June 2019 Meeting Minutes

16 Members present

• Opening prayers by Al & Rosemary

• Prior meeting minutes posted for review

• Financial Report given by Bill and approved

• Keely Anthony, our local Atos rep, joined us as our guest speaker for the evening.

• Keely provided an interesting presentation about the history of Atos product development and answered questions from the group.

• Atos Update:

• Keely also plans to visit the group in September. She is attempting to consolidate and expand the Atos events since we comprise the majority of the Penn Hills meeting. This joint effort may also help us as a group provide more outreach.

Coming Atos events:

Strategies to Support Healthy Breathing

Thursday, June 20, 2019

1:00 pm-3:00 pm

Microtel Inn & Suites Beaver Falls

2801 Darlington Road

Beaver Falls, PA 15010

Event Code: cev19bm-0136

Strategies to Support Healthy Breathing Wednesday, June 26, 2019 4:00 pm-6:00 pm Washington Hospital and Health System 155 Wilson Avenue 6E Conference Room Washington, PA 15301 Event Code: cev19bm-0137

• Dr. Lori has been contacted about our July 2nd meeting. We expect 22 IUP students as guests and will meet in the cafeteria.

• New Facilities Coordinator AHN- Forbes

• Jackie Milheim

• August Picnic. Propose we open it up/invite any interested laryngectomees from the area

• Contact SLP’s at UPMC Presby, AGH, Forbes, and Washington Hospital

• Post open invite on Facebook/Web site/Flyers.

• Rich to follow up