Weekly Kiwanis News 6/5

Posted by Tim Buenz

on Jun 05, 2013

There were 33 members in attendance today with Les Reinhart visiting from the Aktion Club. President Christensen reminded members of the board meeting on Friday and that new 2013-14 board members should attend. Vern F. reported a can deposit of $47.90. Linda S. reported that the Aktion Club met last Monday and that they are getting ready to serve popcorn, help with the BTF Cycle/Car Show and be in the parade on Saturday. The sign-up sheet for the Bell Tower Festival food stand was passed around by Mark Bauer. Workers are still needed if you can volunteer some time on Friday or Saturday (preferred).

Rick Bonander had the program today. He introduced Jacque Andrew to speak about the Rotary Polio project and her recent trip to India. Jacque traveled to India in Feb. 2013 to participate in the National Immunization Day and she shared information and photos from the trip with club members. In 2012, the fight to end polio made historic progress. The year ended with the fewest wild polio cases, in the fewest places ever in history. Fewer than 250 cases were reported-- compared to 350,000 cases in 1985 when Rotary pioneered the effort. The polio vaccine is reaching children in some of the most remote regions on Earth. Nearly 430 million children were vaccinated against polio last year alone. Thanks to Rick and Jacque for the outstanding program!