Due to concerns regarding the corona virus, the Bath Rotary Club has suspended in-person meetings. Members will be contacted via email with a link for any Zoom meetings. We hope to be back to meeting in person when it is safe to do so.
The 6th Annual Bath Rotary 4-Way 5K Run/Walk will be held Saturday, October 12 at 9 a.m. at the BRCTC, 800 High Street, Bath. Mid Coast Medical Group Bath is the Title Sponsor again this year and all proceeds from the race will benefit the Frazier Metcalf Swim for Health Memorial Fund which provides swimming and water safety lessons to all 3rd grade students in RSU 1. You can register online for the race at https://runsignup.com/Race/ME/Bath/BathRotary5K.
The modular house under construction was moved in order to pour the concrete slab at the construction site which will assist in future modular homes built there.
A video of a presentation that Rich Cromwell did for the Morse Interact Club. Click on the link below for the video on demand:
It was very cold but sunny (to start) at our Fill-A-Bus Food Drive held on Saturday, February 2nd at Shaw's Supermarket. In the top photo Tom Edwards, Assistant DG Bob Reed of the Sunrise Club and Mike Jamison man the table at the front entrance. The bottom photo features Tom Edwards (ready to end his shift!), with relief from Jeff Guenther, Jason Ritchie and Caelie Smith. We collected $567 in cash, $150 in checks and 1633 pounds of food for the Bath Area Food Bank. A Super Saturday indeed!
Bath Rotary President Bob Warren (far left) stands next to Bath Police Chief Mike Field and Bath Fire Chief Buddy Renaud (right) with members of the Bath Fire Department as they demonstrate the new thermal infrared imaging cameras that were purchased with proceeds from the Bath Rotary's golf tournament this past June. The units have already been put into use.
Bath Rotary President Bob Warren presented Jamie Dorr and Chief Mike Field of Midcoast Community Alliance $2500 from the proceeds of this year's 4-Way 5K walk run. The donation will help raise awareness in helping to prevent teen suicide.
Work is moving along on the newest modular home being constructed by the Carpentry Program at BRCTC.
Almost 60 registered runners participated in our 5th annual 4-Way 5K on Saturday. Thank you to our Title Sponsor Mid Coast Medical Group - Bath/Mid Coast Hospital for their generous support and to all who ran and volunteered to make a beautiful fall day extra special and to benefit Midcoast Community Alliance. Congratulations to the Overall Male top finisher Liam Scanlon with a time of 19:32 and the Overall Female top finisher Shelby Kaplan with a time of 21:03. Complete results are available at https://runsignup.com/Race/Results/12053/#resultSetId-132352
In advance of her trip to Iraq, Sandra Basgall has made a very generous donation to the Bath Rotary Club's International Projects. Above Rich Cromwell, International Committee Chair, accepts her check at the August 14th meeting.
District Governor John Lobosco visited our club and assisted Foundation Chair Lee Patenaude and President Bob Warren with presenting Past President John Evans with a 5-time Paul Harris Fellow award.
Rotarians and their family members and co-workers helped repackage diapers at the United Way of Midcoast Maine on July 7 for the first Community Service project of the Rotary Year. Bath Savings had just concluded a very successful Diaper Drive and there was a great need to have the diapers repackaged for distribution to families in need.
Kerstin Kirchner, District Literacy Chair, presents 4-Way Speech Contest winner Oscar Hennin, a Morse High School Freshman, a certificate and check for $750 at the May 15, 2018 meeting. Congratulations Oscar!
