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Club Coming Events
Mar. 6: Michelle Manso-Lembo on “Best care for Seniors.” Mar. 10: Rotary Goes to the Races @ Tampa Bay Downs. Proceeds benefit Rotary Camp Florida.
Mar. 13: Club Speech Contest. Mar. 20: Jane Corcoran with “Disaster Aid USA.”
Mar. 27: Club Assembly. April. 3: Group 2 Speech Contest. (Tentative) If you have any suggestions for programs, please communicate with David or Maryann to schedule them.
District 6890 Governor: Alan Feldman – Brandon, FL
Rotary International President: Kalyan Banerjee, India
Food for Ronald MacDonald’s Home: For at least 20 persons. IT HAS TO BE BOUGHT and delivered NLT 6pm. David is your contact. *If you can’t make it, please call him. Jim & Angela – Mar 16(Fri)
Ray / Evelynna – Apr 30
Food for thought All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward. - Ellen Glasgow A little humor to brighten your day! All the things my mother taught me: My mom taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE - "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside - I just finished cleaning!" My mother taught me RELIGION - "You better pray that will come out of the carpet." My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL: "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!" My mother taught me LOGIC: "Because I said so, that's why." My mother taught me FORESIGHT - "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident." My mother taught me IRONY - "Keep laughing and I'll *give* you something to cry out." My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS "Shut your mouth and eat your supper!" My mother taught me What if we could prevent just ONE child from suffering from POLIO? about CONTORTIONISM - "Will you *look* at the dirt on the back of your neck!" My mother taught me about STAMINA - "You'll sit How much would that be worth? there 'til all that spinach is finished." My mother taught me about Click below and contact WEATHER - "It looks as if a tornado swept through your room." Dennis or José to learn more. My mother taught me how to solve PHYSICS PROBLEMS - "If I http://www.rotary.org/en/ServiceAndFello yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you; would you wship/Polio/HelpEradicatePolio/Pages/ride listen then?" My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY - "If I've fault.aspx told you once, I've told you a million times - don't exaggerate!!!" My mother taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE - "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out." My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION - Stop acting like your father!" My mother taught me about ENVY "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do!"
Birthday/Anniversary Birthdays
Anniversaries
Gloria A.: Mar. 2 Angela G.: Mar. 18
Ray and Gloria A: Apr. 1st
REMINDER: Irving is collecting non-perishable food items and unused cell phones for the Crisis Center.
India is no longer polio endemic By Dan Nixon Rotary International News -- 27 February 2012
The World Health Organization has officially removed India from the list of polio-endemic countries. Ghulam Nabi Azad, India's minister of Health and Family Welfare, made the announcement at the Polio Summit 2012 in New Delhi on 25 February. Azad said that he had been informed of WHO’s action by its director-general, Dr. Margaret Chan. "It is a matter of satisfaction that we have completed one year without any single new case of polio being reported from anywhere in the country," said Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the summit, which was organized by the government of India and Rotary International. "This gives us hope that we can finally eradicate polio not only from India but from the face of the entire mother earth. The success of our efforts shows that teamwork pays." India's last reported case was a two-year-old girl in West Bengal State on 13 January 2011. Before polio eradication can be certified in India, it must go two more years without another case of the disease. Polio remains endemic in only three countries: Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan. Bivalent oral vaccine Until 2009, India accounted for nearly half the number of the world’s polio cases. A chief factor in the country’s success has been the widespread use of the bivalent oral polio vaccine, which is effective against both remaining types of the poliovirus. Another has been rigorous monitoring, which has helped reduce the number of children missed by health workers during National Immunization Days to less than 1 percent, according to WHO. Rotary International has played a major role in helping to stop the transmission of polio in India. Rotary has been a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative since 1988, along with WHO, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is also a key supporter of the initiative. Sporting their signature yellow vests and caps, the nearly 119,000 Rotarians in India have helped administer vaccine to children, organize free health camps and polio awareness rallies, and distribute banners, caps, comic books, and other items. Global support from Rotarians "With the support of their Rotary brothers and sisters around the world, Indian Rotarians have worked diligently month after month, year after year, to help organize and carry out the National Immunization Days that reach millions of children with the oral polio vaccine," says RI President Kalyan Banerjee, of the Rotary Club of Vapi, Gujarat. "As an Indian, I am immensely proud of what Rotary has accomplished. However, we know this is not the end of our work. Rotary and our partners must continue to immunize children in India and in other countries until the goal of a polio-free world is finally achieved." Robert S. Scott, chair of Rotary's International PolioPlus Committee, calls India's achievement "a significant step towards a polio-free world – an example as to what can be accomplished no matter what problems need to be overcome. Rotarians of India are and should be proud of the key efforts they have made at all levels, without which the world would not be marking this milestone." Deepak Kapur, chair of the India PolioPlus Committee, also credits the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare for its commitment to ending polio. To date, the Indian government has spent more than US$1.2 billion on domestic polio eradication activities. "We are fortunate that our government is our biggest advocate in this effort," Kapur says. For more information:
Learn more about Rotary's efforts to eradicate polio Contribute to End Polio Now
Dolly Parton helps Rotarians spread literacy by Susie Ma The Rotarian -- March 2012
It can be hard to find books in Canada’s vast Yukon. Claire Derome, 2009-10 president of the Rotary Club of Whitehorse-Rendezvous, knows of only one bookstore outside the capital, and in remote areas, access to libraries is also limited. Derome wanted to launch a literacy project that would reach all Yukon communities, and she found one in Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. Every month, Imagination Library mails an age-appropriate book to each child in the program, until age five. Research showed that up to 85 percent of families receiving books through the program read to their children every day. Derome, who has a graduate degree in education, did not need more convincing. “The number of books you have at home is a good indicator of future success in school,” she says. Her Rotary club worked with the Yukon government and the Yukon Literacy Coalition to bring Imagination Library there, and 900 children are currently enrolled. The Dollywood Foundation and the participating community split the program costs; in Yukon, the Whitehorse-Rendezvous club covers the $3.60 per child per month. Dawn Rochelle, president of the Rotary Club of Jacksonville, N.C., USA, was drawn to Imagination Library because she knew that every cent her club raised would help put a book directly into the hands of a child. Rochelle, who is executive director of the nonprofit Onslow County Partnership for Children, brought her organization together with Rotary clubs and the local United Way to launch Imagination Library in Jacksonville, which, as home to Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, has many young military families. At Imagination Library’s first local Rotary club presentation, one Rotarian pledged $10,000 on the spot. So far, 170 children are enrolled in the program. “They’re so excited, because they don’t have books at home,” Rochelle says. Imagination Library does not have income requirements. “Dolly did not want any child to feel singled out or left out,” says David Dotson, president of the Dollywood Foundation. Parton was adamant that the books be new, because of her own experiences growing up with hand-me-downs. And in mailing the books to each young person, she wanted to re-create the joy she felt as a child when the Sears catalog arrived at her home, addressed to her family. Imagination Library serves children in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. In 2001, 2,500 children were participating in the program; today they number almost 700,000. Imagination Library and Rotary International teamed up in 2009, and Rotary clubs are involved in the program in roughly 300 communities. “I don’t think we could do it without Rotary’s involvement,” Dotson says. “If you look at Rotary’s presence in the world, it may be that the greatest aspect of our relationship is yet to come.”
Learn how to bring Imagination Library to your community. See Dolly Parton talk about the reasons she started the Imagination Library in her latest video
Tampa West Latin Consignment Sale Pick-up for Charity
Our 2011-2012 District Conference Cruise There are still cabins available! Over 300 Rotarians and families will be attending! What a great opportunity for Rotary Fellowship!
District Conference Cruise
Tampa to Cozumel April 19-23, 2012
Call Kimberly McInnis AAA Travel 813-681-5761 ext. 2234 to book your cabin