Watch Annie Lennox and her 4th World AIDS Day Message.
Rotary International
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.
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
Working Together for Small Farmers by BILL GATES
If you care about poor people, you need to care about agriculture.
The stakes could not be higher. The world’s ability to help small farmers be more sustainably productive will determine whether or not they remain in poverty or whether the hard work results in self-sufficiency for hundreds of millions of people.
By Bill Gates read the full story below:
Working Together for Small Farmers
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
We had the best time at the Roxy Cinema in Leeton yesterday afternoon. Great film great location and excellent fellowship. We also raised around $700 for Polio Plus.
If you did not go you missed a special day in our Rotary calender. Thanks Leeton and Narrandera Rotary Clubs for all the work.
Rotary Bangkok Convention May 6-9 Thailand
2012 RI Convention, VDO Promotion from Rotary Thailand on Vimeo.
Click on the convention logo!
The House of Friendship for this coming 2012 Rotary International Convention will be an utmost impressive atmosphere you ever experienced. You will be in the midst of blossom flower garden where we neatly decorate in exquisite style. A wide variety of well-known restaurants in Bangkok have been carefully selected to serve you with a mouth-watering food.
Dazzling to your eyes with Thai cultural performances throughout the day. Additionally, we also open for our fellow Rotarians to fully enjoy. Never missed your communication because we will prepare a hundred computers for you at the Internet Café, or you can bring your own communication device for a free WiFi here.
Enjoy your time with friends, exchange and share the experience of your social contribution in Project Exhibition booth.
Last but not least, don’t forget to enjoy shopping around House of Friendship where we gather the signature products from all around Thailand here.
Where is the House of Friendship?
The House of Friendship will be located at IMPACT Challenger Hall 3. It is interconnected hall with the main IMPACT Exhibition Centre.
Rotary Lights Up the World
In what has become a Rotary anniversary tradition, Rotary clubs around the world are illuminating iconic structures with the End Polio Now message.
Happy Birthday Rotary International 107 Years Old
Thursday 23rd February 1905
On 23 February 1905, Paul P. Harris, Gustavus Loehr, Silvester Schiele, and Hiram E. Shorey gathered in Loehr’s office for what would become known as the first Rotary club meeting.
Harris’s desire for camaraderie among business associates brought together these four men and eventually led to an international organization of service and fellowship.
Full story here: 107 Today
23 February 1905: Rotary Club of Chicago the First of the Sixteen Clubs prior to the formation of the National Association of Rotary Clubs. First gathering, on Thursday evening, 23 February 1905 in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. by attorney Paul P. Harris. Young Harris, fresh from a wild five years as a reporter, actor, cowboy, seaman, granite salesman, fruit picker and hotel clerk, five years building a successful law practice, then had an idea. It was regarding observations of success and respect which could come from organizing professional acquaintances. More years past. He had given this much thought by the time he and Silvester Schiele walked over to Gus Loehr’s office, in Room 711 that cold winter night in 1905, almost 9 years from his arrival in Chicago. Several weeks later, Schiele was elected the first president of Rotary when the meeting was held in his office. Harris suggested several names, one of them being “Rotary.”
Thanks to Ron Nethercutt from the Rotary Club of Mabalacat D 3790
Angeles City, Philippines, for the story above. Ron is also a member of ROTI or Rotarians On The Internet. Ron also plays the trombone and is known as the Jazz Professor.
Imagine
Peace through Service is our Rotary theme for 2012-2013 this track says it all enjoy: