This Week November 17, 2022
President, Dave Nelson, will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance
PDG Sandi Schwartz will lead us in the 4 Way Test
Marla Shelby will lead us in a moment of blessing.
Our program this week!
Jordan Rushton, President of
Can't wait to hear al the exciting news from the work of the college on tech hill!
And, of course, there will NOT be a meeting on Thursday, November 24th.
Upcoming events:
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.
Stay tuned for details.
Friendship Exchange with Colombian Rotarians will be March 10th thru 24th 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.
Snow Canyon cleanup will be THIS SATURDAY, November 19th from 9:00 to 10:30. Please see Sandi for more details.
Because of Thanksgiving, the dates of this month's monthly food drive have been shuffled a bit.
The Bagging and Boxing will be on
November 16th at the Food Bank.
Washington City distribution will be on
Thursday, November 21st
St. George distribution will be on
Friday, November 22nd.
Millcreek High School Warm Clothing
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.
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 that same day as the Millcreek items. 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 this week...there was NO NEW CASES of Wild Polio Virus Type 1 anywhere in the world.
FIFTY-FIVE - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Pakistan (September 15th).
SEVENTY-ONE - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Afghanistan (August 29th).
NINETY-ONE - The number of days since the last case of WPV1 occurred in Mozambique (August 10th).
THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE - (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 has 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 however, 2 new Wild Positive Environmental Samples collected in Afghanistan, both in communities along the border with Pakistan. This brings the total count of Positive Wild Environmental Samples, year to date, 42, 36 in Pakistan and 6 in Afghanistan.
CIRCULATING VACCINE-DERIVED POLIO - On our other battlefront in the war on polio, the circulating Vaccine-Derived Polio, there were 16 new cases compared to 18 cases last week. DR Congo had 13 of those cases, 5 of which were Type 1 and 8 were Type 2, followed by 3 Type 1cases in Mozambique. This brings year to date case totals to 483, compared to 448 a year ago at this time. DR Congo remains our biggest problem, with 212 cases representing 44% of the total
483 worldwide. WHO reports that outbreak responses to both the cVDPV1 and cVDPV2 continue to be intensified in that country.
And finally, there were 1 Positive Vaccine Derived Environmental Sample Type 2 (ES) reported last week from Zambia, That brings the total number of Positive Vaccine Derived Environmental Samples (ES) to 249 for the year.
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HOT OFF THE PRESS - DATELINE SALT LAKE CITY - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER
11TH - Those of you attending the Zone 26/27 Institute already know this, but for
those of you who didn’t......Officials from Latter-Day Saint Charities, the
Philanthropic arm of the LDS Church, announced from the podium their gift of
$5 Million USD to The Rotary Foundation for PolioPlus. This is in addition to
the $400,000 USD gift the church pledged earlier in Berlin last month at the World
Health Summit’s “Pledging Moment” for PolioPlus. Of course, this wonderful gift,
$5.4 million in all, will be matched 2 to 1 by the Gates Foundation, resulting in
$16.2 million to go towards the fight to end polio.WOW!!!😄 . We are so grateful to
LDS Charities for this donation, and of course, to the Gates Foundation Match as
*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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