President Tammy Dunn rang the bell at 12:04pm, calling to order meeting #5471 of The Rotary Club of Everett, and meeting #19 of Tammy’s presidency. 

 

President Tammy also presented the Thought of the Day, reading the poem Flanders Field. She then asked our veterans to stand and be recognized.

 

There were no visiting Rotarians. Ralph Quaas introduced his daughter, Kari Quaas and her friend, Ashley Golden.  

 

President Tammy announced that the discounted tickets for the foundation dinner end today. She also announced that Cat Wilson is looking for members to introduce the Student of the Month. Please contact Cat to sign up.

 

Brian Hollingshead announced that the next Rotary happy hour will be this Thursday, 5pm at the Courtyard by Marriott Everett.

 

President Tammy stated that the club is looking for a new meeting place, possibly Legion Hall or Floral Hall. She also stated that next week’s Student of the Month meeting will have a catered lunch.

 

PP Amy Norman took to the podium to discuss Foundation Month. Her goal is for every member to “up one” Paul Harris and bring someone back to Rotary. So far, $15,402 has already been pledged by 24 members. There will be a prize drawing every week in November. Today’s winners were Walt Greenwood and Jerry Tucker. If you become a major donor, you will receive a custom made Funko Pop of yourself! She then presented a video from Rotary International. Amy encouraged members to check their sustaining balances. She also stated that Jim Staniford has donated 23,000 points to help members reach their next Paul Harris.

 

Walt Greenwood led off Happy Dollars with $3 for some power outage stories. He has a generator, but still has no power.

 

PP Larry O’Donnell stated he had no TV but fell asleep anyway!

 

Scott Casselman had $5 for Election Day.

 

Ed Petersen was happy for a rebate on an electric car.

 

Paul Stoot was $100 thankful for all who attended his fundraising event last Friday. Over $100,000 was raised!

 

Brian Hollingshead was $5 happy for no more election commercials!

 

Before running today’s raffle. Neil Angst asked that the club ratify the appointment of new board members, Steve Miller, Kelli Thode and Kelly Shepherd. The motion carried.

 

Raffle winners were:

Greg Lineberry – Merlot

Brian Hollingshead – Wine & Chocolate

Scott Casselman – Lunch & Flowers

 

Today’s speaker, Jerri Wood, began her presentation by distinguishing the difference between the term’s dementia and Alzheimer’s. Dementia is a generic term, where Alzheimer’s is a specific type of dementia. In 2020 Washington State had 120000 cases of Alzheimer’s, with 3585 mortalities. The cost for care has gone from $321 Billion to over $1 Trillion.  

 

Risk factors include age, family history, head injuries and lifestyle. Blacks and Latinos have a higher risk of getting Alzheimer’s.  Some people live up to 20 years after being diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. First responders are now being trained to better help people with dementia.

 

A recent Alzheimer’s walk in October had raised $104,000. Jerri concluded her program by bringing attention to the ALZ magazines on the tables. She then entertained questions from the members.

 

President Tammy thanked our guests, speaker, and today’s bell ringers.

Meeting adjourned.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

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