Keene Elm City Rotary and Rotary Club of Keene – Saturday 1st May till Monday 3rd May
We were greeted by Wink and Anne from the two Rotary Clubs in Keene that were coordinating our stay with them. Wink jumped in the Beast and explained that we were having a tour around the Historical Society of Cheshire County where we will also have lunch!
During lunch Wink mentioned that Keene College had a fundraising sports tournament going on during the afternoon so we were welcome to head over to watch that. We all had a brilliant time, the sun was shining and lots of sports were being played including Baseball! Wink then gave us a quick tour of Downtown Keene before we were due for a light supper at Bentley Commns.
Wink and Patrick then took Hayley, Charlotte, Abi and Richard to a local Bar for some drinks and time to play some pool! Of course the girls won despite Hayley and Abi’s very poor attempts to play correctly!
We met for a lovely breakfast in Harrisville, had our vocational visits and then back to Harrisville for the historical tour. Judith Putzel, host of Charlotte, Hayley and Ruth then held an evening of Pot Luck.
A great but short stay that gave us the opportunity to watch some American Sports played at a College!!
Abi
My vocational visit in Keene was with Ben Kellner who runs the European Precision Chiropractice. After a tour of the practice we had the opportunity to discuss treatment techniques (gentle mobilisations and stretches) and he showed me a lot of the equipment he uses in conjunction with the manual therapy. This includes Bioresonance, laser enhanced therapies and a computer programme to assist in the analysis of general health. Not equipment that we would routinely see in the NHS. Thank you to Ben for giving up part of his Sunday afternoon!
Hayley
I met with Erica Snow, Barbara Duckett and Susan Herrmann who were kind enough to spare some of their Sunday to explain the work that they do at the Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services.
Ruth also came to the vocational visit to learn about the services that they provide from a medical perspective. I spent some time with Susan who discussed the Fund Development incentives that they work with. Susan also told me about the Hospice Garden that they are currently raising funds for; we then all took a trip out to the garden where they explained the creation behind the garden.
Thank you all for giving up your Sunday afternoon and for the Girl Guides Cookies!!
Ruth
Hayley and I met a group of 4 inspirational ladies - real movers and shakers for health and social care in Keene.
Barbara Duckett President/CEO of Home Healthcare, Hospice and Community Services (HCS) hosted the meeting in her offices and care centre with Kathi Snow. Janet, a very senior member of Vermont Red Cross attended and she had a vast knowledge of funding issues and statistical information on donation patterns. Barbara gave me information on how her services were managed across Keene, Peterborough and Charlestown.
Charlotte
I visited "Sophia's Hearth", a purpose built child care and family centre that has just opened after several years of planning. The child care aspect follows the Waldorf method and is therefore less formalised than I have seen in other settings. There are weekly support sessions for families and the focus of each session is led by the parents with staff support. The centre also runs teacher training programmes.
Richard
I spent the afternoon with Jack Noman of Cornerstone Management Consulting LLP. Our meeting focused on three key areas: general business practice in the US; possible strategies for Maybo to adopt in entering the US; introducing performance management systems; and lean six sigma. We also discussed my professional aspirations and Jack gave me some great guidance on how to management my development. Jack had prepared an extensive amount of literature for me, including two books he kindly gave me. Overall this was a brilliant vocational session that I got a lot of learning from. Thanks Jack!
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