This presentation will describe a child’s concept of death based on his/her age and development stage. It will also highlight the different ways in which children grieve and how to support a grieving child. It will conclude with a brief overview of the different programs offered by Tu Nidito and how to refer a child and his/her family.
Biography ~ Amanda Marks
Amanda Marks is the Community Impact Director at Tu Nidito. Amanda earned her Bachelor's in Psychology from the University of Colorado-Boulder and she earned her MSW from Columbia University. Amanda worked as a pediatric oncology social worker at The Children's Hospital Colorado where she helped families cope with the emotional aspects of a child's cancer diagnosis. In 2007, she began working at Tu Nidito to support families impacted by a serious medical condition or death. As the Community Impact Director, Amanda provides grief education to schools and community agencies in an effort to increase awareness and understanding about childhood grief.
Members and guests had a wonderful evening on Wednesday at the Member Social Mixer held at Chuy's. Lots of good food and drink, laughs, fellowship and just plain old fun! A huge thanks go out to Darrell Stewart and John Lewis for arranging this social mixer.
Cindy Barbee-Suggs arrived in Tucson in 1981 from Scottsdale to go to school at the UofA, she had no choice - her father said that he “did not consider that school in Tempe a University”. She studied Broadcast Journalism and even was the teacher’s assistant for Nina Trasoff. Though her initial career track followed her studies she soon found her way in to the sales area of the broadcast industry. When you get a chance, ask Cindy how a Chevy Vega steered her towards career change. She’s worked in sales and management with KIIMfm, KOLD TV13, COX Cable and MIXfm. Cindy’s also had a successful 10 years as the owner of the advertising agency Target Media and she’s served on number of nonprofit and professional boards and foundations throughout Tucson.
Her career has recently taken another turn, once again influenced by Chevy, this time as the Marketing Director of O’Rielly Chevrolet. Please say hello to Cindy Barbee-Suggs and welcome her into the club!
Nick Jones is originally from England but hails from Los Angeles, where he grew up in his adult life. He is a Viet-Nam combat veteran who served in United States Army from 1968 – 1971 in the 2/47th Mechanized Infantry, Third Brigade, 9th Division (Go Panthers). He migrated to Tucson in 1992 after a short visit and met his wife to be and decided to move to Tucson.
Before his retirement in 2015, Nick founded and was CEO of Old Pueblo Community Services in Tucson for eighteen years until his retirement in 2013. He implemented program design based on his experience working in treatment and incorporating his experience working in recovery in Los Angeles. Old Pueblo Community Services helped and housed men and women coming out of prison and off the streets (with drug and alcohol problems), and to help them adjust to freedom, find employment, and become productive members of society. In 18 years he took in over 25,000 clients off the streets of Tucson.
Today, Nick, now unretired, is the Director and Founding partner in Recovery in Motion Treatment Center which opened in September 2014. RIM is a 30-bed medium income residential substance abuse treatment center that serves clients from Tucson and all over the country. He also owns PaxtonHouse Sober Living which operates 8 recovery homes in Tucson Arizona. Say hello and welcome new member, Nick Jones!
Rotary Club of Tucson will be hosting (with some help from the Tucson Sunrise Club) a male student from Brazil beginning in early August. His name is Pedro and he will be a junior or senior at Ironwood Ridge High School on the northwest side of town. The Hoffman Family will be his first host family for his year of Exchange. We are recruiting two more families for Pedro. They do not have to be Rotarians and can be your friends and neighbors or your place of worship friends. We will need for the second family to take Pedro just before the end of the year.
Typically, all Rotary Youth Exchange students have three families during their stay and we hope to accomplish that. If you know of someone who might be interested please call Dave Gallaher or Jennifer Hoffman.
Meanwhile, I spent Memorial Day weekend on Mt Lemmon as part of our very small District committee for RYE performing training and orientation for this coming year’s outbound students. We have five great students heading out for their worldly adventure. Three are from Nogales, AZ and two are from Sierra Vista. We did not get a single applicant from the Tucson area for the first time in a long time. We spent the long weekend with our District Chair Cindy Harrison and reviewing the different cultures and the do’s and don’t’ s and how to have a successful Exchange year. Our students are headed to Thailand, Slovakia, Italy, Switzerland and Brazil. Please help our YEO (Jennifer Hoffman) this year when Pedro arrives. He is an energetic young man that likes many different things. Call Dave or Jennifer to sign up for the Youth Exchange committee!!
Our Change of Administration Event is scheduled for Saturday, July 7th at La Mariposa, start time is 6:00 p.m. So mark your calendars to join President Cliff as he passes the gavel on to President Elect, Chuck Sawyer for the 2018-19 Rotary year. More details to follow...
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This presentation will describe a child’s concept of death based on his/her age and development stage. It will also highlight the different ways in which children grieve and how to support a grieving child. It will conclude with a brief overview of the different programs offered by Tu Nidito and how to refer a child and his/her family.
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rived in Tucson in 1981 from Scottsdale to go to school at the UofA, she had no choice - her father said that he “did not consider that school in Tempe a University”. She studied Broadcast Journalism and even was the teacher’s assistant for Nina Trasoff. Though her initial career track followed her studies she soon found her way in to the sales area of the broadcast industry. When you get a chance, ask Cindy how a Chevy Vega steered her towards career change. She’s worked in sales and management with KIIMfm, KOLD TV13, COX Cable and MIXfm. Cindy’s also had a successful 10 years as the owner of the advertising agency Target Media and she’s served on number of nonprofit and professional boards and foundations throughout Tucson. 
Nick Jones is originally from England but hails from Los Angeles, where he grew up in his adult life. He is a Viet-Nam combat veteran who served in United States Army from 1968 – 1971 in the 2/47th Mechanized Infantry, Third Brigade, 9th Division (Go Panthers). He migrated to Tucson in 1992 after a short visit and met his wife to be and decided to move to Tucson.
Meanwhile, I spent Memorial Day weekend on Mt Lemmon as part of our very small District committee for RYE performing training and orientation for this coming year’s outbound students. We have five great students heading out for their 
worldly adventure. Three are from Nogales, AZ and two are from Sierra Vista. We did not get a single applicant from the Tucson area for the first time in a long time. We spent the long weekend with our District Chair Cindy Harrison and reviewing the different cultures and the do’s and don’t’ s and how to have a successful Exchange year. Our students are headed to Thailand, Slovakia, Italy, Switzerland and Brazil. Please help our YEO (Jennifer Hoffman) this year when Pedro arrives. He is an energetic young man that likes many different things. Call Dave or Jennifer to sign up for the Youth Exchange committee!!
Our Change of Administration Event is scheduled for Saturday, July 7th at La Mariposa, start time is 6:00 p.m. So mark your calendars to join President Cliff as he passes the gavel on to President Elect, Chuck Sawyer for the 2018-19 Rotary year. More details to follow...
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