Diana Borges – COPE Windsor
Rotary Moment:
JB Leep took the lead for our District Matching Grant this year with a Waste Less Windsor project to compose videos in English and Spanish along with a series of presentations about recycling. The project targeted 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders. After a lot of work, Brooks Elementary School achieved 100% participation!
JB went to great effort to put together this video series. It can be found on the Waste Less Windsor site here.
Guests of Rotarians:
Diana Borges – Leader of COPE, Windsor
Kate Smith
Domingo Calleja Lorenzini
Rotarian of the Month for April – Terry Andreacchi
Announcements:
- Kate Smith went to prom!
- Brooks Elementary School planter box ribbon cutting
- District 5130 conference was a fantastic time. Windsor Rotary won an award for enhancing participation!
Guest speaker for today: Diana Borges who works for COPE here in Windsor. Communities Organized to Prepare for Emergencies.
A collaborative effort between the town, the police and the fire district. COPE aims to help everyone in the community to be prepared for emergency situations. It is focused on the concept of neighbours helping neighbours.
The Windsor chapter is part of 40 COPE communities, including many here in the North Bay that coordinate monthly.
Neighborhood Leaders (Block Captains) coordinate among 10-20 households to liaise with other Leaders and share resources throughout the neighbourhood.There is an Emergency Preparedness Guidebook put together by COPE specifically for Windsor. It is available for download from the Town of Windsor website.
Being prepared for Wildfires is more than just a Go bag and escape route – it’s planning defensible space and protecting property. Keep the 5’ around your property clear, enclose eaves, block anywhere embers can catch.
COPE needs more Neighbourhood Leaders! As well as a new COPE leader to liase with the wider COPE groups.You can reach Diana for questions by emailing [email protected]
Final quote of the day:
If you talk to a man in a language he understands, it goes to his head. If you speak to him in his own language, it goes to his heart – Nelson MandelaSet-up: Steve Klick
Greeter: Mike Raasch
Song: Heather Cullen
Scribe: Dev Sodagar
A/V set-up: Mitch Grandi
Zoom team: Brian Williams
Rotary MOMENT – J.B.
From Your Rotary Nurse – Update on COVID
05/24/22
NEWS:
PFIZER HAS REQUESTED FDA TO APPROVE VACCINE FOR UNDER 5 YEARS OF AGE. FINDINGS FILED SHOW VACCINE IS 80% EFFECTIVE! Each vaccine is one-tenth of the adult dose. STATE OF CALIFORNIA EXCEEDS 90,000 DEAD FROM CORONAVIRUS (TOTAL DEATHS 90,724) New cases in California for the last 24 hours is 22,586.
COVID UPDATE:
The pandemic is not over so encourage those who have not had their booster to do so. The 2ND booster dose is available for those over 65 or those 50 years old with chronic health conditions. We do still have some of our community members dying (we lost someone in Windsor) and the current wave of cases is tied to the variant BA.2 and a newer variant, BA 2.12.1.
Total Cases: 90,056 (2 weeks ago 87,177) Recovered: 85,406 (2 weeks ago 84,196) Active Cases: 4158 (2 weeks ago 2491) New Cases on Sunday: 720
Deaths: 491 (2 weeks ago 490)
Hospitalized: 37 confirmed cases and 3 in the ICU (2 weeks ago 23 confirmed and 23 in the ICU)
Vaccination information…. As of May 22nd, 2022, 1,084,678 doses of vaccination have been given to residents in Sonoma County. (2 weeks ago 1,066,482). We remain at 82% of our population 5 years and older who are fully vaccinated and 6% have had at least one (1) dose. We continue stagnate in getting more people to vaccinate. If you know someone who has not and is eligible, let them know how important vaccines have been in our community!
MASKS:
Because of the rise in hospitalizations, ICU admits and surges in some areas, some Counties has mandated mask use again. Other counties are highly suggesting use of masks indoors but not going as far as regulating or mandating masks. Regardless of vaccination status, here in Sonoma County masks are not required in most public settings, although Public Health Officials are strongly recommending the use of masks if you are indoors, especially in crowded or poorly ventilated spaces. Masks are now optional on airplanes; however, they are still required in airports and most other forms of public transportation. The CDC is still recommending masks on airplanes so it has now become a personal decision.
Vaccine sites are still open and offering vaccinations and boosters. We continue to encourage everyone eligible for the booster, to get one. We have seen the proof that this prevents disease and hospitalizations and those who still breakthrough have minor symptoms.
TESTING:
Go to socoemergency.org to learn more about free COVID -19 testing in Sonoma County. Look for COVID-19 Testing and Tracing in Sonoma County. In addition my staff at At Home Nursing still are available to provide you COVID testing if you need it (PCR), FIT testing for a N95 mask so that it fits properly or answer any questions you may have. Call our office at 707-546-8773 to schedule an appointment. If you want to schedule either a booster or the vaccine, appointments can be found by visiting: https://socoemergency.org/events/category/pop-up-vaccine or call 707-565-4667.
Continue to stay vigilant as this pandemic is not over. If you have small children, stay tuned for whether the FDA will approve the vaccine for our under 5 year olds. They are the ones most at risk right now. Just be smart, well read and stay safe!
Di