No visiting Rotarians or guest this morning.

 

June 23^rd -no morning meeting Installation Banquet for the new President and the Board.

June 21^st Final ladies night out an e-mail is going out!  Will be a salad supper! 6 pm at Milleson home. 

July 4^thBridgewood Farms Annual Bike ride.  We need volunteers.  A signup sheet will be passed around! If you would like to help Peggy with the signs need to be there at 6:30am.  Last year they had 400 riders so please help!

 

Chuck Moore-Service-For Next years’ service project Jack Yates has offered some homes in Montgomery for us to work on. 

Daniela Mead-Membership-No Update

David Anderson-Administration/Programs-No Update

Deanna Voitle-Public Image-No Update

Chef Rick -New Generations-Working on a new idea for the flags in Memory Park for scholarships.  Will be looking for sponsors to purchase the bigger flags and place in the Park in honor of someone.  Would like to have 50 flags to represent each state.  The cost is about $50/flag.  Starting in the fall asking people to sponsor.  Also in talks to keep having a few Interact students come and keep the Park clean.  If you are interested in sponsoring a flag talk to Chef. 

Mike Berger-Polio Chair-No new polio cases this week.  Total cases in the world 16. Bill Gates still giving $2 for every $1 donated.  Also please get with Mike if you are looking for a speaker on Polio for any other service organization you are involved in.

Craig Jones-Foundation-Ceremony to honor are new Paul Harris will be done at next weeks Installation Banquet.  Call Craig if you think you are on the list and will not be able to attend. 

Kris McBride-Memory Park-No Update

 

Gary gave a big shout out to Don Carter and the Interact kids that have been in Memory Park working!  Also a thank you to Chef who joined in on Tuesday!

Don announced that Chef is too shy to admit it, but he will speak on his behalf that he does the best yard work!

Charlie announced that his Birthday is in 2 days.  He will be 69 and is proud of it!  He just got back from a two week trip to the British Isle and they had a great time. 

Warren announced his grandson just left the house.  His family from Alaska was visiting for the first time and was really impressed with Memory Park and Pools. 

Mike announced that someone is having a Memorial at Memory Park.  The family said their mother loved the Park so much that they wanted to have the service in the Park. He also shared with us that he has never had a bad back.  On Saturday he woke up in pain, but he went to see Jeremy.  He made a pretzel out of him and he is doing much better!

 

 

This morning Jared and Jack shared with the club about PHI Air Medical, which is the largest civilian helicopter service in the country.  PHI is third in the world for flight hours to the US Army and the Russian Military.  PHI has been providing medical air transports since 1981.   Annually PHI transports over 30,000 patients out of 70 operational bases (three of which are located in the Houston area).  At each base the crew is made up of a pilots, nurse, and communication specialist.  The bases are fully operational 24 hours a day /365 days a year.  The pilots work 12 hour shifts and are constantly doing safety inspections and maintenance on the planes to ensure safety.  The plans are equipped with state of the art equipment and weather updates.  PHI also has a 24/7 dispatch to find the closest flight.  

 

In order to be hired you have to have three to five years of experience in a service progressivefield to make sure this is a career path you would like to take.  It is a very intense and rigorous program and they want to ensure you complete and pass the test and complete the advance certifications.  Most of the pilots have a military background, because they have the most flight hour experience.  Safety is most important to PHI for patients and the crew.  The focus is to educate and inform the community about health and safety.   They are involved in outreach programs such as Shattered Lives, Women’s Heart Health and Prostrate Cancer awareness.   They work with partners and first responders to find places to land safely and to keep them informed on the most update procedures to manage patient’s health.  In an emergency they are not restricted to a specific hospital the main concern is to get the patient the care they need. 

 

If you or a family member ever found yourself in a situation that you needed to be transported by an air ambulance.  Wouldn’t it bring peace of mind to know that you would be in the care of PHI.  Also PHI will accept the insurance as payment in full for the transports with no additional out of pocket expenses.   This is achieved through the PHI membership programs.  Information on the membership programs and about PHI can be found on their website phiairmedical.com.