MEETING NOTES
Our first meeting of 2006 was held
on January 17th. A video tape, ÓDiagnosis ParkinsonÕs disease: You
are not aloneÓ was presented followed by a group discussion.
During
our February meeting, another of our videos from ÒThe Parkinson Care SeriesÓ
was shown to the group. This tape dealt with ÒEmotional Health.Ó This was followed by another video
called ÒThe Joys of StressÓ which brought lots of humor for the group to enjoy.
We thank Bruno Piretti for bringing the video to help us with our Ôemotional health.Õ
Our meeting on March 21st was
most informative as Marge and Pat Moylan described some of the highlights of
their recent trip to the World Parkinson Congress held in Washington, D.C. in
February. Paul and Mary Dinicola from Syracuse also gave some of their
impressions of the Congress. We were pleased to have them join us and hope they
do so again.
Joe
Krex and Denise Rex from Verona Beach were also present at our March meeting.
They are the founders of the Carl & Ann Krex Gift Foundation, Inc. Their
goal is to assist caregivers both emotionally and financially in caring for
loved ones in their homes. We thank them for making us aware of their
corporation and we look forward to seeing them again.
WELCOME!!
We are always happy to see new faces
at our meetings. We welcome Jennifer Vogt, an OT student from Utica College and
also Maureen Hazzard from Utica. We hope you continue to join us!
CNYPSG GEOGRAPHICAL
FACTS
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If
someone were to ask you how many counties our active membership covers, in other
words the people who come to meetings, how many counties do we come from? Two, you say - Oneida and
Herkimer. Yes, but youÕre just
getting warmed up. OK letÕs throw
in Otsego and Madison. Yep, some
of our members reside there. You
arenÕt done yet. There are three
more! We actually have people who
drive in from Chenango County to the south and from Lewis and Hamilton Counties
way up north. Then there are the
occasional visitors
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from Onondaga County to the west So you see central New York covers a BIG area, and we
welcome ALL!!
Under
the Weather?
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it out!!
Many
of our members have had recent illnesses or injuries. We hope that all of them
are well on the way to recovery and looking forward to enjoying Spring!! We send our BEST WISHES to Doris
Gallagher, Martin Kolwaite, Emily Lewis, Eunice Matteson, Lonnie and Bruno
Piretti, Bob and Roberta Schaal, Sarah Schachtler, Jo Schmidt, Dave and Maureen
Timerman and Pat Werczynski.
M&M Shows & Health Fairs
The
Moylans and the McCaffreys were pleased to accept an invitation to present the
M&M Show to the residents and staff of the Swancott Home in Utica on March
7th.
We
were also invited to participate in a health fair hosted by the DSO/EAP held on
March 24th at the New York State School for the Deaf in Rome. We are
always glad to participate in this function as it is always well attended and
gives us a great opportunity to make our information available and answer
questions about PD.
CNYPSG, Inc. Annual Meeting
The
annual meeting of the Corporation of the Central New York ParkinsonÕs Support
Group, Inc. will be held on April 18. 2006. At that time three people will be
elected to serve three-year terms on the Board of Directors. The Nominating
Committee has submitted the names of John Matterese, Henry Taylor and Erhard Gantner
to serve on the Board. Shortly after that, the Board of Directors will meet to
select the officers for the coming year.
