Our program this week:
PAWS Thrift Shop Manager, Lynn Berger, will be with us to tell us about the work of PAWS and how we can support it!
Upcoming events:
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!
And, the Rotary International Convention will be held May 27-31 in Melbourne! How awesome! Hope some can take advantage of this great opportunity.
Upcoming meetings:
The next Board Meeting will be held on March 1st - WEDNESDAY - at the Bloomington Country Club at 5:30.
Upcoming Opportunities for
Service Above Self.
The Food Bank:
March dates will be posted later this week.
Please see Pam's invitation for details.
Please come lend a hand if you can.
Snow Canyon Cleanup:
March 11th. Pease see invitation from Sandi for time and place to meet.
Road Cleanup
Coming early April, stay tuned for details from Richard.
The Washington County Fair is coming up April 14-22. There will be various opportunities to pitch in a helping hand including ticket taking and, of course, THE BEER GARDEN!
Susi and Lil will keep us pudated.
And, of course,
May 6th
AND
see note below from Mike Branum regarding how we can support Ironman by supporting his effort!
I am participating in the Ironman 70.3 on May 6. I am participating as an Ironman Foundation "athlete" (and I use that term VERY loosely when applied to me). I am asking for donations to support my swim / bike / run. You are 100% GUARANTEED that part of your donation will come back to St. George Sunrise Rotary. Our club has received a grant from the IMF every time Ironman has come to town. Giving back to an organization that gives to our club and other local charities is the reason I decided to participate as an IMF athlete.
If you are not familiar with what IMF does, here is a link to the IMF YouTube page with videos explaining the mission of the IMF.
Thank you to those who have already donated! Every donation gets me one step closer to my goal and supports worthy non-profits in St. George and around the world.
Mark your calendars for the following events offered by the Veterans Rotary Club:
March 9th:
6:00 PM, regular meeting of the Club
March 15th:
Veterans Club Board Meerting
March 23rd
Elks Lodge service project
Flag Star Card Project
April 13th
Social at Douglas' home
Thank You Veterans Club for your service!
Greetings Polio Warriors:
ONE HUNDRED & SIXTY - The number of days since the last case of WPV1
occurred in Pakistan (September 15th, 2022).
ONE HUNDRED & SEVENTY-SIX - The number of days since the last case
of WPV1 occurred in Afghanistan (August 29th, 2022).
ONE HUNDRED & NINETY-SIX — The number of days since the last case of
WPV1 occurred in Mozambique (August 10th, 2022).
FOUR HUNDRED & SIXTY — (ONE YEAR +) - The number of days since the last
case of WPV1 occurred in Malawi (November 19th, 2021).
FIFTY-THREE - The number of days without any WPV1 cases reported for the year
THIRTY - The total number of WPV1 cases that occurred in 2022 (2 in Afghanistan,
8 in Mozambique and 20 in Pakistan).
SIX - The total number of WPV1 cases that occurred in 2021 (1 in Pakistan, 1 in
Malawi and 4 in Afghanistan).
ONE HUNDRED & FORTY - The total number of WPV1 cases that occurred in
There were, however, 2 WPV1 Positive Environmental Samples reported this
last week in Nangarhar, Afghanistan. So the 2023 total increases to 11 Positive
Wild Samples to date (9 in Afghanistan and 2 in Pakistan). The total count of
Positive Wild Environmental Samples for 2022 remains at 63 (41 in Pakistan
CIRCULATING VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO - On our other battlefront in the war on
polio, the circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio, there were 8 new cases of CVDP
reported this last week compared to 18 total cases the week before. 4 were from
WILD POLIO VIRUS, TYPE 1 (WPV1) - ONCE AGAIN, NO NEW CASES of
Wild Polio Virus Type 1 anywhere in the world, now for the last 23 weeks.
DR Congo (Type 2), 2 from Mozambique (Type 1), one from Madagascar (Type 1)
and one from Yemen (Type 2). However, since they were all collected in 2022, that
brings the 2022 year to date case totals to 724. The 2023 count remains at 3.
There were also 15 Positive Vaccine Derived Environmental Samples (ES)
collected, 8 in Madagascar (Type 1), 5 in Yemen (Type 2) and 2 in Algeria (Type 2).
However all but 2 were collected in 2022, so that brings the 2022 total number of
Positive Vaccine Derived Environmental Samples (ES) to 369 for the year.
The two Algerian cases are the ones that were collected in 2023, and are the
nOPV2 ROLLOUT: SINCE RECEIVING ITS EUL (EMERGENCY USE LISTING)
ON NOVEMBER 13, 2020, AND IT’S SUBSEQUENT ROLLOUT IN MARCH, 2021,
OVER 585 MILLION DOSES OF nOPV2 (novel ORAL POLIO VACCINE TYPE
2) have been administered across 27 countries to date. An additional 14
countries have met the requirements for nOPV2 use in the event of an outbreak.
While you can drill down and learn the full explicit details about nOPV2, including it’s
clinical trials, by visiting the nOPV2 web page, may I suggest you read the Q&A
document embedded within that website by going to nOPV2 Q&A’s. In it I think
you’ll find the answers to most of the questions you may have about this new
vaccine. Although it’s slightly dated (August, 2022), so some numbers may be old, I
think it’s a very informative “quick read” on nOPV2. For example, you can find little
tidbits like, did you know it only costs 15 cents US per dose, and that it’s currently
being used only for outbreaks vs regular NID’s? These and so much more in the
Q&A’s you may find useful for your presentations.
DID YOU KNOW THAT ROTARY PUTS OUT IT’S OWN “END POLIO NOW”
NEWSLETTER? If you go to http://rotary.highroadsolution.com/
ri_preference_center/Form.aspx you will find a listing of various newsletters that
Rotary staff produces regularly to keep us up to date on the various subjects we are
interested in. And the first one listed on this signup webpage is the End Polio Now
Newsletter. If you haven’t signed up for it yet, it’s easy to do and takes about one
*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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