First and Third Thursday at Noon @ Harvest Hill's Dwinell Room
Second and Forth Thursdays at Noon on Zoom
Fifth Thursdays...President's Choice
GET YOUR SPEAKER IDEAS TO STEVE WHITMAN.
Upcoming Programs
September 15, (in-person) — RYLA students from Lebanon High will join us for the meeting. Plus Ryan Sinclair. A great intergenerational program. Consider inviting the young, middle aged and old to join us.
Ryan Sinclair, Director of Rotary Yr of Global Leadership and Service Learning, Director of Off Campus Programs
Picture from Cardigan Mountain School Web Page
Cardigan Mountain School
A.B., Environmental Studies, Dartmouth College, 2002
M.B.A., Grenoblffe Graduate School of Business, 2008
Ryan experienced the programs of Rotary Foundation as both a Youth Exchange participant and as an Ambassadorial Scholarship student when studying for his master’s degree. The Rotary Foundation helps Rotary members to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace by improving health, providing quality education, improving the environment, and alleviating poverty.
We will have our four RYLA participants from this past spring joining us to receive their Leadership certificates and to give us a brief update on their experiences. We also hope to have our INTERACT members from Lebanon and Mascoma join us for lunch and to hear Ryan’ inspirational tale of the opportunities Rotary made possible for him to undertake.
Ryan first joined Cardigan in 2002. Ryan left Cardigan for two years to earn his MBA at Grenoble Graduate School of Business in Grenoble, France in 2008.
In his Personal Leadership class, he acts as a facilitator to promote self-discovery and develop problem-solving skills amongst his students.
In college he was a member of the Dartmouth Men's Ice Hockey Team and is passionate about teaching his players to think the game at the next level. As a British/Canadian/American citizen, Ryan has traveled to over 70 countries worldwide and has started his own student leadership and travel programs, called Ivy Leader, which he runs in the summers.
September 22, (Zoom) — TBD
SATURDAY, September 24, 2022 — President's Picnic at Tim and Anna Guaraldi's home in Newport
September 29, 5th — Thursday, No Meeting 9/29 On Zoom, instead we will meet at Tim and Anna Guaraldi's home for the President Picnic on September 24, 2022 at 3 PM
October, 6, 2022, In Person at Harvest Hill — Dr. Jennifer L. Scott, PsyD, ABPP Executive Director, Southern Vermont AHEC
October — World Polio Day is October 24th We will have a program about PolioPlus
November, November is Rotary Foundation Month. We will have a program about the Foundation
Lyrica Stelle, Epidemiologist, Vermont Department of Health, White River Junction, VT
Ed Friedman welcomed, Lyrica Stelle as our speaker. She is a colleague of our fellow Rotarian Rudy Fedrizzi. She gave us an overview of her path to becoming an epidemiologist; provided and overview of the type of work she does for the Vermont Department of Health; and shared how her role melds with the other members of the health care team in White River Junction.
Stelle grew up in rural Vermont where her mother worked for Planned Parenthood. Through her mother's experiences she learned about some of the health challenges faced by women in Vermont. She attended St. Lawrence University minored Public Health. She had an opportunity to do an internship at the Otsego County County Health Department. She then moved on to Oregon State where she received her Masters in Public Health. She made a decision to return to Vermont, and learned about the position at the Vermont Department of Public Heath, and was delighted to be selected to fill the position.
Stelle then outlined the structure of White River Junction Office:
District Director - Rudy Fedrizzi, MD
Nursing Supervisor
Public Heath Nurses for Maternal Child Health, Immunization, Epidemiology, School Health, Tobacco Prevention, Healthy Community Design and Dental Health
Womens, Infants and Children (WIC)
Public Health Specialists for Chronic Disease, Emergency Preparedness, and Epidemiology
The role of District epidemiologist was started when data about Covid became an essential piece of understanding the impact of this virus on our community. Stelle shared that her position works closely with long term care facilities and prison. She serves as an advisor, not a regulator. Her job is to work with facilities to:
Do a situation review — what is the facility like, what challenges are they facing, what resources do they have, what do they need.
Help determine who are close contacts
Understand staffing challenges and needs
Provide information about infection prevention and control best practices
John Yacavone shared trivia you may or may not want to know. He shared if you want to stop a yawn, touch one of your fingers to your tongue.
We learned that Phil Bush was baking bread and was joining us by Zoom from his kitchen. We imaged his kitchen would be smelling very good as that bread baked.
Meeting Review
Meeting called to order by President Ed Friedman at 12:00. Marilyn Bedell Rang the bell when we couldn't hear the one coming from Ed's computer.
The following guests were welcomed to the meeting: Kirk Baird (Prospective Member), and Lyrica Stelle.
Ed then welcomed our speaker, Lyrica Stelle, Epidemiologist for the Vermont Department of Health, White River Junction office. See info about her talk above.
Bill Secord then presented the book for the Kilton Library Children's Collection which as very appropriate to honor an epidemiologist:
If the World Were 100 People: a Visual Guide to Our Global Village, by Jackie McCann, illustrated by Aaron Cushley.
Help your child become a global citizen with this accessible introduction to the people who live on our planet, with big ideas broken into bite-size chunks through clever graphic design. Perfect for home and classroom settings!
With almost 7.8 billion people sharing the earth, it can be a little hard to picture what the human race looks like all together. But if we could shrink the world down to just 100 people, what could we learn about the human race? What would we look like? Where and how would we all be living? This book answers all these questions and more!
Reliably sourced and deftly illustrated, If the World Were 100 People is the perfect starting point to understanding our world and becoming a global citizen. If we focus on just 100 people, it's easier to see what we have in common and what makes us unique. Then we can begin to appreciate each other and also ask what things we want to change in our world.
Announcements
BREWFEST:
Hank acknowledged how hard all of our volunteers worked to make it a safe and fun day! Hank reported that 729 people attended Brew Fest! We presold, via Eventbrite, 389 tickets. We still have a few bills to pay, and are awaiting a few payments from sponsors. Hank anticipates that we will end up with about $24,000 to $26,000
Wrap-up meeting will be help on September 29, 2022
We gave a special shout out to Bruce Bergeron, and his family and staff that helped make the day successful.
Phil Rentz has agree to be our chair for 2023. Thank you Phil and here's to a happy dance!
Phil Rentz
UNITED WAY DAY OF CARING AT WHALEBACK
Bruce Bergeron has found a project for the club to help at Whaleback. He will be sending out a doodle poll looking for 6-7 Rotarians to help on September 16, 2022
CLUB PICNIC:
Our annual club picnic will again take place on the palatial Guaraldi grounds in Newport on Saturday, September 24 from 10:00 a.am. to 4:00 p.m. Please RSVP yea or nay. Instruction have been sent to do this via email.
MOTROCYLISTS FROM ITALY:
Joann Lemieux reminded everyone that Bill Sahlman, a former member of the Riverside Rotary Club, will be escorting a group of Rotarian motorcyclists from Italy for a meet-and-greet at Riverside Park in West Lebanon on Wednesday, September 28 at 5:00 p.m. JoAnn will be providing sandwiches, salad, and chips. Bring you own beverage, and bring an additional side dish, snack or dessert. Please RSVP yea or nay. Instruction have been sent to do this via email.
STRYOFOAM™ COLLECTION
Our next Styrofoam™ Collection Day will be October 29th at Jake Coffee Shop in Lebanon.
Members and Visitors at the meeting:
Marilyn Bedell, Ron Bedell, Phil Bush, Dean Cashman, Hank Clarke, Dave Crandall, Jim Damren, Rudy Fedrizzi, Ed Friedmam, Tim Guaraldi, Ahmad Haidari, Will Koppenheffer, JoAnn Lemieux, Jane Mason, Ernst Oidtmann, Phil Rentz, Bill Secord, Marion Steiner, Paul Tierney, Rich Wallace, Call Wolfe and John Yacavone
Guests: Kirk Baird (Prospective Member) and Lyrica Stelle, our speaker
The meeting was adjourned with the recitation of the Rotary motto by Marilyn Bedell
One profits most who serves best.
Draw for Car Wash
The Car Wash was won Jane Mason
Upcoming Service Projects, Activities and Fund Raisers
United Day Of Caring at Whaleback
We have a project to do at Whaleback for the United Day of Caring. Bruce Bergeron is looking for about 6 to 7 Rotarians to help. A doodle poll will be sent out seeking your help.
Club Picnic - September 24, 2022 at Tim and Anna Guaraldi's home in Newport, NH (see above)
Gathering of Motorcycling Rotarians from Italy at Riverside Park on September 28, 2022 at 5 PM see above)
Sustainable Lebanon Styrofoam™ Collection on October 29, 2022
Sustainable Lebanon and the Rotary Club of Lebanon, NH will once again partner with Sustainable Lebaonon to bring Styrofoam Recycling to our area on October 29,2022. Sustainable Lebanon is a 501c3 nonprofit organization which helps volunteers organize environmental actions. We work to keep local residents informed on local issues related to the environment, energy, and climate. Sustainable Lebanon supports actions that are meaningful to community members
HOLIDAY PARTY and FAMOUS YANKEE SWAP
SAVE THE DATE — FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2022 at the QUECHEE INN, QUECHEE VERMONT
Anticipate a charge of up to $60/person
Lebanon Casino Fundraiser - Spring 2023
Bedell Classic Golf Tournament - See you at the golf course in May 2023!!
Dr. Hamid Jafari is the Director of Polio Eradication at the World Health Organization, Eastern Mediterranean Region. He leads polio eradication efforts, in close collaboration with other partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), in 22 Regional Member States that include Afghanistan and Pakistan, the two remaining polio endemic countries globally.
Until August 2019, Dr. Jafari served as the Principal Deputy Director, Center for Global Health, at the US Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). He worked closely with CDC leadership to ensure CDC’s assets are aligned to its global health priorities and the agency’s impact is optimized. He liaised and partnered with senior officials in US government agencies, partner organizations and other governments. He played a key leadership role in establishing and accelerating Joint External Evaluations (JEEs) to objectively assess country capacities to meet International Health Regulations.
From 2012 to 2016, Dr. Jafari was the Director of Global Polio Eradication Operations and Research at World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva and the overall leader of the GPEI. Strong global progress under his leadership led to cessation of poliovirus outbreaks in Syria, Iraq, Somalia, Ethiopia, Kenya, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea and interruption of wild poliovirus transmission in all of Africa except northeastern Nigeria. He led the international planning and coordination of the global withdrawal of trivalent OPV and introduction of bivalent OPV and IPV in EPI.
Dr. Jafari served as the Project Manager of World Health Organization’s National Polio Surveillance Project in India (2007-2012). As Project Manager of NPSP, he was the main technical advisor to the Government of India in the implementation of the nation’s large-scale polio eradication effort, measles control and routine immunization activities and directed WHO’s extensive network of more than 2000 field staff.
Dr. Jafari served as the Director of Global Immunization Division at CDC from 2004-06 and provided strong leadership to the global immunization and polio eradication efforts.
He served as the Medical Officer for Polio Eradication in the Regional Office of WHO for Eastern Mediterranean in Egypt on assignment from CDC from 1996-2002. Dr. Jafari mobilized resources and guided countries and partner agencies in establishing and effectively implementing polio eradication programs in countries of the Middle East, North Africa, Horn of Africa and in Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan.
Dr. Jafari is a graduate of CDC’s Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) program, Class of 1992. He obtained his MBBS degree from Sind Medical College, Karachi University. He completed his residency training in Pediatrics at Dartmouth Medical School and his Pediatric Infectious Disease fellowship at University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas. Dr. Jafari completed a research fellowship at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Jafari has published more than 100 scientific papers and book chapters on pathogenesis of infectious diseases, polio eradication and other vaccine-preventable diseases and global health security.
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