, AU and he had the pleasure of watching me lose in a doubles match against Brazil on center court. So sad…

That’s okay, it was an incredible experience to have an opportunity to play at one of the world’s top tennis centers. I had a great time meeting new friends from all over the world.

I look forward to our continued success in all our humanitarian efforts both at home and abroad.

Enjoy your Summer and the sun should be out soon…

Jeff Slaton
President Rotary Club of Saco Bay 2023-24
Past President 2016-17
District 7780 Annual Giving Chair 2022-25

 
 
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Mission
It is the mission of our club to encourage and foster the ideal of service as a basis of worthwile enterprise; to encourage and foster the development of aquaintenance as an opportunity for service; to encourage the highest ethical standards in business and professions; to recognize the worthiness of all occupations as a means to serve society; to apply the ideal of service in each Rotarian's personal, business, and community life; and to advance international understanding, goodwill and peace through world fellowship of business and professional persons united in the ideal of service above self.
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