Jenny opened the meeting at the Pyramid Event Venue at 12:15pm and led the group in the Pledge of Allegiance followed with the Four-Way Test.
- Visiting Rotarians, Guests / Speaker, Zoomers
- Stephanie Allison
- Amy Winkleman is here today from American Family Insurance.
- Scott Tellefson is zooming in.
- Happy Bucks and Fines (Wed Sept 13-Small Business Picnic) (won the lake mIlls golf club ladies championship-congrats to Aaron Genthe –winning the Men’s!)
- Jenny is part of a networking group. They are hosting a small picnic in Jefferson. Feel free to come for brats, hot dogs, chips cookies, and there is a prize for best dish.
- Jenny won the Lake Mills Golf Club Championship over the weekend. She played against her son’s girlfriend.
- Todd Larson met with a group with Madison with ties to Lake Mills. One group will be submitting.
- Andy had a great weekend on the water with his kiddos water-skiing. He unfortunately through out his back on while wakeboarding though!
- Raina mentioned that Aaron Genthe won the Men’s Lake Mills Championship yesterday! Eli and Ty through a super – fun Pyramid Staff Party. Feelin’ lucky to live in Lake Mills.
- Student Rotarians:
- Nathan Grendel from LSL
- Grant Schnieder LSL
- This week’s Sept Birthdays
- Becky Jones Sept 4
- Kyler Kabat-TODAY-Sept 5
- Birthday Raffle –JULY AND AUGUST today
- This week’s Sept Anniversaries-none this week
- New member-inductions
- Len Tenzer—next week
- American Family -Amy Winkelman and Associates
- RECOGNITION
- Polio Plus Society-Tom Vinz (pin and letter)
- Paul Harris Fellow-Dan Sanft (read and present Pin with Double Sapphires)
- Dan Sanft-present the budget and get club approval
- Ken Stenson and Janine Fixmer moved to approve
- Committee Reports or Announcements—
- Club Business
- Concession Stand there are a couple of spots open for the upcoming week.
- Thank you from Pizza Ranch for letting them use the concession stand.
- Sat. Sept 9th Pyramid 5k - Registration is live! Proceeds will go to Sunrise Reach https://lakemillsrotaryclub.redpodium.com/pyramid-city-run-2023
- Invite your friends, family, neighbors, to walk, skip, run, with you.
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- Sept 20th Hwy 89 Road cleanup-6 pm
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- Sat. Sept 23rd Rotary Music Festival-Music In the Mills - 10:30am to 9pm.
- Need ALL HANDS to volunteer (please sign-up).
- Eventbrite for Advance Tickets $15/$20 at the gate
- Help promote on facebook, linkedin, instagram by liking, sharing, commenting!
- Success of event rides on attendance and beverage sales. Committee has worked hard! Help us “fill the tent”.
- We received a “Thank You Card” from Pizza Ranch.
Program: (30 MINUTES)
- Barb Cramer invited Allison and Stephanie to discuss Alzheimer’s Awareness
Today they are hear to talk about the impact Alzheimer’s have on our community and how we can do to help everyone to feel comfortable.
1/3 will die from Alzheimer’s, 1/5 women will have alzheimers disease, and 1/5 men. This is an issue that is growing and only becoming more and more . Their ultimate goal is to find a cure for the disease, but until then, they are looking for tools to .
There are multiple types of dementia.
What is Alzheimer’s disease? Your brain is a filing cabinet. There is no cure for it or treatment, and it ultimately leads to death. As the disease progresses round – the – clock care is needed. Starting stages include memory loss, and eventually your entire body.
When someone has Alzheimer’s, there is a large effect on the family. Statistically, most of the time the daughter ends up being the caregiver for their loved ones with the disease. This leads to retiring early, taking FMLA, taking less time to care for themselves, and a decrease in social life. This disease affects everyone.
There are 5 signs to Alzheimer’s.
- Memory loss disrupts daily life.
- Challenges in planning or solving problems.
- Trouble understanding visual images.
- New problems with worlds in speaking or writing.
Early detection is important. Pay attention to any changes in memory, if you see any changes that are new act by discussing with the doctor, there are many things that can be done to help with preemptive memory care.
Treatments include medication, memory care work, employment support, and more.
It is important to maintain a healthy lifestyle, challenge your mind, get moving, eat right, control blood pressure, get good sleep. Take care of your health, and try to keep your mind active and engaged, this is the best way to prevent cognitive disease.
How can you help?
- Share your story
- Start a team for the End Alzheimer’s Walk
- Host an educational program
- Share resources with your friends, co-workers, and families
- Share your 24-Hour Hotline
- Be there and support others who may need help and advocacy
Wrap-up—next week’s speaker is Cynthia Weston from the Arts Allliance—who can you invite as a guest?
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