Welcome to the Rotary Club of Alamo!

Rotary Club of Alamo

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Coming Wednesday to the Rotary Club of Alamo at 12:15pm. We are at Forli Restaurant! You’ll be greeted by Jack Thompson!

Reminder: We are meeting at Forli Restaurant – 3160 Danville Blvd!

Rotaries: help Cure M.E. - 20 million ill - Mark Camenzind

Mark Camenzind, PhD chemist, was born in Palo Alto, did undergrad at MIT and PhD in Chemistry at UC Berkeley, then post-doctoral studies at U British Columbia, Vancouver BC Canada. He has worked 32 years in High tech including semiconductors, aerospace, biomedical. His wife is a Pediatrician of 32 years. They have a new hobby of trying to Cure 20 million people. 20 million ill worldwide with M.E., Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/CFS (aka Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) including estimated 1-2.5 million in US, 100,000-300,000 in CA, many in Bay Area. Most doctors are not trained, need better tracking, diagnostics, treatments. Top R&D includes Bay Area. RI has done decades of stellar work to eradicate polio. What is next? Let it be M.E.! He will give background on illness, example of his severely ill 25 yr old son in San Ramon and others, and need for more awareness, tracking since this illness have very poor quality of life scores, very high disease burden, yet grossly underfunded by NIH, not tracked by CDC, leading to zero FDA approved diagnostics or treatments, poor training for most MDs, poor outcomes, most never fully recover. Rotaries can make a large difference in changing outcome worldwide.

www.oatext.com/Estimating-the-disease-burden-of-MECFS-in-the-United-States-and-its-relation-to-re...

The story of his son in 23 minutes filmed by DC reporter who filmed in their home in San Ramon, at:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ck9oWJilP0

What's happening at Alamo Rotary?

December 8. Alamo Tree Lighting. 4:30-6:30pm.
December 9. Alamo Rotary Board Meeting. 6pm. Forli.
December 14. Wreath’s Across America. 10am. Alamo Cemetery.
December 19. Alamo Rotary Christmas Dinner. RHCC.

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What is Rotary? You've been asked the question. Now you can answer it concisely:
Rotary is an international leadership organization, made up of local business, professional and civic leaders. We meet regularly, get to know each other, form friendships and service our community and the world.

Upcoming Programs:

December 18 // DARK – Christmas Dinner 12/19 RHCC
December 25 // DARK – Christmas
January 1 // DARK – New Years
January 8 // Annual Fireside Meeting
January 15 // Four Way Ramblers
January 22 // Chaplain Services – SRV Fire and Police - Nick Vleisides
January 29 // Walnut Creek Police Update – Steve Gorski
February 5 // John Muir: From Birth to Yosemite – Garrett Dailey
February 12 // DARK – Valentine’s Dinner 2/12 RHCC
February 19 // Get Off The Bench and Get Into The Game – Brent Brennan
February 26 // Your Online Identity – Evan Corstorphine
March 4 // The Last Mile – Kenyatta Leal
March 11 // DARK – Joint Meeting at Rossmoor
March 18 // End PolioNow – Are We REALLY This Close? – Mike Crosby
March 25 // The Only Way to Successfully Grow Your Career into Something You Will Really Love – Rachel Burr
April 1 // Impact Diablo Valley – Mindy Longo / Gina Halow
April 8 // The Constitution of the United States - Michele McKay-McCoy

Is there a program you would like to see on our calendar? Email me and we'll see what we can do! ...