Sandy Leathery

Rotary Stats

Club: RC of West York, PA
Been a Rotarian since: Oct 01, 2004

Achievements: Paul Harris Fellow

My Rotary Info

How long have you been in Rotary? Estimate if you do not know exact dates.
7 years

List the Rotary clubs you've belonged to.
West York, PA

What club offices or leadership positions have you held?
Pres-elect, President, committee chair

Which was your favorite? What roles would you be interested in pursuing?
Commitee chair!

Have you held district or int'l offices?
No

If yes, list them:

What other Rotary involvement have you had? (Exchange, Friendship exchange, GSE, etc.)
Chair of Dictionary project. International medical missions in Apam, Ghana & Kumari, Nepal. Reconstruction/painting after Katrina, Local projects with Salvation Army, Rescue Mission, Community Theatre that Rotary supports yearly with time and donation from projects. Have just started district project to gather history for RGHF for district 7390.

eClub works for me because...
I am very busy with many work comittments. I can use my time wisely, and cannot attend the prior standard meetings with my travels, consultations, and work requirements.

About Me

How would you describe yourself? List qualities that friends might use to describe you.
I am the kind person who likes to help others help themselves. I like to keep learning new things, and never want to stop. I have a very open mind.

Some least favorite things?
Brussel sprouts, Liver, People who don't try to help themselves.

What are your favorite things, in personal and work life?
1. Feeling that I have helped, 2. Seeing my children and grandchildren smile. 3. Being healthy.

Is there a quotation that gets you through the day, or is very meaningful to you?
This too, will pass.

What type of vehicle do you drive, or doperfer another mode of transportation?
One of 2 hybrids we own.

What type of pets do you prefer?
4 choc. Labradors, 2 cats

My special skills and talents are...
All the skills needed to be a family nurse practitioner from suturing to diagnosis within my scope of practice.

Education and Occupation

Level of traditional education:
Masters Degree

Describe it:
Family Nurse Practitioner

Do you have a specialty degree?
Yes

Where did you attend High School?
West York, PA

Where did you attend college?
East Stroudsburge State College in PA, York College of PA for 2 BS degrees, Villanova University for MS, and Widener Univ for post-masters certification.

I use my degree in my current occupation:
True

What is your current occupation?
Family Nurse Practitioner

How long have been at your current occupation?
10 years

What was the least favorite job you've ever had?
Have not yet had a least favorite, just was ready to move on, learn more, or expand my skill set.

Entertainment/Interests

What are your hobbies?
Dog Rescue support, Coin collecting (American), exercising in general. Simple hiking or trekking, especially in Colorado, Oregon & Pennsylvania

Do you watch sport? Who are your favorite teams/players?
I watch every sport that ever existed depending on my mood and the company. I enjoy almost all, and appreciate even more. I don't have a favorite team - usually pick the underdog.

Do you play sport? List them.
Tennis, Masters' swimming, snorkeling, duffer golfing, easy bicycling, simple trekking in Utah or Colorado to find petroglyphs or see unusual formations.

Do you like to camp?
Yes

Do you prefer books or movies?
Books

Food

Do you like to cook or go out for dinner?
Go out

What is your favorite meal?
Filet mignon, lobster tail in drawn butter & a multi-green salad with basalmic vinagrette & glass of "great" Merlot.

Miscellaneous

What is your favorite book and why?
Too many books to name.

If you could meet your great-great grandparents, what would you ask them?
What made you choose the awful plaid for your kilt?

If you could be anyone for a day, who would it be and why?
Most days I'm happy in my own skin, only occasionally wish I was someone else.

If money were not an a concern, what profession would you choose?
Someone who could find a cure for many terrible diseases

What is your favorite movie? Why?
Can't remember - too many. Latest favorite "Fat Head"

What might surprise people about you?
That I'm really 6 feet tall in a 5 foot body.

If you could muster the courage, what would you like to do?
Swim the English Channel

If you relive one day, which would it be?
Probably the day my husband died, I'd say much more.

If you could take only three items with you to a space colony, what would they be? (Your family is already coming with.)
Assuming there is also adequate access to food, oxygen and water. I'd take: 1. a multi-tool (or Swiss Army multibladed knife), 2. a renewable source of light/energy production. 3. Something to read like an encyclopedia that has many resources between the 2 covers. IF none of the basics there - A means of producing water (purification system), means of growing food (seeds), and still take an encyclopedia like a Rotary Dictionary that has everything in it.

What is the best advice your parents gave you?
Keep trying, even when you think you can't.

What is the best advice you have given your children?
You can be anything you want to be, have goals, and go for it.

If you could be any animal, what would it be and why?
I AM an animal, I choose to be human because it gives me the most options.

Describe the most beautiful sight you have ever seen:
While there are many beautiful things, my daughters smiling at me when content is best.

Family secret for treating a cold?
Rest, water, a big box of soft tissues.

Where would you like to retire?
Maybe Colorado? Options still open!

The world will be a better place when…
...All people of all theologies, ethnicities, and colors realize they are all human and can get along and be productive without war.