Vinita Rotary Club Bulletin July 28, 2010 |
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Rotarian of the Day . . . Amy DeVore Uwe von
Schamann Former OU
& Miami Dolphins Kicker "It's
Just a Game" |
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August
2010 Merle Dixon Lowell Hatcher District Governor No Meeting - Rodeo Parade Happy
Birthday!
"Spotlight
on Service" Medical Supplies Network The success of the District's Medical Supplies Network, (MSN), is due primarily to the involvement of Rotarian's throughout the District. MSN's goal is to provide one container of medical equipment and supplies per month, with an average value of $80,000, to developing countries during the Rotary year. Learn more about the outstanding World Community Service project at www.msni.org. Locally, our Club collects change at area businesses and sends the money collected to Medical Supplies Network. Medical Supplies Network, Inc. A worldwide humanitarian aid project
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Two Little Drops One Big Lesson About Polio Children in a village outside Caborca, in northwestern Mexico, lined up to receive polio vaccine from members of the Rotary Club of Anaheim Hills, CA, in February 2009. Sharon Boyd, who had brought a bag of books along, took one out and handed it to a little girl. The child ran through the town, flipping through the book's pages and showing it to everyone who crossed her path. She didn't seem to mind that it was in English or that it was slightly bent at the corners. That girl inspired author and journalist Diane Reed to create a bilingual coloring book that she hopes to see distributed to every child who receives the oral polio vaccine as part of the PolioPlus program. Reed, also a member of the Anaheim Hills club, is not accepting any royalties. The title, Two Little Drops, reflects how the vaccine is administered, and the text, which is written in rhymes that evoke Dr. Seuss, tells a bit about the history of polio and what Rotary is doing for children around the world. Reed wrote and illustrated the 22-page softbound book, and a Venezuelan friend, Luisa Elena de Rodriguez, translated it into Spanish. Reed hopes that as children color in the Polio Monster and other drawings, they will begin to understand how critical those two little drops are. Besides explaining why immunization is important, I wanted to convey the message that when you work together, anything is possible‚ Reed says: "People thought Rotary was crazy to try to wipe out polio, but look at everything we've accomplished. We're all friends trying to better the world by working together." The Anaheim Hills club is covering the cost of printing for the books that it distributes. The first ones came off the press this February, a week before club members returned to Caborca on their annual trip. The club also purchased 90 pounds of crayons, and Rotarians spent an evening while packaging assorted colors into individual baggies to hand out with 400 copies of Two Little Drops. Anaheim Hills Rotarians who traveled to Nigeria in April for National Immunization Days also brought copies of the book with them, encourage anyone to translate the book into other languages. Reed says: "We're spreading the idea of Service Above Self to children everywhere. It's my hope that by doing this, we'll inspire a new generation of Rotarians.!"
--Insider/The Rotarian/July/2010 |
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