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10:30 AM - 12:30 PM
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Presenting with Pizza - Monroe County DMV - December 9
Join us on this monthly program where we have a local presenter speak about an interesting topic or history followed by a full pizza lunch. All presentations will occur on the fourth Monday of the month followed by lunch consisting of one piece of pizza, tossed salad, fruit and drink. The fee collected is put towards our presenter fees, while a suggested contributions of $3.50 towards lunch can be accepted on the day of the lunch. Mon - January 22: Honor Flight Rochester - Honoring American Veterans - Learn how Honor Flight started and began in Rochester and learn all that goes into making a trip happen. Rochester, New York is one of 130 established 'hubs' in the national Honor Flight Network. We are not-for-profit, and created to honor America's veterans for their sacrifices. “We fly our heroes to Washington, DC to visit and reflect together at their memorials.”Mon - February 26: Total Solar Eclipse - Join Mark Minarich from the Astronomy Section, Rochester Academy of Science to learn about this fascinating very rare total eclipse that will be here. What to expect and how to prepare for the Total Solar Eclipse on the afternoon of April 8, 2024. What is a Total solar eclipse? How often do they happen? How can I observe this one safely? Glasses will be given to each participate that attends!Mon - March 11: Ground Truth - Join former CIA agent Dan Caster who grew up in Greece, NY to a family in which serving your country was required of all males. Dan served over 30 years in both the US Military and the CIA. He retired in 2012 after serving as an Intelligence Officer in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for 22 years. In those 22 years, he served throughout the Intelligence Community (IC) in both the US and in 25 different foreign countries with just under 12 years of overseas deployments. Prior to joining the CIA, he served in the US Air Force and US Air Force Reserve for 10 years. He is graduate of RIT receiving a BFA in 1988 and now a practicing artist. **Unlike other presentations, this talk will be 90 minutes.Mon - April 22: Rochester Red Wings - Take me out to the Ballgame! Rochester Red Wings General Manager Dan Mason will be stopping by on Monday, April 22 at 10:30am to speak at our Presenting with Pizza Program. Dan will update us on the upcoming 2024 season with what’s happening on and off the field, including many of the construction projects and improvements at Innovative Field. Mon - May 20: Why Zoos Exist - Learn the story of Seneca Park Zoo, the Zoo Society, and how we collectively save species from extinction. Learn about forest saving projects in Borneo and Madagascar, sturgeon and otter reintroductions in our own backyard, and penguin-saving science. Walk away knowing that your visit to the Zoo helps save ecosystems across the world and see some critters from the zoo right in front of your eyes!Mon - June 17: Angel's Truck Stop: A Woman's Love, Laughter, and Loss during the Vietnam War (A Memoir) - Lt. Col. Pilato takes you back to the sixties, one of the most turbulent times in modern history. An unpopular war is raging, students are protesting, black neighborhoods are on fire, and women are demanding equality. Angel tells how these events affected her and her decision to join the Air Force. As the first woman Air Force officer assigned to manage an Officers’ Club and the first to run one on a fighter base in Southeast Asia, she gives a unique perspective of the war. In her memoir Angel’s Truck Stop, A Woman’s Love, Laughter, and Loss during the Vietnam War she recounts starting out as a starry-eyed idealist only to realize that she’s going to have to learn how to manage the conflicts, challenges and choices she faces in her trailblazing position.Mon - July 15: Be Scam Aware w/Lifespan with M&T Bank - Sadly, financial exploitation is growing and education is the best way to prevent it from happening to older adults. Scams are always evolving and it is best to understand when one might be happening. Join Dan from Lifespan and Kathy from M & T Bank with all their tips and insight!Mon - August 12: Town of Sweden Judge, Tony Perry - Come listen to Tony as he shares his background of 32 years in Law Enforcement that led to his current part time local Judge position. He'll explain the path of how he ended up in the Town of Sweden Judge position, the pros and cons of being a Judge and some of his experiences.Mon - September 16: Unraveling the Mystery of Sleep - Join Rosemary Irwin as we discover there is nothing simple about sleep. For years, the time we spent asleep, in science and fiction, was seen as lost time. More recent science shows, healthy sleep is indispensable for good health. The great mystery of why we need sleep and what happens in our brains as we sleep has become central in our understanding of how the brain operates. Explore the myths and realities of this state we all spend half our lives living in. Mon - October 7: Ground Truth Part 2 - Join former CIA agent Dan Caster who grew up in Greece, NY to a family in which serving your country was required of all males. Dan served over 30 years in both the US Military and the CIA. He retired in 2012 after serving as an Intelligence Officer in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for 22 years. In those 22 years, he served throughout the Intelligence Community (IC) in both the US and in 25 different foreign countries with just under 12 years of overseas deployments. Prior to joining the CIA, he served in the US Air Force and US Air Force Reserve for 10 years. He is graduate of RIT receiving a BFA in 1988 and now a practicing artist. **Unlike other presentations, this talk will be 90 minutes.Mon - November 18: A Bird In The Hand - Braddock Bay Bird Observatory (BBBO) was founded in 1986 with the purpose of studying stopover ecology on the south shore of Lake Ontario. Operating with an all-volunteer staff, BBBO has banded more than 300,000 birds. In 2021, BBBO began deploying tiny radio transmitters on migrating birds and those birds have been detected as far south as Colombia. Individually and collectively, these banding and digital records tell fascinating stories of bird behavior, movement and survival across an increasingly challenging landscape. Come hear Andrea Patterson, the Director of BBBO, talk about the joyful moments, surprising revelations, and occasional heartbreak of birding in the hand.Andrea Patterson began volunteering at Braddock Bay Bird Observatory in 2009, and banded her first bird in the spring of 2010 when she took a bander training class from Elizabeth Brooks. Since then, she has handled more than 30,000 birds as part of the Observatory’s long-term migration study and has been lucky enough to spend time banding Saltmarsh and Nelson's Sparrows in New Hampshire, rails (including one Black Rail!) in Louisiana, and Tawny-crowned Greenlets in Belize. Now the director of the Braddock Bay Bird Observatory, Andrea coordinates the migration, summer, and owl monitoring programs; facilitates the use of the Observatory as a field site for a half-dozen research affiliates; and teaches five banding classes annually including one aimed at teenagers.Mon - December 9: Monroe County DMV - It's time to learn about all the changes with enhanced licenses and Real ID's ** No eligible person shall be denied benefits or subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving any Federal, State, or County funding. This includes but is not limited to: race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran and/or military status, immigration status, creed, domestic violence victim status, criminal history, gender identity, genetic predisposition or carrier status. This program is funded by participants’ contributions, U.S. Administration on Aging, N.Y. State Office for the Aging, N.Y. State Department of Health, and Monroe County Dept. of HS/Office for the Aging.News10NBC
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