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Club Meeting Information

In light of COVID-19 mandates, MT Sunrise Rotary will be hosting virtual meetings until further notice. Our next meeting will be 7:00 AM Friday (12/4).

Our meeting on December 4 will feature Gavin Quinnies, President of US HealthCenter. Scroll down for bio.

The virtual greeter will provide either the thought, a Rotary minute, share a family moment or a cultural tradition ... anything they would like to start off the day positive.

Upcoming "It's your Rotary moment" assignees:

  • Jo Ann Vetter (12/4)
  • Ryan Walsh (12/11)
  • Bill Wandsnider (12/18)
  • Carol Wessels (1/8)

Note: If you are unable to act as "It's your Rotary moment" assignee when scheduled please arrange for your replacement.
 

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While some are familiar with Zoom, there are others for which this will be an opportunity to experience something new

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It's as easy as one-two-three. Honest! (You may want to check off the first two steps in advance of the meeting start time)

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The “waiting room” will open at 6:50 AM with our meeting starting at 7:00 AM. Attendees should mute themselves when not speaking, or if they have background noise. Attendees can communicate with one another through the “Chat” icon. Click button below to join our Zoom meeting!

Hope to see you Friday!

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Thought of the Week

On Thanksgiving Day we acknowledge our dependence. - William Jennings Bryan

Holiday Food Drive Success

The Homestead High School Interact club collected 700 pounds of food this past weekend in support of Family Sharing. This food drive has become a tradition for the club, and it was usually held during Trick or Treating, but not this year. During these challenging times getting organized was difficult because of the coronavirus pandemic. Students saw that collecting food to provide families with holiday meals was their mission.

The Mequon-Thiensville Sunrise Rotary Club sponsors the Homestead Interact club and the successful food drive was supported by the donations of Rotarians, visited neighborhoods and club members.

Thank you to all the donors. The students made an exemplary effort in the collection of food while remaining safe from COVID-19. The leadership of Julie Kim, Grace Aceto, Josie Campbell, Kassidy Hill, and the collaboration of the members of interact got the effort to its goal.

A Rotary LOL Moment

Peanuts by Charles Schulz

My escapades during the pandemic lockdown

By Su Boertje, membership and PR chair, Rotary Club of Westville, South Africa

In April, I learned that the Baby House in Westville, South Africa, a safe house for abandoned babies, desperately needed basic supplies. Due to the country-wide lockdown, donations had all but dried up, and the two house mothers and 10 babies (aged 1 week to 23 months) needed help.

”Not all super heroes wear capes,” I thought to myself, “some wear Rotary badges!” So I contacted our club treasurer to see if I could spend some of my PR budget to assist and they agreed.

I managed to shop (masked and sanitized) successfully for all of the items on their list in varying quantities. As the mom of a youngster, I added a few treats at my discretion – some biscuits, custard, marked down marshmallow Easter eggs that I clearly remember my son smearing all over his face (ok, sorry house moms – I perhaps shouldn’t have done that!) and the obligatory bag of Flings (a South African puffed maize snack).

Super hero mindset firmly in place, I made the drive across Westville, determined to deliver. This despite sensationalist media reports about people being locked up for being out of their homes, for daring to place a toe on beach sand, for not having permits to travel (unless it was for essentials or medical reasons), etc.

I didn’t consider the consequences of not having a travel permit. So imagine my absolute horror as I crested the hill 200 meters from my destination, to find the street lined with police vans and other official looking vehicles. “That’s it, they’re going to lock me up” I thought as my super hero bubble got thoroughly pricked and my very real South African fear of authorities kicked in.

My heart was thumping as I slowly continued down the hill, imagining the worst and expecting any minute to be stopped and interrogated. I gingerly turned into the driveway of the Baby House, masked up, got out of my car and rang the bell. I consoled myself with the fact that although I may have to sit in the Westville Police Station for a few hours, at least the babies would have their goods!

A very weary looking House Mom came to the gate in her slippers. I explained who I was and what I had brought. She was jubilant and my heart warmed even as I cringed at the prospect of being noticed by the authorities. I asked the second House Mom to take a quick photo with my phone – not anticipating her eagerness to be in the picture. “Hey,” she shouted to the nearby policewoman, “Come and take a picture!"

A policewoman and another female official came toward us. After a quick conversation in Zulu, that I didn’t understand, we were shooed together by the amateur photographer (as far as social distancing norms would allow) and voila! – a photo was taken. Another swift exchange in Zulu and the official and policewoman wandered away.

As the weary House Moms started picking up the parcels, I asked “What was that about?” It turns out the officials and police were on the street to screen and test residents for COVID-19 and had no interest in me or my lack of permit at all! What incredible relief!

It may have shaved a few years off my life, and caused a couple more grey hairs for my hairdresser to hide when he is finally able to see me again. But this wanna-be super hero in a Rotary “cloak” was and still is exceptionally glad to have been of service to such a worthy cause!

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Upcoming Speakers
Dec 04, 2020
Health Care
Health Care

Gavin Quinnies is the President/CEO and Co-Founder of US HealthCenter and PredictiMed™, an award winning Milwaukee, WI AI based population health management provider. USHC consults with organizations to identify and reduce health care costs and improve quality of life. USHC also provides their proprietary PredictiMed™ total health management technology platform to consumers and industry partners. USHC's PredictiMed™ business intelligence predicts the onset of disease 3-5 years ahead of diagnosis using advanced analytics that combine Big Data from all silos including Mx, Rx, genetics, lifestyle, biometrics, blood and urine chemistries and demographics to determine individual and aggregate risk burden.

PredictiMed™ AI Predictive Modeling is Validated by Intel/GE Care Innovations Institute. With over 25 years of research invested in our solution, the "Institute had the opportunity to validate PredictiMed’s™ ability to identify and lower the predisease high risk level, which may precipitate a higher use of ER and hospital services, in thirteen major disease categories to a lower level where the preemptive intervention can be applied and thus reduce the incidence of ER visits and hospitalizations between 80 and 93%, depending on the disease category."

USHC has also been honored with top honors of Gold Health Value Awards for Care Navigation and Population Health Management from the Health Value Institute.

Mr. Quinnies has consulted with organizations to identify health and productivity related opportunities for over 25 years. He originally implemented health risk management programs at his own company in the early '90s, generating a return of 4:1, and ultimately took his experience to other organizations such as IBM Life Sciences. Mr. Quinnies earned his BS in engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Stout.

Specialties: Risk management, health care cost reduction, wellness design and programming, web applications, team maximization, co-opetition, solution development, healthcare, ERISA, predictive modeling, predictive medicine, population health, employee benefits, PPACA, ARRA

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