The 10 Rotary Clubs in Durham Region will be celebrating World Polio Day on October 24 in the new Global Classroom in the new Centre for Collaborative Education at Durham College in Oshawa. The event will include the live-stream from Rotary International, and the event from Durham College in Oshawa, which will include remarks by Dr. Bob Scott, immediate past chair of the Rotary International PolioPlus Committee, will also be live-streamed worldwide throughout the Durham College network and the entire live stream event can be picked up by Rotary Clubs in District 7070 and beyond. And right here in Durham Region, World Polio Day will be proclaimed in Oshawa and in Durham Region on behalf of the 10 Rotary Clubs in our Rgeion. You can be part of the live event. REGISTER HERE. Please read more....
October 24, 2018 - World Polio Day In Durham Region
In Durham College's New Centre for Collaborative Education
In the Global Classroom
THE PLAN: (work in progress)
Ron Dick, President of the Rotary Club of Oshawa has been working diligently for many months to encourage the Rotary Clubs of Durham Region and beyond to make their donations and pledges so that the new Golbal Classroom may be named the Rotary Global Classroom.
We are asking all 10 Rotary Clubs in Durham Region to cancel the weekly meetings this week and instead, attend, with their spouses, this World Polio Day Event in the new Global Classroom, in the new Centre for Collaborative Education Building at Durham College, 2000 Simcoe St. N., Oshawa, ON, Canada L1G 0C5 .
The event, hosted by the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood, will run from 5 pm to about 9 pm.
There will be a 45 minutes reception from 5:00 pm to 5:45 pm and there will be a cash bar. This will be an opportunity to visit with fellow Rotarians and share with them our great desire to eradicate polio from the world. Hors d'oeuvres will be served. Cost of the event will be $25.00 per person and a portion of the ticket price will be a donation to the Rotary Foundations' End Polio Campaign. That portion, going to The Rotary Foundation, will be credited to each Rotarian's next Paul Harris Award.
The capacity will be 200 and it will be on a first come first served registration, on the District website, under the event for October 24 - World Polio Day 2018 in Durham Region .
The Global Classroom has the ability to receive and send out the Rotary live-stream feed (from 6 pm to 6:45 pm) featuring Rotarians and their Global Polio Eradication initiative Partners (as we have done for the last few years). This feed would be made available to all Rotary Clubs in District 7070 and may also be able to be broadcast to colleges and universities worldwide on the Durham College network.
Here are some of the activities and timelines planned for World Polio Day in Durham Region:
5:00 pm to 5:45 pm: Registration and reception in the new Global Classroom
5:45 pm to 6:00 pm: Welcome from Vice-President, Academic, Elaine Popp of Durham College and welcome from Mary Lou Harrison, Rotary District
7070 Governor
6:00 pm to 6:45 pm: In the Global Classroom, we will watch the Rotary International End Polio Now Livestream Feed, from Philadelphia
6:45 pm to 7:15 pm: Introduction of Distinguished Guests from – Durham College, from the Cities in Durham Region, the Region, MP's MPP's, and Rotary
Distinguished Guests ( District Governors and Past District Governors, etc); the Presentation of Proclamations to the Presidents of the two Rotary Clubs and the Rotaract Club of Durham College-UOIT in Oshawa , proclaiming October 24 as World Polio Day in Oshawa by the Mayor of Oshawa; the Presentation of Proclamations to the ten Presidents of the ten Rotary Clubs in Durham Region, proclaiming World Polio Day in Durham Region by the Chair of Durham Region; and the Presentation of Proclamation to Mary Lou Harrison, District Governor of Rotary International District 7070, proclaiming World Polio Day in Durham Region by the Chair of Durham Region.
7:15 pm to 7:45 pm: Introduction and speech by Dr. Bob Scott, Immediate Past Chair of the Rotary International PolioPlus Committee During Bob's speech, he will be talking to a VIP (we anticipate, perhaps from Pakistan, or from Rotary International, who has been instrumental in the Polio Eradication Initiative in Pakistan.
7:45 pm to 8:00 pm: Questions and Answers from Rotarians in the Global Classroom and from around the world who are tuned in to the broadcast
8:00 pm to 9:00 pm: after-event discussions and reception with guests
Other anticipated events in Rotary District 7070 (Southern Ontario):
The CN Tower and the Toronto sign at Toronto City Hall will be lit up red, white and yellow.
Join fellow District Governor Mary Lou Harrison and fellow Rotarians from all over the District at Toronto City Hall at the Toronto City Hall (Podium roof of Toronto City Hall) 100 Queen St West, Toronto, ON M5H 2N2 at 11 am. Be there by 10:30 am for speeches and the flag raising ceremony
Members of Provincial Parliament from various ridings will make a Member's Statement on October 24, in the Legislature at Queen's Park.
Listen to your Radio for World Polio Day announcements:
Roger Ashby on CHUM-FM 104.5 from 5:30 am to 9 am
John Derringer on Q107 from 5:30 am to 10 am
Terry Johnston in Oshawa on CKDO 1580 AM and 107.7 FM from 5:30 am to 9 am
And on TV watch for items on CP24 from: Richard Perry, News Producer at Toronto's Breaking News,CP24.
Help us promote Rotary and World Polio Day by tweeting:
October 24- CN Tower and Toronto City Hall sign lit up red, yellow and white to celebrate #WorldPolioDay in the GTA. To learn more visit http://endpolio.org
Join us on 24 October for World Polio Day. One Day. One focus. Ending polio forever. Get involved and join the conversation. #endpolio
How close are we to ending polio forever? Find out during @Rotary & @CDC's live #WorldPolioDay event: http://endpolio.org #endpolio
Polio cases have decreased by 99.9% since 1988. Show your support for efforts to #endpolio & join us on 24 October http://endpolio.org
World Polio Day is coming up!. Join us, @UNICEF and the @CDCgov on 24 October for a special live broadcast. http://www.endpolio.org
Flag raising ceremonies will be held in Markham and Richmond Hill and other locations in the District 7070.
Flag raising ceremonies will be held in Ajax (at the Town Hall) and in Toronto on Oct 24 at 11 am.
October 24 will be proclaimed Word Polio Day in Oshawa By the City of Oshawa and also World Polio Day in Durham Region by the Regional Municipality of Durham.
Proclamations will be handed out in Oshawa on Oct 24 to the Rotary Clubs of Oshawa and Oshawa-Parkwood.
And Proclamations from the Region of Durham will be handed out on Oct 24 to the 10 Rotary Clubs (Oshawa, Oshawa-Parkwood, Whitby, Whitby-Sunrise, Ajax, Pickering, Port Perry, Uxbridge, Bowmanville, and Courtice).