Inspiration: Tom Strause began our inspiration educating us on the great, late John Wooden and his focus on his players. Tom shared that John taught his players to sweat the small stuff and that the results are better in paying attention to the details. As Rotarians, we have the ability to pay attention to the small stuff to impact bigger things.
Guests:
- Joe Morrongiello – guest of Jephta
- Mary Scott – co-founder of Health for Heroes, currently contracting to help veterans and first responders – friends with Kathy Miner
- Sheila McMullan – guest speaker, Veterinary Health System Senior Associate Dean
IDEA (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Awareness) Quote: For our own to be real, it must contribute to the success of others. Elenor Roosevelt
Future Programs: Please see the side panel for upcoming speakers and be sure to invite your friends.
Rotary Cares: If you are aware of a fellow Rotarian who is going through a challenging time (i.e., personal or family health, family death, etc.) please let Sara Murphy know so we can let them know we are thinking of them and provide whatever support we can. Sara.jane.murphy1@gmail.com
Announcements:
- Mary Scott shared an update on what she has been doing since co-founding Health for Heroes. She continues to work with families, adults, teens, veterans, and 1st responders with a mental health focus. She thanked our Club for our Veterans and First Responders grant of $1,000 for the Berthoud American Legion for education and activities during their winter retreat which Mary is involved in.
- Craig Campbell asked us to take a moment to honor President Jimmy Carter who led a life of Service above Self the last 40 years
- Joseph VanderLinde shared that we have had 2 resignations to our Club – Jill Layden due to a work schedule change and Deb Kelly due to her work and personal commitments. We will miss both members and hope to see them around.
- Catherine Varra-Nelson publicly thanked Phil Murphy for his work publishing our volunteer opportunities for our members.
Program:
Gary Turner introduced our speaker Sheila McMullan who was going to speak to us about the CSU Veterinarian Hospital Expansion. Sheila has a double major from New Mexico State University, Bachelor of Arts, Theatre Arts and Bachelor of Science, Political Science and Government. Her Masters of Liberal Studies and a Law Degree from Georgetown University. Her experience in the academic world makes her especially qualified to implement a Veterinarian Health System at CSU.
Sheila shared her experiences with vet care for 2 of her dogs – Chubby and Nix. While both pets had good end of care, they were different due to the types of clinics she took them to over the years. Independently owned practices are becoming the exception to the rule with many private practices being bought by corporate organizations (i.e., Mars). Sheila’s job at CSU is to help fulfill a vision of a CSU Health System for our animals. Similar to the UCHealth System, Sheila and CSU believe there are many opportunities for academic veterinarian health systems (though there are not very many!).
As the #2 vet hospital in the country, Sheila sees opportunities to compensate the academic veterinarians, engage in the community more frequently, and provide an urgent care facility for members’ pets in our community. This is in progress with Phase I of the Vet Hospital expansion fully funded. However, Phase II of the system vision and hospital update has not been funded yet.
Good News:
- President Leighanne – had her 42nd birthday last Sunday and had a tribe to celebrate her birthday weekend. She also shared that she and her team raised $13M in the November/December.
- Joe McCarthy – had vocal cord surgery recently though he wanted folks to know that our exchange student was at the meeting.
- Fran Lefler spoke to us about Pasadena, CA and what a positive experience it was for him and Nancy to visit, though it was a bit of a challenge to get to the parade. The first rental car they got in LA had red lights and engine warning lights going off so they had to go back and rent a different car. They were glad to make it to the Rose Bowl Parade and Fran was amazed at all of the ‘hellos’ he got from each horn player that said ‘Hi’ to them with their horns (hee!hee!).
- Bob Williams shared that his grand-daughter (who spoke to our Club) was in an episode of The Man on the Inside series (shown on Netflix) – YAY! She is fulfilling her dream of acting.
- Teres Lambert shared that she has been working on the digital ad campaign and feedback members provided her are starting to show on our website. She is excited also to be headed to the British Virgin Islands to sail and experience warmer weather.
- Tom Strause and his wife, Jerilyn, found out they are going to be first time grandparents. Tom is already planning to get the baby a unisex bike so they will be able to ride together!
- Bob Melrose told the club there are still 4 tickets available to Ain’t Too Proud to Beg at the Lincoln Center on Friday, 1/21 – another great fellowship opportunity.
- Walt Grady is back at Rotary and it makes him very happy!