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!
After a historic year during which transmission of the wild poliovirus vanished from Nigeria and the continent of Africa, the crippling disease is closer than ever to being eradicated worldwide, said top health experts at Rotary’s third annual World Polio Day event on 23 October in New York City.
More than 150 people attended the special Livestream program co-sponsored by UNICEF, and thousands more around the world watched online. Jeffrey Kluger, Time magazine’s editor at large, moderated the event.
Anthony Lake, executive director of UNICEF, lauded the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s...
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...
Schoolchildren in Ecuador are improving their reading, and their teachers are receiving additional professional development through a collaboration between Rotary and the Organization of American States (OAS).
The effort began three years ago when Richard Carson, RI representative to the OAS, and other Rotary members met with staff at the agency to discuss a set of literacy requirements for schools. They briefed the ministers of education of Central and South American countries on an approach to improve reading skills. Ecuador adopted the plan.
“We flew to Ecuador and met with the vice...
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