The Health Museum

The John P. McGovern Museum of Health & Medical Science, also known as The Health Museum, is a unique health and science education facility with a fantastic main attraction: the Jim Hickox Amazing Body Pavilion, a larger-than-life walking tour through the human body. The Museum is dedicated to promoting understanding and appreciation of the human body and inspiring a life-long commitment to health.

This week Becky Seabrook, Director of Education Programs for the museum joined us to tell us what the museum offers and what new exhibits are coming in 2008.

Perhaps the best know of the museum's exhibits is The Amazing Body Pavillion. Features in the Pavilion include:

• Three Fantastic Illusion Presentations that dramatically communicate health and wellness information about the lungs, heart and brain.
• Sixty-one interactive video and audio kiosks invite guests to pose interesting questions about human anatomy and health information.
• A 22-foot-long backbone with ribs descending from the ceiling to the floor, creating the feeling of being inside a giant rib cage.

The hands on experience includes:

• 27½-foot intestine
• Texas-sized, 10-foot-tall walk-through brain with memory games
• Skeleton riding a bicycle
• Skin morphing demonstrating the effects of sunlight on the skin
• Look down the throat at vocal chords in action
• Clogged artery stations
• Colossal walk-in eyeball that demonstrates how your eye receives and perceives images
• Visual demonstrations of depth perception
• Variety of safety demonstrations from eye goggles to drunk driving

It is a reat place for kids, birthday parties and even for adults To learn more visit the museum website.

Guests Visitors & Other Good Things

This week we welcomed Jim Price, a guest of Jerry Hobby, and Adele Dana a guest of Sultana. Y'all come back - now hear!?

And Greg Hinsley visited with the club for a second time. He was busy quizzing Ken Burgess and Jerry Hobby about opportunites for service through Rotary. Way to go Greg!

Greg Hinsley	Jim Price and Jerry Hobby
Karen Blakeman and Wayne Staton	Adele Dana ad Sultana

Holiday Party - December 8th

Event: Annual Holiday Party
Where: Carolyn and Jon King's, 9218 Carvel
When: Saturday, December 8, 2007
Time: 7:00 PM <<< Note Carolyn's request for arrival time
Donation: $25.00 per person

Also bring a "white elephant" gift with a value of $10-$30 for our "Highly Unusual Gift Exchange." The gift should be generic and acceptable to all genders and backgrounds.

RSVP to Jon or Archie by Friday, December 7th

Map of party location available here

Coming Up At Rotary