When you are listed for Bulletin duty, please send a Bulletin article (max 300 words about any subject with relevant images) no later than 3 days after the date your name appears to Nick Carter @ [email protected]Meets Tuesday at 7:00 AM, Cultural Center of Charlotte County, Port Charlotte, Florida Rotary Club of Charlotte Harbor OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS 2015-2016 PRESIDENT Mark Payne PRES-ELECT Bob Clendenin SECRETARY Rick Zander TREASURER Sherry Penfield PAST PRESIDENT Dave Powell SERGEANT AT ARMS Craig Olson DIRECTORS Craig Olson Club #4308 Rotary International President: Gary Huang District Governor, District 6960: Cyndi Doragh Assistant Governor, Area 7: Darryl Keys The Conquistador The Conquistador January 26, 2016 Volume 36 - Issue 19 Chartered April 4, 1980 Date Greeter Bulletin TODAY Chris G Wayne S 2 Feb Jim H Joe R 9 Feb Rick H Dave P 16 Feb Don H Sherry P Wayne showing his true COLORS! Rotary Gives $35 Million to Boost Polio Eradication Rotary is releasing $35 million in grants to support polio immunization activities and research in nine countries, including Afghanistan and Pakistan. The funds will build on last year’s historic achievement of stopping the transmission of the wild poliovirus in Nigeria and all of Africa. “We are closer than ever to achieving a polio-free world,” says Michael K. McGovern, chair of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee. “To ensure that no child ever again suffers the devastating effects of this disease, we must all ensure that the necessary funds and political will are firmly in place in 2016.” The funds announced this week include $11.4 million in Pakistan and $6 million in Afghanistan, the two remaining polio-endemic countries. Funding will also support immunization activities in several countries still at-risk, including Nigeria ($5.5. million), Ethiopia ($4.1 million), Chad ($2 million), Somalia ($1.8 million), Cameroon ($1.6 million), Iraq ($1.6 million), and India ($618,000). An additional $355,000 will be allocated to polio research.
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Bulletin article (max 300 words about any subject
with relevant images) no later than 3 days after the
Meets Tuesday at 7:00 AM, Cultural Center of Charlotte County, Port Charlotte, Florida
Rotary Club of Charlotte Harbor
OFFICERS AND
DIRECTORS
2015-2016
PRESIDENT Mark Payne
PRES-ELECT Bob Clendenin
SECRETARY Rick Zander
TREASURER Sherry Penfield
PAST PRESIDENT Dave Powell
SERGEANT AT ARMS
Craig Olson
DIRECTORS Craig Olson
Club #4308
Rotary International President: Gary Huang District Governor, District 6960: Cyndi Doragh
Assistant Governor, Area 7: Darryl Keys
The Conquistador The Conquistador January 26, 2016 Volume 36 - Issue 19 Chartered April 4, 1980
Date Greeter Bulletin
TODAY Chris G Wayne S
2 Feb Jim H Joe R
9 Feb Rick H Dave P
16 Feb Don H Sherry P
Wayne showing his true COLORS!
Rotary Gives $35 Million to Boost Polio
Eradication
Rotary is releasing $35 million in grants to
support polio immunization activities and
research in nine countries, including
Afghanistan and Pakistan.
The funds will build on last year’s historic
achievement of stopping the transmission of
the wild poliovirus in Nigeria and all of
Africa.
“We are closer than ever to achieving a
polio-free world,” says Michael K.
McGovern, chair of Rotary’s International
PolioPlus Committee. “To ensure that no
child ever again suffers the devastating
effects of this disease, we must all ensure
that the necessary funds and political will
are firmly in place in 2016.”
The funds announced this week include
$11.4 million in Pakistan and $6 million in
Afghanistan, the two remaining
polio-endemic countries. Funding will also
support immunization activities in several
countries still at-risk, including Nigeria
($5.5. million), Ethiopia ($4.1 million),
Chad ($2 million), Somalia ($1.8 million),
Cameroon ($1.6 million), Iraq ($1.6
million), and India ($618,000). An
additional $355,000 will be allocated to
polio research.
“If this Rotary of ours is destined to be more than a mere passing of time, it will be because you and I have learned the importance of bearing with each other’s infirmities, the value of toleration.”
Paul P. Harris, Founder of Rotary
Last Weeks Meeting
At Last Weeks ‘Meeting’- We were fortunate enough to have Lucy Polatova give the presen-tation and we were introduced to some history of the Czech Republic, as well as meeting a fantastic example of RYE.
Darryl Keys Representing the District
Servers:
Pictured from Left to Right
PJ, Rick, Bob C, Dave P, and Darryl Keys
Servers:
Pictured from Left to Right
Jose, Rick, PJ, Carl R, Jim H, and Cliff F
Sherry explaining the water project board and
presenting one of the potential prizes.
Mark Presenting our speaker Lucy Polatova with a
Certificate of Appreciation and Exchanging
Banners.
Jose with his guest Valerie Carballosa
THE
FOUR-WAY
TEST
Of things we
think, say or do
First, Is it the
TRUTH?
Second, Is it FAIR
to all
concerned?
Third, Will it build
GOODWILL &
BETTER
FRIENDSHIPS?
Fourth, Will it be
BENEFICIAL to
all concerned?
Port Charlotte High School
Advisor
Rick Hayman Nick Carter
“ In the end, We only REGRET the chances we didn’t take”
The Rotary Theme for 2016-2017
Rotary’s founder, Paul Harris, believed that serving humanity is “the most worthwhile thing a person can
do,” RI President-elect John F. Germ said, and that being a part of Rotary is a “great opportunity” to make
that happen.
Germ unveiled the 2016-17 presidential theme, Rotary Serving Humanity, to incoming district governors on
18 January at the International Assembly in San Diego, California, USA.
“I believe everyone recognizes the opportunity to serve Rotary for what it truly is: not a small opportunity,
but a great one; an opportunity of a lifetime to change the world for the better, forever through Rotary’s
service to humanity,” said Germ.
Rotary members around the globe are serving humanity by providing clean water to underdeveloped com-
munities, promoting peace in conflict areas, and strengthening communities through basic education and
literacy. But none more important than our work to eradicate polio worldwide, he said.
After a historic year in which transmission of the wild poliovirus was stopped in Nigeria and all of Africa,
Germ said we are closer than ever to ending polio.
“We are at a crossroads in Rotary,” he added. “We are looking ahead at a year that may one day be known
as the greatest year in Rotary’s history: the year that sees the world’s last case of polio.”
Last year’s milestones leave just two countries, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where the virus still circulates.
Polio would be only the second human disease ever to be eradicated.
When that moment arrives, it’s “tremendously important” that Rotary is ready for it, said Germ. “We need to
be sure that we are recognized for that success, and leverage that success into more partnerships, greater
growth, and even more ambitious service in the decades to come.”
Germ, a member of the Rotary Club of Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, encouraged attendees to return to
their clubs and communities and spread the word about Rotary’s role in the fight for a polio-free world.
“People who want to do good will see that Rotary is a place where they can change the world. Every Rotary
club needs to be ready to give them that opportunity,” Germ said.
Enhancing Rotary’s image isn’t the only way to boost membership. “We need clubs that are flexible, so our
service will be more attractive to younger members, recent retirees, and working people.”
He added: “We need more willing hands, more caring hearts, and more bright minds to move our work
forward.”
‘Rotary Serving Humanity’
District 6960 Web Site www.rotary6960.org
Rotary International Web Site www.rotary.org
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Nicholas Carter
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