RCWL presenting West Liberty Mayor and City Council Candidate Forum 11/2
RCWL Project Warm Coat Drive Starting!!!!!!
RCWL helps sponsor upcoming Blood Drive Nov 27
WL Local News:
West Liberty Community Hygiene Supply Drive thru Nov 26
WL Chamber 2023 Holiday Open House Weekend Nov 18 and 19th
D6000 EVENTS
Rotary International:
Foundation Minute 10/23
Polio Minute 10/23
RCWL Membership
Membership RE-NEWAL details for the 23-24 Rotary Year
2023-2024 Rotary Year Meeting Format
Upcoming Meeting details...
Friday noon club, or the "Lunch Bunch" will meet at @ Liberty Public House (LPH), starting at 12:00pm.
A note from Chair Cliff McFerren: "The Lunch Bunch has been having great attendance. We have been averaging 12 members per week. Therefore, I will be getting food for 12-14 members and guests. Instead of letting me know you are coming, just let me know if you will NOT be attending by Thursday noonish. Everyone is welcome and it is great to see so many enjoying the fellowship and exchanging "what's happening" in West Liberty."
Dates are as follows:
November 3rd
November 10th
November 17th
NO MEETING FRIDAY NOVEMBER 24th
RCWL helps sponsor upcoming Blood Drive Nov 27
RCWL helps sponsor upcoming Blood Drive Nov 27
Historically Rotary has assisted in the annual blood drive by the regional blood bank.
What does this entail-
1. Someone to open and close First Church United - Bill Koellner will assist with
2. Listings of previous donors are provided the club to call for appointments- usually 3-4 Rotarians call - set up times and provide in advance names and times to blood bank staff
3. Provide a bunch of cookies for donors to eat after they give blood.
Contact Bill Koellner if you an assist with making calls prior to event as well as finding a donor(s) for cookies.
Local families need your help! Today, 6,300 Muscatine County households are struggling to meet their most basic needs. Over 4,300 of those households consist of adults who are working and earning more than the federal poverty level, but less than the basic cost of living for Muscatine County.
This year, as part of Giving Tuesday, United Way of Muscatine is hosting a Community Hygiene Supply Drive to help ensure local families have basic hygiene supplies. We are requesting that local businesses, civic, and faith-based organizations collect hygiene supplies for the community-wide drive from November 13th - November 26th, 2023. Supplies will be available for distribution to local families on Giving Tuesday, November 28, 2023. Needed items include: laundry detergent, dish soap, toilet paper, paper towels, shampoo, conditioner, body wash/soap, Kleenex, toothpaste, toothbrushes, dental floss, deodorant, feminine products, combs/hair brushes, and lotion.
The supplies collected can be picked up on Monday, November 27th or dropped off at the West Liberty Food Pantry located at 1100 N. Calhoun Street between 12:00pm-3:00pm. If you prefer to make a monetary contribution, please note that the funds are to be designated to the West Liberty Community Hygiene Supply Drive. We will then purchase needed supplies. West Liberty Food Pantry personnel will distribute supplies to those in need. All donations will stay in the West Liberty School District!
If you would like to host a Community Hygiene Supply Drive or make a donation, please fill out this electronic pledge form or call Hilary at 563-279-4237 to register your drive. Please contact Hilary at 563-263-249-4237 or hilary@unitedwaymuscatine.org with any questions.
When we choose to Live United, we can create a better tomorrow together.
Kind Regards,
Hilary Henke Community Engagement Manager | United Way of Muscatine
We have so many events planned already for our Holiday Open House weekend- we can't wait to share it all with you. However, what we have booked now will not disappoint. Many of our businesses are In-home, farming families and many others who want to connect with more clients. Sponsorships of an area or an item can boost that platform.
Holiday Sponsorship Opportunities
Ron-De-Voo Holiday enhancements (Who-Ville-Voo) NEW
Photo Opportunities at City Hall NEW
Campfire pits with S'mores (already sponsored for this year)
Meet and Greet with Alpacas NEW
Meet and Greet with Olaf the Snowman NEW
Meet and Greet with Santa and Mrs. Claus
Holiday Vendor Market IS RETURNING!
Chime Choir at West Liberty Public Library A Holiday classic
Trivia Night at LPH NEW
Bingo Afternoon at LPH
Mrs. Miller's Piano Students @ New Strand Theatre NEW
Petting Zoo on Spencer Street NEW
+ so much more !
Holiday Luminaries- $5 each. We will display them during the tree lighting at City Hall November 19th from 430-630pm. Tree Lighting at 530pm.
Welcome to Week 4 of RI’s Month of Economic & Community Development.
This is also the week we celebrate World Polio Day, which happens every October 24.
The news this week is a kaleidoscope of the good things TRF, along with the World Health Organization, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and others entities are doing to eradicate Poliomyelitis. Like Iowa Rotarians, Peter Teahen and John Ockenfels, who flew over 25,000 miles to more than 22 countries in their bid to raise awareness of polio, Bashar Asfour, a member of the Rotary Club of Tbilisi Ambassador, Georgia, embarked on a European tour in a Volkswagen bus, starting in Berlin on 31 August. His aim was to raise awareness, gather donations, and inspire new volunteers to fight polio. He visited 16 countries and attended meetings in 38 cities. The journey culminated in Chemnitz, Germany, on October 20 and 21, which coincide with the main Rotary event for World Polio Day in the region.
From Colombia we learned how Rotarians Sonia Uribe and Alberto Londoño launched El Zoo del Amor (stuffed animals wearing shirts with the Rotary logo) to provide comfort to terminally ill children. The project has raised about US$260,000 that will be spent on polio eradication efforts and vaccinations for more than 76,000 children, nurturing children’s lives and creating a polio-free world.
The Rotary Club of Antananarivo-Mahamasina organized the sixth running of the Urban Trail, uniting clubs in Madagascar’s capital. With more than 4,000 participants on 7-km and 14-km (4.3-mile and 8.7-mile) routes, this event coincided with African Vaccination Week. The initiative aimed to raise awareness about the PolioPlus program and the importance of vaccination. On the Korean island of Jeju, Rotary members in District 3662 and the Sehyang Orchestra organized a concert of traditional Gugak music. This concert was a rare treat for Jeju residents, who have limited access to such events. It was attended by 400 people and raised 16 million won (about US$12,000) for the PolioPlus Fund.
In Rotary,
Olabisi Gwamna, PhD
Mount Pleasant Rotary
Editor, Foundation Minute
No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. We are now 5 weeks since the most recent reported Wild Polio Case - in Pakistan. .
In the lead-up to World Polio Day on 24 October, GPEI has launched a Make Polio History campaign to rally existing and new supporters of polio eradication from all over the world to champion the cause. We need your help! Add your voice in support of eradication by visiting the campaign website and taking action. https://makepoliohistory.org/
This year, each Rotarian is encouraged to make a personal donation (of a size dictated by their financial situation) to the PolioPlus Fund by World Polio Day. I made mine last week and am encouraging each of my club members to join me! And Club leaders are urged to make sure each donation is recognized as Paul Harris or Major Donor credit.
What can you do to Support World Polio Day?
Register your club’s World Polio Day action by 24 October.
Share the “Make Polio History” video on your social media.
Pitch a story about World Polio Day and your club’s contributions to eradicating polio to a local media outlet.
Learn about the two vaccines used to stop polio transmission — inactivated polio vaccine and oral polio vaccine.
Donate - Make a personal donation to the END POLIO NOW effort.
Each donation made to Rotary’s End Polio Now effort is matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to maximise its effect. As such, if you give US$10 to the effort, as an example, the amount becomes US$30, and with that, 60 children will be vaccinated in the remaining affected countries. Thank you for everything that you do! We wish you a very successful World Polio Day!
Total Wild Polio cases
Year-to-date 2023
Total
2022
Total
2021
Total
2020
Total
2019
Globally
9
30
6
140
176
- in endemic countries:
9
22
5
140
176
- in post-endemic countries:
0
8
1
0
0
2023 Wild Polio Case Total 8 - Afghanistan 6, Pakistan 3
2022 Vaccine Derived Polio Cases – 912 in 25 Countries
2023 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total - 322 Benin - 3, Burkina Faso - 2, Burundi - 1, Central African Republic - 12, Chad - 37, Cote d' Ivoire - 5, DR Congo - 176, Guinea - 7, Indonesia - 3, Israel - 1, Kenya - 5, Madagascar - 17, Mali - 9, Mozambique - 3, Nigeria - 26, Somalia - 3, Tanzania - 2, Yemen - 3, Zambia - 1.
2022 Circulating Vaccine Derived Polio Case Total - 912 Afghanistan - 43, Algeria - 3, Benin - 11 , Burundi - 1, Cameroon - 3, Central African Republic - 6, Chad -44, DR Congo - 507, Republic of Congo - 1, Eritrea - 1, Ethiopia - 1, Ghana - 3, Indonesia - 1, Israel - 1, Madagascar - 14, Malawi - 4, Mali - 2, Mozambique - 22, Niger - 16, Nigeria - 48, Pakistan - 8, Somalia - 5, Sudan - 1, Togo - 2, United States - 1, Yemen - 162.
New Polio Cases & Samples reported this week -
Cameroon: two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Central African Republic: one cVDPV2 case
Côte d’Ivoire: two cVDPV2 cases and four positive environmental samples
DR Congo: three cVDPV1 and three cVDPV2 cases, two cVDPV2 positive environmental samples
Madagascar: three cVDPV1 positive environmental samples
Mali: one cVDPV2 case
Yemen: one cVDPV2 case
Quote of the Day - "It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in line." - Ashleigh Brilliant, Writer, Cartoonist
The Final Two Polio Endemic Countries:
Pakistan No new Wild Polio cases reported this week. Three Wild Polio cases reported in 2023. Twenty Wild Polio cases reported in 2022. The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 9/13/23. No WPV1 Samples and no cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Pakistan.
Afghanistan No new Wild Polio case reported this week. Six Wild Polio cases reported in 2023 - all from the Nangarhar Province. Two Wild Polio Cases reported in 2022. The most recent case had an onset of paralysis on 9/24/23. No WPV1 Samples and no cVDPV2 Positive Environmental Samples were reported this week in Afghanistan.
Advocate, Donate & Educate to END POLIO NOW & FOREVER!
20,500,000 Children Saved from the Paralysis of Polio
Our Goal is Global Polio Eradication!!
Terry Ziegler, Polio Update Newsletter Editor
Rotary Region 36 END POLIO NOW Coordinator 2024-27
Here is the link to the google form that collects the data from the hard-copy membership renewal form. Please note that members can turn in the paper form (attached as well here) or submit this form (select CLICK ME below), whichever they prefer. Payments accepted is via Cash, Check, Venmo or credit card, please contact Ken Brooks and Krista Lanier. Paper invoices will be going out this week.
To clarify some misinformation recently published in a formally local publication, there is only one Rotary Club in West Liberty.
Thursday Evening Meetings: 1st Thursday of every month from 5:30-7PM starting at the Country Club with the possibility of moving to the Community Center at a later date. These meetings will not only be open to the public, but the community, including families, that will be encouraged to attend. The first 30 minutes or so will be for social/dinner, then we will have an opening ceremony followed by a guest speaker. Onsite childcare will be available.
Friday Lunch Meetings: Every Friday at Noon at Liberty Public House. There is a $10 meal fee per person that attends. Program consists of a round-robin where personal, business, and community updates are shared.
Rotarians and members of the public are welcome to attend any and all Rotary meetings, presentations, and community service projects. For more information, or any questions about the meeting schedule and format for 2023-2024, please let President Ken Brooks
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.
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