Dear Rotarians:
Our September 21 meeting was lunch at Seascape.
We had a good turnout- 32 attendees
UTI was fully present and joined by our guest speaker Diane Syrcke on banjo for the Welcome Song- one of the best renditions ever.
Sam got his jokes from his phone again - punchlines were attire (a tire); checkmate and toad (towed).
Dr Art’s thought of the day was: if at first you don’t succeed, hide the evidence. Alternate punchline- maybe skydiving isn’t for you
Konstantine was back and brought his friend Donald who is an attorney traveling the world. We did not talk shop.
Anders was also back from Europe and promoting Swedish rain gear
Siegfried was a visiting Rotarian from Sunrise
Nice to see Dr. Matt again- with a 5 year reprieve from the “Name That College” maelstrom that he is unavoidably in. Wettstein College is seeming more and more like the best choice?
Also wonderful to have Becky with us in person again
Also good to see Judge/Justice/bass guitarist McAdams and to hear his confession about having his fingerprints rejected….unclear why that happened but the irony abounds
Lowry reminded us of the pumpkin painting
We will also be doing a trash cleanup headed by Nelson
Eric was the detective and asked several questions about football. We did pretty well considering Eric fumbled one question- he didn’t know where the first Super Bowl was played—he can be forgive- it was before he was born
Nelson reminded us that actually the first two games between what was the NFL and AFL were not called Super Bowls
Anissa is taking a leave of absence because of the demands of her new job, she will be sorely missed
Our guest speaker Diane Syrcke is the head of Hospice of Santa Cruz. She has an MBA and an MS in music and showed her talents in both. She started with the banjo and UTI, gave an outstanding presentation and finished with a song in her operatic voice. Quite the Renaissance woman.
Diane spoke and gave a power point about the basics of hospice caregiving and the particular qualities and programs that Hospice of Santa Cruz offers. As a non-profit it provides more services than for-profit organizations and it continually ranks highest in reviews.
Hospice of Santa Cruz started in 1978. It offers transitional care, hospice and pediatric care. The hospice component is to provide palliative and transitional care and grief support for the family.
Services are provided to anyone who needs them. Medicare pays for hospice and nobody is ever turned away.
They have recently begun a program called Kid wise - for kids up to age 20 who have medically limiting conditions. The program was made possible by the Affordable Care Act. They also have a youth grief camo for kids 7-17.
Obviously close to her heart, they also provide music therapy which has been extremely helpful.
Sharing also a bit of what it was the Aptos Chamber Business Showcase
Pam, Lowry, Nelson and Doug, represented the Club at the table interacting with many. The surprise of the Event was Lowry winning the raffle, not once but TWICE!! That's a Champ!
Our next meeting is Thursday September 28 at the Fairfield Inn on 41st Ave. at 5 pm. Let’s have another big turnout!
