Club Meeting of August 27

The meeting was called to order by club president, Tom Craig. Guests were recognized and included Cheryl Warren, the Rotary District 6630 Governor for 2015/2016, and the City of Barberton Beautification Dept. Coordinator, Lisa McLean.

Happy Dollars were collected. Club Treasurer Vic Myers announced the days remaining until our Reverse Raffle & Silent Auction: 63. He also shared the number of event tickets remaining for sale: 98. 

Our club presented Lisa McLean with a check for $500, representing our repeat sponsorship of the MumFest to be held, September 26 and 27th. Lisa thanked the club for the donation and shared that this year marks the 25th year for Mum Fest.

Our speaker was Cheryl Warren, the 2015/2016 Rotary District 6630 Governor. Cheryl has been member of the Akron Rotary Club since 1995. She talked of her goals for our Rotary Club and she shared some updates regarding Rotary's goal of polio eradication. Rotary is close to eliminating the second human disease in history after smallpox, with a 99 percent reduction in polio cases worldwide since 1985, when Rotary launched its PolioPlus program. In 1988, Rotary spearheaded the creation of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the World Health Organization, UNICEF and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Polio eradication remains Rotary’s top priority. To date, Rotary has contributed more than US$1.3 billion and countless volunteer hours to help immunize more than two billion children against polio in 122 countries. Currently, Rotary is working to raise $35 million per year through 2018 for polio eradication, which will be matched 2 to 1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.