April 3 - Rotary Club of Concordville Chadds Ford

The Minuteman
Rotary Club of Concordville—Chadds Ford, PA
Established November 5, 1952
P. O. Box 183 Concordville, PA 19331-0183
WEDNESDAY’S MEETING
April 3, 2013
Shun Yun Performance. Bridge and understanding of ancient Chinese civilization.
LAST WEEK: Don opened the meeting, after the prayer and the Pledge of Allegiance by introducing Guests at last weeks meeting. Renee Pagano and Regan Perri.
Even though Pres. Don was happy introducing our guests, he was extremely happy seeking
those members with extra cash in hand to tell us why they were happy:
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Gil Tupper was happy so many members attending todays
meeting ; going to the hospital to have his shoulder replaced next week.
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* Vanessa: Happy she found jobs for two people
* Sue: Happy she had extra calendars on the table
*Murph: Happy daughters visited and have gone back
their homes
to
* Jeannie: Happy daughters are coming in
* Tom: happy about the Delaware blue hens
*Dave: happy about today's meal at Maris grove
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Sue Mardinly: RotoPlast tickets (5/9) $40/person, show and a
dinner, @media theater) and sponsorship form for the night.
Vanessa Keenan
Dom Cappelli: Twisted Vintner meeting tomorrow evening at
Pescatores at 6 pm, need reports from committee chairs and sub-committee chair reports. Two celebrity judges now signed on.
Don/Hank April 29th foundation meeting
Don/Karen: Rotarian to work day coordinating something with the food bank speaker that
was here last week.
Don: book scholarships: 18 applications from seniors at GVHS for the annual book scholarship award. Would like to have the award recepients to lunch with us.
Don: results from the location survey were to continue to explore other options. Committee
formed to explore other options which facilitate all our needs (food, room size/layout).
Let me tell you about a ‘rumor’ I just heard before we find out if it is not true.
Karen Rivera and Carol Swerdon are convinced that Dick Vermeil the former Head
Coach of the Philadelphia Eagles will make a return visit to our “ Twisted Vitner “
fund raiser.
D
ebbie Thompson (brought by Vanessa) from NAMI - National Alliance of Mental Illness
Mental illness is a topic which Executive director of the Chester county NAMI Speaks with
senators and congress people and leaders about helping people with mental illnesses
Became involved because her 13 year old daughter started to have seizures,etc that was diagnosis of oppositional defiant child. This was the seventies; diagnosis were limited. 8 years ago,
he daughter passed away at 30. Has seen mental illness destroy lives.
A group in CT recommended she join NAMI. Her daughter had an undiagnosed head injury
when she was young that changed her thought processes.
NAMI assists for free with people who have mental illnesses. She became executive director because when she originally went to NAMI they didn't recognize her daughters condition; so, she
went to all levels of the organization.
They offer a 12 week course for families of people suffering from mental illness. A 9 week
course for people who suffer from mental illness. Even a program for young individuals.
NAMI started in 1979.
May 18th, Delco NAMI will be holding a symposium
Was driving down the turnpike and had symptoms of a panic attack. Ended up going to Chester county hospital. Was tested out. And, her brother indicated that she had the attack on the
same day her daughter died. Her body/mind had - subconsciously - hijacked her; so, your mind
and mental illness can affect people at different levels. She was upset with the system and is energized to change it. She decided that she would channel her anger (over the loss of her daughter) to help the system she was upset with and part of the result of that is a trauma center at the
Chester county library. It would ne nice to have an organization like rotary to partner with to
help NAMI help those with mental illnesses. Many times, people are overlooked by the system
unless they are in the system.
Questions: Thank - how big a problem is depression? Depression is probably the easiest to diagnose and treat (12 % of population have depression). Two weeks of depression = the individual should get to the doctor immediately because it is something that builds and becomes more
difficult to deal with later on.
QUESTION : Carol what are the changes that happen in mental illnesses. Can they morph from
one type to the other?
CAROL: That does happen because the body and brain are always developing. The brain does
not fully develop until 25. Many times people who may have one form of mental illness and not
be diagnosed with the second or third form. Some times, treatment of one illness will help the
person realize they have a second ailment.
Large population of homeless. Most of them are that way because of a mental illness that
doesn't need involvement of the government. The constitution and bill of rights allow people
the right to be crazy. Therefore, the government takes limited responsibility for them.
We are honored to have had so many visitors from around the world
Dear Rotarian
The world was recently both horrified and appalled by attacks on polio
workers in Nigeria and Pakistan, two of the three countries where polio
is still endemic. Our Rotary Foundation has risen to the crisis and is
working closely with all three country's leaders to solve the problem.
In this issue we have reprinted a report from Rotary Regional Foundation Coordinator from Zone 6B, M. Faiz Kidwai whose region includes
both Afghanistan and Pakistan. We are deeply indebted to our fellow
Rotarians and Rotary supporters everywhere who sacrifice so much to
help us realize our goal of total polio eradication.
Pennies for Polio and More
We reported last month that Zone 24's Pennies for Polio campaign had
met and surpassed their $1 million goal a month ahead of the 1 March,
2013 deadline and that the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation agreed to match additional money beyond the goal.
Upon that news, Dr. Bob Scott, Chair of our Rotary International Polio
Plus Committee laid down a challenge to Rotarians of Zone 24 to hit a
new mark of $2 million by the March 1st deadline and, as always, Rotarians responded...in spades.
The final contribution total was $2,270,000. With matches
from CIDA and The Gates Foundatoin the total contribution toward ending polio was $6.8 million!
Thanks to all Rotarians, Rotoractors and Interactors who participated, together we are This Close !
Thanks to Mary Lue and Gilbert Tupper for creating this display