{"id":1725,"date":"2026-02-07T18:11:39","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:11:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/?page_id=1725"},"modified":"2026-02-13T17:16:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T17:16:24","slug":"special-meeting-programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/albums\/special-meeting-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Meeting Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chapter has special guests come and make a presentation during our monthly meetings. The following are some of the pictures of these special guests.<\/p>\n<p>Chapter Program was by Lansing Fire Department. Speaker was Captain Rahshemeer J. Neal and the Assistant Chief Carrie Edwards came for support and greet the attendees. Captain Neal discussed a number of things they provide to people and groups in the Lansing area. They provide Civilian CPR Classes, Fire Inspections, Install smoke detectors and information on fire preventions. He provided a handout of <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-LFD-Fire-Safety-Tips-for-Seniors.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LFD Fire Safety Tips for Seniors<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_630\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-630\" class=\"wp-image-630 size-full img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDf.jpg\" alt=\"Lansing Fire Department Logo and picture of the Fire Chief who was the speaker for the program.\" width=\"1886\" height=\"1461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDf.jpg 1886w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDf-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDf-1024x793.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDf-768x595.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDf-1536x1190.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1886px) 100vw, 1886px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Speaker Captain Rahshemeer J. Neal<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_629\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-629\" class=\"wp-image-629 size-full img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDb-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Program Attendees and Speakers\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1914\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDb-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDb-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDb-1024x766.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDb-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDb-1536x1148.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDb-2048x1531.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-629\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Group picture of some of the chapter members with speaker.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_628\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-628\" class=\"wp-image-628 size-full img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDa-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Speakers from Lansing Fire Department sitting at the front of the room.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDa-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDa-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDa-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDa-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDa-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/03\/2024-03-07-Chap-Program-by-LFDa-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Speaker Captain Rahshemeer J. Neal and Asst. Chief Carrie Edwards.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To become a volunteer.<\/p>\n<p>Adult Volunteer Program \u2013 Adults must be at least 16-years-old and attend a volunteer orientation.<br>\nFamily Volunteer Program \u2013 Children ages 8-15 may volunteer with a parent or guardian and must attend a volunteer orientation.<\/p>\n<p>Volunteer Hours: 12-7 p.m. Monday-Friday and 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday<\/p>\n<p>*Volunteers may come to the shelter during our normal business hours only, and must schedule a volunteer shift prior to coming in. Volunteers are not allowed in the building on Sundays or any day or time the shelter is closed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_602\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-602\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-602 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-e-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nancy Crosby took a special interest to the guest at the meeting.\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-e-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-e-858x1024.jpg 858w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-e-768x916.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-e-1288x1536.jpg 1288w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-e-1717x2048.jpg 1717w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-e-300x358.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Nancy Crosby took a special interest to the guest at the meeting.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_601\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-601\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-601 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-d-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mary Cook, 2nd VP took a special interest to the guest at the meeting.\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-d-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-d-766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-d-768x1027.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-d-1149x1536.jpg 1149w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-d-1532x2048.jpg 1532w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-d-300x401.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-d.jpg 1878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-601\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Mary Cook, 2nd VP took a special interest to the guest at the meeting.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_600\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-600\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-600 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-c-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Sue Karr, Volunteer kept track of special guest she brought.\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-c-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-c-723x1024.jpg 723w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-c-768x1088.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-c-1084x1536.jpg 1084w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-c-1445x2048.jpg 1445w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-c-300x425.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-c-scaled.jpg 1807w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-600\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Sue Karr, Volunteer kept track of special guest she brought.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_599\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-599\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-599 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-b-283x300.jpg\" alt=\"Penny Myers, Dir. Community Relations, Capital Area Humane Society at right holding special guest and Sue Karr, Volunteer at left.\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-b-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-b-965x1024.jpg 965w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-b-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-b-1448x1536.jpg 1448w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-b-1931x2048.jpg 1931w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-b-300x318.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-599\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Penny Myers, Dir. Community Relations, Capital Area Humane Society at right holding special guest and Sue Karr, Volunteer at left.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_598\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-598\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-598 img-fluid\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-a-300x282.jpg\" alt=\"Volunteer Sue Karr and Director of Community Relations\" width=\"300\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-a-300x282.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-a-1024x962.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-a-768x721.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-a-1536x1443.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2024\/02\/CapitalAreaHumane2024-02-01-a-2048x1923.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-598\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>The speaker was Penny Myers, Dir. Community Relations, Capital Area Humane Society at right and Sue Karr, Volunteer at left.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NARFE Lansing Chapter 0289 Special Programs during Meetings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1732,"parent":24,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"kp-content-permissions":[],"class_list":["post-1725","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1725"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1740,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1725\/revisions\/1740"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1732"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"kp-content-permissions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.narfe.org\/chapter0289\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kp-content-permissions?post=1725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}