Visiting Rotarians:  Bev Hilton, ADG, Oceanside Rotary; Cheryl Leukefeld, Ladysmith Rotary, ADG area 5, Canadian coordinator for Rotary Worlds Greatest Meal to Help End Polio ; Susanne Rea from Cairns Australia, founder of Rotary World's Greatest Meal to Help End Polio.

 

Guests:  Our inbound exchange students Vemund & Man, Lisa Rickwood, Jason Bradley, guest of Frank Allen;  Andrea Van Rensburg,former exchange student;  & her mother; outbound exchange students.

 

 

Dry Grad - taking place on June 23 at Beban Park; Jason Bradley asked for volunteers, click here to sign up online.

 

Dragonboat - contact Gill if you can volunteer 

 

Presentations by our exchange students Man & Vemund  about their home countries, Thailand & Norway.

 

 

Susanne Rea then gave an inspirational talk on her campaign to raise awareness of the campaign against polio with her organization The World's Greatest Meal to Help End Polio .

A polio survivor herself, Susanne had to undergo numerous surgeries as an adult.

   Decline in cases of wild polio globally

 

 

 

 

There have been more than 3750 Worlds Greatest Dinner events in 74 countries since 2014, raising US$2.5 M,  With matching funds (2:1) from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, it will buy more than 12 M polio vaccinations.

 

Cheryl & Susanne had been up to Courtenay on Tuesday morning.  Our meeting was her last one on the Island.  The next day she took the Blackball Ferry down to Washington State.

 

District Service Award - AG Bev Hilton presented an award to Derek Rickwood on behalf of DG Joanne Croghan for his leadership of the Nanaimo Rotary Foundation Centennial Event.

 

Next week:  Service Project at Loaves n Fishes Foodbank, 6 PM sharp.