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Mailing address: P.O. Box 14826, Tucson, AZ 85732

Tucson Sunset Rotary

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Tuesdays, 6:00 p.m.; 4th Tuesday off-site as announced.
Info: Call Jerry @ (520) 241-2583


Viscount Suite Hotel
4855 E. Broadway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ  85711
United States
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October 24 is World Polio Day
Posted by Rotary International Website

Rotary, the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched the Global Polio Eradication Initiative in 1988. In 2007, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation joined Rotary in its commitment to ending polio.

Since 2013, the Gates Foundation has matched every $1 Rotary commits to polio eradication 2-to-1, up to $35 million per year. Rotary, with matching funds from the Gates Foundation, has contributed more than $1.6 billion to end polio.

Since we started the fight against polio, we’ve reduced the number of polio cases by 99.9 percent and reached more than 2.5 billion children with the vaccine. There are fewer polio cases today than ever before, but we will not stop until we reach zero. If polio is not eradicated, hundreds of thousands of children could be paralyzed. Global health care costs would rise dramatically, and many children’s quality of life would be drastically diminished.

Join us in the fight to end polio and help us save lives and give a child a chance at a prosperous future.

One Day, One Focus, Ending Polio.

Get ready for our 5th annual World Polio Day event, co-hosted with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. At 2:30pm PDT (21:30 GMT) we will stream live from Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, bringing together more than 100,000 viewers around the world. Join us as global health experts and celebrities share our progress on the road to polio eradication.

 

 

Medical Equipment Collection
Posted by Kirsten Stephens

Tucson Sunset Rotary continues to accept donations of durable medical equipment to support Crutches 4 Africa international relief efforts, and other local charities supporting those who need medical equipment in Southern Arizona. Items collected include, but are not limited to, crutches, wheelchairs, walkers, canes, elevated toilet seats and  shower chairs. Items may be brought to any Tuesday evening Tucson Sunset Rotary club meeting, or other club functions. In addition, two club members' businesses will accept donated items during their business hours:

- Law Office of Natasha Wrae, 312 S. 3rd Ave., Tucson, AZ 85701, (520) 624-4224

For additional assistance with donations, please contact Denny Scanlan, dscanlan@dakotacom.net

Project flyer (prints 3 on a page)

Other local resources:

http://jfcstucson.org/services/affordable-home_medical_equipment/

http://www.worldcare.org

 
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Club Executives & Directors
President
Kirsten Stephens
President Elect
Denny Scanlan
Treasurer
George Ward
Secretary
Jerry Jordan
Director - Community Service
Dan Heirshberg
Director - Club Service
Sarah Craddock
Immediate Past President
Tom Parsons
Program Chair - Oct.
Denny Scanlan
Ride to End Polio Finish Line Tent
Natasha Wrae
East Jerusalem Grant Chair
Michael Drake
Program Chair - July & August
Michael Drake
Director - Vocational Service
Scott Katsinas
Program Chair - Nov. & Dec.
Scott Katsinas
Dictionary Project Chair
Harold Loewenheim
Sgt.-At-Arms
Larry Sayre
Membership Chair
Sarah Craddock
Foundation Chair
Tom Parsons
Director - Youth Service
Cindy Harrison
 
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Tucson Sunset Rotary Projects
  • Rotary Foundation Matching Grant to furnish and equip an orphanage in Uitenhage, South Africa in 1998
  • Rotary Foundation Matching Grant, in partnership with a club in India, to provide computers to the Boys and Girls Club in Sells, Arizona in 2000
  • Rotary foundation Matching Grant to furnish and equip a children’s center in Al Jalazone refugee camp, Ramallah, Palestine in 2011
  • Rotary Friendship Exchange to Denmark in 1993
  • Rotary Friendship Exchange to New Zealand in 2002
  • Rillito River clean-up since 1986
  • Distribution of holiday gifts to children and food baskets to needy families since 1990
  • Since charter in 1983, members have donated over $158,000 to the Rotary Foundation of Rotary International
 
 
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