Meeting: April 21st, 2021
Our members on Tuesday night
Incoming President Cara did an excellent job of running the meeting - just some practice for next year!
Colin's Rotary Minute:
Colin reminded us that Rotary is an opportunity for fellowship. Each meeting is a chance to sit next to someone different or to engage with someone you haven't talked with before. Enrich your life!
Guests:
None
Visiting Rotarians:
Greg Horn - District Governor
Slava Simice - Rotary Club of Comox
Announcements:
This week is World Immunization Week. It is a cause close to us all as Rotarians and we saw a video about the topic:
From the Rotary Website
This year's observance of World Immunization Week, 24-30 April, signals a renewed effort to prevent an estimated 2 to 3 million deaths worldwide from vaccine-preventable diseases, including polio, by closing immunization gaps. The extensive polio-eradication infrastructure created by Rotary, its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), and governments and health ministries provides a model for this effort.
Rotary, the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) joined together in 1988 to form GPEI with the goal of protecting the world's children by eradicating polio. At that time, the disease paralyzed more than 1,000 people -- most of them young children – worldwide every day. Over the years, Rotary and its partners have reduced the number of polio cases by 99 percent, to fewer than 400 cases in 2014, and there are now only three countries in which polio transmission has never been stopped.
More info about polio eradication? Click here.
Birthdays:
- Gill Campbell
- Paul Geneau
Anniversaries:
None
Membership Anniversaries
None
Joke Of The Day:
A pastor giving a children’s sermon on vestments asked: “Why do you think I wear this collar?”
One kid answered: “Because it kills ticks and fleas up to 30 days?”
Comox Rotary Club Ducky 500
Slava joined us (via Zoom) from the Rotary Club of Comox to tell us about their upcoming Ducky 500 fundraiser.
Tickets are $10 for a chance at:
- 2 EBikes (or $5000 cash)
- A Comox Valley Staycation including 2 nights accommodation at the Kingfisher lodge, a round of golf and spa visit for two.
- $1000
- $500
