I am writing on behalf of the Camden Rotary Club to thank everyone who supported our sale of gourmet nuts over the holidays.

We enjoyed meeting friends and neighbors at our downtown sales table in front of French & Brawn Marketplace and greatly appreciate Todd and Sarah Anderson's generous provision of that space for us.

Thanks also to the Penobscot Bay YMCA, Camden National Bank, The First, and TD Bank for displaying nuts for their visitors to purchase -- and of course to our generous customers!

This year's sale netted $6,246 for local nonprofit organizations, our second-highest profit in its 25-year history. Every penny will go toward charitable grants to local nonprofit organizations.

In the last two years, our club has contributed some $56,000 to our community in the form of charitable grants, and we will distribute more grants this spring. Recent recipients of our grants include New Hope for Women, Coastal Opportunities, Cooking for Community, Bay Chamber Concerts & Music School, Knox County Homeless Coalition, MCH Meals on Wheels, and Area Interfaith Outreach Energy Assistance Program.

We are now welcoming grant applications from nonprofit organizations in Knox County and Lincolnville. Complete details are available at camdenrotary.org. We look forward to awarding new grants this spring,
thanks in no small part to the money we raised through this sale.

Yours sincerely,

Bob Baldwin is Camden Rotary Club’s Nut Sales Chair