Rotary eBulletin (Aug 31, 2020) (Aug 31, 2020)

Rotary District 7930 eBulletin
August 31, 2020

Burlington Breakfast Technology Assistance Program

The Burlington Breakfast Rotary Club in an effort to assist seniors and others having difficulty with technology and how to use a variety of electronic devices, is introducing a “Technology Assistance Program” This novel community service initiative is designed to connect seniors and computer challenged individuals with others via technology. This service is especially timely during this unprecedented period of the coronavirus in place of traditional, person to person meetings and get-togethers.

Gloucester Announces Photography Contest

The Gloucester Rotary Club will publish a 12-month Cape Ann photo calendar for 2021 as a fundraiser. All profits will go to the Gloucester Rotary Club’s many community and international activities. In Order to publish a beautiful calendar, the Club is requesting high quality digital photos that reflect the amazing communities of Cape Ann throughout the year—photos that reflect what the photographer feels “community” means to him/her, whether it is a person, place or event. As we will be featuring one photo per month, we need images from each season: winter, spring, summer and fall. Photographs from Gloucester, Rockport, Essex and Manchester will be accepted. Click here for full contest rules and requirements. All entries must be received by 12:00 p.m. on Friday, September 18, 2020.

Manchester-Essex Golf Tournament

22nd Annual
Manchester Essex Rotary / Landing Restaurant Golf Tournament
Tuesday, October 6, 2020
12:30 Shotgun Start
Florida Scramble or Best Ball Format
The Meadow at Peabody Golf Course
80 Granite Street, Peabody MA 01960

$100 Entry Fee includes
Greens Fee, Golf Cart, Beverages, Prizes, Lunch

To Benefit: Manchester Essex Rotary Scholarship Fund

Information contact Chris Shea, 508-843-4979

Clubrunner App Improvements

At the recent virtual Clubrunner Conference, enhancements to the very useful Clubrunner App were introduced. The app now provides District level information in addition to club level information. Read the full article here.

A Message from RI President Holger Knaack

Dear Rotarians,

It our pleasure to announce to you that the African region has just been certified wild poliovirus-free.

Rotary members have played an invaluable role in the effort to rid the African region of wild polio. We should be proud of all the hard work that we’ve done to eliminate the wild poliovirus throughout Africa and in nearly every country in the world.

This progress is the result of a decades-long effort across the 47 countries of the African region. It has involved millions of health workers traveling by foot, boat, bike and bus, innovative strategies to vaccinate children amid conflict and insecurity, and a huge disease surveillance network to test cases of paralysis and check sewage for the virus.

Over the last two decades, countless Rotary members in countries across the African region and around the world have worked together to raise funds, immunize children, advocate with local and national leaders, and raise awareness about the importance of vaccination, enabling the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) to effectively respond to and stop polio outbreaks.

This milestone is an incredible public health achievement for Rotary members, the African region, and our GPEI partners, and a huge step forward on the road to global polio eradication. But we still have important work to do in order to eradicate wild polio in the last two endemic countries.

We have faced many challenges in our journey to eradicate polio. But we’ve made remarkable progress, and the polio infrastructure that Rotarians helped build will serve as a lasting legacy that will continue to help protect vulnerable children against other diseases for decades to come.

We are calling on you today to recommit yourselves to ending polio. We need each and every one of you to help finish this fight and continue raising $50 million each year for PolioPlus. The eradication of wild polio in the African region shows us that polio eradication is achievable, and shows how our hard work, partnerships and financial commitment continue to propel us forward, even during a global pandemic.

Thank you for your continued efforts, for achieving a wild polio-free African region, and for remaining committed to fulfilling our promise of a polio-free world.

Sincerely,

Holger Knaack
President, Rotary International

K.R. Ravindran

Chair, The Rotary Foundation

Rotary International President Holger Knaack and Nigeria National PolioPlus Chair Dr. Tunji Funsho congratulate Rotarians on eradicating wild polio in the African Region. Watch here.

Share Your Club's Stories

Posted by Tracy Arabian on Jul 23, 2016

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Rotary District 7930 eBulletin August 31, 2020

Rotary International offers advice and guidance to assist with "hybrid" meetings during covid pandemic. Read article here.

Rotary District 7930 eBulletin
August 31, 2020

Rotary International offers advice and guidance to assist with "hybrid" meetings during covid pandemic.
Read article here.