Volume 54, Number 23                                                                                  December 9, 2010

 

Rotary Club of  Toronto West

 

Rotary Grace – O Lord we stand for every race, from every creed from every place; to give our thanks and say our grace for food, for health. May Peace embrace the world through Rotary.

 

Last Week – December 2, 2010

            We met at Alex Family Restaurant to hold a business meeting.

            Don Foster led off the meeting by giving us an up-date on the sale of the Christmas goodies. He regretted to say that he was sold out of the light sliced cakes and that the supplier would not be making any more.

            Susan McCoy then gave us the final details of Christmas Party, which will be held on Thursday December 16th at the Lakeshore Yacht Club. There will be no morning meeting on that day.

            Mark gave us the financial statement saying that the Scotch Nosing event gave us a return of about $2700.00, and that the clubs accounts were in a very good position. Money is available to spend on our Rotary Exchange Student should he/she be accepted, and we are looking into the possibility of giving more dictionaries to a grade 3 or grade 4 class of students at some other schools.

            Don Foster then spoke again, this time on International, saying that we had donated $3,000, and were working together with the Rotary Club of Alliston on building a hospital in Uganda.

            Willis Rudy brought us up-to-date on some of the people that will be attending the Rotary Youth Impact Awards Gala. We also heard that money from our corporate sponsors now stood at $34,000.

            He was followed by Stephen Thiele who told us that he is expecting about 270 to 300 people in attendance. Tickets will be available very shortly. He said that nominations were now all in, and that any extras will be carried over to next year.

            John Stevenson reminded us all that we should notify him as soon as possible if we have received  any items for the Silent Auction. Make sure that you use the web site for conveying your information, and that you use the numbered labels to identify the item.

            Ron Manfield spoke on membership, saying how pleased he was that before the years end we would be inducting 3 new members, and that he looked forward in continuing this into the second half of the Rotary year.

            President Doug told us that those that didn’t receive it yet could pick up copies of “The Rotarian” from the table at the back of the room.

 

50/50 Draw

            Willis Rudy had another chance to win but didn’t make it. Better luck next time Willis.

 

Visitors

            Bruce Gillies and Alan Fox, guests of President Doug. Maryam Chashnidel, guest of Stephen Thiele. Brian Spenser, Guest of Gaston Bottero.

 

This Week

            Our guest speakers will be Joe Dale and Mark Wafer, Rotary Club of Whitby. They will be talking to us about the Rotary at Work program.

 

Classifications

1.      Internal Medicine.

2.      An Additional Active Member.

 

Members News

            Our travelling Rotarian is off again, yesterday Nick Galletto took off for San Francisco for a couple of days. Let’s hope that he is with us for the Christmas Party.

            ]’m often asked of news of past member Bill Belier, and I’m sorry to report that Allisen, had a bad fall and broke her hip. She was operated on and is recovering well.

 

Birthdays & Anniversaries

            Joined Rotary – John Hastings – Dec. 5th.

 

Rotary Youth Impact Awards

            Would you believe that it is only 7 weeks left before the big day, make sure that you know what your commitment will be for the event. If you have any questions contact Stephen Thiele or one of the committee members.

 

R.I. Convention

            It is not too early to book for the Rotary International Convention, which will be held in New Orleans, USA, from May 21st. to 25th. 2011.

 

Next Meeting Dec, 16, 2010

            Our Christmas Party, this year it is being held at the Lakeshore Yacht Club. Make sure that you let Susan McCoy know if you will be attending.

 

Trump AIDS Poker Walk

            Walk, Eat, Play and Win, We’re All In.

            To be held in Toronto on Saturday April 30th. 2011.

            The war on AIDS can be won!

            Proceeds will fund international and local initiatives.

 

Spoke Joke

            Walking into a lawyer’s office, a man asked what his rates are.

            “Fifty dollars for three questions,” the lawyer stated.

            “Isn’t that awfully expensive?” the man asked.

            “Yes.” The lawyer replied. “What’s your third question?”

 

Polio Eradication

            As the end draws near, Rotary and its partners in the effort to eradicate polio have adopted an accelerated strategy.

            This is necessary to ensure that cases of polio occurring in this year will be the last – keeping Rotary on track to celebrate a world certified free of polio. An emphasis on stepping up work in troubled spots around the world has been deemed essential for eradication, and the continued hard work of Rotarians is an integral part of the plan.

            The World Health Organization (WHO) has identified 5 top-priority countries, which are affected by conflict, (Afghanistan, Angola, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia and Sudan), five others have been considered “reservoirs”, - countries in which eliminating polio has proved particularly difficult for various reasons (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria and Pakistan.

            The plan includes high levels of routine immunization, more National Immunization Days, surveillance for acute flaccid paralysis, and thorough follow-up activities including house to house immunization in high risk areas. Increased surveillance activities – required to validate eradication – are now implemented.

            AIDS is the next major disease to help eradicate. Let’s all get busy.

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