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. We will also live-stream this event worldwide throughout the Durham College network and the entire live stream event can be picked up by Rotary Clubs in District 7070 and beyond. YOU can be part of this event. Care to join us? Here's how......

 
 

October 24, 2018 - World Polio Day In Durham Region

In Durham College's New Centre for Collaborative Education

In the Global Classroom

You are invited along with all 10 Rotary Clubs in Durham Region.

Some clubs have canceled their weekly meetings this week and instead, will be attending, 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. A light lunch 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 7:00 pm: Intermission

7:00 pm to 7:30 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). Then there will be 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. Next we will have 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.

7:30 pm to 8:00 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 surprise VIP (we anticipate, perhaps from Pakistan, who has been instrumental in the Polio Eradication Initiative in Pakistan.

8:00 to 8:15 pm: Questions and Answers from Rotarians in the Global Classroom and from around the world who are tuned in to the broadcast

8:15 pm to 9:00 pm: After-event discussions and reception with guests

 

Here are just some other anticipated events in Rotary District 7070 (Southern Ontario) happening on World Polio Day, coordinated by our District 7070 World Polio Day Chair Jennifer Fogarty:

  • The CN Tower. Toronto sign at Toronto City Hall, and Niagara Falls 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:
  • 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) and the Rotaract Club of Durham College-UOIT.