February 26
Elaine Poker-Yount, who represents 'Successful Aging,' spoke to the Club about issues related to dementia. Elaine works to help provide information and care for aging families. A goal is to help families more successfully move forward as aging and illness bring change. She specializes in educating and empowering people how to truly understand and navigate the complexities of daily life with Dementia/Alzheimer’s disease. Her approach goes beyond care - it's about teaching individuals how to live well, even in the face of these challenges. For more information -
https://successfulagingaz.com/
February 19
Our speaker was Paula Blessman, Co-Director & Co-Founder of 'Girls Matter Period'. ''Girls Matter Period' is a non-profit 501 (c)3 organization based in Arizona that provides education and feminine hygiene kits to 1000's of girls and women each year. The organization focuses on serving needs of girls and women by providing valuable information and education, along with washable/reusable feminine hygiene supplies. This enables girls to stay in school and enjoy the dignity that they deserve. The groups of volunteers meet regularly in Phoenix, AZ, and Crosslake/Aitkin, MN, areas. Volunteers make thousands of feminine hygiene kits to be distributed each year, primarily in Limpopo, South Africa. The Club provided a donation to help with their volunteer efforts.
For more information about the organization and how you can volunteer and/or donate - https://www.girlsmatterperiod.org/
February 12
Club member, Aaron McDermid, shared several interesting stories about his life, family, business, and Rotary experiences. He is a proud US Army Veteran, serving our country as an Army Ranger. For several years he has had a successful career as a State Farm Insurance Agent, owning State Farm Insurance businesses in two locations - (Signal Butte/Southern and Power/Baseline).Aaron has been a long-time Rotarian, involved in many leadership roles, including multiple terms as President and has been very dedicated to volunteering for service projects. He is always lending a helpful hand to the Club and our community in various ways. He is also on the Board of the Apache Junction Chamber of Commerce and has completed the FBI Citizens Academy.
For more information -
https://www.mcdermidteam.com/
https://www.facebook.com/McDermidTeam
February 5
Our February 5th meeting was a Club Assembly which featured a smörgåsbord of speakers sharing information about a wide range of topics. There was information related to Rotary District happenings, updates about upcoming Club services projects and activities, and an update from Club member, Dr Robert Pappalardo about tax credit opportunities that can benefit the Apache Junction school district and it's students. For more information about Apache Junction School tax credit opportunities, visit https://www.ajusd.org/taxcredithero.