Weekly eBulletin - October 18, 2016 (Oct 18, 2016)

OCTOBER 18, 2016 LUNCHEON MEETING

Posted by Al Anile

Join us this coming Tuesday at McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant 4999 Old Orchard Shopping Center North Ring Road Skokie, IL 60076

Luncheon features:

Fresh Garden Salad - Chicken Marsala with Mashed Potatoes and Vegetables - Chefs Choice Dessert Family Style

Alternative Selections:

French Fries, Chicken Caesar Salad with parmesan cheese & garlic croutons, Pasta Primavera. Vegetarian Option Available Upon Request

Make sure you let the server know as soon as you come in. If you know you are going to be late, have a fellow Rotarian order for you.

Fun & Frolic:

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Program Speakers:

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Prospective Members:

Prospective members are invited to attend their first two meetings at the Rotary Club of Skokie Valley free of charge. Advance reservations are not required.

Lunch is $18 for members, visitors and guests. Meetings begin at 12:15 PM & end at 1:30 PM every Tuesday.

Alternative Meals:

A limited number of alternative meals are available. If you prefer to have an alternative meal, please pick up a card at the check-in table & display it at your table setting or if you're in late, ask a fellow Rotarian to order for you. This will allow the staff to put your selection in as soon as possible:

Vegetarian Pasta Primavera - Green Card

Cheeseburger - Red Card

Chicken Caesar Salad - Orange Card

Guest Speaker Carol Wells - 10-11-2016

Posted by Al Anile

Guest Speaker Carol Wells.

Carol is the Rotary District 6440 EPN (End Polio Now) Chair. Her talk subject was about Polio Eradication Effort.

Carol, with the aid of a slide show, went over past and present efforts that took, and are and still are taking place presently, with the final goal to eradicate polio completely from the face of the earth. She ended her presentation with the statement "We are almost there.... but not quite yet".

Below is a background timeline of this vitally important project.

1952 - Worst year of polio infection with 57,000 cases in the US (3,000 deaths)
1979 - Smallpox is eradicated worldwide and Rotary starts an international project to buy and deliver Polio vaccine to 6 million in the Philippines (The seed of an idea is born)
1985 – Rotary pledges 120 millions to eradicate Polio – Largest coordinated support of a Public Health Institute
1988 – Rotary, WHO, UNICEF and the CDC launch the Global Polio Eradication Institute
2003/2008 – First and Second spillover of poliovirus from Nigeria into surrounding countries
2014 – India was declared as polio free
2015 – Nigeria was declared polio free
2016 – 3 cases of Wild Polio Virus (WPV) reported in Borno State of Northern Nigeria

New Member Induction Richard Kong

Posted by Al Anile

Left to right: Club member Al Rigoni, new club member Richard Kong and Club President Max Slankard.

At this weekly luncheon meeting, Club President Max inducted Richard Kong as member of the Skokie Valley Rotary Club.

Richard is the Executive Director of the Skokie Library, and was sponsored into the club by non other than Al Rigoni.

Welcome Richard!

Holiday Plant Sale 2016

Posted by Al Anile

The Holiday Plant Sale, an important fund raiser of our club is here again.

The order form can be downloaded from our website, or to make it easier yet, you may download it by CLICKING HERE

For additional information refer to the order form or call project chair John Ohrlund at (847) 929-7801.

Please keep in mind that the last day to order is December 9th.

DATES OF INTEREST

Posted by Al Anile

SEPTEMBER 2016

Programs Fun & Frolic

10/18

Program: Linda Sue Baugh, Author - Echoes of Earth: Finding ourselves in the origin of the earth, Part II

Fun & Frolic: Bob Samson

10/25

Program: TBA

Fun & Frolic: Al Rigoni

Other Dates of Interest:

December 6 - Holiday Luncheon at Niles North High School

For questions, comments and ideas call Dr. David McWhinnie at 847-867-5184