November 26, 2019, Bulletin (Nov 14, 2019)

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Salvation Army Bell Ringing
McDade's Maywood Mart (Northside Dr)
Dec 02, 2019 – Dec 03, 2019

Annual Holiday Party
River Hills Club
Dec 03, 2019 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM

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President

Greg Campbell

Vice President

Lee Carney

Treasurer

Uriel Pineda

Secretary

Suman Das

Director - Foundation

Judy Lyons

Director - Membership

Matt Monsour

Immediate Past President

Anna Powers

Director - Public Relations

Bill Osborne

Executive Secretary

Don Roberts

We praise you, O God, from whom all blessings flow, from whom we gain inspiration for living and incentive for serving. In this season of Thanksgiving, we are grateful for our national heritage of giving thanks derived from our Pilgrim forbears. We honor the stalwart settlers and courageous statesmen who fashioned America on the bedrock of religious faith which they were not hesitant to boldly express and practice.

Bless now, we pray, not only our food and table fellowship but also the noble purposes for which we exist. Give us new visions of service opportunities and deepen our commitment to them. We pray the same for other clubs worldwide. With thankful hearts, we pray. Amen

Club Announcements:

1. The Rotary Club of North Jackson will have its annual holiday party on Tuesday, December 3 at the River Hills Club, 3600 Ridgewood Rd. starting at 6:00 PM. There will be no noon meeting that day. Please remember to sign up at our meeting.

Birthdays And Anniversaries

Birthdays:

None

Wedding Anniversaries:

Charles and Virgi Lindsay November 27
Jay and Martha Cooke November 30

Membership Anniversaries

Katie Browning 7 years, November 27

MS Cntr for V'lnce Pr'vent ED speaks to North Jackson Rotary

Posted by Bill Osborne on Nov 20, 2019

Ms. Sandy Middleton, Executive Director of the Mississippi Center for Violence Prevention spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s November 19, 2019 meeting. Ms. Middleton discussed the purpose and activities of the Center. The mission of the organization is:

“Through our partnership with multiple community organizations and a committed staff focused on the needs of the victim of interpersonal violence, The Center for Violence Prevention advocates that every person has the right to a life free from violence.”

We provide services for Domestic Violence, Sexual Assault and Forensic Assistance in Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin, Sharkey, Simpson, Warren and Yazoo Counties. The center offers the only Human Trafficking Shelter in the state of Mississippi.”

Through The “Bridge”, which is a community forensic clinic with 24/7 emergency care for patients who have been a victim of sexual assault/rape or strangulation, the center provides a safe and comfortable setting with trauma-informed care from an in-house Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. A soft interview room is available for law enforcement partners.

Through “The Tower”, the Center provides Specialized services for victims of human trafficking. The tower provides voluntary services to identified victims of trafficking through its multidisciplinary professionals and community partners to achieve safety, recovery, and restoration. Participation in the program is voluntary and requires consent, active participation, and adherence to the established guidelines for the safety and well-being of all customers and staff. Ms. Middleton showed a brief video entitled “Mississippians Against Human Trafficking” that discussed human trafficking, how young women are entrapped in prostitution and what is being done to reduce it.

We thank Ms. Middleton for her presentation and for her work on behalf of the citizens of Mississippi. She is shown in the following photo with Club President Greg Campbell (left) and Club Member Nick Miller who is a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Prevention of Violence.

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Rotary Club of North Jackson Conducts 18th Annual Blood Drive

Posted by Bill Osborne on Nov 14, 2019

The Rotary Club of North Jackson conducted its 18th annual blood drive at The Rickhouse by The Manship on Tuesday, November 12, 2019. In addition to providing blood for patients in need, the drive secures blood coverage for club members and their immediate families for a year. The club first began donating blood in 2002 and has done so in the intervening time. Those members who donated blood and those who were unable to donate received lunch and had the opportunity for fellowship with their Rotarian colleagues. The following photo shows the bloodmobile outside The Rickhouse.

The group dining in The Rickhouse is shown in the following photo.

Thanks to all who donated and to those who came and were unable to donate.

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Executive Director of Mississippi State Medical Association Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson

Posted by Bill Osborne on Nov 08, 2019

Dr. Claude Brunson, Executive Director of the Mississippi State Medical Association (MSMA) spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the Clubs November 5, 2019 meeting. Prior to joining the MSMA, he was President of MSMA, Senior Advisor to the Vice-Chancellor for External Affairs and a Professor of Anesthesiology at the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Dr. Brunson received his medical training at the University of Alabama Birmingham (UAB) and worked at UMMC for over 30 years. He retired from UMMC prior to becoming Executive Director of MSMA.

He started his presentation by paraphrasing the Vision and Mission of MSMA which are, respectively,

“To be an essential part of every Mississippi physician's professional life” and the

“Mississippi State Medical Association (MSMA) is a physician organization serving as an advocate for its members and their patients.”

A key objective of MSMA is to increase the availability of medical care for Mississippians, particularly in rural areas. He cited that Mississippi rates nearly last in the no. of physicians per capita in the states of the United States. The state is addressing that problem by building a new medical school at UMMC that will increase the size of medical school classes by nearly 50% and by the opening of a medical school at William Carey University.

The second objective of MSMA is to increase the no. of medical school graduates that remain to practice in Mississippi. Achieving this objective will increase the accessibility of physicians to Mississippians.

We thank Dr. Brunson for his service and commitment to Mississippi Medicine and for his presentation to our club. He (right) is shown in the following photo with Rotarian Dr. Patrick Smith, a long-time colleague, and friend who introduced him to the club.

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North Jackson Rotarian Recognized for Polio Plus Work

Posted by Bill Osborne on Nov 07, 2019

Dr. Suman K. Das was recognized as the District 6820 2019 Polio Plus Chair by District 6820 Governor Mark Fields at the October 29 meeting of the Rotary Club of North Jackson. Das organized the district's activities occurring on and around World Polio Day, October 24, 2019. Those activities included a District meeting at St. Dominic Health Services’ Toulouse Building on October 24 and a 5k Walk/Run at the Renaissance Shopping Center On October 19 in addition to raising money to fund the World Polio Day activities.

Dr. Das (left) is shown with North Jackson President Greg Campbell (center) and District Governor Fields recognizing the success of the celebration. Congratulations Rotarian Das and thanks for your excellent work

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Football Fan and Author Speaks to Rotary Club of North Jackson

Posted by Bill Osborne on Nov 01, 2019

Author and Football Fan Ed Tonore spoke to the Rotary Club of North Jackson at the club’s October 29, 2019 meeting. The subject was the Greatest Fall of All, the title of a book he has written about the Fall of 2017 when he and his wife attended the top college football game each weekend that fall. He discussed the ticket, travel and lodging arrangements he made, the people he met and the tailgates he attended at the various games. He said that generally he was able to get tickets for a reasonable price, with the exception of the National Championship game for which he purchased his first tickets for $1300 but they turned out to be counterfeit. He ultimately had to pay $3200 for tickets to the game.

Ed Tonore is a retired attorney who practiced in Jackson Mississippi before retiring to Fairhope, AL in 1995. To quote from the introduction to the book on the Amazon website, “It began as a tribute to his father. Every weekend for an entire season, Ed Tonore set out to attend the highest-rated college football game in the country. Not only did his national quest remind him of the history and traditions of American football, but it taught Ed how great the people in America are and how important it is to cross things off of your bucket list. Having documented his journey on his blog, Ed pulls from those posts in this compilation of sights, sounds, tailgates, traditions, and the history of each university he visited during the season. The icing on the cake is a bonus section of recipes from the most popular restaurants in these college towns. Many of these "must-visit" restaurants shared their signature recipes with Ed. Entertaining, informative, and witty, you don't have to be a football fan to enjoy the ride!"

We thank Tonore for his very interesting presentation to our club, for his enthusiasm for football, and the need to cross items off your bucket list. He (right) is shown in the following photo with club president Greg Campbell (center) and club member Mark Kennedy (left).

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Rotary Club of North Jackson Donates Dictionaries to 3rd-grade students in Six Jackson Public Schools

Posted by Bill Osborne on Nov 01, 2019

The week of October 28, 2019, members of the Rotary Club of North Jackson distributed new dictionaries to third-grade students in six Jackson Public Schools: Boyd, McLeod, Casey, Dawson, Walton, and McWillie Elementary schools. This was the 12th year that the club has participated in this event. The beauty of the event is that many of the students are from low-income families and the dictionary may be the first book they have owned. At the distribution event, the children are encouraged to write their names in their dictionary to show that it is their book. Both new and seasoned Rotarians eagerly participated in the event. Their role was to introduce the students to the dictionaries and how to use them. The dictionaries the club distributed contained not only words but maps and encyclopedic information. Our club is delighted to be able to provide these useful gifts to the students.

The following photos are from the event.

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Polio Plus Celebration

Posted by Bill Osborne

Approximately 200 Rotary District 6820 members and guests celebrated World Polio Day at the St. Dominic Centre's Toulouse Building on Thursday, October 24. Since Rotary International initiated its Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988, global polio cases have decreased from 350,000 annually to 96 in 2018. Rotary International and its private and governmental partners have invested in excess of $5 billion in this effort. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has invested approx. $4 billion and Rotary International approx. $2 billion in this outstanding example of collaboration to achieve a global goal.

The following photos are from the event.

Rotarians Dr. Suman Das, Mark Anderson, Nelam Goel, and Don Roberts celebrate the progress made in eradicating polio.

North Jackson Executive Secretary-Treasurer, Don Roberts thanks the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundations for its support in eradicating Polio.

Rotary International Past President John Germ in a live video report on the Polio Plus Initiative.

Flowood Rotarian Wayne Scoville discusses his life as a polio survivor.

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Madison Ridgeland Rotarian Dr. Nelson Atehortua, a polio survivor, holds up a leg brace he wears. A pair of crutches and a cane are also used to aid his walking.

North Jackson Rotarian and District 6820 Polio Plus Chair, Dr. Suman Das presents the history of polio and of efforts to eradicate it.

Past District 6820 Governor Roscoe Green shows and reads a World Polio Day Proclamation by Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant.

District 6820 Governor Mark Fields welcomes attendees to District 6820's World Polio Celebration.

Rotary Club of North Jackson President Greg Campbell shows just how close we are to eradicating polio.

Dr. Sandor Feldman, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics at UMMC, talks about the role of immunization and public health in the eradication of polio.

We thank St. Dominic Health Services, St. Dominic Hospital, the Sunray Companies, and Premier Plastic Surgery for sponsoring our event, and our presenters and speakers for their activities to make the celebration such a success.

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