Read about Rotary's new Peace Center In Uganda at the bottom of the newsletter
January 23, 2020
Editor Marilyn Bedell
Next Week's Program...YES WE ARE MEETING on the 5th Thursday, 30 January 2020 at NOON
Speaker - Our Own Bob Gasser. He will share his experience being an Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to Hong Kong
Today's Program
Cheri Bryer, Substance misuse, Mom’s in Recovery Program, DHMC
Cheri shared her personal story of recovery from narcotics and benzodiazepines. Cheri grew up in Hanover, and began experimenting with alcohol as an adolescent. She experienced a variety of painful health issues that were treated with opiates. Overtime, she became addicted. When her sources for getting drugs legally ran out, this led her to seek drugs by other illegal means.
By the time she was 24 she had 3 children. As her addiction became more problematic, her husband let her know she could not be around the kids while taking drugs. She found her self alone, and facing multiple arrests. Her last arrest was in 2013.
At this point she was in her early 40s and started thinking she wanted another type of life. She entered a medication assisted recovery program. She is now totally clean and sober.
In 2015 she took the courses required to become a recovery coach. She became determined to help other moms prepartum and postpartum. At first she worked at DHMC for gas cards. She developed a solid reputation as a recovery coach at DHMC. She was then hired into a paying position as a recovery coach.
She now works with a team at DHMC that includes pediatrician Bonnie Whalen, and social worker Terry LaRock. Terry LaRock came with Cheri to the meeting today and gave us additional information about the program.
Teri LaRock, SSW and Cheri Bryar Recovery Coach
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Moms in Recovery is a safe space where Moms meet with other women who are in recovery from addiction and get help with recovery. The program has been in place for 6 years. The program is co-located with other services women and kids need before and after birth. There are 10 groups that are held weekly. Cheri is a valued member of the groups as her life experience helps other understand the complicated path to recovery.
In addition to group sessions, the Moms in Recovery Program helps connect Moms to needed services such as finding a source for free diapers, connections to food shelves, dental care, help with insurance, etc.
Currently their are 67 active moms in the program. The program has served over 200 women
With Cheri's passion and help, the Moms in recover program is helping to change and save mom and babies lives.
Book Given to the Kilton Library Children's Collection in honor of our speakers Cheri Bryar and Terry LaRock was:
A Song for Gwendolyn Brooks,
By Alice Faye Duncan, illustrations by Xia Gordon
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Guests - No guests today
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Happy Dollars
We learned that Tim Gauraldi loves Shakespeare. He is looking forward to seeing King Lear at Northern Stage.
Bill Secord once again reminded us to get a subscription to a local newspaper if you don't already have one.
Rudy Fedrizzi will be going to the Rotary Leadership Institute in Concord, NH on February 29, 2020. He's love to have other join him for the drive to Concord for the institute. [see info below about RLI]
John Yacovone is back from a conference in New Orleans. He found a casino and won $1700 at a dollar slot machine. At that point he left the casino.
Liss Mooney is very proud of her daughter who took 2nd place in the long jump at a track meet as a freshman. She goes to St. Lawrence.
Last week, Bruce Pacht shared that we are just weeks away from Valentines Day. The North Country Chordsmen will be doing singing Valentines again this year. To learn more click here
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Raffle
John Yacavone's luck today wasn't as good as it was in New Orleans. He pulled the 2 of diamonds. So...the hunt for the queen continues.
Ernest Oidtmann won the car wash.
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Flag Etiquette, from John Yacavone
Mark your calendar with these important American Flag Half-Staff dates for 2020:
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Listen Dinners 2020
Here is the Community Dinner Schedule for 2020
Click Here to Sign-up to Volunteer for one or a few of these dates
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Thank you for your interest in Visions for Creative Housing Solutions,
We hope you can join us if you’re in the area or contact us to learn more:
VISIONS 2020 Green Street Campaign is having a celebration!
Mark your calendars for the public launch of the Visions 2020 Green Street Capital Campaign:
When: Thursday, February 27th from 4 – 6 PM Where: AVA Gallery and Art Center, 11 Bank Street in Lebanon, NH
Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) February 29, 2020 in Concord, NH
The Institute is offered in in three full day sessions (Parts I, II and III). Though you do not have to commit to taking all three courses. The goal is for you come back to our club with increased knowledge about Rotary in our region and Rotary International as a whole.
Click here for Registration Information. Our Rotary District will pay for your tuition. Submit a receipt and the club will work with the district to get you a reimbursement check.
Remember...Rudy is hoping to have company for the ride to and from Concord.
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Great American Pie Buffet - Supporting the Eradication of Polio
Planning has started for out Great American Pie Buffet to be held again at Lebanon High School on April 4, 2020. Volunteers needed to help plan the event. Bruce Pacht and Tim Gauraldi are leading this event. Let them know if you can be on the planning team.
Tim will be sending around a sign up sheet each week for members to identify what kind of pies they are making. We are being requested to provide 2 to 3 pies.
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Save these dates!!
Listen Food Drive
March 14, 2020 at the Lebanon Co-op, 10 AM to 1 PM. Sign up doodle poll will be sent out soon.
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On Thursday, May 14, 2020 We will be hosted by Kimball Union Academy in the evening.
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The plan:
5 PM - Art Tour
6 PM - Dinner
7 PM - Spring Dance Concert
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2020 Holiday Party and Yankee Swap
It's never to early to plan...Mark you calendars now, our 2020 Holiday Party and Famous Yankee Swap!! it will be on Thursday, December 17, 2020 at the Quechee Inn at Marshland Farms. Cost will be the same as 2019...$40/person.
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Polio Update - Africa
Nigeria hits polio milestone as the world eyes eradication.
Nigeria once had the most cases of wild polio in Africa, but it has now been three years since the disease was last detected. And as health workers there continue looking for children who have not received polio vaccinations, the WHO may soon certify the country free of the crippling virus. Special correspondent Benedict Moran and video journalist Jorgen Samso report with U.N. Foundation support
Rotary establishes peace center at Makerere University
Inaugural 2021 class will focus on shaping peace and development in Africa
KAMPALA, Uganda (9 January 2020) — From human rights violations to the impacts of climate change, Rotary and Makerere University are offering a postgraduate certificate program to peace and development leaders who are from or who have worked in Africa to address the underlying challenges to peace in the region.
The year-long program in Peacebuilding, Conflict Transformation and Development will emphasize issues and solutions that are of particular relevance throughout the African continent and beyond. Hands-on experience will complement coursework that addresses topics including human rights, governance, and the role of the media in conflict. Other studies will focus on refugees and migration, as well as resource and identity-based conflicts.
The program will incorporate the Positive Peace framework pioneered by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP) as well as apply concepts grounded in mediation and negotiation, African philosophy, and indigenous mechanisms for conflict resolution. “For centuries, we have looked at peace as the absence of violence, without fully considering the other drivers in play,” said Olayinka Babalola, vice president, Rotary International Board of Directors. “Instead of merely examining the causes of war, Rotary Peace Fellows at Makerere University will explore the underpinnings of peace to achieve tangible measures of human wellbeing and progress.” The program is designed to accommodate working professionals with at least five years of proven experience in the areas of peace and development. There will be two cohorts a year each with 20 fellows, and the first class will begin in February 2021. The online application will be available in February 2020.
“Makerere University is situated at the heart of the Great Lakes region, which has experienced the most strife and the most conflicts in Africa,” said Barnabas Nawangwe, University vice chancellor. “We’ve had frequent experience with conflict, so we established our peace program more than 15 years ago to expand our expertise and augment our engagement in the area of conflict and peace. Partnering with an international organization like Rotary allows us to demonstrate on a global scale what we’ve been doing in our local environment. Based on our past rich experience, we can confront strife in populations all over the world.”
Every year, Rotary awards up to 130 fully funded scholarships for dedicated peace and development leaders from around the world to study at any of its seven peace centers programs. In just over 15 years, Rotary Peace Centers have trained over 1,300 individuals for careers in peacebuilding in more than 115 countries, and program alumni serve as leaders in both governmental and nongovernmental agencies, international organizations, and more. About Rotary: Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. Rotary connects 1.2 million members of more than 35,000 Rotary clubs in over 200 countries and geographical areas. Their work improves lives at both the local and international levels, from those in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world. To learn more about Rotary Peace Centers programs and fellowships and to start an application, visit www.rotary.org/peace-fellowships. About Makerere University: Established in 1922 as a technical school, Makerere University is one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Africa. It is composed of nine colleges offering programs for 35,000 undergraduates and 3,000 postgraduates. Its Department of Religion and Peace Studies, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, will host the Rotary Peace Centers program. To learn more, visit https://rpc.mak.ac.ug.
January 16, Noontime Meeting, Rotary Speech Contest
January 30, Noontime Meeting, Bob Gasser, His Experience as an Ambassadorial Scholar in Hong Kong
February 6, Noontime Meeting, Dan Weeks, Solar Energy
February 13, 7 AM Meeting, Hillary, Journey to Recover
February 20, Noontime Meeting, Professor Elizabeth Newton - It wasn't a typical first week at work: meet your colleagues, get settled in, confirm the existence of a new planet about 900 trillion miles from earth. But for physics and astronomy professor Elisabeth Newton, that's exactly how she started her new job at Dartmouth College earlier this year.
February 27, 7 AM Meeting, Rick Dickson, CCBA
March 5, Noontime Meeting, Monica Zulauf, Mayhew Organization
March 12, 7 AM Meeting, Interactor, Jordan Graham, Update on our District Grant...Romano Circle Community Room Renovations
March 19, Noontime Meeting, Round 2 of the District Speech Contest with students from Lebanon and Randolph
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