ATTENDANCE: Silvana Buccianti, Virginia Johnson, Dr. Patsy McGeehan, Janice Hall, Carol Trojan, Donna Trimblett, Harold Kawalek, Steve Stamos, Melissa Rada
VISITING ROTARIAN:
GUEST:
Michele Mount-Peace Care Development & Communications Officer
Carol handled the meeting in Cindi's absence:
Discussed the Trex recycle program
Asked we reach out to family and friends to help us meet our goal
Rev. Patterson offered her warehouse location for plastic storage(details to follow)
All plastic that is dropped off either at the warehouse or any member's house needs to be weighed, bagged and weight MUST be written on the bag
Please email Silvana with the weight so that she can record so we will get credit
Donna and Cindi drop off every Sunday. Email reminders will be sent prior to drop off
Drop off locations are as follows: Lowes: East Rutherford, Union, Woodbridge and Staten Island (Arthur Kill Road)
Diaper and wipe drive:
Diapers and Wipes drive will run the entire month of May
Flyers will be sent out this week
Drop off locations will be BCB Branches and Allstate-Rosemary Kellners office
Raffle & Installation Dinner
50/50 Raffle will be going in front of Council on May 12, 2021. Once we receive the RA# will will have J&J print the tickets.
Please if you can sell the tickets in advance
We ask that each member sell a minimum of 10 tickets
Installation Dinner tickets are $75.00 per person we also ask that each member purchase 2 tickets whether they attend or not.
Guest Speaker: Michelle Mount
Michelle Mount was the guest speaker today at our meeting. Michelle is the Development & Communications Officer for Peace Care St. Ann's and St Joseph's nursing home. She spoke about the first hand challenges when the pandemic hit. The nursing home went on a complete shutdown and therefore cutting all personal contact with the families and residents. Their quick response was to obtain IPADS so the residents had some way of communication. As the pandemic got worse not only were they not able to see family now they were quartinined in their rooms. The residents were falling into depression. Michelle stated that they needed to do something so they started purchasing Robotic Pets. These pets acted like companions to the residents. the cats purred like real cats as did the dogs bark. They started seeing changes in the residents. They acquired several pets for the residents with their goal to have a pet for each resident. The Rotary Club donated a cat and dog.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS:
May 18, 2021 In person meeting 7:30 AM at The Chandelier Restaurant.
Diaper & Wipes Drive:
We will collecting donations the entire month of May.
Installation Dinner:
June 29, 2021 6:00 PM @ The Chandelier Restaurant. $75.00 per ticket.
