PRESIDENT MARK IRVIN started the meeting and welcomed DAVE WHITE to the stage for the Pledge and Song “God Bless America.”
JOE DANISZEWSKI offered our inspiration by highlighting the Amphi High School students who were present at our meeting and their inspiration of the Four Way Test.
KHRIS DODGE introduced our guests and that took quite a while as we had LOTS of guests. March Madness is in full effect for our club and hopefully we’ll gain some great, new members.
We had another great intro video for our speaker Kathy Prather from Pima JTED. Kathy was very gracious and thanked our club for our contribution to JTED. She brought excitement to us as she introduced the team of staff that she brought to offer more insight into JTED. Demi Vaughn has been a Medical Assistant teacher at JTED for four years. Her passion for her students and her role shined and she told us about her job. Next Abel Vasquez, Director of Technology, offered an insight into JTED’s commitment to using the latest technology methods to teach their students. They use a mixed reality system to include a very high-tech mannequin and augmented reality. This gives students a better education into real world situations. Beth Francis, Health Care Professions Manager at JTED, raised the roof with her discussion. She has a ton of passion for what she does. She talked about incorporating simulation into the students’ education to piggyback on Abel’s talk on technology. She mentioned that the intellectual property is retiring in healthcare and she’s working to replace that knowledge. She said that if JTED raises the bar for the students, they will reach it. Finally, Roman Mendevil, a JTED student, talked about his experience as a student and that he’s grateful for the education that he’s receiving. The book “Because I Had a Teacher” was signed by Kathy and will be in the Make Way for Books Library.DON ROLLINGS will be celebrating his birthday on March 28th. He’s been a member of our club for 43 years and was our President in 1987-1988. Happy Birthday Don!
SCOTT VAUGHAN introduced two new Paul Harris Members. AIMEE GRAVES and ABBY NAGBE were honored and given gifts of little to no value. Their gifts were the highly collectable Centennial Dinner wine glasses. Thanks AIMEE and ABBY and congratulations!
Amphi High School had two essay finalists for the 4-Way Test Speech Contest. Isaac Barrios offered an insight on how the Education system compares to the 4-Way Test while Day Ybarra applied the 4-Way Test to the Foster Care System. Both speeches were really well done and stirred emotion as the students talked firsthand about their life experiences with the topic.
PRESIDENT MARK showed the newest contributor to Irv’s Fly-Fishing Fund. JON WANG was photographed while breathing underwater and holding a Puffer Fish. Nice catch JON! The Time Capsule Ceremony will be held at Hotel Congress on April 21st at 5:30pm. Our next Social Mixer will be at Proof starting at 5:30pm next Wednesday, March 30th. Register on TucsonRotary.org. Another Social Event will be at the Tucson Roadrunners Hockey Game on April 1st. You may register online and remember to bring a guest. You will need to pay and then our club will reimburse you for your guests’ tickets. Home Hospitality will be the week of April 24th – April 30th. We’d love for you to host and you will receive money to provide food and drink for your guests.
JOE DANISZEWSKI announced the winners of the 4-Way Test Speech Contest and the winner was Day Ybarra and her speech about Foster Care in relation to the 4-Way Test. She won $200 and Isaac won $150. Congrats to both of them!Then PRESIDENT MARK brought up a slide that showed the real time countdown until the end of his leadership role as our President. He told BRUCE JACOBS that they would have to wait another day to offer any banter as our meeting was running a little over.
PRESIDENT MARK congratulated DON on his birthday, our two new Paul Harris members, our two Amphi High School speakers, offered a toast and we were on our way.
