Our October 6 regular meeting will be a Change of Venue to the Pacific Coast Air Museum. The museum is located near the Sonoma County Airport at One Air Museum Way, Santa Rosa, CA 95403.
This interesting museum features historic military and civilian aircraft. It is operated entirely by local volunteers, who are aviation history experts, and most of whom are retired military aviators. Volunteers will speak to us about the history of the museum and its aircraft collection, followed by a walking tour.
Please arrive 7:00a-7:30a -- and park in the upper parking area. Then enter the main museum building where one of our members will direct you to the hangar where our breakfast meeting will take place. The hangar is a covered outdoor venue. We will be meeting rain or shine; please bring a jacket and hat, since it is likely to be cool early in the morning.
The agenda for the meeting is as follows:
7:30a-7:45a -- Breakfast and business meeting.
7:45a-8:00a -- Breakfast and talk by museum volunteers.
8:00a-8:30a -- Walking tour of the aircraft.
8:30a -- Meeting adjourned.
8:30a-9:00a -- Continued touring for those who want to stay on.
Please invite guests, especially those that may be interested in becoming members. And please RSVP to me -- behr@whidbey.com -- to let me know if you are coming and number of guests you will be bringing. RSVP is not required, but will be helpful in estimating food requirements.
The Program From September 29th - Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs
Last Thursday night Sunrise Rotary hosted a great SCARC (Sonoma County Association of Rotary Clubs) meeting at the Union Hotel in Rincon Valley. The meeting was well attended by 44 Rotarians representing 10 or 11 clubs; from Sunrise Rotary were President Nominee Cindy Gillespie, Dave and Shauna Lorenzen, Del Raby, Eloise Tweeten, Lori Rodrigues, Marty Behr, Paul O’Rear, Penny Millar, Randy Seelye, Rich Randolph, Rob Sanville, Stacy Drucker-Andress, Steve Herron and Steve Zwick.
The Master of Ceremonies was President Jack Strange and the program for the evening was given by our own I.T. Shaman, Peter Hoberg. After 45 minutes of socializing a wonderful Italian dinner was served and the meeting called to order.
Each club gave a synopsis of upcoming notable events- fundraisers, service projects, social events- before Peter entertained the crowd with a great summary of the best practices, he and we have learned in two years of conducting hybrid meetings. He invited suggestions from the audience of what make hybrid meetings advantageous as well as challenging. He offered some of the humorous background noises one hears on Zoom calls; “You’re breaking up!”, “You’re on mute!”, “I can’t hear you!”, “Who said that?” and “Was that your dog?”. He offered tips on how to keep those online engaged and how to make sure those present in person didn’t forget those on the Zoom screen. Peter provided a list of electronics to be schlepped to and from meetings and closed with his “4 P’s of Hybrid Meetings”- Planning, Protocols, Priorities and Patience. The talk was very well received with ongoing audience interaction with suggestions and questions. Sunrise Rotary rocked District 5130 again!
On a regular basis, our resident photo pro Warren Smith, submits pictures of what is going on at the weekly meetings. You can always find the most recent pictures at the websites photo journal called "Meeting Sighting" Please note that all the meeting photos for the entire Rotary year are at this location with the most recent on the last page.
Thanks for all the great pictures Warren!Link to Meeting Sightings. The most recent are on the last page!
Young and younger alike take to the field at A Place to Play Park on 3rd Street Santa Rosa
An example of City and Community collaboration, A Place to Play Park continues to be a centering spot for fitness and re-creating friendships. Like all successful ventures, careful planning and blending of varied perspectives preceded construction. For further ideas and information, check updates on https://www.srcity.org/3667/Colgan-Creek-Neighborhood-Park
or contact Rich Randolph rjurny@gmail.com for Sunrise project planning.
In August, I was proud to visit Pakistan and highlight Rotary’s top goal, eradicating polio. It was also a tremendous opportunity to spotlight female health workers who are playing a critical role in protecting children from this vaccine-preventable disease.
This month, as we celebrate World Polio Day, we are shining a spotlight on our more than 30-year effort to lead the first global polio eradication campaign and our success in forming partnerships capable of completing this massive goal. We all know that this is one of the most ambitious global health initiatives in history and that we’ve reduced polio cases by more than 99.9 percent worldwide.
Pakistan is one of only two countries in the world where wild poliovirus remains endemic. (The other is neighboring Afghanistan.) I was able to witness and take part in vaccination campaigns in Pakistan, and soon after I left, a monumental nationwide immunization campaign took place, focused on 43 million children under the age of 5. I saw the incredible work of Rotary members on the ground. More than 60 percent of vaccinators in Pakistan are women, and they are doing a remarkable job building trust and convincing mothers to vaccinate their children.
Seeing it all firsthand, I know that the will exists across the Rotary world to end polio, and I’m confident that we have the strategy. The Pakistani media has been very supportive of our efforts as well, and this is making a difference. This month, a new global pledging moment at the World Health Summit in Berlin promises to pull together more resources to fund these time-sensitive eradication efforts. Now it is up to us to do our part and raise $50 million this year to earn the full 2-to-1 match from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
There’s great cause for optimism on the polio front — but also some staggering new events that have further raised the stakes. Over the past few months, new polio outbreaks have occurred in Israel, the United Kingdom and, most recently, in the New York City area. These stories are frightening, but in every case, the response is clear — vaccines work, and if polio is spreading, we need to make sure the most at-risk people have kept their vaccinations up to date.
Most importantly, we need to eradicate this virus now. If polio exists anywhere, it can spread everywhere. What I saw in Pakistan convinced me that we can and must finish the job, but it will only happen if we remain committed to a strategy that’s working and back it with all necessary resources.
Through our commitment, generosity, and sheer determination, we will #EndPolio.
Who are your Rotary heroes? One of mine was Clem Renouf, 1978-79 RI president. I related to Sir Clem, who died in 2020, in many ways. We shared the same profession and Australian nationality and a passion for polio eradication. It was Clem’s leadership that first put us on track to embrace the cause, mobilizing what is today a global partnership that has led us to the cusp of eradicating a human disease for only the second time in history.
What Rotary and its partners have achieved is nothing short of remarkable. We have helped reduce polio cases by 99.9 percent worldwide, immunizing more than 2 billion children across 122 countries. Last year alone, more than 370 million children were vaccinated across 30 countries, using more than 1 billion doses of oral polio vaccine. As a result, we are seeing near historic lows in the number of cases. In August 2020, the World Health Organization African region was certified free of wild poliovirus, an incredible achievement for Rotary members and a huge step on the road to eradication.
But remember that as long as polio exists anywhere, it is a threat to people everywhere, especially to young children. You may have heard about importations of the disease to Malawi and Mozambique, detection of poliovirus in sewage in the UK, and a recent case in the U.S.
To stay agile, Rotary and its partners are deploying a new polio vaccine, novel oral polio vaccine type 2 (nOPV2), to fight outbreaks of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus, also known as variant poliovirus, which continues to threaten children in Africa, as well as several countries in Asia and the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Rotary is as active as ever. We are calling on every member to take action and be part of this historic fight. Take the fight to your clubs and communities on World Polio Day, 24 October. Keep raising awareness of the importance of polio eradication and Rotary’s critical role in that effort by holding events and fundraisers. Don’t forget that contributions toward the goal of $50 million per year for polio eradication will be matched 2-to-1 by our generous partner, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Like Sir Clem, we can all be Rotary heroes, each playing a part in our organization’s great legacy. Through giving, raising awareness and funds, and providing hands-on service, each of us brings Rotary a step closer to fulfilling our promise to the children of the world by eradicating polio for good.
Rotary President Jennifer Jones announces US$150 million pledge toward polio eradication
By Ryan Hyland
Rotary International President Jennifer Jones appeared on the main stage at the star-studded Global Citizen Festival on 24 September to highlight Rotary’s commitment to eradicating polio and announce an additional US$150 million pledge toward that end.
Jones, who spoke in front of 60,000 people in New York City and tens of thousands more online and on TV, noted the state of emergency that the governor of New York state recently declared to combat a resurgence of polio in the region.
Rotary President Jennifer Jones announces on 24 September Rotary's $150 million pledge toward polio eradication efforts at the 2022 Global Citizen Festival in New York City.
Photo by David Alexander/ Shot on an iPhone 12pro
Jones stressed that polio is preventable through vaccines and that wild poliovirus is endemic in only two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although female vaccinators are critical to building relationships with mothers and reaching children in these areas, they sometimes can face harassment or even attacks.
In Pakistan, "frontline female health workers put themselves at risk every day," Jones said. "They are committed, even with obstacles, to reaching every last child with polio vaccines." The vaccination program works with the local police and government to ensure the safety of these health workers.
Jones talked about the effect of polio vaccinations in some countries being disrupted by COVID-19. She pointed out that in 2021, about 25 million children went without critical immunizations. "The world has beaten back this disease significantly, but we must redouble efforts," Jones said.
The additional funding Jones announced will go to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, which said in August that it was seeking new funding commitments for its 2022-26 polio eradication strategy. "We want this to be the start of a massive effort to reach the initiative's US$4.8 billion funding goal," Jones said.
Rotary members have been at the center of the worldwide effort to eradicate polio for more than three decades. Rotary launched PolioPlus in 1985 and helped found the GPEI in 1988, when there were an estimated 350,000 polio cases across more than 125 countries in one year. Since then, cases have plummeted more than 99.9%, sparing more than 20 million people from paralysis. Rotary has helped immunize nearly 3 billion children against polio, contributed more than US$2.6 billion to global polio eradication efforts, and helped secure more than US$10 billion from donor governments.
The Global Citizen Festival, an annual music celebration, urges world leaders to end extreme poverty, take action on climate change, empower girls and women, and dismantle systematic barriers. This year's Global Citizen Festival, which took place in New York City and in Accra, Ghana, called on global leaders to invest US$600 million into the future of women and girls, narrow the US$10 billion climate change shortfall, and provide US$500 million to help farmers in Africa to respond to the global hunger crisis.
The New York component, hosted by actor and Global Citizen ambassador Priyanka Chopra Jonas, included performances from Metallica, Charlie Puth, Jonas Brothers, Måneskin Mariah Carey, Mickey Guyton, Rosalía, Angelique Kidjo, and Billy Porter. Presenters included celebrities Amber Ruffin, Bill Nye, Connie Britton, Katie Couric, Tamron Hall, Katie Holmes, and more.
Global Citizen says that since its first concert in 2012, more than US$41 billion in funding has been dispersed that's affected the lives of more than 1.1 billion people.
Jones urged people to get involved: "Global citizens, use your voice — help us call on governments, businesses, and other leaders to join us in pledging ambitiously at the World Health Summit in October to end polio forever."
Rotary has worked with Global Citizen for a more than decade, primarily regarding the effort to eradicate polio worldwide. At last year's event in Paris, France, Jones announced $97 million pledge for sustainable project. At the 2012 concert in New York City, Rotary General Secretary and CEO John Hewko announced Rotary's $75 million commitment to polio eradication. Rotary and Global Citizen have also connected at Rotary International Conventions, the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meetings, polio advocacy events, and polio funding announcements.
Rotary Club of Santa Rosa Sunrise - Founded June 30, 1986
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