Month: March 2012
Annie Lennox SING Campaign
Watch Annie Lennox and her 4th World AIDS Day Message.
Dolly’s Imagination Library puts books into the hands of children – Rotary Voices
The wonderful partnership between Dolly Parton and Rotary International continues to flourish in communities both large and small all across the USA, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Although every community approaches the program in its own way, one thing impresses me much more than dollars raised or even time invested –and this is the enormous influence Rotarians exert in their communities..
Dolly Parton and Rotary International from Rotary International on Vimeo.
On many occasions, we have witnessed how Rotarians use their influence to leverage support from both the public and private sector. Rotarians bring instant credibility to the table and consequently, local, state and provincial governments are eager to join forces with Rotary and Dolly to bring the Imagination Library to their children. Likewise many Rotary clubs have been successful in teaming up with United Way to launch the program in their communities.
Influence is an earned commodity and we are fortunate that the decades of good will and great work of Rotary now benefits the children of the Imagination Library.
John Burns Induction
It is always a very important occasion the induction of a new member to our club. Last Monday our President Marg Perkin inducted John Burns to Rotary International as a member of Coolamon Rotary. John is the Head Master at the Coolamon Central School and we also welcome Val, John’s wife, to our family of Rotary. PP Ian Durham will introduce John to the ways of Rotary and we wish John a long and mutually rewarding association with our club and Rotary International.
Bay Breezes March 6
Here are a few of the bulletins that we receive each week from other clubs enjoy:
Bay Breezes March 6
Crow About 5 March 2012
Keyway February 28 2012
Kooringal 29 February 2012
ROTI March 2012
Wollundry 28 February 2012
He profits most who serves best
He profits most who serves best
Arthur Frederick Sheldon, the Rotarian whose convention speech inspired Rotary’s secondary motto, One Profits Most Who Serves Best.
“I believe – –
That we are living in a scientific age, one in which all lines of useful effort are rapidly becoming reduced to a scientific basis.
That we are living in an age of the survival of the fittest.
That it means more to be fit today than it did ten years ago.
That it will mean more to be fit ten years from now than it does today.
That we are living in a commercial age, and that commerce or business is a science.
That a science is simply classified common sense based upon proper seeing, grasping, comparing and recording of facts,
That a profession is a Science practiced.
That the science of business is the science of service, he profits most who serves best.”
Rotarian Arthur Sheldon at the Chicago Convention in 1910.
Thank you to Past RI Director Dan Moores and Rtn Norm Winterbottom for the history. Dan and Norm are members of ROTI or Rotarians On The Internet.
Ganmain Floods
The week we had 300mm of rain or 12″
Ganmain was flooded and a lot of damage done to several buildings internally including the Senior Citizens centre, the Ganmain Historical Society, The Ganmain Men’s Shed, The Red Cross Hall, Warren’s Butchery. If anyone wants to help with the clean up please contact me on 6927 6027.
The Boggy Creek bridge has been damaged but one lane is open.
The rain has gone now and we are having beautiful sunny days to aid in the clean up.
One in a Million: The People Who Made India Polio-Free
THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES OT RID THE WORLD OF POLIO.
Message from Tom Telfer a member of ROTI or Rotarians On The Internet
Just completed the first National Immunisation Day of 2012 on February 19, 2012
India in the Andhra Pradesh region.
Did you know what it involved? Here are just some basic facts ……
* 800,000 vaccination booths
* 2.3 Million vaccinators
* 1.2 Million vaccination teams
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155,000 supervisors, with 155,000 vehicles ( cars, motorcycles, mopeds,
bicycles, boats, elephants, camels or whatever it takes )
* 220 Million doses of Polio Vaccine, carried around the country in 2.0 Million vaccine carrier bags
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6.3 Million ice packs to keep all those doses of polio vaccine in the
2.0 Million vaccine carries bags to maintaine the cold chain.
* 91 Million homes visited
* 170 Million children immunized during each NID – of these, 10 crore children immunized in just one day at booths. 1 crore equals 10 million, so 10 crore would be 100 million!
No Polio Case was reported this week.
P.P. Tom Telfer, B.A.
P.H.F.
Past Chair of Rotary Editors & Publishers
Charter member of Rotarians on the Internet
Member Rotary Rolodex
Member ICUFR
AMAZING WORK