Today was a Zoom meeting on line. After some conversations President Ralph Witcher opened the meeting at 7:30 A.M. Kathy Ott gave a very nice invocation.
GUESTS ON LINE:
DGE Bob Hobaugh, Kutztown RC; Will G., President of the Northwestern Interact club; .Kathy Ott and Pat Witcher, incoming members; and Capt. Nick Millward. Peace Fellowship candidate calling from Japan.
Pres Ralph began the meeting by leading us in the Pledge to the Flag of the U.S. . Then Ralph asked Marlene Heller to give the 4 Way Test example.
THE FOUR-WAY TEST EXAMPLE:
Marlene asked for a volunteer or two to tell a story indicative of their application of ethical standards recently.
Marlene told of the folks who bought raffle tickets after the closing time. One option was just to issue tickets that were not in the mix to draw. But they gave the money back -- and were told to keep it for the club.
Pres. Ralph displayed the list of members and their September celebration dates.
WHAT ROTARY MEANS TO ME:
PDG Bill Palmer said that Rotary membership is a great way for anyone to give back and make a positive difference. He gave examples of Polio Eradication efforts, Rotaplast missions, a Rotary Foundation grant for a water well in Kenya, our years with EWB working in Sierra Leone, and our years of feeding the hungry with Snack Packs.
KINGDOM LIFE FOOD CENTER:
Jean Masiko said that there were about 300 cars that came through the food distribution line last Saturday.
LOTTERY RAFFLE UPDATE:
Pres. Ralph said that we still are taking donations, including an anonymous $500 one, Our net will be over $9,000 for our community projects.
AWRC INTRODUCES THE “LOOK BOOK” FUNDRAISER:
** We will develop a digital scrapbook
** The “AWRC Look Book” will be available by 9/30/20
** For a small donation ($25) we will send you a digital copy
** All funds will go to the LowHill Food Pantry
Please use the “Donate” button on the AWRC website. Or YOUR donation checks can be sent to Chris Blechschmidt made payable to the AWRC Foundation.
Once available we will provide the assembled pdf to the individual donors.
So far we have multiple pictures from some members, and $300 in cash donations for the Lowhill Food Pantry.
Pres. Ralph said that AWRC is successful because our members are engaged.
AWRC 2020 CHRISTMAS PARTY:
Pres. Ralph reported that at yesterday’s board meeting the idea was approved to hold an outdoor Face-to-Face event in mid-October. The plan is to bring food to the Upper Macungie Park -- off of Route 100 -- on Saturday, October 17th from 1 to 5 P.M. Sunday Oct 18th is the “rain date.”
YVETTE PALMER 5K PURPLR PINKIE RACE:
The race this year will be virtual and is on Oct. 24 which is World Polio Day.
Some volunteers are needed; please contact John Scott.
AND we need some Corporate sponsors.
YOUR SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES:
Please take a look at this new section on the left side of this bulletin.
STATUS OF MORNING MEETINGS;
The AWRC B.O.D. has suspended all AWRC face-to-face meetings until further notice. Zoom meetings are now scheduled for each Wednesday at 7:30 A.M.
NEXT MORNING MEETING:
Wednesday September 23rd starting at 7:30 a.m. We will use Zoom to meet Our program will be Emily Conners, M.S.,Dev Officer-Valley Youth House discussing the Valley Youth House: Serving Vulnerable Youth & Families in our Region
STATUS OF THURSDAY EVENING MEETING:
No Thursday evening meetings are planned for September and for October 2020.
HAPPY DOLLARS and MEMBER NEWS:
Gwenn and Gary told us that they just had a flock of seagulls fly over their NJ home.
Amir Famili is doing fine after his knee surgery, but two more weeks of therapy are ahead.
Carol Ferguson, our speaker today, is featured in an article in the Rotary magazine.
Jean Machamer is happy to be here today, and to have Will on as well.
Bill Palmer is happy that two of his grandchildren called him on Grandparents day.
Gwenn Carr said she has received pictures from about 20 people for the Look Book, and that $300 in donations are in.
Kathy Ott is happy to be with us and happy that she is about to retire.
Ralph Witcher is happy that their son, Seth, performed at Luther Crest and got good reviews.
PROGRAM:
Pres. Ralph Witcher introduced Carol Ferguson, D7430 chair of the Polio Plus committee to discuss “Polio Truths”. Carol is a member of Doylestown Rotary Club and is the Polio Plus Coordinator for our District.
She’s the Founder of the PA Polio Survivor's Network whose mission of service is to bring credible information about the late effects of polio to ALL polio survivors and their caregivers.
Carol is married for 48 years, mother of two grown sons and grandmother of 4. Carol is a survivor - at age 2 she got Polio.
This presentation aims to help our club members better understanding the "Plus" in Polio Plus.
Polio Plus includes:
• PREVENTING DISEASE
• PROVIDING CLEAN WATER
• CREATING JOBS
• IMPROVING HEALTH CARE
Carol said that she is pleased to be with us again. She and other survivors have been attending the annual District 5K Race to end Polio. She thanks us for managing that event and for its great results as a fundraiser each year.
There are nine members in the Survivor’s Network. There are about 15 Million Polio Survivors around the world, with 750,000 of them here in the U.S. The Network is trying to draw attention to the effect of Post-Polio Syndrome (PPS Carol says “polio stinks.” “It’s a lousy disease.”
The Salk vaccine was first and it needed to be injected. The Sabine vaccine followed and it was administered orally which opened up the idea of covering the world.
One truth we may not know is that Polio attacks TWICE, once when you get it, and again when you are much older.. The latter is PPS. This adds more disabilities, and Carol gave some examples. Victims are surrounded by care and still can live a full life. And once we get to zero cases, it still will be a full generation before it is gone.
In September of 2016 Carol went to RI HQ in Evanston, IL to present them with a thank you gift. The real thank you goes to all Rotarians.
In October of 2013 we declared Polio type 3 gone. And last month we declared Africa to be Polio free.
Carol’s final truth today: All children need to be vaccinated.
CLOSING:
Pres Ralph led us in the saying “One profits most who serves best.”
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