Bulletin - ClubRunner · Ken Komara, Past President ... port of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
2
Bulletin ROTARY CLUB OF KISSIMMEE Rotary Club of Kissimmee PO Box 422185 Kissimmee, FL 34742 2013 | 2014 Board of Directors Rotary Club of Kissimmee PO Box 422185 Kissimmee, FL 34742 ISSUE 16 October 28, 2013 Rodger Mingo, President John Beall, President Elect Ken Komara, Past President Richard Barlow, Treasurer Charles Wallin, Secretary Richard Burson, Poker Tournament Chair Jim Salisbury Don Shearer Marty Tezen Dorothy Buse Jean Cunningham Carlos Cortes Mary Burd David Mansour Kathy Foust Meets Monday • 12:10 p.m. Osceola Council on Aging 700 Generation Point Kissimmee, FL 34744 World Polio Day Rotary Club of Kissimmee Home Club of the District Governor Pete Edwards “ W e’r e this close... ...to era dic atin g p o li o ! ” from rotary.org Rotary helped put polio eradication on cen- ter stage on the day best known for rallying support to finish the job – World Polio Day, 24 October. A special Livestream presentation – World Polio Day: Making History – showcased the progress of the Global Polio Eradication Ini- tiative. Co-hosted by Rotary and the North- western University Center for Global Health, the 60-minute program took place before a live audience at the John Hughes Auditorium on Northwestern’s Chicago campus and streamed online to viewers worldwide. RI President Ron Burton kicked off the event by noting that Rotary began immunizing mil- lions of children against polio in the 1970s, first in the Philippines and then in other high- risk countries. “Polio rates in those countries plummeted,” Burton said. “As a result, in 1988, Rotary, the World Health Organization [WHO], UNICEF, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came together to launch the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. More recently, the initiative has benefited from the tremendous sup- port of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . . . . It is so very important to finish the job.” Dr. Robert Murphy, director of Northwestern’s Center for Global Health, emphasized that polio eradication “is completely doable. . . . [It] will result in preventing billions of cases of paralysis and death, saving bil- lions of dollars, assuring that no parent in the world will have to worry about this terrible disease ever again.” Dennis Ogbe, polio survivor, Paralympian, and am- bassador for the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@ Life campaign to promote child immunization, spoke compellingly about the challenges of living with the disease and the opportunity to protect people from it for all generations to come. “I have learned not to look at anything as impos- sible, and that includes, especially, the eradication of polio,” said Ogbe, who was born in Nigeria. “We have come a long way since the start. So let us finish strong and End Polio Now.” Dr. Bruce Aylward, assistant director-general for Po- lio, Emergencies, and Country Collaboration at WHO, emphasized that the global fight is winnable, noting that the number of cases in the endemic countries –Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan – is down 40 per- cent in 2013, compared to the same period in 2012. He also said that the type 2 wild poliovirus has been eradicated, and said November will mark one year without a case of type 3 virus anywhere in the world. Emmy Award-winning actress Archie Panjabi spoke passionately about why she is so committed to her work as a Rotary ambassador for polio eradication. “When I was a child 10 years old, I went to India. As I walked to school, I would see children younger than me with no [use of their] limbs, begging for money,” Panjabi said. “It broke my heart.” Inspired as an adult to learn more about polio, she was “amazed by the amount of work that Rotary has done,” in helping India be free of the disease since 2011, and joined a team of Rotary volunteers to im- munize children there last year. “I will do whatever I can to support Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative . . . . And if you do whatever you can, then together we can eradicate polio forever.”
Transcript of Bulletin - ClubRunner · Ken Komara, Past President ... port of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation...
BulletinROTARYCLUB OF
KISSIMMEE
Rotary Club of KissimmeePO Box 422185Kissimmee, FL 34742
2013 | 2014Board of Directors
Rotary Club of KissimmeePO Box 422185Kissimmee, FL 34742
C
M
Y
CM
MY
CY
CMY
K
RotaryBulletinShellMingo FRT 13_14.pdf 2 6/18/2013 11:06:11 AM
ISSUE 16October 28, 2013
Rodger Mingo, PresidentJohn Beall, President ElectKen Komara, Past PresidentRichard Barlow, TreasurerCharles Wallin, Secretary
Richard Burson, Poker Tournament ChairJim SalisburyDon ShearerMarty TezenDorothy BuseJean CunninghamCarlos CortesMary BurdDavid Mansour
Kathy Foust
Meets Monday • 12:10 p.m.Osceola Council on Aging700 Generation PointKissimmee, FL 34744
World Polio Day
Rotary Club of KissimmeeHome Club of the District Governor
Pete Edwards
“We’re this close... ...to eradicating polio!”
from rotary.org
Rotary helped put polio eradication on cen-ter stage on the day best known for rallying support to finish the job – World Polio Day, 24 October.
A special Livestream presentation – World Polio Day: Making History – showcased the progress of the Global Polio Eradication Ini-tiative. Co-hosted by Rotary and the North-western University Center for Global Health, the 60-minute program took place before a live audience at the John Hughes Auditorium on Northwestern’s Chicago campus and streamed online to viewers worldwide.
RI President Ron Burton kicked off the event by noting that Rotary began immunizing mil-lions of children against polio in the 1970s, first in the Philippines and then in other high-risk countries.
“Polio rates in those countries plummeted,” Burton said. “As a result, in 1988, Rotary, the World Health Organization [WHO], UNICEF, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention came together to launch the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. More recently, the initiative has benefited from the tremendous sup-port of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation . . . . It is so very important to finish the job.”
Dr. Robert Murphy, director of Northwestern’s Center for Global Health, emphasized that polio eradication “is completely doable. . . . [It] will result in preventing billions of cases of paralysis and death, saving bil-lions of dollars, assuring that no parent in the world will have to worry about this terrible disease ever again.”
Dennis Ogbe, polio survivor, Paralympian, and am-bassador for the United Nations Foundation’s Shot@Life campaign to promote child immunization, spoke compellingly about the challenges of living with the disease and the opportunity to protect people from it for all generations to come.
“I have learned not to look at anything as impos-sible, and that includes, especially, the eradication of polio,” said Ogbe, who was born in Nigeria. “We have come a long way since the start. So let us finish strong and End Polio Now.”
Dr. Bruce Aylward, assistant director-general for Po-
lio, Emergencies, and Country Collaboration at WHO, emphasized that the global fight is winnable, noting that the number of cases in the endemic countries –Afghanistan, Nigeria, and Pakistan – is down 40 per-cent in 2013, compared to the same period in 2012. He also said that the type 2 wild poliovirus has been eradicated, and said November will mark one year without a case of type 3 virus anywhere in the world.
Emmy Award-winning actress Archie Panjabi spoke passionately about why she is so committed to her work as a Rotary ambassador for polio eradication. “When I was a child 10 years old, I went to India. As I walked to school, I would see children younger than me with no [use of their] limbs, begging for money,” Panjabi said. “It broke my heart.”
Inspired as an adult to learn more about polio, she was “amazed by the amount of work that Rotary has done,” in helping India be free of the disease since 2011, and joined a team of Rotary volunteers to im-munize children there last year.
“I will do whatever I can to support Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative . . . . And if you do whatever you can, then together we can eradicate polio forever.”
ROTARY CLUB OF KISSIMMEE
C
M
Y
CM
MY
CY
CMY
K
RotaryBulletinShellMingo BCK 13_14.pdf 1 6/18/2013 11:07:20 AM
The Four-Way Test
Of the things we think, say or doIs it the truth?
Is it fair to all concerned?Will it build goodwill and better friendships?
Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Rotary International Ron D. Burton, RI President
www.rotary.org
Rotary District 6980 Pete Edwards, District Governor
www.rotarydistrict6980.com
Rotary Club of KissimmeeClub 4397, District 6980
www.rotaryclubofkissimmee.com
Opening BlessingBe present at our table Lord,Be here as everywhere adored.These creatures bless and grant that we,May feast in fellowship with thee.
ClosingSo watch and pray each night and day.Until we meet again.
Rotary Calendar
Kissimmee BayWed, 12:15 pm
Kissimmee Bay Country ClubKissimmee West
Fri, 7:00 amPerkins Restaurant at the LoopKissimmee South/Poinciana
Fri, 7:45 am, Pazza Luna Restaurant,2932 Pleasant Hill Rd
St. CloudThur, 7:00 am, St. Cloud Women’s Club
Building, 1014 Massachusetts Ave.Celebration
Fri, 7:00 am, Celebration Health (FL Hosp), 400 Celebration Pl
Four CornersWed, 11:30 am
Carrabba’s, Formosa Gardens, Hwy 192
Dr. PhillipsWed, 7:00 am
Bay Hill Club, 900 Bay Hill Blvd.Lake Buena Vista
Thur, 7:30 am, Wyndham Resort Walt Disney World, 1850 Hotel Plaza Blvd
Dr. Phillips-NoonTues, 12:00 noon,
Timpano’s Chophouse, 7488 W Sand Lake Rd
WindermereTues, 6:54 am
Town Hall, Main Street, WindermereLake Nona
Mon, 6:00 pmEagle Creek Golf Club
Make Up Opportunities
Email announcements for bulletin. Email by Thursday prior to [email protected] Include pictures!
October - Vocational Service Month
Monday, October 28: Club MeetingProgram: Club Survey and General Business Meeting
Paul Harris Door Prize Speaker: Mike Byerly
November - Rotary Foundation Month
Monday, November 4: Club MeetingPaul Harris Door Prize Speaker: Terry Roberts
Program: Czech GSE Team Presentation
Saturday, November 9 - District ConferenceBahia Shrine, Maitland
Monday, November 11: No Club MeetingVeteran’s Day
November 10 - 14, 2013: Rotary District Fellowship Cruise
Cruise to the BahamasContact: Steve Leichner, PSL Travel
877-387-4660
Monday, November 18: Club MeetingPaul Harris Door Prize Speaker: Richard Barlow
Monday, November 25: Club MeetingPaul Harris Door Prize Speaker: Israel Duncan
December - Family Month
Monday, December 2: Club MeetingPaul Harris Door Prize Speaker: Charles Wallin
Monday, December 9: Club MeetingPaul Harris Door Prize Speaker: Marty Tezen
Monday, December 16: Club MeetingPaul Harris Door Prize Speaker: Kathy Foust
Monday, December 23: No Club MeetingMerry Christmas!
Monday, December 30: No Club MeetingHappy New Year!
District Conference ExpoRotary Business Networking Expo
District Conference, Saturday November 9th
Don’t miss this chance to network with othe Central Florida Rotarians. Table top displays open between District Conference Sessions. Please register TODAY for
the EXPO and or the District Conference.
WHAT?Rotarian to Rotarian (R2R) Table Top Expo
Rotarians Only (All Day Event)
WHEN?8:05 am – 3:30 pm
Expo Open three times during the DayMan your Exhibit plus enjoy the Conference
WHERE?
Bahia Shriners Auditorium2300 Pembrook Drive, Orlando 32810
Cost?
$79.00 includes District Conference Registration(Conference, Breakfast, Lunch and Happy Hour)
(District will bill you before Conference)
How to Register?Go to: www.rotarydistrict6980.org
Click Member AccessGo to Calendar and scroll down to Expo Register
More info?
Contact R2R Chair Chuck [email protected]
