November 25 Meeting and AGM (Nov 26, 2014)

Club Information

Join us for dinner!

Service Above Self

We meet Tuesdays at 6:10 PM

Frith-Radcliffe Auditorium, Kiwanis Village

1233 Kiwanis Crescent (off Nelson Street)
Nanaimo, BC V9S5Y1
Canada

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Speakers

Nov 25, 2014
John Merriman & Kari Cargill
Groveland Park Reno - rescheduled from September 9th

Dec 02, 2014
District Governor Michael Procter Visit


Dec 09, 2014
special guest MLA Michelle Stillwell
Challenges facing women today

Dec 16, 2014
Christmas Party
at Simon Holt

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Upcoming Events

Second Citrus Caselot Sale

Country Club Mall parking lot

Dec 06, 2014
10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Community Breakfast

Community Services Building

Dec 13, 2014
7:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Sponsors

November 25 2014 Meeting

We need an editor for the Northwind; this issue was prepared by Craig.

Visitors: Takumi Ida a high school student visiting from Japan, introduced by Rob Waine. Elizabeth, Kaitlyn, & Vincent from Nanaimo Rotaract Club.

President Greg models the hat presented by Suzy after her visit to the Calgary Chinook Rotary Club which her father belonged to for 25 years and which sponsored her student exchange to Japan.

Announcements:

Salvation Army Kettles. Derek announced that Dawn Anderson phone 250 740-1004 is looking for a great many volunteers to operate the kettles this season.

Citrus - Jim said we have sold about a third of the $20,000 inventory of citrus. On Saturday, November 29 from 3 - 6 PM, the club will have a booth at Diana Krall Plaza with popcorn & order forms. Volunteers are needed.

ClubRunner Email system - Craig announced that there are enhancements to the system but there will also be a limit to the number of emails sent before there is a surcharge.

Rotaract Fundraiser Dinner - will be held Saturday January 24, 2015. Watch club events calendar for details. Kaitlyn will provide us with details closer to the date.

Health of the Club - Mike Mah is recovering. Exchange student Boss broke his leg playing soccer.

Daniel won a piece of art work for a $30 bid.

Derek did Happy/Sad bucks. Suzy was pleased to have completed a half marathon in Las Vegas.

Annual General Meeting

Officers for next year are:

President elect - Rob Waine

Secretary - Audrey Ellis

Treasurer - Jim Turley

Membership Chair - Larry Rumming

Community Service - Ed Poli

World Community Service - Rod Smith

Foundation Director - Suzy DePledge

Door Prize - Jim Turley won the coveted bottle of wine.

50:50 Pauline tossed but was not successful.

Next week: Visit by District Governor Michael Procter.

Stories

A major breakthrough against polio

Posted on Nov 25, 2014

By Dan Nixon Rotary News 21-Nov-2014

A member of the Rotary Club of Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan, immunizes children against polio at a camp for internally displaced persons in Waziristan. No type 3 polio has been reported in Pakistan -- or anywhere worldwide -- for more than two years.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Rotary Club of Rawalpindi

Rotary and its partners in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) are approaching a significant milestone: the eradication of type 3 wild poliovirus.

The last case of polio caused by the type 3 virus was reported in Yobe, Nigeria, on 10 November 2012.

"We may have eradicated a second of three; that's a major milestone," said Dr. Stephen Cochi, a senior adviser at the Center for Global Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, speaking to the BBC.

Rotary has played an important role in bringing type 3 polio close to extinction. PolioPlus grants have provided key funding for surveillance, operational support, social mobilization, and technical assistance in the fight to eradicate polio, including type 3. And Rotary members have worked to change the minds of community leaders and parents who once refused to let children be immunized, including in the three remaining polio-endemic countries, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.

The absence of type 3 polio in Nigeria reflects the country's tremendous progress toward becoming polio-free. It has also reduced the number of type 1 cases to just six so far this year, compared with 51 for the same period in 2013.

The breakthrough against type 3 comes as promising news for Pakistan, where type 3 was last reported in April 2012, in Khyber Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas. Pakistan has reported about 85 percent of the world's polio cases this year, 246, compared with 63 for the same period in 2013. Militants halted polio immunization in some areas for about two years, but Pakistan's military operations have made it possible for immunizations to resume. Over 700,000 people, including half a million children, have been vaccinated in the past few months.

Type 2 polio was eradicated in 1999. The elimination of type 3 polio, once confirmed, would leave only type 1 to contend with. However, type 3 causes fewer cases of illness than does type 1, which means the virus can be transmitted more widely and longer without being detected.

Nevertheless, the fact that type 3 polio hasn't been detected globally for more than two years is "extremely encouraging news" and "a reminder that the eradication of polio is achievable," says the GPEI.

"It's been a tough, sometimes uphill climb to get this far in the fight to finish off polio," says Michael McGovern, vice chair of The Rotary Foundation Trustees and chair of the International PolioPlus Committee. "But the tenacity and resources of Rotary and its partners have kept the global effort moving forward. Let's make sure type 3 is down for the count, keep pushing ahead to wipe out type 1, and free the world of this devastating disease forever."

Find more at endpolio.org
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Learn about the polio endgame strategic plan

Global grant approved for Sunyani Schools Project

Posted on Nov 05, 2014

by Bev Hilton

The global grant application submitted by the 5-club world community service alliance (Nanaimo Rotary Club, Nanaimo North Rotary Club, Lantzville Rotary Club, Nanaimo Daybreak Rotary Club, Nanaimo Oceanside Rotary Club) has been approved. Nanaimo Oceanside Club has taken the lead on this project. The local partner is the Sunyani Central Rotary Club.

The Global Grant is for US$66,500 US ($71,500 CDN or 227,000 Ghana Cedi).

The project will replace roofs of the Nyamaa Kindergarten & Junior High school. It will construct a new 12-seater latrine at Kotokrom and provide for annual visits by trained nurses to teach a hygene class to the school. The dirt floor in a classroom at Kotokrom will be covered. Southridge Model school will receive a security fence similar to the Sunyani Municipal Primary School. Surplus funds will be used to distribute malaria nets at one of the community hospitals. Bids are underway, work should begin by mid month.

Thank you to your club for its support of the 5-club alliance and the Ghana projects. While many projects are being carried out in areas to the south, it is important to retain our partnership with the Ghanaian Rotary clubs as the need of the people of Ghana is not any less important.

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