We gathered on another beautiful summer day as Karan Bates-Gasior kicked off the meeting at 12:15 p.m. Ken Steele led us today with the Pledge of Allegiance and the national anthem. Sam D’Angelo was up for the-4-way-test task. Before Julie Huttenlocher led us in prayer, we had a moment of silence for the passing of Chuck O’Grady. We lunch with salad, pasta, beans, chicken, and ice cream sundae.
PRESIDENTIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Karan announced the rotary summit in Ann Arbor. Anyone who can and wants to come would be welcome!
NEW MEMBER INDUCTION
Today we had the pleasure of introducing two new members to the club. Dale McNabb and Ken Hagar were both brought to the club by sponsor, Margo Baker.
GUESTS & VISITORS
Julie Huttenlocher announced the guests and visitors today.
Suzanne Stewart, Emily Peylak, and Kevin Evans were all from Martha T. Berry and were guests of Sam D’Angelo
Joe Garavaglia is a guest of Margo Baker
Yun-A came to our meeting as the exchange student from Korea
MEMBER BIRTHDAYS & FLOWERS
Stephanie had her work cut out selling flowers today because we had no member birthdays, anniversaries, or club anniversaries, but she was up to the task!
Patty Kaufman bought a flower for our new exchange student Yun-A.
Val Miller bought a flower for our new members Ken and Dale.
Jeff Furest bought a flower for Sarah Lee.
Joe Garavaglia bought a flower for Margo for introducing our guests to the group.
Sam D’Angelo bought a flower for his guests Emily and Suzanne.
Mary Ann bought a flower for Bob Lee for his 10-year anniversary for his liver transplant.
MUSIC
Sarah Lee led us in music today with “In the Good Old Summertime” and “All Hail to Rotary”
Sunshine/goodwill reports:
Nothing to report today!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
- Bob Lee announced his 10-year liver transplant anniversary! Way to go Bob!
- Larry Neal announced that Margo Baker would be the new member on the foundation board
- Sam D’Angelo announced that any archives members have should be delivered to Sam or Jeff ASAP
- Ryan Murphy announced that September 7 is the Soap Box Derby. We’d love to have members come to represent the club to the community.
- Eric announced that the golf outing is September 26. Please sign up if you can come! We’d love to have you for lunch or dinner even if you don’t want to golf.
- Jeff Furest is having the first steering committee meeting at his house Monday 8/26
RECOGNITION
Jeff Furest was handing out fines today!
Everyone not wearing their Rotary pin was fined $1.
$1 for Sam and Ryan for jumping ahead of Eric in the announcements (even we were just answering when Karan called!) $1 per child and $2 per college student starting school. Glenn Burton was fined for his attire (becoming a theme) and another $1 for a phone incident last week.
$1 for the sitting at the table where the golf sign up sheet was stolen from LAST WEEK’s meeting. Dale and Ken were fined for their first (of many) time for their commercial with their Rotary introduction speech. $1 for the table not knowing how many major donors the club has. $1 for the table that did not know the order of rotary service programs being started. $4 for Larry in a picture with the governor for putting Narcan in libraries.
SPEAKER & PROGRAM
Today we were able to hear from Kevin Evans of Martha T. Berry.
First he wanted to thank the club for their donations over the years and he said since he started at MTB rotary has donated $24,000
Suzanne from Martha T. Berry updated us on some of the new things at the facility
They use the Eden Philosophy to enrich and enhance the lives of the residents
She talked about the new Celebration Center which has a lot of uses
Education center for the employees
Residents are able to participate in activities like concerts, senior prom, Karaoke
These events have helped residents enjoy their lives by things like “Promposals,” singing of “wild thing” and lots of other great times!
Kevin talked to us again about things to watch for with Medicare and Medicaid
Medicare is changing their practices
No more total hips and knees go to inpatient rehab
If you need therapy, you need to be fully admitted to the hospital to get therapy after discharge
Reimbursement for long term care is based on an average for conditions and may very well not be enough to cover all the expenses you need
You can get denied Medicaid because of the value of your home value or life insurance policy
Ken Steele won the 50/50 for $25
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Happy Birthday!
8/25 Glenn Burton
8/29 Bill Patterson
8/23 Mellisa (Eric) Pierson
Celebrating a Club Anniversary!
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