INSPIRATION
Jim Gilcreast recited a "Prayer Of Thanksgiving For Good Leaders" which expressed gratitude for the exemplary leadership of the Providence Rotary Club and expressed the wish that their example will guide those who succeed them. 

 

ANNOUNCEMENTS, Etc.
Jane Kratsch requested that more members volunteer to be greeters before our meetings. Pres. Art noted that greeting can be a great experience for newer members.

 

Rotary Night at the PawSox will be on August 17th.Tickets are $12.

 

PP Stanley Sorrentino recently celebrated his 90^th birthday. His daughter says he’s doing as well as can be expected with Alzheimer’s.

 

 

HAPPY BUCKS
Pete Brock hoping all had a good 4th of July holiday.

 

George Burman enjoyed lobster in Maine.

 

Kevin Kernan played his best poker ever at the World Series Of Poker in Las Vegas.

 

Don Saracen for Stanley Sorrentino's 90th birthday.

 

Anthony Hollingshead for his guest, Caitlin Lynch of Morgan Stanley Co.

 

Barry Fain for a party held at the Providence Art Club honoring the life of his cousin Bunny Fain who died in May and had expressed wishes for this party, which was attended by 350 people.

 

Randy Dittmar for a night at the Pawsox arranged by Jan Feyler at which they had the two club visitors from Turkey as guests who are studying at Brown and are active in Rotaract in Turkey.

 

Kris David for an inspiring trip to attend the Rotary Convention in Toronto - sentiment seconded by Richard Applebaum.

 

Pres. Art thanked the club for supporting his attendance at the Toronto convention and for the great ideas he picked up there.

 

P. J. Fox for Providence Rotary assisting the Butler Hospital Alzheimer’s research, particularly meaningful to him as his father is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s Disease.

CAN YOUR GENES HELP
BEAT ALZHEIMER’S?
Dr.Jessica Alber, a cognitive neuroscientist at Butler Hospital and assistant professor of Psychiatry and Human Behavior at Brown University’s Alpert Medical School, reported on new developments that may lead to better prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

 

A team from Butler Hospital set up a facility at the meeting allowing members and guests to assist the research by volunteering for a swab check that registered them for the "Gene Match" project. The swab samples will be checked for the presence of the gene APOE4, which is a risk factor for Alzheimer’s. PP John McGinn was one of 17 people who joined GeneMatch at the meeting.

 

If you were not able to take part last week, you can learn about GeneMatch at https://www.endalznow.org/why-join or register and have a swab kit sent to your home at https://www.endalznow.org/genematch

 

 

 

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