Member Bulletin March 14, 2025 (Mar. 14, 2025)

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March 14, 2025

CLUB NEWS

BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION 2025. All club members have received an email that calls for board nominations to be sent to Aidan Harris by Friday, March 21st. This will be followed by a voting process with final election results announced at the April 11th club meeting.

CLUB'S VISIONING EXERCISE ON SATURDAY, MARCH 22, 2025. The purpose of this meeting is to build a multi-year plan of action for our club. The required number of members has now been signed up to attend. All club members will be emailed a list of questions in advance so that everyone will have a chance to add their thoughts.

NEW: MEMBERS' HANDBOOK 2024-2025. New copies of our club's annual Handbook/Roster were distributed at the meeting by Kerry Johnson.

CLUBRUNNER ORIENTATION SESSIONS. Matt Webster will be scheduling a few sessions to help club members learn some of the most useful tools available on our club's website.

Scrabble Party on April 12th to help feed kids

Spend a fun and enjoyable Guelph afternoon playing Scrabble in teams of four, vying for bragging rights and cool prizes. You will be helping feed hungry children in Guelph and supporting African grandmothers struggling to feed their grandchildren. Saturday, April 12th, 2 - 4:30pm at the Royal Canadian Legion. Buy tickets HERE at $25 each.

Film Night on Earth Day

Mark your calendars, this is going to be amazing! Tuesday April 22nd 7PM at the Bookshelf Cinema. Pay what you can. Double Feature. 20-minute short film entitled The Mini Forest by local director David Hartman. Short Q&A with director afterward. Followed by 1.5 hour award-winning, feature film narrated by Meryl Streep called Escape From Extinction: Rewilding. Looking forward to seeing you all there!

OUR GUEST SPEAKER ON MARCH 14, 2025

We were truly privileged to have Robin Smart as our informative and entertaining speaker last Friday. She is the Public Education Coordinator from the Alzheimer Society Waterloo Wellington-Guelph Office. Her talk was about "What is dementia? What should I know?" and she homed-in on several must-know basics, including:

The difference between forgetfulness and dementia.
The main types of dementia.
10 warning signs of dementia.
12 actions in life that can reduce the risk of developing dementia.
Sound advice for caregivers to let dementia behaviour go, or work around it, UNLESS the behaviour is Dangerous, Illegal or Immoral - three key words well worth remembering.
The importance of slowing down and only communicating one idea per sentence.
A reminder that emotions remain intact in people living with dementia, making it important for caregivers to remain calm and patient in interactions, and being especially mindful of voice tone and body language. "Good dementia care = Good emotional care."

Robin left us with a variety of useful materials that can also be found on the website at www.alzheimerww.ca.

Terrie Jarvis
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Fri Mar 21 Meeting - Blair Peberty from Alectra
Italian Canadian Club
Mar. 21, 2025 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

RCOG Visioning Exercise
Heritage Hall
Mar. 22, 2025 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Fri Mar 28 Meeting-Sean Carscadden-Air Ornge pilot
Italian Canadian Club
Mar. 28, 2025 12:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

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Member Birthdays

Elaine Beattie

March 4

Barb Holmes

March 10

Robert Eilers

March 15

Jules Croskill

March 17

Francesco Braga

March 18

Join Date

Marva Bailey-Wisdom

March 3, 2006

19 years

Carl Webster

March 4, 2016

9 years

Robert Turner

March 10, 2023

2 years

Elaine Beattie

March 11, 2005

20 years

Paul Demarco

March 12, 2010

15 years

David Van Veen

March 17, 1989

36 years

Liz Sandals

March 22, 2019

6 years

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