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MEETING CANCELLATION

April 6, 2020 Meetings Cancelled.

Both Weekly Club Meeting and Monthly Board Meetings are cancelled.

In consideration of the National and State Emergency Health COVID-19 Guidelines and Directives our meetings have been cancelled. Club President Sue Meister will consult with fellow officers to monitor the situation and determine whether to resume future meetings.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has ordered all Floridians to limit movement outside the home except for essential purposes. He emphasized how effective the mitigation effort has been, citing the nearly 64,000 tests conducted in the state and that the hotspot in Miami/Dade has been experiencing about 6% hospitalization rate.

The City of Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer has issued a “Stay Home, Stay Safe” emergency order for everyone living within City limits beginning Saturday, March 28, 2020 at 12:01 AM. People should remain in their homes or on their own property. Individuals may leave their places of residence only for essential activities. Do your part. Slow the spread. Stay safe and stay home.

Additionally we regret to announce that the Rotary International Convention, scheduled for 6-10 June 2020 in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, has been canceled due to the ongoing threat of COVID-19.

Further Information: Rotary International US CDC Florida Palm Beach County Boca Raton

April 4, 2020 Tribute Luncheon Cancelled

Unfortunately, the Testimonial Luncheon our Rotary Boca Raton Sunset club planned to offer tribute to PDG Steve Laine for the nearly 50 years of his Rotary service has been cancelled. The tribute was scheduled for Saturday, April 4, 2020 at Maggiano's from 11:30 AM to 3:00 PM.

PDG Charlie Bromberg, event chairman, has indicated that prepaid reservations will be refunded, but those who wish to support the funds raised as tribute may send checks to Rotary Boca Raton Sunset Scholarships, Inc. at PO Box 810427, Boca Raton, FL 33481-0427 with "Steve Laine Tribute" in the memo field. All funds collected will be donated to the Guatemala Tomorrow Fund, which is one of Steve' favorite Rotary global service projects.

The Guatemala tomorrow Fund is a non-denominational, non-profit organization that raises funds and provides logistical support for Ak'Tenamit. Ak’ Tenamit is a Q’eqchi Maya development organization in eastern Guatemala. The Ak’ Tenamit mission is to enable the indigenous people of Guatemala to become self-sustaining by supporting projects that: Improve health care, Reduce illiteracy, Promote environmentally sound agriculture, Enterprise development to raise income levels, Increase awareness and participation in civic affairs.

Prior to founding Ak’ Tenamit in 1992, Steve Dudenhoefer owned a successful landscaping business in South Florida. In 1990, he decided to visit Guatemala to discover why many of his employees, Mayans from Guatemala, had immigrated to the US to work and sent every penny they earned back home. He met people who lived on $1 a day, children without schools, mothers without vital medicine for their babies. Deeply affected by this experience, he returned home, sold his businesses and started Asociación Ak’ Tenamit in 1992 with the help of local village leaders. Today Ak’ Tenamit is run entirely by the Q’eqchi people, and Steve remains involved as Chief Technical Adviser, assisting managers and the Board but concentrating on fundraising and networking.

In the same year that Ak’ Tenamit was founded, Steve’s friends and family founded The Guatemalan Tomorrow Fund to create a mechanism for raising funds for the project.

FAU HS Rotary Scholar for March 2020

During our weekly meeting Monday, 3/2/2020, we honored Lisa Campion, our Florida Atlantic University High School 2019-20 Rotary Scholar for March. The FAU HS Rotary Scholar of the Month is selected by the FAU HS staff in recognition of character, ethics, morality, community service, and academic achievement.

Melissa Bhatnagar introduced Lisa,

and Lisa introduced us to her parents, Suelena and Nigel who accompanied her along with FAU University School Assistant Professor Robin Barkes (also Honorary Member and Interact Advisor) and FAU HS Associate Director David Kelly (also Paul Harris Fellow). After thanking our club for this honor, Lisa told us she had previously been recognized as Rotary Student of the Month by Rotary Delray Beach when she was in elementary school.

She continued by telling us that both her parents had immigrated to the US prior to her birth; her mom Suelena from Brazil, and her dad Nigel from England. This provided a multi-culture influence for her, including opportunities to visit both countries, which inspired her towards her FAU studies in International Business and Trade, expecting to earn a BS in spring 2021.

Lisa also told us about her extracurricular experiences including FAU HS swimming, track, and basketball athletic teams. She began with the swim team, then discovered that running "calmed her down" while keeping her focused, which led her to regional and state level competitions where she became the first FAU HS freshman to run in the state track meet. In her sophomore year she joined the varsity basketball team and became the team captain. Her energetic and enthusiastic performance resulted in MVP and coaches awards as well as being selected FAU HS Athlete of the Year.

Additionally, offering many hours of community service time in FAU HS Peer Mentoring program, she has helped HS sophomores transition to full time college programs, and has now become a Lead Mentor teaching and preparing new mentors for this program. She also serves with the National Honor Society and the Student Athlete Leadership Team in organizing events to serve the community.

During the past semester, Lisa told us that she accomplished a major goal, to complete and present undergraduate research prior to her FAU HS graduation, which will occur in spring 2020. With a partner and two mentors, she completed an economic polling initiative studying society's perceptions on overpopulation, which they presented recently at Florida's undergraduate research symposium. She also told us that during next year's FAU studies she will be spending six months studying abroad in Madrid. Concluding her story, she told us that recently she received news that she is a National Merit Scholarship Finalist, very exciting! Congratulations Lisa! And don't forget you'll be joining us again May 4 for the annual Rotary Boca Raton Sunset Gala for 2019-20 FAU HS Rotary Scholars.

2/24/2020 March 2020 Featured Rotarian Dr Steve Perman

Our Featured Rotarian for March is our one of our founding members Dr. Steve Perman. Most of you already know Steve as our happy, enthusiastic, and entertaining Sargent at Arms who not only helps start our meetings with the flag pledge, and our oath affirming our Rotarian commitment to service, but you may not realize he is the author of that pledge. Doc Steve is also a past President of our club and provides the best introductory fireside chat for new members.

When not serving our Rotary club, Dr. Steve Perman is serving our community as a respected holistic chiropractor, nutritionist, acupuncturist, teacher and motivational speaker. His credentials include two full Board Certifications: Chiropractic Sports Medicine (DACBSP) and Clinical Nutrition (DACBN). His acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine certification was through the University of Miami School of Medicine. He attended Emory University in Atlanta and graduated from New York Chiropractic College in 1979 where he also served as a clinical instructor from 1981-83. In 2005, he was named the statewide “Chiropractor of the Year” by the Florida Chiropractic Association. He was appointed to the National Examining Board to evaluate and assess physicians seeking their board certification in clinical nutrition. He also served in the Florida Stare House of Representatives 2010-2012.

During our meeting February 24, 2020 Steve spoke briefly about his family: wife for 36 years Irene; and two adult children; son, a professional musician, and daughter, a professional sign language interpreter. Steve also highlighted many aspects of his chiropractic practice telling us about the special value his holistic approach to health care provvides for his patients. To help us better understand this value, he provided a brief explanation of health as defined by World Health Organization: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.”

When evaluating your state of health, Doc Steve points out that the most important system is the brain and nervous system, which is providing control for all parts of the body.

He points out that chiropractic medicine is not just about the bones, or skeletal system, it is about how the nervous system is interacting with all parts of the body. In particular, he described how a subluxation, that is a slight misalignment of the vertebrae, is regarded in chiropractic theory as the cause of many health problems. Using a diagram, Steve showed how a subluxation interferes with the nervous system communication. He continued with explanations of several different methods of treatments that he is able to provide for dealing with not merely issues such as subluxation, but many other issues relating to health of one's body, including:

•Chiropractic Adjustments

•Acupuncture / Traditional Chinese Medicine

•Nutritional Counseling

•Supplements, Herbal Medicine & CBD

•Massage Therapy

•Physical Therapy

•Sports Medicine/Rehabilitation

•Computer Assisted Disc Decompression

Dr Steve Perman provides a great value to our community through his practice: Mission Bay Chiropractic Center

We are a small friendly dinner club with strong Rotary Foundation support. Our membership includes three past district governors and special enthusiasm for youth and literacy service. We distribute dictionaries to six local elementary schools, bring Josh the Otter with a swim safety program to three pre-K schools, and honor a Rotary Scholar each month for the high school hosting our Interact club.

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