Norway-Paris Kiwanis Club
Norway - South Paris, Maine
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Meeting of June 25, 2009 Attendance: 24/48 Members Winner of the 50/50 raffle: Charlie Cummings - $14
GUESTS: Pat Tuttle, Guest of Sarah; Charlie Cummings & Tommy Cummings, Guest of Stuart C.
Auction – Reminder: Get solicitations for auction items done as soon as possible! Those donations we currently have will be in the paper next week but we still have time to get more donations as we will have another ad in the paper on the 9th of July. Red Sox tickets – we are only selling 500. Thanks to all of you who have gotten out there to help our club on the biggest fund raiser of the year!
Perham’s Closing – Maryann announced the closing of Perham’s Jewelry Store; They will be having a sale July 3rd – 5th! UPCOMING EVENTS: July 10th & 11th – Kiwanis-Rotary Auction Speaker Schedules: 07/02/09: Bill Stockwell – Katey Branch – Project AWARE |
HAPPY/SAD $$: Maryann Happy $ that club help set up playground in park in South Paris, nice to see all the children and families that use it, Happy $ for Town of West Paris whom her and Ray solicited 32 businesses and received more than $1,215 in donations of auction items; Herb Happy $ to be back and happy $ for the sun; Stuart rebuttal $ that he finished his solicitations but again someone got ahead of him for one of his businesses and got a decent donation (it was actually someone from our own club this time not Rotary…Ray); Kathy Happy or Sad $, not sure, as tomorrow is her last day before retirement; Happy $ she is on vacation next week with family; Bob happy $ for the Red Sox who are burying the Yankees; Helga Happy $ for her step daughter who had a baby boy weighing in at 9lbs 10oz at Stephens Memorial last weekend.
Pancake Breakfast - Tina reported that tickets are available to sell for the Pancake Breakfast; she is approaching Hannaford’s for donations of food items, McDonald’s is helping out as well. We would like to be able to make more of a profit on the breakfast this year so we are asking for Kiwanian’s to donate juice, butter, syrup, etc. If you would like to donate please see Tina or Ed as soon as possible!
Reminder! Mark you Calendars…….
Ted introduced Chris Davis from Healthy Oxford Hills. Chris reviewed the overall goals of Healthy Oxford Hills (HOH). HOH is part of Western Maine Health and is the Healthy Maine Partners Coalition of the Oxford Hills Area. They are funded by the Tobacco Settlement $$ the State of Maine receives. There are twenty-eight Healthy Maine Partnership Organizations in Maine. Their mission is to identify community health needs and offer programs to address them. They are focused primarily on Nutrition, Physical Activity, Chronic Illnesses and Tobacco. They use visioning sessions, surveys, focus groups and one on one contacts to measure the wellness of our community. They are always looking to collaborate with other organizations that have similar missions. For more information on Healthy Maine Partners you can visit the following website: 
