The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club hosted its 13th annual Golf Tournament on Sept. 17 at the Bridgton Highlands Country Club. First place winners were Paul Tworog, Kevin Riley, Scott Wiley and Alex Cardamore; Mark Nolette, Anthony Fagone, Larry Ross and Merlin Bahr took second place; and Tim Raymond, Pat Carroll, Mike Kim, and Chris Adair […]
The Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club has announced the induction of Aaron Hagan as its president for the rotary year 2022-23. Each July 1 around the world, local rotary clubs, districts and worldwide affiliations swear in new officers, according to a news release from the club. Hagan has been a member of rotary for three years. […]
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Staff of Food City of Bridgton show healthy food bags for the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club.
BRIDGTON Food City of Bridgton partnered with the Bridgton-Lake Region Rotary Club to deliver 80 bags of healthy food for the Southwest Oxford County Nutrition program, formerly the Brownfield Food Pantry.
Included in the bags were whole winter squash, a bag of apples, a rustic bread, butter, chocolate chip cookie mix and cranberry sauce. Those items were packed in a reusable shopping bag from Key Bank-Bridgton with a holiday greeting and support on washing hands, wearing masks and watching distances, which Rotary has been sharing with other pantries.
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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