Rotary Club of
Taunton

Membership Bulletin

Our next regularly scheduled meeting is on April 1, and we will welcome Ryan McGuiff.

Thanks to everyone who supported the Interact Club's Water for Cambodia fundraiser campaign.

The District is asking for assistance in their Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiative. Gloria Saddler from our club has volunteered to participate, but all members are asked to fill out this survey in support of their efforts: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/7950RotaryAssessment

Both the family Fun Day and 100th Anniversary Celebration planning committees will be meeting this week.

Thanks to Taunton England Club for our 100th-anniversary gift of a custom cider mug.

Thanks also to our latest 100th-anniversary campaign Bronze Sponsor, Carol Sullivan Real Estate.

At our most recent meeting, we welcomed guests from Morton Hospital to give us an update on how things are going. Hospital President Heidi Taylor gave a presentation and shared some really positive news from Morton Hospital.

In the last year, Morton has administered 50,000 COVID tests and served as a designated COVID hospital in April 2020. They opened a vaccination clinic for healthcare workers in December and in February transitioned their assistance to offsite Phase II vaccine sites. Testing volume has gone from 300/day to less than 100/day, and of that ~100 most are for pre-procedure checks. Currently, only about 30-40 people a day are getting true COVID tets.

Overall, the hospital received a Patient Safety Rating of A from Leapfrog for the first time since 2015. Also, the Sleep Lab Center has received reaccreditation, and a number of physicians have been added including two 2 full-time psychiatrists, a 3rd bariatric surgeon, mew specialists in ENT and gastroenterology, and a new orthopedic surgeon.

Morton is awaiting accreditation to be a "Center of Excellence" for bariatric surgery and is also introducing a new service line "MorCAP" which stands for Morton Comprehensive Addiction Program. This will be a 32-bed, Level 4 inpatient substance abuse unit with an intense outpatient program. Currently, there are only 172 level 4 beds in MA and none in our area. This important new service line is targeted to open in Q3 or Q4 2021,

Importantly, the patient experience continues to climb upwards and Morton is committed to their mission of community outreach and looking forward to continuing to sponsor events in 2021 and beyond.

Thanks to Heidi Taylor President; Krystal Hilton, CNO; Nancy Spirko COO; and Julie Masci, Director of Marketing, Public Affairs & Community Health Programs for joining us.

Apr 01, 2021 12:00 PM

Ryan McGuiff

Senior care: the future and what role does technology play

Apr 15, 2021 12:00 PM

Bob Hyldburg

Patriots Historian

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Virtual Happy/Sad Bucks

Our Venmo account is live! PLEASE: Include a note as to the purpose of your payment/funds, whenever using our new Venmo account!! The account is @Rotary-Taunton, but the visible name shows up as “Rotary Taunton Rotary Taunton.”
Rebecca had a happy buck for the Rotary-YouthWorks project. She also had a happy buck for some new projects she is working on for TASC.
Dave had his happiest bucks he has ever had for both of his kids going back to school full-time on April 5 and gave $10 for each kid.
Bob R. shared a buck to update us on his Northeast PETS training. PETS has 6 different evenings of training and he is halfway through. So far it has been a great experience and he is making good connections. He also had a happy buck to have gotten his father-in-law a COVID appointment through the pre-registration method.
Zulmira had a happy buck for her second dose of vaccine and no side effects. She also was happy for AHS fundraisers, including a wine fundraiser right now and an upcoming flower arrangement fundraiser. To support AHS by buying wine you can go to www.onehopewine.com/event/91258