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There are many keys to longevity and better health that are totally within our control.  We’ll discuss predictors of a long life and learn why people who live in the Blue Zones live much longer than those of us who don’t…

Chris Farris is an elder-care consultant and public-health nurse.  She also supports senior families and educates the community on senior-care needs.  Chris is on the board of directors for Vital Aging Network, a nonprofit organization that is based in Minnesota.  She serves as an active Rotarian in Apple Valley, MN, and as a volunteer consultant for Burnsville, MN, YMCA’s ForeverWell Program, which focuses on senior wellness.  As an Ambassador for the Apple Valley Chamber of Commerce, Chris helps connect resources for new business members and the community.  Joining Carlsbad Rotary in California in 1988, Chris was one of the first female Rotarians after the U.S. Supreme Court mandated that women be allowed entrance.  She joined Apple Valley Rotary in 2014.

Chris believes one of her biggest career, and personal, accomplishments was helping to get smoking banned from airplanes while volunteering with the California American Lung Association.  In 1987, California was the first state to ban smoking. In 1990, it was mandated federally.