|
This week's speaker to be announced.
Meetings start at 7:00 a.m. at the Gettysvue Clubhouse.
Map to Gettysvue
Breakfast Club Receives District 6780's Globe Award and Star Club Award
 |
 |
|
Frank Rothermel presents
District Globe Award to Chris Bray
|
2008 Star Club Award
|
The Knoxville Breakfast Club continues to be recognized as an award winning club.
For its efforts in the World Community Service area, the club was presented with the District 6780 Globe Award, It was presentedby Frank Rothermel from
the Rotary Club of Knoxville on behalf of DG Robin Textor. It was accepted by Chris Bray, president-elect, on behalf of the club.
The Knoxville Breakfast Club was recognized at the Multi-District Conference in Nashville with the 2008 Star Club Award which is presented to clubs who contribute at
least $100 per club member per year.
Anne-Todd Staples Receives Paul Harris Fellow
 |
|
Buddy Brown and David Beaman present
Anne-Todd Staples with her Paul Harris Fellow
|
Club President Buddy Brown presented Anne-Todd Staples with her first Paul Harris Fellow at a recent meeting.
Club Secretary David Beaman assisted in the presentation.
Anyone who contributes – or in whose name is contributed – a gift of US$1,000 or more to the Annual Programs Fund may become a Paul Harris Fellow. Each new Paul Harris Fellow receives a commemorative certificate, a Paul Harris Fellow pin, and a medallion. Donors are eligible for Paul Harris Fellow recognition when their cumulative giving reaches US$1,000. Learn more about becoming a Paul Harris Fellow.
Congratulations, Anne-Todd.
|
|
|
Bill Gates Giving Polio Vaccine to Child
|
Battle Against Polio Gets Major Grant
RUETERS NEWS SERVICE
November 27, 2007 Page D2
The global campaign to eradicate polio received a $200 million grant that health officials say will help fund the final push to wipe out the disease.
A world effort to beat polio has succeeded in slashing the number of cases by 99% during the past two decades, but the virus that causes the disease persists, mainly in Afghanistan, India, Nigeria and Pakistan.
The grant from the Gates Foundation and Rotary International is the catalyst needed to finally eradicate the infection that mostly strikes children under 5 years old, said Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
"We have the technical tools to do it, and we can achieve a polio-free world if the rest of our financial partners step up to meet the challenge," she said.
The highly infectious polio virus usually causes common cold symptoms, but in a small percentage of people spread to the digestive and nervous systems and can cause severe, lasting damage. Survivors struggle to walk or breathe. Vaccines developed more than 50 years ago work well against polio, but geographic isolation, armed conflict and cultural barriers have kept it from reaching people in the four countries where the disease remains endemic.
In October, the WHO said there has been significant progress in India and Nigeria, which together account for most of the world's 735 reported polio cases so far in 2007. This compares with 1,686 reported cases at the same time last year.
A nearly 20-year effort called the Global Polio Eradication Initiative involving more than 200 countries has succeeded in driving the number of polio cases world-wide from 350,000 in 1988 to 1,997 cases in 2006. All but 128 of the cases last year were in India, Nigeria, Afghanistan and Pakistan, the group said.
Rotary International received a $100 million grant from the Gates Foundation, which the organization of business leaders said it would match over a three-year period. Most of the $100 million will be spent to boost mass immunization campaigns in the polio-affected countries, polio-virus surveillance activities and community education and outreach.
|
