Next Meeting
When............ February
16, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.
Where........... The
Franklin Hotel
Program....... Bill Wolf, Griffiss Institute
Upcoming Events:
February 23 Meeting:
Oneida County D.A. Scott McNamara
Attendance: Total Membership: 99. Please note that the newsletter now lists those present, not those
absent from meetings: PRESENT: Adamo, Bottini, Butters, Cantor, Costianes,
DeMatteo, Evans, Fusco, Gray, Haritatos, Herrmann, V., Herrmann, Kahler, J.,
Kahler, D., Kaucher, Kobernuss, Latimer, Matt, Normand, Occhipinti, Packer, Pendergrast,
Roubian, Skogland, Sperlik, Summers, Till, Tracy, Tuthill, W., Waters, G., Waters, S., Winberg.
After work meeting 2/04/10: Carey, Corbett, Gray, Midlam, Neiley N,
Ramos, Townsend, Tuthill K, Tuthill,W.
Guest: Rotary Exchange Student
"Juanki"(Gray)
Make-ups: All Make Ups submitted at the regular
and after work meetings were recorded in the attendance records.
50/50: Cheryl
Matt had the winning card, picked the joker and got half the pot! Congrats
Cheryl!
Quote of
the Week: “Inquire not what boils in another’s pot.” – Thomas Fuller
Rotary Stuff
In
1985, Rotary launched PolioPlus, an ambitious program to immunize the world’s
children against polio. Rotary’s grassroots leadership, volunteer support and
initial funding for vaccines provided the catalyst for the World Health
Assembly’s resolution in 1988 to eradicate polio worldwide. Spearheading
partners of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative are the World Health Organization,
Rotary International, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and
UNICEF. As a result of these efforts, polio cases have dropped by 99% since
1988 and the world stands on the threshold of eradicating the disease. Rotary
members have given more than half a billion U.S. dollars and countless hands-on
volunteer hours toward this critical effort.
Announcements
and Events
They
still need judges for the Rome Academy of Science Fair on March 6th
at RFA. Please see Dave Kobernuss if
you can help.
An announcement from Jackie
Corbett about an upcoming party:
Rotarians, mark your calendar
for the Rome Rotary Mardi Gras Party Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. at the Elks Lodge.
A signup sheet will follow shortly. Cost: $5 per person. The
club will be providing meat, pasta and roast potatoes along with beer, wine and
soda. Members attending are asked to bring a dish (salad, dessert,
appetizer, or side dish) or paper products. Mardi Gras recipes are
certainly encouraged. A king and queen will be crowned and reign over the
festivities. Laissez les bon temps rouler!
President Bob read two thank
you notes, one from the principal of Bellamy School, Nancy Opperman and one
from a parent of one of the recipients of our Children’s Christmas Party.
Keith Butters heads up our mentoring program for new members and is
seeking more mentors. Please contact
Keith.
Jeanne Packer has had some Rotary Reader vacancies happen and
desperately needs some Rotary Readers.
Please contact Jeanne.
Board Meetings will be Third Monday of the Month at Savoy Restaurant at
5:15 p.m.
Program – Caring for the Aged at Home
Ron Cantor introduced the program which was a collaboration of many
agencies and people. He
introduced Frank Anderson,
President of Senior Citizens Council of Rome along with Nancy Caputo, Assoc. Dean
of Nursing at MVCC; Mike Romano, Director of Oneida County Office of the Aging;
Linda Sears, Supervisor of Oneida County Caregiver Program, Elizabeth Stachow,
Oneida County OFA Caregiver Program Coordinator, Margaret Campani, Director, Ava Dorfman Senior Center and Donna
Skibitski, Coordinator, MVCC Workforce Development.
Mike Romano spoke of the interrelations of all of these agencies ad the
benefits of the Office of the Aging. He said that it is estimated that 23 million people are caregivers
for there family. What is a caregiver? It is anyone providing direct care in
the home to prevent having to institutionalize patients. Mike also showed a
film about caregivers.
Mike spoke about the importance of knowing what services are available. There
was a great dialogue among Rotarians of this great collaboration of these
agencies and of how the word can get out about these agencies and the work they
do. Thank you everyone for a great program!
