President Michael Walton presents $2000 to the Bath Area BackPack Program. The donation is from the Community Service fund. Bath Rotarian Caelie Smith accepted the check for the BackPack Program. Caelie is on the BackPack Program board as well as bath Rotarians Jeff Labbe and Linda Sullivan. The BackPack Program serves students at Dike Newell, Woolwich Central, Phippsburg Elementary, as well as pantries at Bath Middle School and Morse High School. The BackPack Program also partners with the Midcoast Youth Center and the Bath Area Family YMCA's Veggie Van. Added this school year is Fisher Mitchell School. This donation will go a long way to assist the BackPack Program's efforts to alleviate food insecurity among students in the Bath area schools.
Thank you to all who donated food and funds to the Bath Area Food Bank this past Saturday. We collected $776.75 and just over 800 lbs. of food! Thanks to the Bath Sunrise Rotary for your help to make the drive a success.
Our Community Service fund assisted the Salvation Army's Emergency Disaster Services program with a donation of $1,500. The EDS provides support and comfort to first responders with hot and cold beverages and light snacks on site of an emergency such as a fire or search and rescue mission. At times they will also assist families affected by the emergency. The Salvation Army of Bath-Brunswick Emergency Disaster Services program serves the immediate Mid-Coast area. Pictured above are Bath Rotarian Lt. Tyler Adcox of the Salvation Army, Bath Rotary President Anthony Jamison and Bath Rotarian and EDS volunteer Rick Byrnes.
Our own Lois Skillings spoke at the Portland stop of the Million Mask Challenge on October 6th, 2020 as a representative of health care workers in our region. The Challenge traveled through six states, hosted nine strategic event stops, delivered 100,000 PPE face-masks to each Rotary District and their Clubs throughout New England. The goal is to have each Rotary Club in these areas provide protective masks to grass-roots first responders, essential workers and schools inside their communities. Rotary District 7780, which includes 41 Rotary clubs in Southern Maine and Coastal New Hampshire, is planning the publicity events around the mask distribution to highlight the importance of wearing masks and the role of Rotarians in the community. Pictured L to R is Bath Rotarian and CEO of Mid Coast-Parkview Health Lois Skillings, District Governor Peggy Belanger and District Governor Elect Dick Hall.
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