Hello Anchorage East Rotarians.
The Rotary theme for October is Vocational Service. Rotary was first started as a club based on vocations. This continues today. This month is a great time to celebrate, explore, understand the vocations of your fellow club members, and to explore the possibilities of membership from other vocational groups in your community. Mike Zahare is the chair of our vocational service committee. Why not offer to him to give an oral “Vocational Minute” during a club meeting to let our club know of your vocation? What other vocations might we invite into our club?
This month on October 24 we celebrate World Polio Day. Thirty years ago, 1,000 children were paralyzed by polio every single day. Since then, we’ve marked our progress, year by year, week by week. We’ve celebrated as country after country, region after region has been declared polio-free. This year Anchorage East Rotary will mark this day with an event which our member Dave Kester, who leads End Polio matters for our District, is now highlighting at our meetings.
This is a tremendous opportunity in our Anchorage community for our club to highlight Rotary, and our historic work to eradicate polio. It is also a great way to take advantage of the challenge from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: For every dollar that Rotary raises for polio eradication, the Gates Foundation will give two more. Join me, and Rotarians everywhere – and Be the Inspiration for a polio-free world!