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MINUTES OF MEETING OF Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Editor: Past President Bob Koski Meeting Called to Order at 6:30 PM: by Vice President David Mankiewicz Grace: led by Ted Morrison “Oh Lord, The Giver of All Good, We Thank Thee for our Daily Food, May Rotary friends and Rotary ways Help us to Serve Thee All our Days” Toast to the KING : Shashi Bhatia Land Acknowledgement: by Vice President David Mankiewicz We respectfully acknowledge that the Rotary Club of Oshawa-Parkwood is meeting on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nations, within the jurisdiction of the Williams Treaties. We are committed to our responsibility of stewardship, in these relationships and for this land on which we learn, share and live. Tosat to Canada: Camille Miquel Farfan Visiting Rotarians and Guests : Don Igbokwe welcomed Kevin Gorrell (guest of Dave Andrews) and Fahim Fikret, manager Mortgage specialist with TD bank (guest of Shashi Bhatia) BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES: Happy Birthday to Jan Penney on Feb 21 Happy Birthday to Rotary on Feb 23 (120th) Happy Birthday (Cha Cha Cha ) to Ted Morrison on Feb 23 
ANNOUNCEMENTS / REMINDERS: REMINDERS from Lennis Trotter: Kids Safety Village Board and Committee Meeting Mar. 10 – 1:00 pm; Kids Safety Village and Rotary and Partners Annual joint meeting with our club Apr. 8 at Oshawa Golf Club Dave Andrews has Reverse Draw Tickets for you to sell. Dave has a number of silent auction items but we need more. Send Dave a photo of the item and description and a Value and Dave will post to our Facebook page. Members should start thinking about who they sold tickets to last year. Members were encouraged to think about possible sponsors for this event too. The more the merrier. Dave has supplied everyone with the silent auction items and ticket sales lists from last year, and sample “ask” letters, and promo posters for this year. Ted reminded members that they should be on the lookout for silent auction items. May 8 will be here before we know it. 
SGT AT ARMS: Don Igbokwe ACE OF SPADES: The draw was won by Dale Duke. He drew the 10 of Clubs. Only 15 cards left, for next meeting. The pot grows even bigger HAPPY BUCKS: Thank you to Don for collecting our Happy Bucks Dave Mankiewicz bought a 2025 Chevy Traverse Shashi Bhatia glad to see so many members out on this cold night Ted Morrison’s son survived house fire, heart attack and still shovelled snow last night & Ted leaves for Spain in one week Kevin Gorrell – it’s good to be in snow plowing business & pleased to be at our meeting David Penney, Dale Duke, and Bill Creamer “always happy”. Dave Andrews happy to have Kevin Gorrell as his guest tonight. SPEAKERS: Dawn Lockhart – Community Education Coordinator – Alzheimer Society Durham Region Introduced by Dave Andrews, Dawn Lockhart is a registered Social Service Worker and alumni from the Seneca College Gerontology Program. Dawn is a representative of the Alzheimer’s Society who cultivates opportunities and provides educational programs and information to constituents. She works diligently and collaboratively with Health Care Professionals and Care Partners within the Durham Region to raise awareness of Alzheimer’s and provides support to identify gaps and areas of need, within our community. The ‘tickle trunk of knowledge’ is a phrase you will often hear Dawn state while encouraging and equipping Health Care Professionals and Care Partners to draw on personhood knowledge while supporting individuals living with dementia. Dawn’s presentations are based on best practice teachings while incorporating her personal experiences based on Community and Clinical work, as well as her almost 20 years of working in the Long-Term Care sector. Dawn is the granddaughter of a person living with dementia. This further contributes to her understanding, compassion, empathy as well as appreciation for the peeks and valleys the ‘Dementia journey’ entails. Dawn spoke to us about Alzheimers and Dementia. She told us that in 2024 there were 733,040 patients in Canada: 300,000 in Ontario and by 2050 the estimated numbers will have grown to 1,712,000 and 750,000 respectively. She mentioned there is no cure at this time. Dawn explained the different categories of Alzheimer Dementia, vascular dementia, lewy body dementia and frontal temporal dementia. Smokers, alcohol drinkers, people with head injuries, people with poor hearing / vision, and people with limited social activities are more likely to encounter memory issues as they age. People on a vegetarian diet are less likely to develop memory issues … but there are no guarantees A copy of Dawn’s presentation will accompany this bulletin. More info can be found at https://alzheimer.ca/durham/en Here are some links that Dawn asked me to add to her presentation: Referral form for intake https://alzheimer.ca/durham/en/whats-happening/news/secure-online-first-link-referral-form Volunteer info https://alzheimer.ca/durham/en/take-action/volunteer Brain Health tips to reduce your risk of dementia. https://alzheimer.ca/en/about-dementia/how-can-i-reduce-risk-dementia/brain-healthy-tips-reduce-your-risk-dementia Risk Factors https://alzheimer.ca/en/about-dementia/how-can-i-reduce-risk-dementia/risk-factors-dementia Dawn was thanked by Robbie Larocque. David Mankiewicz adjourned the meeting shortly after 8:09 pm. MORE INFORMATION IN THE CALENDAR OF EVENTS Be sure to check out our Calendar for details.!! IF YOU CAN’T MAKE IT, YOU CAN MAKE UP: Go online at www.rotary.org go to the club locator and find a club or clubs near your destination. Or you can add the free App Rotary Club Locator to your phone for instant look up of any club in the world. Please mail or fax your make-ups to Secretary Janice Coupland, or give your make-up card to the attendance/registration officer at the next club meeting.
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