Daybreak eBulletin 22-9-2020 (Sep 25, 2020)

Peter Cassady

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Newsletter 10

This week we welcomed 15 Daybreak members along with President Glenn Brotchie and 13 members from the Rotary Club of Warrnambool to our meeting.

Apologies were received from Alison Dennis, Jan Read (Daybreak), Brian Trenery (Warrnambool).

President Peter welcomed our guest speakers Michael Boyd and Sharon Stark.

Sergeant Barry invited Liza to recite the Invocation with Sandra performing the Toast.

Guest Speakers Michael and Sharon spoke about their travels along the way to Western Australia. Whilst travelling Michael and Sharon have enjoyed highlights such as the Silo Art, playing golf on the world’s longest golf course, ‘Nullarbor Links’ with Michael’s favourite golf course being at Kalgoorlie. Other highlights to date have been cruising the Kimberley’s, visiting the Horizontal Falls, swimming in various rockpools and just chilling out and having a fantastic time!!

Delia Jenkins (Warrnambool) reflected on her week as Year 12 Coordinator and Maths / Science teacher at Brauer College. This past week Delia and the students have faced a few challenges with remote learning, finishing with students and parents alike having fun with science experiments.

‘Rotary 100 Years Project’

Ian Harper provided an update on the redevelopment plan for Lake Pertobe and how Rotary may become involved in some way.

‘International / Literacy and Inter-Club Project with the RC of Warrnambool Central’ -soft toys and books (in English) for distribution to students at Arado Elementary School on the Island of Leyte in the Philippines.

To arrange the collection of your donations please contact Cheryl Bellman.

Local Project - ‘Back Pak for Kids Christmas Bag’

This year the group have decided to provide volunteers with a bag, available in ages from 0-17 years old.

The volunteer will add a book, a soft toy and an activity fitting to the age group.

Bags can be tagged prior to receiving or Jenni has indicated if you particularly wanted an age group she will provide this.

For members who choose to make a donation towards the purchase of gifts, this will be very acceptable. Individual items will be accepted as well.

This is a wonderful opportunity for members to be involved in an extremely rewarding project.

It’s Quiz Time – The competition this week was very lively with Rotarians from the Warrnambool Club answering 5 of the 10 questions. The results after Quiz # 3 for Daybreakers are:

Leaders Board

7 Janey

3 Geoff

2 Glenn R

Barry M

President Peter

1 Liza / Jan / Bob / Cheryl / Mary B and Andrew

Fines – Sergio, Chris and Janey, Ian W and Ian H for being late to the meeting.

Nigerian physician Dr. Tunji Funsho named
one of TIME’s Most Influential People in the world

TIME named Nigerian physician Dr. Tunji Funsho to the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The full list and related tributes are now availablle on TIME.com including Dr. Funsho’s TIME100 profile.

The list, now in its seventeenth year, recognizes the activism, innovation and achievement of the world’s most influential individuals.

Dr. Funsho, a cardiologist based in Lagos, Nigeria, is the first Rotary member to receive this honor for the organization’s work to eradicate polio, having played an essential role in ensuring Africa’s certification as wild polio-free in August of 2020.

“I’m honored to be recognized by TIME for my part in ensuring that no child in Africa will ever again be paralyzed by wild polio, a disease that once disabled 75,000 African children every single year,” said Dr. Funsho. “Eradicating the wild poliovirus in Africa was a team effort that required cooperation and dedication of governments, partners, Rotary members, hundreds of thousands of health workers, and countless parents who chose to have their children vaccinated against polio.”

As the leader of Rotary’s Nigeria National PolioPlus Committee, Funsho has worked alongside Rotary members throughout the country to raise awareness about the importance of polio immunization, encouraged governments and public figures to support polio eradication, and served as a vocal leader and advocate for Rotary’s fight to end polio in Africa.

Dr. Funsho works closely with Rotary’s partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI): the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. As a member of Nigeria’s Presidential Task Force on Polio, he has coordinated immunization and advocacy campaigns with the Minister of State for Health and the Inter-Agency Coordination Committee for Polio Eradication. He has also worked closely with the Sir Emeka Offor Foundation, the Dangote Foundation, the Traditional Leaders Council and the Federation of Muslim Women’s Association of Nigeria.

In August 2019, Nigeria reached three years without a case of wild poliovirus. Nigeria’s progress, led by Rotary, its GPEI partners and local and national governments, was the result of decades of sustained efforts, including domestic and international financing, the commitment of hundreds of thousands of health workers, and innovative strategies to immunize children who previously couldn’t be reached due to insecurity in the country’s northern states.

On 25 August, the African region was certified wild polio-free. This historic announcement means that five of the WHO’s six regions, representing more than 90 percent of the world’s population, are now free of the wild poliovirus. The virus is now endemic in just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

Rotary’s nearly 32,000 members in Africa have played a critical role in helping the region achieve its wild polio-free status by holding events to raise funds and awareness for polio, and working with world governments and national and local leaders to secure funding and support for polio eradication.

About Rotary

Rotary brings together a global network of volunteer leaders dedicated to tackling the world’s most pressing humanitarian challenges. We connect 1.2 million members from more than 36,000 Rotary clubs in almost every country in the world. Their service improves lives both locally and internationally, from helping those in need in their own communities to working toward a polio-free world.

About Rotary and Polio

Rotary has contributed more than $2.1 billion to fight polio, and countless volunteer hours since launching its polio eradication program, PolioPlus, in 1985. In 1988, Rotary formed the GPEI with the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Gates Foundation, and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance later joined. When the initiative launched, there were 350,000 cases of polio every year. Today the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent. Visit Rotary.org and endpolio.org for more about Rotary and its efforts to eradicate polio.

LAUGHTER, THE BEST MEDICINE

Back in the early 90s, Sylvester Stallone, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Arnold Scwarzenegger were getting a little tired of being cast as muscle bound action heroes, and decided to collaborate on a movie about 18th century composers.

When it came time to decide who would play what, Stallone said, “I’ll be Beethoven.”

Van Damme said, “I’ll be Mozart.”

Schwarzenegger said, “I’ll be Bach.”

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New York attorney representing a very wealthy art collector called and asked to speak to his client.

"Saul, I have some good news and I have some bad news."

The art collector replied, "You know, I've had an awful day, Jack, so let's hear the good news first."

The lawyer said, "Well, I met with your wife today, and she informed me that she has invested only $5,000 in two very nice pictures that she thinks will bring somewhere between $15 and $20 million – and I think she could be right."

Saul replied enthusiastically, "Holy cow! Well done! My wife is a brilliant business woman, isn't she? You've just made my day. Now, I know I can handle the bad news. What is it?

The lawyer replied, "The pictures are of you and your secretary.”

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The stockbroker received notice from the IRS that he was being audited.

He showed up at the appointed time and place with all his financial records, then sat for what seemed like hours as the accountant pored over them.

Finally the IRS agent looked up and commented, "You must have been a tremendous fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle."

"Why would you say that?" wondered the broker.

"Because you've made more brilliant deductions on your last three returns than Sherlock Holmes made in his entire career."

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1. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian.

2. No matter how much you push the envelope, it'll still be stationery.

3. A dog gave birth to puppies near the road and was cited for littering.

4. Two silk worms had a race. They ended up in a tie.

5. Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

6. A sign on the lawn at a drug rehab centre said: "Keep off the Grass".

7. The midget fortune-teller who escaped from prison was a small medium at large.

8. In a democracy, it's your vote that counts. In feudalism, it's your count that votes.

9. Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft. Unsurprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

10. Two hydrogen atoms meet. One says, "I've lost my electron". The other says "Are you sure?" The first replies, "Yes, I'm positive."

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My doctor said,''I need you to go down to the hospital.''

''Oh dear!'' I replied.''What is it?''

''Well it's a great big building

with doctors and nurses.'' He muttered.

I went to a vegetarian restaurant last night and when I'd finished the waiter asked, "How was your meal, sir?"

"It was very nice," I replied. "My compliments to the gardener."

My girlfriend has just left me because she's is fed up with my obsession with Egypt. I tried to explain to her that I am totally in de nile