Please donate $1.00, paint your pinkie nail purple, and join the fight to end polio! Pat’s Pizza is generously donating $1 for each pizza sold Oct. 24 at its restaurants in Ellsworth and Bar Harbor. If you can spare some time to help out, please call Annette at 266-5893 or email at: higginsanet@gmail.com
Some facts:
It costs less than $1.00 US to vaccinate a child against polio.
Rotary clubs took on a project of raising funds to help pay for polio vaccines in 1979.
Since 1985, with the launch of the flagship PolioPlus program, Rotarians have raised over $1.4 billion to immunize more than 2 billion children in 122 countries and volunteered countless hours to help with the eradication of the disease.
In 1985, polio crippled more than 350,000 children per year in 125 countries.
In 1988, Rotarians raised $247 million for PolioPlus and the World Health Assembly passed a resolution to eradicate polio, setting up the launch of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
The last case of wild polio in the US was reported in 1991.
UNICEF, the World Health Organization, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and governments around the world have all joined Rotary International in the fight to end polio .
From 2013 to 2018, every US Dollar Rotary commits to polio eradication will become three dollars thanks to the 2-to-1 match from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Recently, Nigeria was officially declared polio free, with the last reported case on July 24, 2014.
Currently, only two countries, Pakistan and Afghanistan are polio endemic.
Fewer than 360 cases were reported in the world in 2014.
Smallpox is the only other disease that has been eradicated.
Rotary’s “We are this close” campaign has enlisted the help of many public figures and celebrities including Bill Gates, Archie Panjabi, Psy, Jackie Chan, Ziggy Marley, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Jane Goodall, Amanda Peet, Jack Nicklaus, Kristin Bell and others as Polio Ambassadors, now all we need is you!
August is membership month. President Sue and Membership Chair Doreen have both set ambitious goals for a net increase to membership. They cannot do it alone.
One of the most important tasks as a Rotarian is to identify and recruit new members to our club to make it stronger and insure sustainability.August, being Membership Month, is a great time to get re-energized to build up our club with solid, qualified members of our community.When was the last time you spoke to someone about joining Rotary or shared an experience you've had that made you proud to be a Rotarian?Wear your Rotarian pride on your sleeve and be sure that somehow, some way you can let them know you're a dedicated Rotarian.
Here's a challenge I am putting out to the members of our club, invite one guest a month or more if you're inclined to share some experience of the MDI/Bar Harbor Rotary Club.Being a guest at a day or night meeting gives the potential applicant an opportunity to see our club as we are and how we interact with each other and share our passion for Rotary.Make this ONE of your Gifts to the World!
If you are interested in helping with PR for any of our specific projects such as The Bar Harbor Kids Book Festival or the Park Street Playground or End Polio Day, please let me know! As always, please spread the word both in real-life and on social media, and let your friends and enemies know just how great our local club is as well as the service and fellowship its members bring to the community!
If you are interested in helping with revamping the billboards for the Seafood Festival or updating our parade floats, also let me know! We’ll be working on those projects this winter! Thanks for all your help!
One of the most widely printed and quoted statements of business ethics in the world is the Rotary "4-Way Test." It was created by Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor in 1932 when he was asked to take charge of the Chicago based Club Aluminium Company, which was facing bankruptcy. Taylor looked for a way to save the struggling company mired in depression-caused financial difficulties. He drew up a 24-word code of ethics for all employees to follow in their business and professional lives. The 4-Way Test became the guide for sales, production, advertising and all relations with dealers and customers, and the survival of the company was credited to this simple philosophy.
Herb Taylor became president of Rotary International during 1954-55. The 4-Way Test was adopted by Rotary in 1943 and has been translated into more than 100 languages and published in thousands of ways. The message should be known and followed by all Rotarians.
Rotary President K.R. Ravindran has named six Rotary Global Women of Action for 2015. The honorees were chosen for their dedication and service, which has improved the lives of thousands around the world.
“Every day at Rotary I see firsthand how our members work to change lives and make a significant impact,” said Ravindran. “Rotary’s Global Women of Action embody Rotary’s motto, Service Above Self.”
The women will be honored at Rotary Day at the United Nations in New York City on 7 November. They will address attendees and lead discussions on various topics related to their work.
The six...
Apply to host a booth in the House of Friendship at the 2016 Rotary International Convention in Seoul, 28 May-1 June. This is an opportunity to showcase your club or district project, recruit members for your Rotary Fellowship, share information about your Rotarian Action Group, or market Rotary merchandise if you are a licensed RI vendor.
The application deadline is 30 September. Booth allocations will be awarded by 1 November.
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When Mariana Day moved in 1989 to the small beach town of Chacala, in Nayarit, Mexico, she noticed that the surrounding rural areas struggled to maintain schools. And most children weren’t able to go beyond an eighth-grade education. Day, who is a member of the Rotary Club of Bahía de Jaltemba-La Peñita, in Nayarit, had started a local scholarship program before she joined Rotary. Called Changing Lives, the program provided students with high school tuition, uniforms, school supplies, and transportation.
In addition, Rotary clubs from the United States and Mexico have been investing in the...
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