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on Oct 12, 2015
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Great to welcome District 6380 Governor Henry Dotson as our Club speaker last Thursday. Thanks for inspiring and challenging us!
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At Thursday's Club meeting, we welcomed Mrs Sumi Agrawal, Past District Chair of Inner Wheel Club of Calcutta who inspired us with the humble origins of Project Dignity, which awards in-home toilets to women in rural India (Sundarbans forest near Calcutta) to empower them out of poverty. RCAAN's two new global grant projects will install nearly 850 new toilets in 2015-17, thereby keeping them and their families safe and healthy enough to avail of educational and vocational training offered by the dedicated monks of Ramakrishna Ashram in Nimpith, West Bengal.
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Posted by Gail Scott
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 Goal: To be the team with the most pts by the end of the game (Oct 23). Prize: You get bragging rights!!!
The members of the various teams, signified with playing card suits, are as follows. We have not recorded all teams and their members. Here's what we have confirmed:
Spades; James McClelland, Eric Tindall and Keith Krings.
Diamonds; Jeff Crause, Lisa Hudy, Scott Nelson, John Hammond, Bryan Schindel and Bob Sprecht
Hearts; Bob Greenough, John Copeland, Gail Scott and Tamra Ward
Clubs; Peg Windsor, Don Broderick.
The way to play is simple: Collect all your pocket change and whatever you can spare and add them to your team's container. The amounts will be counted and reported at the beginning of the next meeting.
The team with the most quarters gets to subtract 25 points from one other team, but only one per week.
Polio day is October 23rd. By then, four complete meetings, we should have the final results, one team will have bragging rights and Polio efforts should have a little extra money. Come on guys, lets get with it and join in and make it a fun fund raiser!
Plueeze contact me at abigailscott@comcast.net if you are not listed on a team or are on a team we haven't recorded. I will assign you to keep the teams as evenly weighted as possible.
Remember, we are this close!
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Sharing Gifts with Cultures Around the World
The District 6380 Foundation Committee
cordially invites Rotarians and guests
to join the celebration at the
2015 Foundation Gala
Saturday, November 7, 2015
Cocktails at 5 pm - Dinner at 6:30 pm
$45 per person - Cash Bar
Keynote Speaker
Rotary Foundation Trustee Bryn Styles
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Posted by Ashish Sarkar
on Oct 06, 2015
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 The past 18 months have been extremely welcoming with the good news in Rotary International’s PolioPlus initiative. Last year, World Health Organization (WHO) a partner in the PolioPlus initiative, announced that Southeast Asia, including India, was polio-free. Then, in August, we received the good news that Nigeria, the largest country in Africa had no new cases of polio in last 12 months and was declared polio-free. Shortly after that, WHO announced that the entire continent of Africa was polio-free. That leaves the world with only two polio endemic countries – Afghanistan and Pakistan. Even in these countries, the rates of new cases of polio are significantly less than in the past years. This means over 97% of the world population is now polio-free. We are making true progress toward making the world polio-free. That is a remarkable achievement, especially for 1.2 million Rotarians around the world.
To celebrate these very successful events, a group of Rotarians have created a Polio Flame (torch) for RI. It is similar to the Olympic Flame that we witness every four years. This Polio Flame is making the rounds around the world. My wife Norma, who is a Rotarian, and I saw the mesmerizing effect this Polio Flame has on Rotarians, when we attended the RI Annual Convention in Sao Paulo last June. When the Torch with its flame on, was being brought to the podium and handed over to RI President Huang, there was pin drop silence from the 14,000 attendees. And then the crowd erupted with thunderous applause that could have been heard around the world. It was one of the most moving ceremonies I have ever witnessed.
After the plenary session, I immediately requested to bring the flame to our District 6380. The torch will be here around World Polio Day, which falls on October 24. It will be in our possession from October 1 through November 9. I personally believe it could be an opportunity for every Rotary club in our district and surrounding areas to display this Polio Flame at an event in their communities. The clubs can use this as a fundraising resource or make it part of their existing event to make people aware of what we have achieved as Rotarians and how far we still need to go to eradicate this dreadful disease. It will also be a tremendous opportunity to showcase Rotary.
So far, I have had only four requests: Rotary Club of Ann Arbor has an event scheduled for Friday, October 23 at 6:30 p.m. at the steps of University of Michigan's Rackham Building where the effectiveness of Salk vaccine was announced in 1955. They will start the event there and then have a commemorative march through the streets of Ann Arbor for the awareness. They will have several dignitaries on hand at Rackham.
On Sunday morning/early afternoon, October 25, the Rotary Club of Rochester will display the flame at a community event in Rochester. Then they plan to march with the flame to the factory where the vaccine was manufactured in Rochester. Several dignitaries are expected to attend this event. Rotary Clubs of Clarkston and Birmingham have also requested to display the torch. The Polio Torch is available to all the Rotary clubs in the district and surrounding areas. The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor will be the custodian of the torch until November 9 and will schedule the display in the communities (arranged by Rotary clubs) on a first come, first serve basis.
Each club requesting the torch will be responsible for picking up and dropping it off to the next venue. If you are interested, you can contact one of the following members of Rotary Club of Ann Arbor:
~ Submitted by Ashish Sarkar, President 2015 - 2016, Rotary Club of Ann Arbor and reprinted from the D6380 October Newsletter
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What do Bill Gates, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, actress Archie Panjabi, actor Jackie Chan, golf legend Jack Nicklaus, and South Korean popstar Psy have in common?
They all are ambassadors helping educate the public about polio through public service announcements, social media, and public appearances.
50 years ago, Ann Arbor was the epicenter of the medical research to eradicate Polio worldwide as Thomas Francis, Jr., (the University of Michigan Director of the Polio Vaccine Evaluation Center) announced to the world that the Salk vaccine proved to be up to 90% effective in preventing paralytic polio. His announcement was made at Rackham Auditorium, after a two-year national field trials of the poliomyelitis vaccine developed by his former student, Jonas Salk.
Today, there are only two countries that have never stopped the transmission of the wild poliovirus-- Afganistan and Pakistan. Less than 370 polio cases were confirmed worldwide in 2014, which is the reduction of more than 99% since the 1980s, when the world saw about 1,000 cases per day.
The Rotary Foundation, together with its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative, has led the efforts to eradicate polio, contributing more than $1.3 billion and countless volunteer hours to immunize more than 2.5 billion children in 122 countries.
Following the screening, University of Michigan health care professionals will take part in a panel discussion.
Showing Location: Michigan Theater 603 East Liberty Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Show Date and Time: Sunday October 25, 2015 at 12:00 PM and 2:00 PM
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on Oct 09, 2015
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To sign-up and for more information:
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Posted by Karen Kerry
on Oct 06, 2015
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 In this century of terrorist attacks, fleeing refugees, and aggressive international rivals, Michigan provides ten percent of the volunteers who serve in America’s armed forces. This Veteran’s Day, November 11, those who came home from World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan, will tell their stories on the stage of the University of Michigan’s Hill Auditorium. The Veterans Story-Hour will be punctuated by a spirited medley of patriotism and sacrifice performed by the University of Michigan Alumni Band and the Concordia University Choir. This is a free event, open to the public and stakeholders alike, to kick-off a year of fund-raising that will build a Fisher House in Michigan. This $8,000,000 gift, with donations solicited by the Rotary Club of Ann Arbor, will create a home-away-from-home for veterans undergoing medical treatment. We can all take pride in giving back to those who have given us so much and to prepare to support those who serve and protect our country now and in the future.
~ Submitted by Karen Kerry, Past President, Rotary Club of Ann Arbor and reprinted from the D6380 October Newsletter
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on Oct 10, 2015
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On November 21, 2015, join us at Cross and Resurrection Church in Ypsilanti and help us prepare food packs for Kids Against Hunger
Our mission at Kids Against Hunger is to significantly reduce the number of hungry children in the USA and to feed starving children throughout the world. We ship meals to starving children and their families in over 60 countries through partnerships with humanitarian organizations worldwide. We need your help to end world hunger.
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Posted by Linda Eastman
on Oct 06, 2015
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 DG Henry Dotson and Linda Eastman (Rochester Rotary Club) are eager to implement a very exciting, dynamic, and worthwhile project called Pre-school U. Pre-School U is a community-outreach project designed to give parents and caregivers information, strategies and skills to support the development of children before they enter kindergarten. Through the use of video-based vignettes, Pre-School U offers parents and caregivers simple ways to promote early learning and literacy in children under the age of five.
This dynamic program, created and supported by Detroit Public Television (DPTV), focuses on the five Domains of School Readiness:
•Cognition and General Knowledge
•Language and Literacy Development
•Approaches to Learning
•Social and Emotional Development
•Physical Well-Being and Motor Development
The program would feature three 1½-2 hour meetings, including a light meal and childcare, for 12-15 parents of preschoolers. At each of the meetings, one or two of the Domains would be presented via brief videos, and then the group facilitator would initiate a discussion, sharing ideas and tips on how a parent (the child’s first teacher) can help his/her child become ready to start school. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION! Children who are not exposed to these early experiences start school behind their peers, and in many cases they never catch up.
The target population for Pre-School U would be parents with socio-economic challenges and/or limited resources. The steps are easy to follow: First, your club needs to form a literacy team to help make this a successful project. Participants do not have to make a huge, long-term commitment. You will need a Literacy Champion from your club to attend the training for facilitators on Saturday, October 31, 9-11 a.m. You will also need a committee to help with securing food for the three sessions, organizing child care for the children while the parents participate in the workshop, and getting the word out in the community, among other tasks.
If you care about the children in your community and share a vision for helping its littlest citizens get the help they need to succeed in school and in life, please consider the Pre-School U project for your club. This is a way you can make a difference! Thank you for all you do for Rotary. Please contact Linda Eastman by email: McGindy@aol.com if you have any questions or want to be a part of this literacy endeavor.
~ Submitted by Linda Eastman and reprinted from the D6380 October Newsletter
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