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Center. Last year, the club’s special project was raising funds tournament on July 3rd. We would like to thank the sponsors
to repair the roof on the Catholic Charities of Maine food and participants who made this tournament possible.
storage warehouse.
The club “kicked off” their second annual
The auction brings together Presque Isle Rotary backpacks for kids program. Boxes were placed in locations
Club members for three busy nights. Club members do in Limestone and Caswell to receive donations of new
everything from taking in auction bids by phone to serving or gently used backpacks and were collected through the
as auctioneers to filming the activity for local broadcast. end of August. The collected backpacks were distributed
In addition to the many regular
to children at the Limestone
auction items, the event has
Community School and The
expanded to include an art
Dawn Barnes Community
auction with original art work
School in Caswell. Seventy
created on location during the
backpacks were distributed in
auction.
2010.
During the Presque
The club is currently
Isle Rotary Club’s 64th annual
preparing for a live auction
Radio/TV Auction – which
on Friday, November 4th at
will be held on Nov. 29, Nov.
the Limestone Community
30, and Dec. 1 – the club will
School.
As with the golf
raise funds to support several
tournament, funds realized
area non-profits, including
from the auction will be used
the Homeless Shelter of
to support Limestone Rotary
Aroostook, Central Aroostook
projects.
Humane Society, Presque Isle
The Limestone Rotary
Garden Club, Wintergreen
Club continues to work on
Arts Center, Northern Maine
the establishment of a park
Fair Association, Atlantic
and the erection of a clock in
Salmon for Northern Maine,
the Town of Limestone. The
and GIFT: Grace Interfaith
park and clock will be located
Food Table.
on Main Street directly across
This year’s special
from Al Bears sub/pizza shop.
project goal is $25,000,
Work is currently being done
earmarked for the establishment
to fully fund this clock/park
Presque Isle Rotary Auction
of a non-profit dental clinic to
project. The initial ground
serve the needs of disadvantage
work is well underway and
children in the area. The proposed St. Apollonia Dental will include planting of shrubs and small trees. The park
Clinic is intended to fill an overwhelming need in Aroostook will contain a gazebo and benches as well as space for other
County, where an estimated 30 percent of residents have uses such as a farmer’s market. The clock will be situated on
not had a dental visit in the last two years. Currently, there the street directly in front of the park so that anyone riding
is only one dental clinic for qualifying persons in Aroostook or walking down Main Street will be able to see the time.
County and it is located in Eagle Lake.
The club wraps up the year with the distribution of
“Every year, local business owners and members Christmas baskets on the Saturday before Christmas.
of the community step up to donate items and volunteer
I encourage you to support your local Rotary Club
their time to help make our annual auction a success. We by purchasing those raffle tickets, playing in those golf
couldn’t do it without their continued support,” Presque Isle tournaments or even better by joining your local club! It
Rotary Club President Jeff Pangburn said. “We’re so pleased is only by your support that these clubs can continue to do
to be able to give back to our community every year, and to their good works by giving back to the communities they
support projects that have a real impact on improving the represent and offer assistance to those communities in need
lives of the people who live here.”
throughout the world. For more information about Rotary
you can contact any of the presidents listed above, contact
Limestone Club
Nancy Fletcher, Assistant District Governor at nancy.
The Limestone Club had a very successful golf [email protected], or visit www.rotary.org.
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