Rotary Spoke 11 07 16
Posted by Domenic Sicari on Nov 07, 2016
Nate Lamkin Senior Director of Care Dimensions Speaks to Rotary.
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On a cool, sunny autumn day, 18 Lexington Rotarians, and 1 guest gathered for our regular weekly meeting. President Susan C. rang the bell at 12:30 PM.
Steve K. led the pledge, PP Domenic led one verse of America, PP. Dan O. led the welcome song. PDG Jack M. gave the invocation.
Our wonderful lunch consisted of shrimps, hamburgers, veggie burgers, chicken soup, salad, cold cuts, vegetables, as well as bread, cookies and beverages.
Raffle gifts were donated by, Walpole Cooperative Bank, Brookhaven of Lexington, Arlex Oil, and SVN Commercial Real Estate Advisors.
Our guest speaker Nate Lamkin Senior Director of CareDimensions was introduced by PP Murry A.
VP Michelle G. gave happy dollars in celebration of her birthday and her daughter’s birthday.
PP Dan B. gave happy dollars for the Veteran Rotary members who did the serving at our annual Veterans breakfast at St. Bridget’s Church.
Steve K. gave happy dollars for a very busy Rotary events weekend which consisted of the Veterans Breakfast on Saturday morning. PP Don M. outdid himself hosting the Rotary social at his home on Saturday evening. And finally the “Stop Hunger Now event” which was hosted at the Pilgrim Congregational Church, which concluded in packing 10,000 meals.
A special thanks to PP. Sharon S. of the Concord Rotary Club, who invited Rotaract members to participate and donated money toward the event.
PP Domenic gave happy dollars for all of the same reasons as Steve K.
He also gave PSA Charlie a Vietnam Veterans pin which was handed to Vietnam Veterans during the breakfast, but being the modest man Charlie is, he never went to the podium to receive one because Charlie felt it was important to give and serve as a Rotarian. (Charlie you are a class act.)
Announcements for the week included the following.
VP Michelle announced the cash raffle to be held at the Lexington Golf Club on November 18th was almost sold out. She also asked members to see if they or someone they knew would be interested in donating silent auction prizes.
President Susan reminded the club that we will be serving Veterans on Friday November 11th 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the VA in Bedford for a “Veteran’s Appreciation Day”. Invites for the event will be emailed to all members. Please accept or decline so that we have an idea of who will participate. REMEMBER
this event will count as a MAKE UP if you need to make up a meeting.
PP. Frank Smith announced Sand 4 Seniors Bucket Distribution, which will be held on December 03, 2016. The event staging meeting place will be,
Brookhaven at Lexington 1010 Waltham St., Lexington, MA. Loading Dock (1st left off driveway).
Invites for the event will be emailed to all members. Please accept or decline so that we have an idea of who will participate. REMEMBER this event will count as a MAKE UP if you need to make up a meeting.
The guest speaker today was, Nate Lamkin Senior Director of CareDimensions. Nate has been with CareDimensions for seventeen years. During those years he has met and helped many families with the difficult task of caregiving of family loved ones during illnesses, providing Hospice, Palliative Care, and Support Services.
By profession Nate was trained as a social worker. Nate explained many things about a topic which most of us don’t usually like to talk about, but the reality is every person will experience.
He explained the “ Five Wishes”
Wish 1: The Person I Want to Make Care Decisions for Me When I Can’t.
Wish 2: The Kind of Medical Treatment I Want or Don't Want.
Wish 3: How Comfortable I Want to Be.
Wish 4: How I Want People to Treat Me.
Wish 5: What I Want My Loved Ones to Know.
All of the above are important issues that people must make prior to becoming ill or in the the event that they have an accident, arrangements will have already been made for their medical care and wishes.To find out more information about
CareDimensions visit www.caredimensions.org
You can also find more information on line about “ Five Wishes” by visiting,
There you will find in-depth information that will be helpful.
The 50:50 was $50 and won by PDG Jack M. who donated the money to the Rotary Club of Lexington. (Jack you are another class act as well.)
President Susan C. rang the bell and our meeting was ended.
Respectfully,
PP Domenic