Hello fellow Rotarians!
Wow! Hard to believe the first quarter of our program year is complete! Where did the last three months go?
Thank you to Jenni Jones Coats for putting together great programs this month. Jenni has been really good about finding presenters from resources I certainly wasn’t.
Thank you to Jeni Adams for putting together the family picnic. If you weren’t there you missed a fun evening. Please look for group pictures from the picnic. We took one with everyone who was there including family members and then one of just members.
October is Polio Awareness Month. We kicked off our public awareness campaign with John Hendrick, new community service chair, providing some background on what we are going to do. We were told by Jeff Horlacher, District Governor, at last week’s meeting that Polio cases
have increased to over 30 worldwide. The goal is to eradicate those cases and certify the countries by 2028 to celebrate at the RI Convention in the Philippines. Did you know RI started the Polio eradication campaign in the Philippines? I didn’t either. World Polio Day is October 24 th .
Lastly, back by popular demand or at least some initial interest anyway, we are going to bring back Classification talks. The talks will be one of our Monday programs each month. If you are willing to give one, please reach out to Amanda Otto who is putting this together for us.
Don’t forget to wear your Rotary shirt on Mondays!
In Rotary Service
Kyle Smith
2024-25 President
One Day. One Focus: Ending Polio
World Polio Day is a time for Rotary members, public health advocates, and all who want a world free from polio to come together, recognize our progress in the fight to end polio, and talk about the actions we need to take in order to end polio for good.
The Disease
Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5.
Most know it as poliovirus. The virus is spread person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can attack the nervous system, and in some instances, lead to paralysis. Although there is no cure, there is a safe and effective vaccine – one which Rotary and our partners use to immunize over 2.5 billion children worldwide.
Who is Affected?
Unless we eradicate polio, within 10 years, as many as 200,000 new cases could occur around the world each year. In the past few years, only two countries have reported cases of polio caused by the wild virus, but no child anywhere is safe until we’ve vaccinated every child.
1. Polio mainly affects children under age 5.
2. There is no cure, but polio is preventable with a vaccine.
3. Only two countries remain endemic, Pakistan and Afghinastan.
4. We’ve reduced cases by 99.9% since 1988.
5. Until we end polio forever, every child is at risk.
Donate: https://my.rotary.org/en/polioplus-fund
All donations are matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, tripling your impact!
October Birthdays
Don Schroeder 10/3
Doug Stein 10/6
Mike Beatty 10/7
John Hendrick 10/7
Jenell Hulse 10/10
Michael O'Connor 10/10
John Ryberg 10/14
Marshall Stanton 10/15
Kayley Fleming 10/23
Adrienne Allen 10/24
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