The River Valley Rotary Club’s Winterization Project completed four homes by Nov. 18 and had eight more to go. Rotary volunteers working on the 12 homes total to be winterized are, from left, Dick Lovejoy, Roger Whitehouse, Paul Doroghazy, Greg Trundy and Peter Cox.
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River Valley Rotary speakers discuss Rumford Community Home
The River Valley Rotary Club guest speakers on Monday, March 26, were Denise Kidder, second from left, and Amanda Nelson, center, from Rumford Community Home. They spoke on topics such as therapy, fall prevention and skin care at the home. They are pictured with, from left, Rotarians Joe Sirois, Dick Lovejoy and Catherine Johnson Lavorgna. […]
Rotary speaker discusses Business Network International
The guest speaker April 16 at the River Valley Rotary Club Fellowship Luncheon was Cherri Crockett, Argonne Independent Consultant and member of Business Network International. She spoke on BNI, an organization where business professionals gather weekly to talk about their professions and share referrals with other business professionals. In the photo are Randy Therrien, club […]
Rotary speaker discusses GRCC
The guest speaker at the River Valley Rotary Club Fellowships meeting held at HOPE Association on April 22 was Gary Dolloff, director of the Greater Rumford Community Center (GRCC), 50 Congress St., Rumford. There are 304 members who pay an average monthly fee of $20. Dolloff has been with GRCC for more than 30 years. […]
River Valley Rotary Club hears from Rumford town manager
Rumford Town Manager Linda J Briggs, fellow Rotarian, gave a presentation on March 19 at the River Valley Rotary Club Luncheon on the upcoming downtown upgrades. The project includes replacement of the sewer and water pipe systems. The systems are over 100 years old. Club President Randy Therrien is pictured with Briggs.
Recovery coaches address rotary
Guest speakers at the River Valley Rotary Club Fellowship Luncheon held Feb. 26 at HOPE Association were Brandon Schauffer and Jessica Abbott, recovery coaches of the Western Maine Addictive Recovery Initiative (WMARI) program. They gave a presentation on the needs of this type educational program to help addicts through the recovery process. From left are […]
Rotary club makes award presentations during holiday party
RUMFORD — The River Valley Rotary Club held its annual holiday party at 49 Franklin Street on Dec. 18, attended by some 20 plus Rotarians and guests. The night was full of surprises with five unexpected awards presented. The first was given by immediate Past District Governor 7780 Marge Barker to immediate Past River Valley […]
River Valley Rotary hosts Summers, Worthley
RUMFORD — The River Valley Rotary Club hosted two guests at a recent fellowship luncheon. Assistant District Gov. Chris Summers joined guest speaker Michelle Worthley, director of homeless services for the Rumford Group Home, at the luncheon held at the HOPE Association on Nov. 27. The mission of the Rumford Group Home is to develop and […]
Truck with crutches going to Africa
River Valley Rotary Club Runner League members Ed Naples, Region 9 truck driving school, and Jon Longley, with three students from the fire educational department, loaded a truck with crutches going to Africa. From left are Catherine Johnson, director of HOPE Association and Rotarian; Naples; Rich Allen, commercial loan officer at FSB and Rotarian; Longley; […]
Polio Plus chairman addresses fight to end polio
RUMFORD — Lawrence K. Furbish, Polio Plus chairman for Rotary District 7780 of New England, was guest speaker at the River Valley Rotary Club fellowship luncheon on Oct. 23. He spoke on the fight to end polio throughout the world by the combined efforts of organizations of the World Health Organization, UNICEF, CDC, the Bill […]