The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club is set to hold a Rotary Shred-a-thon from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, May 4, at Food City, 295 Main St. in Bridgton. The Shred-athon is a rain-or-shine, drive-through fundraiser; no appointments are needed. Documents can be boxed or bagged. People do not have to remove clips or file […]
BRIDGTON The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club hosted its 14th Annual Golf Classic at Bridgton Highlands Country Club on Saturday, September 16. “Excitement leading into the final days and hours before the event was caused by Hurrican Lee. Will it happen? What are the alternatives? We continued to say, that the tournament is scheduled Rain or […]
The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club hosted a “Shot” event on Aug. 31 at the Mountain Driving Range in Bridgton. Open to all, the event included free buckets of balls and Street Eats appetizers, and a dozen Rotarians joined by 10 spouses and friends. The event was a chance for golfers to hit some balls and […]
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BRIDGTON Food City of Bridgton partnered with the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club in the delivery of 80 bags of healthy food for the Southwest Oxford County Nutrition program, formerly the Brownfield Food Pantry.
Previously Food City had been instrumental in the Rotary Club being able to deliver 800 3.12 quarts of laundry detergent, enough for each of the food pantries’ clients in our immediate district, including Bridgton, St. Joseph’s, Naples, Sweden and Harrison food pantries. Food City ordered more than their normal delivery spaced out over a month so that we would have product to deliver in time for pantry days, explained Rotarian Carol Madsen who oversees the Rotary Club’s work with food pantries. “We have a grant from the Rotary District that we’re part of, made up of Clubs in southern Maine and coastal NH”, she said, “which provides support for distribution of Health & Wellness packets to local food pantries. The Br