Spoke 11/12/2015

 

 

Date: November 12, 2015

 

Called to order by: President Don – precisely on time

 

Opening Song: R-O-T-A-R-Y

 

Patriotic Song: My Country tis of Thee

 

Invocation: Ron Carr

 

Song Leader: John Yacavone            Song: When the Caissons Go Rolling Along

 

 

What appeared to be the entire Flaherty-Wulpern Clan, Jean’s sister Ellen our speaker for the day), brother-in-law, her Mother, husband Bob, and daughter Kerry – who now has a date for her Thesis Defense this coming spring.

 

Raffle: Yours Truly won the chance to draw, and pulled the 4 of Spades to loud sighs of relief

 

Kevin Gould reminded us:     November is Rotary Foundation Month

 – we want to have another EREY Year $100 per member would be great !

President Don reminded us:   No meeting on Thanksgiving Day

Dec 3 is Dinner and Ballet Night - See Garlan for details

December 11^th is our Club’s Annual Christmas Party

December 24^th – no meeting

Bruce Pacht bragged about the new fountain, and about Lorraine Morrison’s steadfast work to make the fountain a reality – there was also something about a cut finger that was not clear I my notes

 

 

Rotary Minute: Bruce Pacht talked about Rotary beyond the Club, more specifically about RLI, the Rotary Leadership Institute, that provides advanced training for those who want to know more about and do more with Rotary at the Club level and perhaps beyond. For more information you can access the Access R.L.I. website at http://www.rlinea.com   

 

Special award: Jean Flaherty-Wulpern was awarded a Paul Harris Fellowship in recognition of her work on this year’s auction.  Through her efforts and those of so many members who were ‘on the team’ the Auction raised $14,000 for the Haven – our 2015 beneficiary, and $14,000 for our Club to invest in our community 

Co-Director

Dartmouth Centers for Health and Aging

 

Ellen presented a wide array of information on the Northern New England GEC: Evidence-Based Falls Program

 

Falls are major health concern/factor in general, and especially during advanced years.  Falls represent major risk, and yet that risk can be notable reduced through some well-reasoned steps and actions.

 

Fully 1/3 of people 65 and older suffer from falls each year.  That number jumps to fully one-half of the population 80 and over.  And these falls can be quite serious, even life changing and even life threatening

 

The good news is that there are a many pathways to decreasing the risk of falls, and they are paths we all can take. 

 

Ellen presented so much information that we have requested a complete copy of her presentation that we will be posting on the Club Site as a readily available resource for us all.

 

In the meantime, until the presentation is in place you can contact

 

Aging Resource Center at DHMC

Evergreen Center

46 Centerra Parkway

Lebanon

603.653.3460

Web: dhaging.org

 

It is a wonderful resource!