HOSPICE -- sponsored by Ford Barrett.
Several of Wenatchee’s finest retired physicians, Doctors David Notter, John Gill, Stephen Voorhies, Bill Gotthold, and Patricia Ortiz have observed that folks in our community would benefit from a stronger working knowledge about our hospice care. The consequence of not having that family level knowledge can have a detrimental impact on end-of-life experiences of Wenatchee patients and their families. These physicians will apprise us about hospice care so that we can best assist ourselves and our loved ones when we are faced with making life’s most challenging decisions.
In their words:
"Hospice is considered the model for quality compassionate care for people facing a life-limiting illness by providing expert medical care, pain management, and emotional and spiritual support expressly tailored to the patient’s needs and wishes, along with support for the patient’s loved ones.”
How are these goals accomplished here in NCW? Who makes up the hospice “team”? When is a person eligible for hospice, and what are the very real and specific benefits of hospice?
These questions will form the core of the Thursday’s Rotary presentation. Our hope is that you will catch a glimpse of what the hospice team does, and see that, for the hospice patient, the issue is not about giving up hope, but changing what he or she hopes for.”
We hope you and your family members will make time to attend this very valuable presentation.
| WEEK IN REVIEW - JANUARY 25 - CLUBRUNNER | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Secretary Frank Clifton gave a cursory overview of our club web site, the home page and some of the background features. Time did not permit seeing all of it, so you will find below a list of links to items covered and some important items not mentioned in much depth. The main fact is that there is a large volume of valuable information stored there. Also, attention is drawn to areas where additional volunteer assistance would be appreciated if there is interest. A few questions were answered. More are welcomed.Our web site web address is www.wenatcheerotary.org. Frank conducted a tour through a few key features of the Home Page & Menu. Click the links below. But we only "scratched the surface". Frank hopes all members will take time and browse the site and especially login and visit the options under "My ClubRunner" in the member Area. Contact Frank if you need help. See prior Appleseed for login steps. All members are encouraged to login & update their own profiles, including their birthday and photos. Birthdays will show up automatically
We appreciate our Appleseed sponsors (which also appear on the web site). One new feature of the new digital Appleseed is "sponsor of the week", where one of our 16 sponsors is featured on a random basis. President Don's long-awaited competition for best vocational attire was won by Dick Reed, former Seattle Police captain. But others were all in the running (Jim Corcoran, Dawn Davies, pres-pastor Don, Leonard Singhose)    *******************************  Marcia Henkle recognized our January Rotary theme of Vocational Service by defining what Rotary means by the term: it is how we as Rotarians portray the ideals and philosophy of Rotary to our vocation or workplace. She illustrated by relating the story of Chicago Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor who became a legend in Rotary by implementing a plan for his own business in 1932 when he discovered a serious business problem. He leaned over his desk with face in hands --- and prayed. After a few moments he looked up and wrote down the 24 words that came to him: The 4-way Test (one of Rotary's guiding principles). Is it the truth? Is it fair to all concerned? Will it build goodwill and friendships? Will it be beneficial to all concerned? Paul Harris has stated : "Each Rotarian is a connecting link between the idealism of Rotary and their trade or profession."  ************************************** Don also announced some membership changes and Board changes (see home page). Don's word of the week : Teraflop - a measure of computer speed - trillion (floating-point) operations per second. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||