Evening Club will meetFeb 2nd Thursday at 5:30pm @ WeLead building downtown West Liberty
Noon Club will meet Feb 3rd Friday at 12:00pm @ Savor D
please see calendar HERE (click link) , if you know of a program you are wanting to bring to the club please notify president Sara Sedlacek
VOTING ON NEW MEMBER
Our club’s board voted on January 27th to approve on new memberships.
That we accept the following people as a new member(s) of our club:
Krista Lanier
If anyone has an objection to this individual being within the membership in our club, please communicate back to rotaryclubwestliberty@gmail.com ASAP with information of your concerns that will be taken back to the board for further discussions before proceeding with membership for those proposed.
If no written objection is received within 7 days, this individual will be considered as having been elected to membership and inductions/ceremony will take place on a further future date.
WELCOME OUR NEWEST MEMBERS!!!!!
Father Guillermo Trevino Jr.
Allie Paarsmith
Cara McFerren
Juan Manuel Garcia-Hortas
CONGRATS TO SOME BOARD UPDATES!!!!
2023-2024 President Elect to be Jake Burroughs
New board of Director for starting their 1st year 1st term on July 1, 2023 to be Xiomara Levsen
CLUB NEWS
In the search for 1 more board of director member for the 2023-2024 year, if interested please contact Ken Brooks
100 Year Committee is in the works of planning a big thing for 2024!!!! If interested in joining the committee please get ahold of Ken Brooks and Wayne Steen
Rotary D6000 News
Theme for 2023-2024 announced!
Dear District 6000 Leaders,
District Governor Elect Dennis and Heidi participated in Rotary International Assembly and they want to announce the next Rotary Year Theme. Please see the attached postcard for the big news!
District Conferences in April 2023 ….
District Governor Steve wants to share this message from the GRINCH with you!
Information and registration for the April Regional Conferences is on our District website www.rotary6000.org.
POLIO PLUS SOCIETY FORM
Dear Polio Eradication Warriors,
No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. See attached report.
What is that Polio Picture? The Fight against falling immunization rates – In Senegal last month, African heads of state came together at the Forum on Immunization and Polio Eradication in Africa to reaffirm their commitments to tackle declining immunization rates and the resurgence of polio across the region. To ensure vaccines safely reach each child, specific strategies must be deployed in every country and sub-region, dependent on conflict zones and political climate. With careful planning and political commitment, investment in routine immunization efforts, and a focus on restrengthening health systems across Africa, we can improve efforts to end polio and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
A Win Against Polio is a Win For Global Health!
- January 13, 2023 marks 12 years since the last case of wild poliovirus in India – a remarkable public health success. “It seemed impossible until it was done!” – Dr Hamid Jafari, Director of Polio for WHO’s Eastern Mediterranean Region, said reflecting on his time eradicating polio in India and what lessons we can take from this to address the final challenges for achieving eradication in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 0
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total – 700 Afghanistan – 43, Algeria – 2, Benin – 10 (3 in 2021), Cameroon – 2 (3 in 2021), Central African Republic – 4, Chad – 27 (0 in 2021), DR Congo – 339 (28 in 2021), Eritrea – 1, Ethiopia – 1, Ghana – 3, Indonesia – 1, Israel – 1, Madagascar – 13 (13 in 2021), Malawi – 3, Mozambique – 18 (2 in 2021), Niger – 14 (18 in 2021), Nigeria – 43 (415 in 2021), Pakistan – 8, Somalia – 5 (1 in 2021), Sudan – 1, Togo – 2, United States – 1, Yemen – 159 (69 in 2021) .
New Polio Cases & Samples reported in the last week – Afghanustan – 2 WPV1 Samples, Algeria – 1 cVDPV2 Sample, Cameroon – 1 cVDPV2 Case, Chad – 2 cVDPV Cases, DR Congo – 16 cVDPV1 Cases + 19 cVDPV2 Cases, Nigeria – 1 cVDPV2 Case, Somalia – 1 cVDPV2 Case, Zambia – 2 cVDPV Samples.
Quote of the Day – “This is a changing world; we must be prepared to change with it. The story of Rotary will have to be written again and again.” Paul Harris, Rotary’s Founder
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. Twenty Wild Polio cases reported in 2022. One Wild Polio Case reported in 2021. The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 9/20/22. No WPV1 Samples and no cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
Afghanistan No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. Two Wild Polio Cases reported in 2022 . Four Wild Polio cases reported in 2021 The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 9/10/22. Afghanistan reported 56 Wild Polio cases in 2020. Two WPV1 Samples and no cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!
Terry Ziegler, Endowment/Major Gifts Adviser Rotary Region 36
Foundation Minute Welcome to Week 4 of RI’s Month of Vocational Service.
The Rotary Club of Edmonds Daybreakers is driving change for women in Cambodia.
According to Bill Taylor, the club’s international service chair, the Edmonds Daybreakers has joined a group of 14 Rotary Clubs from seven different Rotary Districts around the globe — including the U.S., Thailand, Ireland and Australia — to improve the lives of women in two Cambodian villages, through a RF Global Grant.
The project will involve construction of about 350 washroom toilets at a cost of about $220,000. A washroom toilet is an engineer-designed, septic-tank toilet but is built wider so there is extra space for women to bathe themselves and their children in a safe and dignified space. According to a Daybreakers Rotary press release, violence against women when bathing in the open or using the “bush toilet” is an issue.
“As a test run for this major project, we worked with a Rotary team led by Rotary Port Phillip (in Melbourne, Australia) and supported by the Rotary Foundation and a District 9800 World of Difference team to complete the restoration of over 40 standard toilets to become washroom toilets,” Taylor said. As part of the new project, the Edmonds Daybreakers will work with a partner Rotary Club in Cambodia – Rotary Sangke Battambang. The two-phase project will also include the engagement of two Cambodian not-for-profit organizations — Cambodia Clean Water and Toilets Project and Build Your Future Today –as the prime links with the villages. The project has been approved for financial support from the Rotary Foundation, which “required a significant amount of detail, rigor and justification based on an assessment of what the villagers see as a priority,” Taylor said.
In Rotary,
Olabisi Gwamna, Club Secretary
Mount Pleasant Rotary,
Editor, Foundation Minute
Rotary Magazine Update
Rotary Magazine can be delivered right to your E-Mail box if you choose, follow this link to sign up . https://my.rotary.org/en/node/18361
Also note that if your spouse/partner are both members of our club, you are getting 2 copies of the Rotary Magazine, that will change effective January 1, 2021 to where your household will only receive 1 copy now.
Ringer update:
Anyone wanting something posted in the weekly ringer news please email Gretchen AND Xiomara by Friday EOD weekly.
