This Week November 24 2022
We will NOT meet!
Happy Thanksgiving!
Enjoy your turkey!
See you next week!
Our next meeting will be on December 1st. It will be our official annual meeting.
Then we have our Holiday Social!
Yes, the Holidays are upon us!
Mark your calendars for our annual Holiday Social. This year we are excited to announce our gathering will be at the
Warbird Museum
on December 8th, at 5:30.
Appetizers and non-alcoholic beverages will be served (the museum is an alcohol free zone). The museum will have volunteers on hand for tours and information about the planes on display.
(PS - we will NOT meet in the morning on that date!)
On December 15th we have a most interesting program:
The Great Resignation!
Upcoming events:
An opportunity to participate in our work in Mexico is coming again from the 10th-17th of February. Stay tuned for details.
Friendship Exchange with Colombian Rotarians will be March 10th thru 22nd next year. More fun to be had for sure.
The Rotary District 5420 Annual District Conference
will be held May 4th-5th, 2023 in the Mid-Valley Performing Arts Center. More details as we get closer. BUT, this will be an event to remember so MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW!
Upcoming meetings:
The next Board Meeting will be Thursday, December 1st, at the Bloomington Country Club at 5:30.
The Annual Meeting of this Club will be on December 1st. We will meet at the usual Thursday morning time.
The next Service Committee meting will be December 6th at the Schwartz home.
Upcoming Opportunities for Service Above Self.
On December 15 we will deliver:
Warm Clothing for MIllcreek High School
We will, as we have for many years now, be gathering warm clothing for the Millcreek High School Students. This year the need is great for coats, socks, gloves, sweaters, sweatshirts. We ask that the items donated be new with the original tags still in place. Donations will be delivered to the school will be December 15th prior to the winter break.
And,
Gift bags for the shut-in seniors.
As you shop this season for basic necessities, please include items for those who live alone and may have no other gifts. Items from basic needs such as lotion to those things wanted but usually out of reach such as notecards and stamps are just the tip of the suggestion ice berg. We have learned from the Senior Center that gloves, chapstick, dish towels, and fun puzzles of any kind are what is needed most.
These bags will be delivered the same day as the Millcreek items, December 15th!
So please don't let the need for one prevent you from thinking of the other. After all, we have much and many have little.
As you are aware, our Club sponsored the Rotary Satellite Club of Southern Utah Veterans.
We are happy to see members of their club joining us from time to time and hope perhaps some of you would like to attend a meeting with them.
They meet the 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month at 6 pm at the Elks Lodge.
Thank You Veterans Club for your service!
Greetings Polio Warriors:
WILD POLIO VIRUS, TYPE 1 (WPV1) - Good news once again...there has been NO NEW CASES of Wild Polio Virus Type 1 anywhere in the world for the last 9 weeks.
SIXTY-TWO - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Pakistan (September 15th).
SEVENTY-EIGHT - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Afghanistan (August 29th).
NINETY-EIGHT - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Mozambique (August 10th).
THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-TWO - (11 MONTHS +) - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Malawi (November 19th, 2021).
THIRTY - The total number of cases of WPV1 that have occurred in 2022 year-to-
date (2 in Afghanistan, 8 in Mozambique and 20 in Pakistan).
SIX - The total number of cases of WPV1 that occurred in 2021 (1 in Pakistan, 1 in Malawi and 4 in Afghanistan).
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY - The total number of cases of WPV1 that occurred in 2020.
ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIX - The total number of cases of WPV1 that occurred in 2019.
There were once again, however, 2 new Wild Positive Environmental Samples again collected in Afghanistan, both in the Province of Nangarhar along the border with Pakistan. This brings the total count of Positive Wild Environmental Samples, year to date, 44, 36 in Pakistan and 8 in Afghanistan.
CIRCULATING VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO - On our other battlefront in the war on polio, the circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio, there were 27 new cases compared to 16 cases last week. DR Congo again had the bulk of the cases, 23 in all, with 6 being Type 1 and 17 were Type 2, followed by 4 Type 2cases in Yemen. This brings year to date case totals to 510, compared to 454 a year ago at this time. DR
Congo remains our biggest problem, with 235 cases representing 46% of the total 510 worldwide. WHO reports that outbreak responses to both the cVDPV1 and cVDPV2 continue to be intensified in that country.
And finally, there were 3 Positive Vaccine Derived Environmental Samples Type 2 (ES) reported last week collected in Nigeria, That brings the total number of Positive Vaccine Derived Environmental Samples (ES) to 252 for the year.
*Note: our community has an endless number of absolutely critical needs and needs help from our citizens. However, as a Rotary Club we cannot be all things to all people. So only those service opportunities approved by the Board will be listed in this bulletin. If you have project you wish our members to support, please submit your request to President Dave prior to the Board Meeting each month. Thank you!
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