April 18, 2023, Meeting Notes

The meeting was called to order at 7 am by President Robin DeRock.

National Animal Crackers Day

Guests: 

• Bill Ostheimer (Wayne M's guest)

Announcements

Fran Moment

• Fran enjoyed spring break
• She is traveling to California

 Road Apple Roulette Update - Allie

• 45% of tickets available have been sold
• Ticket selling opportunity at La Bien on Fri April 28th

 New member zoom meeting available

• Check with Robin and watch email

Youth Parade - Volunteers Still Needed - Alan Walker

• Parade scheduled for 4/29

All Service Club Meeting/Dinner - Carol Adamson - 5/3/23 at 11:30am - $25

• The guest speaker will be the Apple Blossom Grand Marshal Colonel Sarah (Droz) Babbit 
• Click here to see the Apple Blossom Website for her biography and to purchase tickets to the luncheon

5/6 - THE BIG EVENT - Road Apple Roulette and Apple Blossum Parade

• A horse will make one lucky winner $10,000 richer!

5/12 - Dose de Mayo fellowship event - Rebecca and Carol

• Check with them for details

6/13 - Tuesday 5:30pm - Change over dinner - Robin passing the torch to Craig

• Location to be decided and communicated

Brags and Confessions

Allie Schank

• Allie completed a full marathon in under 5 hours! 
• Congrats Allie

Mansour Ravassipour

• He and his wife are celebrating their 53rd wedding anniversary

John Schapman

• The name of his business is changing to:
• Thriving Together North Central Washington (TTNCW)

Alan Walker

• Went to Ellensburg to celebrate his mom's 86th birthday

Stacy Gold

• Stacy's daughter has a torn ACL and meniscus 
• Stacy is organizing the "Color Rush" on the 29th of April
• Wenatchee Valley Color Rush — Washington State Apple Blossom Festival
• To register, click here 

Program - Erica Grissmersen - Regional Alzheimer's Association and Alexis Bonoff - Community Outreach Central and SE Washington State

Left to Right: Erica Grissmersen and Alexis Bonoff

Erica Grissmerson is the Walk to End Alzheimer's manager for the Wenatchee, Tri-Cities, and Yakima Walks. Her focus is getting families, organizations and companies to start Walk Teams, recruit companies for sponsorship and partnerships and to help individuals and teams fundraise for the Walk to End Alzheimer's for critical care research, support and care services and awareness.

Alexis Bonoff is the Community Outreach Manager for the Alzheimer's Association and oversees Community Education and Outreach programs, Support Groups, and the volunteers who lead them. She also presents Education Programs in places where we do not have volunteers (yet)!

The presentation was excellent! Click here to see the presentation in a PDF. 

The statistics are sobering. 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alheimer's or another form of Dementia.

Heart disease dropped 7.3% between 2000 and 2019, while Alzheimer's disease increased 145%. It kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.

The presentation includes 10 warning signs of Alzheimer's. The symptoms are not a black and white checklist, but it does give us several behaviors to watch out for. If these arise in your daily life, it is best to consult a professional to evaluate the situation.

There is a 24/7 Helpline. Call 1.800.272.3900 or visit https://www.alzwa.org for more information.

The Alzheimer's Association is always looking for volunteers. Visit https://alzwa.org/volunteer for more information.

Annual Wenatchee "Walk to End Alzheimer's" will be held in Wenatchee on Saturday, September 23rd, 2023. To register: Click here

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The raffle was $450. Mansour did not win so it will continue to grow.

Next Programs

• 4/25 - Bill Engle - Wenatchee School District Interim Superintendent
• 5/2 - Ryan Graig, Project Manager and Volunteer Coordinator for TREAD

Joke: "Yesterday I read an article about the dangers of drinking too much..scared the heck out of me so...I'm never going to read that again."

Rotary Anniversaries

• Erin McCool:       04/16/2013
• J. Woody Lotts:   04/26/2022
• Ruth Dagg:          04/17/2018
• Mark VanHorne:  04/26/2022