Other local organizations that the Bath Rotary recently supported are the Patten Free Library, the Chocolate Church, Success By 6, the Bath Area BackPack Program, the Bath Area Food Bank, the Red Elf book project, Main Street Bath, Friends of Seguin, Friends Forever, the United Way’s Diaper Project, SEARCH Greater Bath, Big Brothers/ Big Sisters of Bath Brunswick, and the Bath Elementary PTA book drive, among others.
Internationally, the Bath Rotary has supported Rotary International’s efforts to eradicate polio as well as contribute to ShelterBox, which provides emergency shelter to victims of war and natural disasters. The Bath Rotary’s ShelterBox was recently deployed in Syria. One international project we are very proud to support is the CIO Orphanage in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Bath Rotarian Rich Cromwell travels to Cambodia every year to work at the orphanage. Most recently Rich secured land on which the orphanage built a permanent home. Adjacent land was purchased with plans to build a learning center. The learning center, which will house a lending library, will be open to local residents to use and will be the only library in that area of Cambodia.
To finance these projects the Bath Rotary holds an annual golf tournament in June, the 4-Way 5K Walk/Run on Columbus Weekend, and an Electronic Waste Collection event, also in October. Bath Rotarians also help the Salvation Army by manning the kettles during the holidays and hosting a Stuff-A-Bus food drive for the Bath Area Food Bank in early February.
The Bath Rotary meets every Tuesday at noon at J.R. Maxwell’s, 122 Front Street, Bath, and welcomes guests and visitors. More information can be found at www.bathrotary.org. Information about the Bath Rotary’s BRCTC modular home can be obtained by contacting the house manager, Mike Baribeau, at (207) 729-3333.
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