Events

Join us at noon Tuesday, February 3, for a talk about financial planning by Bob Baldwin, CPA. He'll touch on investing best practices, building a secure retirement, and helping children pursue their financial goals.

After receiving his MBA and serving in the U.S. Army, Bob worked for Peat, Marwick & Mitchell, got his CPA, and did management consulting, and hospital financial management before setting up his own CPA firm in Camden.

Meet with us at the Camden Congregational Church or via Zoom for lunch, learning, and good conversation.

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Meeting ID: 827 9799 1148 /Passcode: 810864 / Phone: 646 876 9923

Charlton Ames, president of Legacy Rockport, will address  Camden Rotary Club and their guests at noon Tuesday, February 10.

He will tell about thelocal non-profit's mission about the local non-profit organization's dedication to improving the quality of life for Rockport residents and visitors to the town. Ames chaired Rockport's Comprehensive Plan Committee and has served on the Rockpoart Select Board and  Board of Assessment Review. His presentation will include updates on Legacy Rockport's projects.

Meet with us at the Camden Congregational Church or via Zoom for lunch, learning, and good conversation.

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Meeting ID: 827 9799 1148 /Passcode: 810864 / Phone: 646 876 9923

Charlton Ames, president of Legacy Rockport, will address  Camden Rotary Club and their guests at noon Tuesday, February 19.

He will tell about thelocal non-profit's mission about the local non-profit organization's dedication to improving the quality of life for Rockport residents and visitors to the town. Ames chaired Rockport's Comprehensive Plan Committee and has served on the Rockpoart Select Board and  Board of Assessment Review. His presentation will include updates on Legacy Rockport's projects.

Meet with us at the Camden Congregational Church or via Zoom for lunch, learning, and good conversation.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/ 82797991148?
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Meeting ID: 827 9799 1148 /Passcode: 810864 / Phone: 646 876 9923

Camden Select Board Chair Susan Dorr will share the latest on the Montgomery Dam and Paid Parking. Visitors are welcome to join us at noon, either at First Congregational Church in Camden or via Zoom. 

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Camden-based author and illustrator Chris Van Dusen, whose books delight children and people of all ages, will tell us about his work.

Visitors are welcome to join us at First Congregational Church, Camden for our noon meeting or attend via Zoom.. 

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Rockport Select Board Chair Denise Munger will update us current issues facing the town.

Visitors are welcome to join us at First Congregational Church, Camden for our noon meeting or attend via Zoom.. 

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Dr. David Loxterkamp, who has written extensively about the doctor-patient relationship, will discuss past and future primary care as our guest speaker at noon Tuesday, March 24.

He is co-founder of Seaport Family Practice, now Seaport Community Health Center in Belfast.

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

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Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

 Members of Camden National Bank’s fraud unit will address the growing risk of bank fraud and how to protect their personal information and finances.

Guests are welcome to attend the meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.. If you would like to attend, please let us know by 8 p.m. Monday, by emailing rotary.secretary.camden@gmail.com. Please indicate weather you would like to purchas lunch so we can plan ahead. The cost for lunch is $11 per person, payable by cash or check at the meeting. Thank you.

We look forward to hearing this week from out guest speaker Todd Anderson, co-owner of Camden's longtime downtown grocery store, French & Brawn Market Place.

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 7, at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom.

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907761655?pwd=HzzXObCCfe6TVz2RAzpgAv92Hars4d.1

Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

The arts are integral to the innovative K-8 educational programs offered at Sweet Tree School in Hope town center.

Sweet Tree Arts Director and Founder Lindsay Stewart, will tell us Tuesday, April 14,  about the organization's mission of  cultivating community and learning together through curiosity, compassion, creativity, and critical thinking.

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907761655?pwd=HzzXObCCfe6TVz2RAzpgAv92Hars4d.1

Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

As coordinator of the Hatchery Innovation Center at CHRHS, Elaine Harvey oversees programs that promote creative thinking, inventiveness, collaboration, self-confidence, and work-readiness. Activities include internships that help students gain confidence, real-world experience, and academic credit by working within local businesses and organizations..

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden, or join us via Zoom. 

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Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities. Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

The Maine Coast Fishermen's Association supports community infrastructure and environmental resources to maintain Maine's coastal cultural identity and sustain vibrant working waterfronts. As the organization's director of strategic partnerships, Susan Olcott supports MCFA’s sustainable fisheries work in Maine by building partnerships and increasing the organization’s reach in coastal communities. 

Visitors are welcome to hear Susan talk about the association's work during our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

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Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

Alan Kearl is the Executive Director of AIO by way of a varied career spanning 40+ years in the consumer products industry. Initially filling corporate finance roles with P&G. After completing an acqisition of a beauty brand, he parted for a series of roles in operations, sales, and marketing in the beauty industry. Who knew that the C-suite might occasionally require testing a lipstick for an Estee Lauder brand, or wearing the Rock Lobster red shade of vivid hair dye for the Good Dye Young brand? But the connective thread to AIO is his inherent desire to engage with people, learn about them. Understand them. Value them and help find a moment of genuine acceptance. He happily started volunteering at AIO after "retiring" and eventually became the ED about two years ago. 

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907761655?pwd=HzzXObCCfe6TVz2RAzpgAv92Hars4d.1

Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907761655?pwd=HzzXObCCfe6TVz2RAzpgAv92Hars4d.1

Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

Tim Carroll started his law enforcement career at the Rockland Police Department in 1991, fresh out of college and on his 21st birthday, . A few years later, Tim joined the Bar Harbor Police Department as a Patrol Sergeant and then Maine Marine Patrol.Tim received his Coast Guard Captains License and still holds it.

In 2004 Tim left the Marine Patrol for a civilian career but re-entered law enforcement as a Patrol Deputy with the Knox County Sheriff's Office in 2009 and was elected Sheriff in 2018. His position included overseeing not only the Patrol and Criminal Investigations Divisions but also the Knox County Jail. During this time as Sheriff, Tim was very active with the Maine Sheriffs' Association and served on several county and state committees with a focus on improving today's law enforcement services. Tim became Chief Of Police in Rockland in July of 2022. 

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907761655?pwd=HzzXObCCfe6TVz2RAzpgAv92Hars4d.1

Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

Camden Rotarian Rich Anderson's granddaughter, Kyra Anderson, will tell us about her University of Tennessee junior Spring-2026 semester at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain, and its impact. By planning ahead and taking extra courses during the summer of 2025, Kyra had time to travel extensively in Europe during her time abroad.

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907761655?pwd=HzzXObCCfe6TVz2RAzpgAv92Hars4d.1

Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

Danny Salomon, founder of Union-based Second Story Builders, will tell us how this mission-driven LLC pioneers circular construction practices in Midcoast Maine. The company deconstructs old houses piece by piece instead of demolishing them, giving reclaimed materials a second life. By practicing "Radical Reuse," the company reduces waste and crafts unique, sustainable spaces and objects. 

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907761655?pwd=HzzXObCCfe6TVz2RAzpgAv92Hars4d.1

Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

Victoria Browning Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth's only grandchild, is widely known for her writings and presentations about the multi-generational Wyeth creative legacy. Audiences nationwide value her in-depth knowledge of her great-grandfather, N.C. Wyeth, her grandfather, Andrew Wyeth, and her uncle, Jamie Wyeth. 

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907761655?pwd=HzzXObCCfe6TVz2RAzpgAv92Hars4d.1

Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.

In lieu of this week's regular meeting, we will hold our annual club dinner on Wednesday, June 24.

To all Camden Rotarians and their partners, 

Please join us for Camden Rotary Club's Annual Dinner at the Camden Yacht Club

5:30 pm-Social Hour and light appetizers

6:15 pm-Buffet Dinner

6:45 pm-Opening remarks, presentation of Paul Harris Fellows, and words from outgoing President Bruce and incoming President Clark

Due to alcohol laws, this is a BYOB event.  We will have water, coffee and tea available.

Cost of the dinner is $55 per person. 

 Please make checks payable to Camden Rotary Club or you may pay via Square   https://square.link/u/IwgszY3Y

Please RSVP by June 22.

We hope to see you all there for fellowship and to celebrate each other and the good works that Camden Rotary does! 

Please wear your Paul Harris pins and medals

Kim, Leni, Dawn and Tom-organizers

CELEBRATE THE USA's 250^th BIRTHDAY WITH FREE LIVE MUSIC

Bring your family and friends to downtown Camden on July 4th to hear four terrific bands:

Noon – 1:00 pm          Bay Chamber Jazz Ensemble          (Village Green)

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm      Red Hot Peppers                               (Amphitheatre)

4:00 pm – 5:15 pm      Midcoast Community Band             (Amphitheatre)

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm      The Right Track                                 (Amphitheatre)

We'll have music for every age and taste - from jazz, ragtime, and Dixieland to July 4th favorites and rhythm & blues. You can get up a dance whenever you wish! So pack your picnic, blankets, and lawn chairs for a relaxing afternoon and evening.

Generous sponsorships from businesses and individuals make this event possible, providing free entertainment while at the same time funding the charitable grants we give to local non-profits.

Voluntary donations from concertgoers on the big day will support local food banks.

It's always great to learn about new club members' classification talks.

Marcus Mrowka, who joined the Camden Rotary Club this spring, will tell us about his life and career.

Visitors are welcome to attend our meeting from 12 to 1 p.m.at First Congregational Church, 55 Elm Street, Camden or join us via Zoom:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86907761655?pwd=HzzXObCCfe6TVz2RAzpgAv92Hars4d.1

Meeting ID: 869 0776 1655

Passcode: 126689

Our meetings include fellowship, fun, informative talks, and announcements about volunteer opportunities.

Lunch is available, if desired, for $11 per person.