Rotary Ramblings May 7

[Garland, Lorie]

Many thanks to Sarah Martin for the minutes from last week's meeting! 
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Rotary Ramblings May 10th, 2009

 

Invocation-Steve Bates

 

Songs-Jimmy Weatherspoon

            -Battle Hymn of the Republic

            -I been working on the Railroad

 

Birthdays-

            Jimmy Weatherspoon

            Betsy Owens

            Candace Etzler's Husband & Son

 

 

Visiting Rotarians/ Guests-Harvey Brown Jr.

            Harvey mentioned that everyone should take note of the shuttle launch at 9:20 pm on     Wednesday, May 11th.

            Visiting Rotarians

                        -Harvey Michaelma (New Jersey)

                        -Harold Popovski ( Illinois)

                        -Don Hickson (Michigan)

                        -Bob Brickman (Michigan)

                        -Jeff Dennis (Bahamas)

                        -Dave (missed the last name)

                        -Oswald Weirs (Germany)

            Make-up's

                        -David Harden (Lantana/Boynton Beach)

                        -Linda Parker (Boynton Beach)

                        -Sarah Martin (Online Make-up

            Guests-Jan Schomo-Habitat for Humanity Ret Dunkin Donuts

                        -Jim Bailey-Pat's Robinson Guest (Man of Steam)

 

Sergeant at Arms-Fred Bernardi-

                        -Market up 240-now is exploding 310 pts.

                        -Barnie Frank said within 1 month bringing uptick rule back. 

                        -Nasdaq is up 75 to 1342

                        -S & P 500 is up 35 pts to 790

 

                        -We had a great day today with a total of $215.00 

 

Storyteller/Jokester-Andy Hall

                        -Andy Delighted the club with a wonderful joke about a gentleman looking for a                        haircut before he went on vacation in Rome.  Apparently the Pope didn't like                the haircut!

 

Announcements-

                        -Paint up Delray was successful!  Many members came out to help paint.                                  Thank you!

 

               -Thursday, March 19th is the date for the Bingo event.  Everyone can sign up at the     door.  As a member of the Rotary please come to the event or donate to the event.

 

               -March 28th-Habitat for Humanity Date.  We will be helping to build a home.

 

               -May 2nd-Attend the District Conference in Hutchinson Island.  We are sponsoring     the Run for Roses event and need approximately 20 volunteers.

 

               - A $500 matching grant was awarded to the Water Project for Santo Domingo         Ecuador.

 

Speaker-Betsey Owens, former District Governor

Face of India:  What is the status of Eradication of Polio in 2009

 

Dr. Chan has made Polio Eradication a #1 top medical concern of the WHO (World Health Organization).

The vaccinations given out currently save 1 week to 6 year old kids in India.

 

Chandigrah is a two story house used for Rotary meetings and vocational training of young men.  

45 people from 6 countries acted as volunteers for the National Vaccination Day in India.

Betsey traveled through Hospitals and visited a young girl who had been there for 2 ½ years.  Mother's came each and every day to spend the time with their kids while in the hospital.  

 

Young people volunteer in Polio camps.  2 drops are given to kids via mouth.  Some Camps were even in Cow Pastures.  Cows are considered sacred for their dung in this country as it is used for fuel and insulation of their homes.

 

The National Vaccination Program immunized 80,000 children in the 1st day.

Booths near schools will normally care for 5,000 kids a day.

 

Polio is a fecal disease.  It can be transmitted through a handshake.  Pinkies were dyed to signify who received the immunizations.  Freezer packs are needed to hold vials of vaccinations fresh.

 

5 days old child was the youngest vaccinated during the program.

Vaccinations are only $.60 a drop.

The Challenge is now $2,000 a club for the next 3 years.

Type 2 Polio is eradicated.  Type 1 and 3 are still being worked on.

Shots can be given to older people as opposed to drops.

 

Green Hat-$306-Joe Milenkovic picked the 2 of Spades.

 

Respectfully Submitted-Sarah Martin

 

 

 

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