Wednesday, July 13, 2005

The Times Record News-ohn Rhodes' motto: 'Have project, will travel'

The Times Record News: "John Rhodes' motto: 'Have project, will travel'
George_Almasi@TimesRecord.Com
07/13/2005
Master fund-raiser reflects on a life of finding ways to turn dreams into reality
BRUNSWICK - His avocation has taken him to The Explorer's Club in New York City, the GMAC College Football Bowl in Mobile, Ala., the Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the Boys and Girls Club of Boston, WCBB-Public Television in Lewiston, and eventually to Pittsburgh for the 2005 Summer National Senior Games.

A member of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, he has worked with — or come across — the likes of Bath's own Di Francis and John Morse, Miriam MacMillan (widow of Adm. Donald B. MacMillan), Cam Niven and the Morrell family of Brunswick, William O. Taylor of the Boston Globe, renowned broadcaster Lowell Thomas, Jim Fowler of Mutual of Omaha outdoor television show and Maine philanthropist Elizabeth Noyce. "

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