This past Tuesday, we heard from Laura Young, pictured, a Fund Development and Event Co-ordinator for the Parkinson’s Association of Alberta (PAA). Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a chronic, progressive, neurodegenerative disease. It is associated with the loss of Dopamine transmitting neurons in the brain and can affect both motor and non-motor functions. Once symptoms appear, greater than eighty percent of these neurons have been lost. Symptoms can include tremor in hands and legs at rest, difficulty moving, stiffness and pain, difficulty talking, loss of sleep, loss of senses of smell and taste, depression, bladder control issues, constipation, hallucinations and paranoia. The average age of onset is fifty-eight years of age. It is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimers. The incidence of this disease is the same worldwide and affects people from all walks of life. There is no known cause or cure. The many treatments currently in use control symptoms or slow the progression of the disease. There are currently about ten thousand people in Alberta living with Parkinson’s disease. The cost to the health systems in Alberta is about one thousand dollars per month per patient.
The association provides services in seven districts in Alberta, Edmonton, Calgary, Grande Prairie, Lethbridge, Lloydminster, Medicine Hat, and Red Deer. The Edmonton office and support services are located in the Buchanan Center. They currently help about one thousand clients in the Edmonton area. They provide many different services and programs designed to provide help for today and hope for tomorrow for both clients and caregivers. They provide a help line, counselling services, sponsor twelve support groups on the Edmonton area, and also provide services in the areas of the arts, education, physical activities and social activities. They also sponsor a yearly conference, with educational speakers. The conference this year will be held on 26 of May at the Central Edmonton Lions Seniors Center. They also provide funding for several local Parkinson’s research programs based in Alberta. These include Dr. Patrick Flood, researching the role of inflammation in PD, Dr. Janis Miyasaki, Advanced Care Planning and Dr. Nils Daniel Forkert, Medical Imaging Analysis.
The association does not have a consistent source of government funding, so it relies on many different public fundraising ventures. They raise about sixty percent of their funding each year from fundraising. These currently include Petals for Parkinson’s, Step’n Stride, Circle of Help and Champions of Hope. Last year the Step’n Stride fundraiser in Edmonton alone had over six hundred participants, who raised over one hundred fifty thousand dollars for the PAA. They are always looking for other sources of funding, and any and all donations are welcome.
Rotary Interact Club of J. Percy Page High School (JPP) requires transportation by the Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona members to the following special event:
Tuesday, March 20th. Serving dinner at RMH.
Pick up at JPP at 3:30 pm (1530). Deliver to RMH, Return from RMH at 7:00 pm (1900) to JPP.
Rotarians are welcome to attend the events, or just provide rides. Please advise how many passengers you can take.
The final trading week is over. Teams are now locked down. Good luck!
Welcome to the Rotary Hockey Pool For Polio Eradication, Sponsored by the Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona
Here’s some interesting facts about THIS hockey pool!!
Pool is limited to 330 participants, Entry fee is $30, Every entry automatically make a donation of $15 to PolioPlus, Every entry automatically adds $15 to the prize pool, Each team will consist of 3 goalies, 8 defenceman and 12 forwards for a total of 23 players, get rid of those underperforming or injured players during the 2 trade weeks incorporated into the schedule.
Test your hockey knowledge by building your own team from scratch!
To register click here: http://tinyurl.com/HockeyPool1718CLOSED
After registering you will receive an email with a link to the online pool.
Hockey Pool Rules are as follows:
Pool is limited to 330 participants
Entry fee is $30 Registration closes November 30th 2017 11:50 pm
Every entry automatically make a donation of $15 to PolioPlus
Every entry automatically adds $15 to the prize pool
Each team will be made up of 3 goalies, 8 defenceman and 12 forwards for a total of 23 players
** Teams that exceed the above player allocations will be deleted by Admin**
January 1-7th 2018 is a trade week, teams can trade up to 3 players
March 1-7th 2018 is a trade week, teams can trade up to 3 players
Prize Pool is allocated as follows:
40% of accumulated prize pool is paid to the participant with highest overall team score
20% of accumulated prize pool is paid to the participant with the highest performing group of 12 forwards
20% of accumulated prize pool is paid to the participant with the highest performing group of 8 defenceman
10% of accumulated prize pool is paid to the participant with the highest performing group of 3 goalies
10% of accumulated prize pool is paid to online transaction fees.
**Ties in any of the above categories will be split evenly among winners**
Our Rotary group has partnered in a joint venture with the Rotary Club of Pretoria to help raise funds for the New Hope School in Pretoria. Patrick Gibson has put together a presentation that he will be making to the other rotary clubs in our area to encourage them to help us with this venture. Our goal is to put enough funding in place for us to be able to apply for a Rotary International matching grant.
Patrick gave us the same presentation he will be making to other local rotary groups. It included a short introduction on the New Hope School, followed by a video that has been prepared by the New Hope School. The New Hope School has been one of the projects of our club for some years now, and most of our members are well aware of the work they do in schooling for handicapped children in the Pretoria area. They provide many services above and beyond the usual schooling activities, such as physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy and many others, as needed by their students.
They receive only basic funding from the local government, so must fundraise to provide these other services. Some of the specific projects our funds could be used for would be a specialised playground, or programs to provide technical skills such as kitchen skills, nail and hair salon skills and sewing skills. Patrick has also put together a ‘Go Fund Me’ page on the web, on which people can get more information, view the video and make contributions. We will also be adding a link on our Rotary web page to this site.
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