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June 15, 2020 - Dr. Howard Abrams is the Division Head of General Internal Medicine for the University Health Network  iassociated with the University of Toronto in Toronto, Ontario, and is Director for the OpenLab. He gave us an overview of the OpenLab and more details can be found HERE. The focus of his presentation was The Friendly Neighbor Hotline which is a project of the OpenLab. His PowerPoint presentation can be seen HERE.  
Dr Abrams said that the Friendly Neighbor Hotline started as part of the OpenLab in early March of this year.  Their goal is to provide basic services and food security for low income seniors, mostly living in large low rent apartment complexes. The program established a call center where seniors could ask for help. A volunteer will purchase whatever the senior needs and then deliver it for free.  Most of the low income seniors do not have access to technology so the program has to provide an accessible call center which is very labor intensive.
The Friendly Neighbor Hotline is basically a small pilot project which is intended to be supplemented by businesses in the private sector, or non-profit organizations. . Other Canadian cities are examining the feasibility of adopting this model. Dr Abrams' presentation was well received and generated many questions.
 
 
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TEMPE POLICE DEPT - MICHAEL POOLEY
 
June 8, 2020 - Michael Pooley, Tempe Police Department, Assistant Chief, gave us an excellent overview of how his department is coping with COVID-19 and protesters. His presentation can be seen by clicking here
Michael is a native Arizonian, born and raised on the Navajo reservation. He attended both ASU and NAU. He has served in several capacities in the Dept over his 19 year career and was promoted to Assistant Chief in December. He spoke very highly of the department and said that the officers are all trained to avoid the kind of incident that occurred in Minneapolis. Michael is currently heading the Emergency Operations Center to deal with the CORONA-19 virus. The Department had intelligence about the virus in December and began to prepare very early. The Emergency Operations Center also deals with protests resulting from the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.  He said that the protesters were mostly peaceful and they let the Department know when and where they plan to assemble and march. There were a handful of instigators from out of state but the protesters were instrumental in keeping them in check. Michael's presentation was excellent and generated many questions from club members. We have invited him to attend one of our regular meetings so he can meet us in person.
 
 
 
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If you are a busy person who wants to have fun while making a difference, then be our guest for lunch on Monday (not holidays) from 12:10 to 1:15 pm at the Kobe Japanese Steakhouse.  We are men and women in ages from 30's to retired. Check our Facebook page - Kyrene  RC as well. The URL for this page is KyreneRotary.org

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5495 District Gov - Last video
Here is Dave Simmer's last video.
 
                                                
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