Sonny Huntley called the March 5, 2024 meeting to order
Kevin Courtney offered the prayer and led the pledge to the flag
Announcements:
Raffle - turn in your tickets asap, the drawing will be March 28th at a location TBD.
The Social at San Miguels went well with about 23 - 24 in attendance
Wing Fest - March 23 - a great opportunity to raise funds - all slots are full, but if you would like to work it, let Kristin know - she can fill some other slots with our volunteers.
Dave Pierce gave a Heritage update
Sergeant at Arms, Suzi Oliver collected Happy $$
Speaker, was Joy Nelson and Justice from Memory Matters.
Memory Matters has been on the Island for 27 years. It was started at St. Lukes as a respite. Today they provide: Memory Care Day Program; Memory Enhancing Day Classes; Care planning, family in crisis; FREE Support Groups; FREE Memory screening; Caregiver SAVVY Classes, three or six week classes; Brain Boosters Classes, what you can do to maintain brain health; Dementia Sensitivity Training - how to recognize someone who has dementia and how to communicate. There are more than 120 types of dementia, Alzheimer's is just one that accounts for 60-80% of dementia cases. Multitasking is not good for the brain - take on a single task at a time - the brain is calmer. What you can do now for brain health: Exercise, Healthy eating (Mediterranean Lifestyle), Lifelong Learning, Socialization, Restfulness (cool your brain 20 minutes a day). Memory Matters is located on the North end of the Island across from the Crazy Crab. Just opened an office in Bluffton. Justice works at Memory Matters - it is hard work allowing everyone to pet him. He did a great job at our meeting too.
New Member:
New member Chris Epps was inducted at a recent meeting. If you have not met Chris as yet, please do so and welcome him to the club.
There will be a Member Orientation at Mangiamo's on March 12 at 5:30 for several proposed new members as well as any members interested in attending/supporting the proposed members.