Dinner Meeting at Quigley’s Restaurant
593 Columbia Turnpike
East Greenbush, NY
October 19, 2017

Members Attending (16): Roberto Martinez, Pat Bailey, Murray Forth, Debbie Rodriguez, Peter Brown, Debbie Brown, Dick Drumm, Jim Leyhane, Charlie Foote, Terry Brewer, Julius Frankel, Ray Hannan, Kevin Leyhane, Carol Orvis, Phil Kellerman, Carole Spencer.

Guests: None

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Announcements/Business

BREAKFAST MEETING — This morning’s Third Thursday breakfast at the Greenbush YMCA was attended by 12 Rotarians and one guest. Peter Brown was the speaker, on violence in the schools. It was announced that the club will assist the “Caring Community Basket Brigade” effort to provide Thanksgiving food baskets to needy families. Click here for details.

FOUNDATION DINNER DEADLINE — District 7190 has set a November 1 deadline for submitting online reservations for the annual Foundation Dinner. The event is scheduled for Thursday, November 16, at the 90 State Street event facility (the address also is the name of the site) in downtown Albany. The dinner theme is “Persons of Action.” We are hoping enough SRC members will attend so we can have a table. Reservations are $100 per person, or $175 per couple. 90 State Street is run by Mazzone Hospitality (Angelo’s 677 Prime, Glen Sanders Mansion, Saratoga National, Tala Bistro, etc.). Click here to go to the District’s online reservation form.

RECYCLING DAY UPDATE — President Roberto showed slides of our third recycling/shredding day, held on Saturday, October 14. Treasurer Murray reported that we cleared about $1,800 for scholarships and the general treasury. Thanks to the many club  members who staffed the event, and a special thanks to Josh Wainman for once again making the Wainschaf Associates facility available to the club at no charge.

IN MEMORIAM — The club has made a $500 donation in memory of longtime Rotarian Russ Edberg to the Doors of Hope charity in West Sand Lake with which Russ and his late wife Dottie long were affiliated.

HURRICANE RELIEF EVENT — The club has contributed $300 toward purchase of food to be sold during a Questar III professional development workshop at Columbia High School this Friday. All proceeds from the sale will go to domestic hurricane relief efforts.

BOARD RETREAT — Roberto reported on the October 16 SRC Board retreat held at Community Care. All 11 Board members and three other club members attended the three-hour session. Among the topics discussed were e-attendance, e-voting, expansion of e-mail notifications to all members anytime the website is updated, activities aligned with projects and goals, and more. We will have club assemblies on November 2 and November 30 to allow other members to contribute ideas and further discuss the new concepts.

ON THE CALENDAR — “World Polio Day” will be marked at the UAlbany School of Public Health on the Heath Sciences Campus (formerly called the East Campus) in Rensselaer from 5 to 7 p.m. next Tuesday, October 24. All are welcome. The club is donating refreshments. … Members are asked to support the annual Rotary float project now under way for the New Year’s Day Rose Bowl Parade. (Click here for details on the project and how to support it.) … Eight club members are signed up for the Rotary Leadership Institute (RLI) training workshops on Saturday, October 21, at the Health Sciences Campus in Rensselaer. … The second Community Celebration Dinner is scheduled for Tuesday, December 5, at Moscatiello’s Restaurant in North Greenbush.

NEXT MEETING —  6:15 p.m. Thursday, October 26, at Quigley’s. Dean Calamaras will provide a presentation on “The Sights and Sounds of Iceland.”

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PROGRAM: “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters In the End”

Peter Brown based his presentation on the book “Being Mortal” by Dr. Atul Gawande. Peter’s key points:

• This is a hard topic to discuss, but it affects us all.
• Medicine wants to cure illness and disability but it can’t prevent death.
• Aging is a natural part of life and we need to prepare for and address it.
• Change from independence to dependence is normal, but how we do it can be comfortable or uncomfortable depending on our choices.
• The health care system often doesn’t ask us the right questions as we approach the end of life.

Click here to access Peter’s entire presentation.

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Breakfast Meeting
Greenbush YMCA
20 Community Way
East Greenbush, NY
October 19,2017

Members Attending (12): Roberto Martinez, Peter Brown, Debbie Brown, Pat Bailey, Jim Leyhane, Andy Leyhane, Murray Forth, Terry Brewer, Geoff Brewer, Jim Butterworth, Shannon Romanowski, Matt Smith.

Guests (1): Wes Slyke.

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FOOD BASKETS –.Shannon Romanowski will spearhead the club’s efforts to assist the “Caring Community Basket Brigade” in providing Thanksgiving food baskets, for which money and/or supplies are needed. The deadline for contributing is November 10, with locations for donating supplies to be announced. (See above image for details.)

SPEAKER — Club member Peter Brown, making the first of his two presentations today (he also was scheduled to speak at the dinner meeting on a different topic), spoke on mental health, the culture in schools, and how to make necessary changes to reduce violence.

CALENDAR — The next breakfast meeting will be November 16, with no speaker. (The dinner meeting for that date has been cancelled because it conflicts with the District’s annual Foundation Dinner.)

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Meeting at Quigley’s Restaurant
593 Columbia Turnpike
East Greenbush, NY
October 12, 2017

Members Attending (15): Roberto Martinez, Pat Bailey, Murray Forth, Debbie Rodriguez, Dick Drumm, Dean Calamaras, Jim Leyhane, Bill Dowd, Terry Brewer, Julius Frankel, Jim Butterworth, Kevin Leyhane, Jennifer Felts, Carol Orvis, Stewart Wagner.

Guests (1): Deborah Ciprioni.

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PROGRAM: Physical Therapy & Essential Oils

Club member Jennifer Felts introduced Deborah Ciprioni, owner of Comprehensive Physical Therapy Solutions in Castleton.

Deborah, born and raised locally, has been a practicing physical therapist for more than  20 years and has been operating her own business for about five. Her staff includes two part-time therapists as well as her mother.

She said she wanted to get into business for herself to increase the amount of time she can spend with each client. She said she spends about a half-hour on average with each one she treats compared to 10-15 minutes while in group practice. She said this allows her to get to know her clients much better which, in turn, improves their treatment regimen.

Deborah said her clients range in age from 8 to 92, with needs ranging from accident and injury recuperation to post-stroke therapy. She also has worked with high school football and soccer teams on conducting balance assessments which help in improving training programs.

Deborah also is involved in therapy using essential oils: i.e., compounding natural distilled ingredients for use as topical and aromatherapy applications. She said there are literally hundreds of products available for a variety of concerns. She displayed a sample box and distributed samples. Deborah also holds educational workshops on roughly a monthly schedule for the public.

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Announcements/Business

ROTARY HUMANITY T-SHIRTS — President Roberto said a few shirts still are available to members at no charge.

RUSS EDBERG IN MEMORIAM — Longtime member Russ Edberg’s funeral on Wednesday was attended by a number of members, several of whom served as pallbearers. A post-burial gathering was held at the East Greenbush Fire Department where Russ was a longtime  member and officer. SRC will make a monetary donation in Russ’s memory to the Doors of Hope charitable organization Russ and his late wife Dottie worked with for many years.

WORLD POLIO DAY — SRC hopes to have a table at the event to introduce the public to Rotary on Tuesday, October 24, at the UAlbany Health Sciences Campus in Rensselaer. Roberto displayed a promotional brochure for the event. Click here to see it on the website.

HURRICANE RELIEF FUNDRAISER — SRC will make a financial contribution to the effort planned during the October 20 professional development day sponsored by Questar III at Columbia High School. Our money will be used to purchase lunch items, which will be sold to attendees to raise funds.

COMMUNITY APPRECIATION CELEBRATION DINNER — The followup to our February dinner that raised about $4,500 for the club treasury will be held on Tuesday, December 5, at Moscatiello’s Restaurant on Route 4 in North Greenbush. We will be honoring community leaders in emergency services, military, education, and other fields. Tickets will be $35 per person, and sponsorships will be available at $100.

FOUNDATION DINNER — Because the Thursday, November 16, District event will conflict with our weekly dinner we will not meet that evening. However, members are urged to attend the breakfast meeting scheduled for that day. Members are urged to enroll for the Foundation Dinner. Simply go to the club website to find a posting about the event and click on the link to the reservation form.

RECYCLING DAY — Murray Forth said more volunteers are needed to staff  Saturday’s recycling and shredding day at the Wainschaf Associates warehouse in Rensselaer.

BOARD RETREAT — The SRC Board of Directors will meet in  a working session from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday, October 16, at Schodack Internal Medicine. Roberto will send out an updated agenda.

ROTARY LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE — Registration for the Saturday, October 24, training session has closed. SRC has eight members signed up which, we are told, is the largest contingent from any club. They are Dean and Doris Calamaras (Level 3), Roberto (Level 2), and Jim Butterworth, Ray Hannan, and Jim, Andy, and Kevin Leyhane (Level 1).

DISTRICT MEMBERSHIP TRAINING — Terry Brewer, who is chair of the District Membership Training Committee, said the next training session will be held on November 8 or 9. Vice President Ray Hannan also will attend as the club’s representative. Anyone else who wishes to attend is asked to contact Terry.

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NEXT MEETINGS — Peter Brown will do double duty next Thursday, speaking at the 7 a.m. breakfast meeting at the Greenbush YMCA on the topic of “Reducing School Violence,” and at 6:15 p.m. at Quigley’s on the book “Being Immortal.”

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