“It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.” – Helen Keller – 1880-1968 – Educator-Author-Political Activist
“The energy of the mind is the essence of life.” – Aristotle – 385 BC-322 BC -Greek Philosopher
“People only see what they are prepared to see.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson – 1803-1882 – Lecturer-Poet-Essayist
ANNOUNCEMENTS
(notes provided by the distinguished gentleman from Connecticut, Ed Perry)
Mary Kay announced that one more volunteer is needed for the Feed the Kids service project on March 27th.
The videos in which our club members read books for Read across America on March 6th are available. Contact Darrell.
Our March Bucket Bucks will be going to Books for Prisoners and our April Bucket Bucks will be going to CU @ Home. Additional donations to the Bucket Bucks can be sent to Lou.
PROGRAM
Additional viewers tuned in on our Zoom meeting to hear Julie Pryde give us an update on the COVID-19 pandemic. Bob introduced Julie who is our Champaign County Public Health District’s (CCHPD) Administrator.
Julie joined the CCPHD in 1995 and has worked her way to become the health District’s first woman director in 2008. The CCPHD is involved in the many issues dealing with and protecting the community’s health. In her time with the district, she has worked on 3 pandemics. Her focus this morning was on the current COVID-19 pandemic.
Julie noted that we are fortunate to live in a community of smart and caring people. A lot of education and training has taken place for our county’s health service members over the years in preparation for such a virus outbreak. Special thanks were given by Julie to the University of Illinois for their “all in” dedication. The U of I has been a leader in research and development of saliva testing, innovation of ventilators and providing facility space for testing and vaccinations.
All local Hospitals, medical centers, U of I, and the CCPHD met a year ago and formulated plans on what would be needed and how to proceed.
The I Hotel and several other local hospital community locations are currently providing vaccinations with great success in numbers. CCPHD is following the state’s age guidelines in opening up more people to be vaccinated. The plan now is to begin expanding the vaccination locations and specialty clinics so others with limited access or disabilities can be reached.
Julie opened up the program for many questions and answers from the club. With the current numbers and trends in mind, here’s a summary of the answers.
- Even when you are fully vaccinated, masks are recommended to be worn.
- We are hopeful that a year from now our community will be highly vaccinated and returning to a near normal.
- Outdoor activities in small numbers may occur more and more this summer.
- More indoor activities with restricted numbers will open up this summer.
- Smaller Rotary Clubs could start in person meetings beginning outdoors this summer. Inside meetings with limited capacity must be well planned.
- With the virus mutating there is the likelihood of future booster shots.
- One should keep your vaccination card for possible future use. Proof of vaccinations may be needed with certain work.
This pandemic is ever changing, and guidelines can change. Please contact the CCPHD directly for up to date and precise information.
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| Mar 11th | Mar 18th | Mar 25th | Apr 1st | |
| Reflection | Ed Perry | Rod Roberts | Tod Satterthwaite | Jarrod Scheunemann |
| Notetaker | Hodson | Conforti | Perry | Hodson |
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UPCOMING SCHEDULE (with program committee member responsible listed in parentheses)
*All meetings via Zoom unless otherwise noted*
March 11th – Robin Stapf, Training and Recruitment Coordinator, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) (Cary)
March 18th – Lisa Wilson, Executive Director, CU Refugee Center (Charlie)
March 25th – Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Professor of Law at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Director of the Illinois Program in Constitutional Theory, History, and Law will discuss the First Amendment (Tom)
April 1st – TBD (Diana)
April 8th – TBD (Bob)
April 15th – TBD (Cary)
April 22nd – TBD (Charlie)
April 29th – Club Social – details TBD
May 6th – Winnie Stortzum will discuss her trip to Portugal (Mary)
May 13th – TBD (Tom)
May 20th – TBD (Bob)
May 27th – TBD (Cary)
June 3rd – TBD (Charlie)
June 10th – TBD (Mary)
June 17th – TBD (Ondine)
June 24th – Pass the Gavel ceremony
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