BRIARCRIER
April 6, 2012, 12:15 at The Briar's Restaurant, Briarcliff Manor NY Rotary Club
TODAY IN HISTORY
1830 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was organized by Joseph Smith in Fayette, NY.
MEETING LEADER – President Dean Dykeman
PLEDGE - Sy Yuter PATRIOTIC SONG – Sy Yuter PRAYER – Dean Dykeman
HAPPY THOUGHTS – Peter Garth for a family book published; Anne for her grandson at West Point; Ernie for a big birthday; Another Anne grandson was awarded the Eisenhower/Rhodes Scholarship.
GUESTS – Wife Allie of speaker.
ANNOUNCEMENTS – Mother’s Day Brunch – May 4th at The Briar's with Mike and Muriel Risko; everyone will be assigned a Rotary minute to describe in one minute another Rotary cause.
SPEAKER AND SUBJECT – Rudy Masry – Organ Transplants
SUMMARY OF TALK
People should register to donate an organ to save a life. Most religions approve of it. There is a severe shortage of organs for life saving transplants. Thousands await tissue donation such as skin for burn victims or eye donations for cornea transplants. Without these surgeries many die or remain disabled. Transplants give people a chance to resume full and productive lives. Anyone can decide to be a donor regardless of age or medical history. Enroll in the New York State Donor Life registry by signing the donor box on your drivers license or non-driver ID card application. You can also enroll through the New York State Health Departments web site, www.nyhealth.gov. After death donations include bone and connective tissue, corneas, eyes, heart, kidney, liver, lung, pancreas, skin, small intestines and veins.
Friday speaker – Jim Killoran – Habitat for Humanity
Elinor Yuter, Reporter
Rachel Leihbacher, Expediter
