Mountain View Rotary
President Sanjay Dave’s Greeting: Good Afternoon and welcome to the Rotary Club of Mountain View where: We’re More Than A Club…We’re a Family!!!
Our International call to action for 2022-2023 is “Imagine Rotary.” Our club’s call to action is “Imagine Mountain View Rotary.”
Pledge of Allegiance: Led by Margaret Abe-Koga
Greeter & Thought for the Day: Bruce Barsi offered a quote often used by Past President Dan Alexander proclaiming “What a Ride!” as he related to his life’s journey.
Introduction of Visitors: Heather introduced District 5170 Representative Sobha Ramesh. Scott introduced our two RYLA Attendees, Ishaan Dave from MVHS and Sabina Datta from SFHS.
General Club Announcements:
- MV Historical Association – Sanjay presented the history of Mountain View Rotary on Sunday, August 7th.
- Public Image Chair
- Your role as club public image committee chair is to create and implement a plan to tell Rotary’s story to the public, and to promote the club’s projects and activities.
- Monthly Speaker Chairs – Passing along a sign-up sheet. There are only a few open months.
- Art & Wine Festival on September 10th. Sign up to volunteer. Paul noted that we have 15 volunteers so far.
- Golf Tournament on Friday, September 30tt, followed by dinner at Michaels. Stephen and Walt are organizing the event.
- Service Projects – Cathy Merrill sent around sign-up sheets.
- Red Cross Blood Drive on August 13th and October 8th at the Senior Center. Help is need with set up and break down.
- Hope’s Corner meals
- President Sanjay presented Past President Heather with her Past President’s badge.
District Announcements:
- District Governor Savita Vaidyanathan is visiting our Club next week on August 16th. He will be meeting with the Board 11 am.
Misc. Updates
Scott introduced the two RYLA students that our Club sponsored, Ishaan Dave and Sabina Datta, who recently returned from attending Camp RYLA at the Mission Springs Conference Center in Scotts Valley. Both students shared their experiences at RYLA and thanked the Club for their sponsorship.
MV Rotary Endowment
The regular Rotary Meeting was paused briefly while Ken opened an Endowment Board meeting to elect new members to the Board. A motion was made to add Twana Karney and Fred Storek to the Endowment Board. The motion was seconded and passed unanimously by members attending the meeting. The Endowment Board meeting was closed and the regular Rotary Meeting resumed.
SPEAKER:
Cathy introduced our speaker, Dr. Melissa Kaszubski, PAMF Audiologist, to discuss how our hearing changes as we age.
There are many physical parts to the ear that allow us to hear and there are many factors that may contribute to hearing loss.
An audiogram is used to measure hearing in each of our ears. The different levels of hearing are: 1) normal; 2) mild loss; 3) moderate loss; 4) severe loss; 5) profound loss. The three types of hearing loss are: 1) conductive – this is not nerve related and can be medically treated such as an ear infection; 2) sensorineural – this is nerve related, usually permanent and can be corrected with hearing aids; 3) mixed – combination of conductive and sensorineural. Most people with hearing loss have a deficiency with higher pitches of sound. Hearing loss is the third most common age related medical issue that people experience. Most hearing loss is not medically treatable and if it is, an audiologist is required to refer the patient to a medical doctor. For those who experience tinnitus, that ailment comes from the brain and not the ears. Untreated hearing loss leads to further health problems including social, cognitive and emotional issues.
Hearing aids slow or stop the progression of hearing loss. They are not corrective devices, they are aids. There is not one best hearing aid and a device that works well for one person, may not work as well for another person. There are two types of hearing aids: 1) hearing aid placed in the ear – usually for more mild hearing loss; 2) hearing aid placed behind the ear – usually for more moderate to severe hearing loss.
Mark your Calendars: Our Next Meeting will be on August 16th at Don Giovanni’s. Board Meeting starts at 11 am.
Imagine Rotary! Imagine Mountain View Rotary!
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