Mar 7, 2018
A.C.T.I.O.N. member, Pat Kramer, was the lucky winner of a $20.00 gas card at our February 26th meeting. Pat mentioned as she walked in the door before the meeting she had just stopped and gotten gas! Congrats to Pat – a faithful A.C.T.I.O.N. attendee!!!
Dec 22, 2017
On Monday, December 18th, our A.C.T.I.O.N. support group met at Frisch’s Big Boy in Troy for our first ever Christmas dinner. There were 33 people in attendance! Lots of food, support and laughter took place. Gifts! Every one in attendance was given a 2018...
Oct 25, 2017
Jeff and Mary Clark brought their “Nothing Fancy” chili to A.C.T.I.O.N.’s first Chili Cook-Off/Monthly meeting last Monday, October 23rd. There were four chili’s in the running for the Judges Choice prize. Pam Aukerman (Action...
Sep 28, 2017
David Uhlenhake (far right in picture), Customer Insights Manager for WillowWood, spoke to our support group on User Centered Design: Using Empathy to Design for the Amputee on Monday, September 25th. David said “…my role (at work) is to listen to...
Sep 13, 2017
Our Prosthetist, Karl, just returned from the A.O.P.A. World Congress held in Las Vegas September 6th – 9th. Some of the sessions he attended were on Osseointegration, AK Management, the Adjustable Socket Revolution and the Predicting Walking Ability Symposium....
Sep 3, 2017
BruceE Sockets and Juanita Mengel were our “speakers” at our July 28th A.C.T.I.O.N. meeting! BruceE was found on the streets of N.Y.C. in 2016. Someone had cut off his ears, tail and 3/4 of both back legs. He was adopted by Juanita who is also an above the...