On June 9th, members of the Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale welcomed Mary Gannaway, of Sanford, when she provided them with a full accounting of a project near and dear to her heart.  Mary, a former music teacher in the Sanford School system, met a gentleman from the community, who had fallen on hard times and asked for her help.  His name is Felix and he lives not too far from downtown Sanford.

Felix told Mary of how his house needed a new roof, some trimming of shrubs and a good paint job. ...

In the Springtime, with the disappearance of the dirty snow, the April rains, the blooms of daffodils, tulips, azaleas, rhododendrons, also comes Senior Proms, graduations and yes, of course, Memorial Day Parades.

Around the York County Lakes Region, there are several other traditions which have continued for forty or fifty years.  

The first is the planting of the window boxes at our real estate office - always with red geraniums and various types of greenery. This year, we chose to use Sweet P...

Members of the Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale recently were hosted by the Sanford Regional Technical Center for breakfast and then a tour of several different divisions - Culinary Arts. Landscaping-Greenhouse, Child Care, Robotics and Fire Fighting.  

In the greenhouse area, students explained how they are involved with growing various plants, composting, planting fruit trees and vegetables in several areas near the school buildings and also marketing to the genereal public at the annual plan...

After all State and County fairs were closed down this past year by Governor Mills, this year was a welcome relief of that mandate.  Being one of the first Fairs in Maine, the Acton Fair enjoyed its 155th year in existence, with great enthusiasm from locals, as well as tourists from out-of-state.  

Perhaps one of the most popular attractions to the Acton Fair is the booth occupied by the Rotary Club of Sanford-Springvale.  The Club has maintained a presence here for well over forty years.  In th...

 

 

A few years ago, I decided to take a course which would help me with serving our military - active duty and veterans, and their families.  The course was one day and I believe lasted for about nine hours - teaching, discussion, quizzes and then a final exam - in order to obtain the MRP (Military Relocation Professional) certification.  There are a number of reasons I chose to seek this particular designation, but foremost was the fact that my father was a veteran.

As soon as Dad graduated f...

For the better part of the month of February, I was in India, leading a mission trip on behalf of Rotary International, for the purpose of constructing water catchment dams in the very arid regions of the state of Rajasthan - and building them BY HAND!

For the past eleven years, I have been leading teams of Rotarians and friends of Rotary to India, specifically for helping to improve the lives of so many villagers who live in remote parts, near the jungle areas, and where they can barely eek out...