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Philip Rosenfield and The Dewey Rosenfield Foundation

Rotary's Jan. 21 speaker, Philip Rosenfield, owner of the famous ice cream dessert cafe in West Concord, Reasons To Be Cheerful, introduced us to the Dewey Rosenfield Foundation, an organization Philip founded in memory of his son Matthew (known as Dewey.) The charitable foundation reflects many of Dewey's qualities and seeks to help children be successful in an academic environment with special emphasis on music and sports. The Foundation supports Scholar Athletes in its goal to assist high school athletes with academic achievement. Also on its list of partners is the Guitar Center Music Foundation (provides instruments to needy students) and the Concord Conservatory of Music. Philip answered questions about Reasons To Be Cheerful. He has opened a second cafe in Hudson and is planning one in Sudbury. Both the Foundation and Reasons To Be Cheerful have websites where you can learn more.

Home is Where the Heart Is

Dave Tasto, President/Owner of Assisting Hands - Boston Northwest and Eunice Bempong, RN, Clinical Nurse Liaison for Assisting Hands spoke at Rotary's Jan. 14 Zoom meeting. Dave and Eunice quoted recommendations from Dave's book that help assure a safe environment for elders. They suggested ways to make a necessary hospitalization comfortable and how to negotiate a smooth transition back home. Assisting Hands is a private-pay in-home health care agency headquartered in Bedford MA. It provides personal care and companion services, light housekeeping and cleaning, grocery shopping and errands, and meal preparation. Dave generously offered a copy of his book to each Rotarian, and due to the difficulty distributing it under Covid-19 restrictions, will provide a downloadable pdf copy to Karl Kussin who will email it to Club Members.

HALTING A PANDEMIC

At our Jan. 7 meeting, District 7910 Chair for Polio Plus Joyce Graff used her broad experience in patient advocacy to demonstrate the parallels between the current fight against the Covid-19 Pandemic and the work done to eliminate polio from the earth. Although vaccines are now available, many are declining the opportunity to be vaccinated. Over the years Rotarians have overcome resistance to vaccinations by building "communities of trust" through education and example. Now Rotary is bringing its experience and expertise to this new threat. Joyce ended her talk with a video from Rotary International. Additionally, she invited us to view a You Tube presentation of a Covid forum sponsored by her club, the Rotary Club of Brookline, featuring several highly qualified panel members. Here are the links to the videos:

COVID-19: The Real Science -- See it now on YouTube