September 15- 6:30- Garden Party event at Strewn Winery hosted by the Rotary International Foundation Committee- Bring one dish of finger food with you if you are attending and provide a $20.00 donation per person which will be utilized for the RI Foundation. Preregistration complete.
September 18- 9:00 am- Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup
September 21– Noon Club Assembly with Rotary District Governor Anne Bermingham –ZOOM meeting only
September 25- 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Newark Neighbours Porch Food Drive
September 28– 6:30- 8:00 pm- Tour of the Niagara Falls Power Plant- $35pp. Contact Jan Van Haren
October 2 - SAVE THE DATE- Pedal for POLIO event. See details below. Contact Bill French
frenchwe@gmail.com
November 9th- SAVE THE DATE - Paul Harris Awards Dinner at Ravine. More details to follow.
ANNOUNCEMENTS-
Great Lakes Watershed Cleanup:
Saturday September 18 between 9:00 am - 11:00 am.
All supplies to be provided.
Two locations identified along the Niagara Parkway.
Those who cannot attend are encouraged to collect litter over the week prior and send in pictures of them doing so.
If interested in helping coordinate the volunteers participating contact:
Newark Neighbours Porch Pick-up Food Drive:
On September 25 between 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, Newark Neighbours is having another Food Drive and has asked Rotary if we would once again provide volunteers to collect and drop off the donations.
They have 62 families representing 120 people (36 children) who visit twice weekly. Their stores have been depleted. Looking for a point person for our club to coordinate the volunteers.
Participate for Polio
TAKE ACTION TO ERADICATE A DISEASE FOREVER
Walk, ride, run or roll to End Polio Now!
Please encourage your family and friends to join us for a fun ride/walk and BBQ or sponsor your participation in the event.
Every dollar we raise will be matched 2 to 1 ($1 becomes $3) by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Our goal is to raise $20,000 ... $60,000 with the support of the Gates Foundation.
Let's do this! PLEASE REGISTER NOW!
To register for the Participate for Polio event on Oct 2, 2021:
5 REASONS WHY WE MUST ERADICATE POLIO
IMPROVE LIVES.
Today, 19 million people who would otherwise be paralyzed by polio are walking, and 1.5 million people who would have died are alive.
INVEST IN THE FUTURE.
If all eradication efforts stopped today, within 10 years, polio could paralyze as many as 200,000 children annually. A polio-free world will be a healthier world for children everywhere.
IMPROVE CHILD HEALTH.
Polio surveillance networks and vaccination campaigns also monitor children for other health problems, like vitamin deficiency and measles, and address them sooner.
LOWER HEALTH CARE COSTS.
The global effort to eradicate polio has already saved more than $27 billion in health care costs since 1988, and expects to save $14 billion more by 2050.
MAKE HISTORY.
Polio eradication will be one of history’s greatest public health achievements, with polio following smallpox to become only the second human disease eradicated from the world.
Websites to Remember
Your Club website: