Harry Maloney mentioned there is a packet for everyone on the tables showing committees’ and chairs, please check it out and volunteer! Thank you Josie Spinelli for the packets!
Sherry Soutiere wanted everyone to know that the cans on the tables from the month of August collected $253 for the South Jersey Regional Animal Hospital. We will be making a donation to them.
Preston Centuolo mentioned we do need more volunteers to take notes, should the note takers need help or cannot make it. Please let Preston know if you can volunteer!
Our Program
Joe O’Rourke spoke about the 5K he is planning with the Fundraising committee. It will take place on 12/7 and will be the first annual Rotary Jingle Run. After the 5K will be Josie’s old fashioned Christmas event. Joe mentioned that Al does race management. There are certified courses that are out there you can take. We are hoping to get the course at the Rowan College of South Jersey Cumberland Campus, as it is certified.
Joe thanked everyone for volunteering and introduced Albert Siuta.
Al a chemical engineer. He is also a consultant with Racing NJ. He noted that putting on a 5K race is something people do for many reasons.
Al’s mom passed away when he was 11. It was then, he had to get to know his dad who was a runner. He got him into running daily. He started timing races with one race for a little girl with cancer. They were supposed to have 100 runners, the day of the race 700 additional runners showed up. One man registering donated $5,000 to the charity to help the little girl and her family.
Al shared some success stories of past 5Ks success. Sponsorship packages are a key to success in raising money at these races. He helps you with various marketing strategies, supports you through your events to ensure have the best outcomes and he also brings nuances and creativity as a consultant.
He has a journalist for press releases who writes articles and gets in to local papers to get the races communicated out to others. She knows a lot about running and was in the Olympic trials.
President Jay wanted to have a short discussion about this year's committee’s and chairs. Attached is the spreadsheet. Please look it over and reach out to volunteer where you can!!! Click here to view committee assignments:
Jenn is a realtor with Exit Homestead Realty, and she is a member of the Cumberland County Board of Realtors, National Association of Realtors, and is a Notary Public and member of the National Notary Association. She attended Rider University and is a member of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority. She is involved in many local organizations (Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society, Millville Blue Krakens, Wicked Warriors of East Greenwich Women's Dragon Boat Racing Team, South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter) as well as several other organizations in the Las Vegas area where she used to reside. Jenn has been married to her husband, Jesse, for 18 years and they have a 14-year-old son who is now a student at St. Augustine Prep. Jenn is originally from Vineland and graduated from Vineland HS in 1999; her husband served in the US Air Force for 20 years (Jenn also served in the US Naval Reserve). In her spare time, Jenn loves physical endurance challenges (including marathons), fostering pugs, officiating weddings, beating her family at board games, and being a Philadelphia Eagles super-fan – GO BIRDS!
Our Program
Today's Program: Taryn Penrose from Angelic Health and Sangeeta Appel from Home Instead, as well as Colleen Gill from the Alzheimer's Association
Taryn spoke about her organization, Angelic Health. Angelic offers memory care, hospice, and palliative care for patients suffering from dementia. She outlined the four primary diagnoses of dementia, which includes 1) Alzheimer's' Disease, 2) Front-Temporal dementia, 3) Lewy body dementia, and 4) Vascular dementia. Angelic provides support for both patients and caregivers and offers home and in-person visits to help stem dementia symptoms through cognitive stimulation exercises and even music therapy.
Sangeeta spoke briefly about her organization (they help dementia patients remain at home for care) and she gave us some facts and figures about Alzheimer's' and dementia: 1) 1 in 5 women and 1 in ten men suffer from dementia, 2) 1 in 3 seniors will die from dementia, 3) over 185,000 NJ residents are currently suffering from dementia.
Colleen also briefly spoke to promote the Cumberland County Alzheimer's Walk at Rowan College of South Jersey on Saturday, October 5. The Vineland Rotary has a team this year (headed by Maureen Simmons) and we are looking for walkers and for donations. You can support our team by making a donation at: https://act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk2024/PA-DelawareValley?px=9604929&pg=personal&fr_id=17872.
It's that time of year again! Sandy Hearing has the Boscov's Shopping Passes. Get yours for only $5 and enjoy 25% off on October 22nd. Last year Rotary purchased $700 in passes - and all of those funds returned to our club. Sandy is determined to sell more passes this year so come prepared to purchase your at our luncheon meetings now through October 22nd.
member of the Alpha Xi Delta sorority. She is involved in many local organizations (Vineland Historical and Antiquarian Society, Millville Blue Krakens, Wicked Warriors of East Greenwich Women's Dragon Boat Racing Team, South Jersey Regional Animal Shelter) as well as several other organizations in the Las Vegas area where she used to reside. Jenn has been married to her husband, Jesse, for 18 years and they have a 14-year-old son who is now a student at St. Augustine Prep. Jenn is originally from Vineland and graduated from Vineland HS in 1999; her husband served in the US Air Force for 20 years (Jenn also served in the US Naval Reserve). In her spare time, Jenn loves physical endurance challenges (including marathons), fostering pugs, officiating weddings, beating her family at board games, and being a Philadelphia Eagles super-fan – GO BIRDS!
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