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Painting With Parkinsons
Jul 19, 2020 8:00 PM
Nancy Tingey founded the Painting With Parkinsons program in 1994 to combine her role as a community artist and art curator with caring for her husband Bob who had been diagnosed with Parkinson's in 1987 at the age of 46.
In this supportive workshop program, communication skills improve, opportunities for self expression increase and feelings of self worth are enhanced through creative art activity. Distressing physical symptoms, such as tremor, may also be alleviated.
In 1996 she was awarded a Churchill Fellowship to study art as a therapy for Parkinson's and travelled to Italy, Switzerland, Holland, England, Scotland, Canada and USA.
Nancy received the Order of Australia Medal (OAM) in 2019. She also launched the book Magic Happens in 2019, describing an extraordinary journey over 20 years in which a recreational art class developed into a specialist program that enabled people with Parkinson’s to produce artworks of startling originality and emotional intensity.
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Millennial DGN on Rotary Opening Opportunities
Aug 16, 2020
Nathan was born August 13, 1992 in Toronto, Ontario and spent his childhood in Northwest Ohio. He attended the University of Cincinnati and graduated with a BS in Mechanical Engineering in 2015. Throughout his high school and college years, Nathan developed his interest in international service into a non-profit organization named “All We Are” with the support of the Cincinnati, Ohio Rotary Club located in RI-District 6670. After his graduation from University in June 2015, Nathan moved to Raleigh, North Carolina and started his career working as a Resident Engineer for Leoni Wiring Systems. Today, Nathan continues his career working for Leoni Wiring Systems as Engineering Team Leader for a global customer account. Nathan joined the Rotary Club of Raleigh Midtown in 2015. He served as Club President in the 2016-2017 Rotary Year becoming one of the youngest Club President in the history of Rotary International. Nathan has served in strategic leadership positions for both his club and District 7710. From 2017-2019 he served as District Membership Chairman. Under Nathan’s leadership, District 7710 led Zone 33 in membership growth in RY17-18 and finished second in RY18-19. Nathan continues to serve his district as District International Service Chairman and as a member of the Culture and Inclusion Committee Member. He has conducted several District and Global Grants involving multiple districts, benefitting over 30,000 Ugandans. Nathan serves on RI’s Cadre of Technical Advisors as a member of the Grant Planning Resource Team. He is a member of ESRAG. He is an Ambassador of One Young World, the global forum of world leaders.
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