June 10, 2009 - Lunch

With temperatures a bit below average, we received a warm welcome from our friendly greeters Bob Hesselgesser and Dave Dennison. Max Link and crew efficiently prepared our meeting room and Bob Hutson, complete with his patriotic red shoes, gave his thoughtful invocation. Our musical selections were handled by Lloyd Meyer and Richard Saunders.




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In recognition of Flag Day, Boy Scout Troop 603 served as color guard and then performed a flag folding ceremony with commentary.

Gail Thiele and Herb Hayde were the lucky drawing winners and will handle the greeter duties next week.

Wellness Report – Nancy Carpenter filled in for Lou Snodgrass, who is having some oral surgery. She reported that Don Parks is continuing his chemo and Ray Arnold is hospitalized with pneumonia. Blaine Keith is experiencing some complications from diabetes and Gale Totten’s wife is hospitalized.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Award – The A.G. Terry Shaffer Award from Kiwanis International recognizes special people dedicated to serving Key Clubs in our community. Our Club chose to make this award to Manny and Peggy Gonzales, in recognition of their outstanding service to Key Clubs sponsored by our Club.

New Member Induction – Kathy Haugner inducted someone that is certainly no stranger to our Club. She is Jennifer Phillips who joined Key Club at CCUSD and then Circle K at U of A, holding leadership positions in both. She received one of our scholarships and graduated from U of A with high honors, and is now headed to Law School at USC. Along the way she also found time to become the SW District Governor of Circle K.

Board Meeting – A special Board meeting was recently held to discuss a draft of an Investment Policy for the Foundation, which covered responsibilities for both the Board and the Investment Committee. At the meeting, it was also noted that the Scully gift is progressing through the various legal steps before the funds are disbursed.

PROGRAM – The program was presented by Dr. Marge Ebeling who explained the mission of the WellCare Foundation, which she founded ten years ago. She has recruited a team of medical professionals who donate their time and skills to provide healthcare services to local working single moms and their children who don’t qualify for governmental assistance. These are moms whose income is above the limit to receive free governmental healthcare but not enough for them to afford to purchase health insurance.

Dr. Ebeling pointed out that there are 175,000 single moms is Maricopa County and that one out of four children is without healthcare insurance. WellCare treats the whole person of single moms that qualify for their free services, including their physical, mental and emotional status. They have been quite successful in helping their clients make lifestyle changes to get and stay well.

WellCare utilizes donated space for their clinics in the Valley and, as a non-profit organization, depends on corporate and individual donations as well as grants and fund raisers.

Next Meeting – The program will be Dr. Seth Jorgensen speaking on Sleep Apnea.

Thank you to Photographer Joe Devito and Reporter Howard Dicke for this issue of the Sundial.