We will hear from our own
Our own Lil
with news of this year's
Huntsman World Senior Games
I think Lil and Wayne look ready to take on the competition, don't you?
Before moving on to events, meetings, etc. a great announcement and a request!
Thanks to all who made this happen, we now have a working - and updated - Facebook Page
please visit:
St. George Sunrise Rotary Club on Facebook and please "like and share" so we can get this great information source going around!
AND!
An announcement and request!
The Bloomington Country Club will have the breakfast buffet ready for us by 7:00 a.m. In order to get our meetings started on time, please arrive early enough to visit with your fellow Rotarians, fill your plate, take your seat and be ready for the meeting to start promptly at 7:30. We need to be respectful of our speakers and be sure they have enough time to present to us what they have prepared. Please help President Dave keep us on track!
Upcoming events:
RYLA will be held at Aspen Grove September
21-24. RYLA is for high school sophomores and juniors and has truly changed lives. If you know of a potential attendee, please see Derrick Loyola or Gregg Grajek ASAP!
The Evening of Elegance
is coming up fast!
Mark you calendars now for September 24th at the Hilton Garden Inn. The plans are coming together really well, this promises to be an excellent event. BUT, it will only be great if everyone pitches in.
We need LOTS of silent auction itmes?
Don't know what is needed?
Here is a short list of suggestions:
Dental Cleaning
Oil Changes
Restaurant Gift Cards - any restaurant fancy or fast food
Coffee shop gift card
Hardware store donations or gift card
A Minky Blanket - who can ask for that?
Rounds of golf or other athletics
Golf lessions
A stay in Mesquite
Anything in Springdale
soaps, lotions, candles from local craftspeople
jewelry
gift cards from clothing stores
etc.
etc.
etc.
Think of something you would use and go ask for it!
Please thank our gold sponsors:
Paramount Tax and Accounting
(Ron Wilhelm)
and
Infinite Solutions
(Darrin and Richelle Hallman)
for their support.
Registration is open, just go to the Club Website. OR, you can write a check. Please get your checks to Richelle.
Our district will celebrate World Polio Day on Saturday October 15th. District Governor, Jose will be hosting a live stream broadcast from Park City and encourages all to participate!
And, on a VERY LOCAL level, Sandi Schwartz will again be taking her
Ride to Nowhere!
Sandi will ride her Peloton bike 100 miles to raise funds for polio eradication. So critical right now!
AND!
Is polio eradication worth a jump out of a
perfectly good airplane?
President Dave, DG Jose and others think so! Will you contribute to
END POLIO NOW
if they jump?
Details at the meeting.
will be here before you know it! Mark your calendars now for October 28th and 29th. Dave H. will be providing more information on volunteering etc. as we get closer.
Here is the link to sign up to volunteer:
https://ironman.greaterzion.com/community/volunteer/
Be sure to sign up for Run Aid Station 4
(that is be at 100 West and Diagonal)
Upcoming meetings:
The next meeting of the Evening of Elegance Committee will be September 14h, at Bloomington at 5:30.
The next Board Meeting will be October 6th, at the Bloomington Country Club at 5:30.
Upcoming Opportunities for Service Above Self.
Sandi and crew will be leading a Snow Canyon trail repair/cleanup this Saturday, September 17th. The cooler weather will make this an enjoyable work project. See Sandi for details about time, where to park, etc.
BOOKS BOOKS BOOKS
The monthly food drive will take place on September 28th (the Bagging and boxing at the Food Bank), 29th (distribution in Washington City) and 30th (distribution in St. George.
Richard S. will lead a group of dedicated road cleaners (that would be us) on a trek to clean up our section of Dixie Drive on October 1st. We will meet at Tonaquint Park at 8:00 a.m.
WE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO VOLUNTEER AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE
HUNTSMAN WORLD SENIOR GAMES ON
OCTOBER 4TH.
PRESIDENT DAVE HAS MORE DETAILS.
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!
WILD POLIO VIRUS, TYPE 1 (WPV1) - There were two new cases of WPV1 reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan this last week, increasing the overall count to 23 for the year. Although they were only just reported, paralysis actually occurred in the last case on August 9th. This brings the total number of cases in Pakistan to17, all coming from the same area, which has been one of the hardest hit areas by the floods in that country, making the situation even more dire when it comes to attempting to vaccinate all the children.
TWENTY-NINE - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Pakistan (August 1st).
SIXTY-FOUR - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Mozambique (July 5th).
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX (7 MONTHS +) The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Afghanistan (January 14th).
TWO HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO (9 MONTHS +) - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Malawi (November 19th, 2021).
TWENTY-THREE - The total number of cases of WPV1 that has occurred in 2022 year-to-date (1 in Afghanistan, 5 in Mozambique and 17 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 NO New Wild Positive Environmental Samples (ES’s) reported this last week, so the total, year to date, remains at 23 Wild Positive Environmental Samples, 21 in Pakistan and 2 in Afghanistan.
CIRCULATING VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO - On our other battlefront in the war on polio, the circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio, there were 20 new cases vs. 26 the week before. 10 we’re in Yemen, 7 in DR Congo, 2 in Mozambique and 1 in Ghana. All were Type 2 except the two cases in Mozambique, which were Type 1. This brings year to date case totals to 292, compared to 294 a year ago at this time. Of particular concern in Yemen is that in almost two-thirds of the areas reporting the bulk of the cVDPV2 cases, they have not yet implemented type 2-containing polio vaccination campaigns, underscoring the risk both to local children and to neighboring countries. Intensive efforts are ongoing to access Yemen’s northern governorates with polio vaccine. The number of cVDPV2 cases in Yemen now stands at 120, 41% of the total VDPV cases, year to date, worldwide. DR Congo is a distant 2nd with 82 cases, or 28% of the total, worldwide.
And finally, there were 6 Positive Environmental Samples (ES) of Vaccine Derived Polio Type 2 reported last week, two of which were collected from the wastewater systems in London, UK
*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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