World Polio Day is a time for Rotary members, public health advocates, and all who want a world free from polio to come together, recognize our progress in the fight to end polio, and talk about the actions we need to take in order to end polio for good. All donations are matched 2:1 by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, tripling your impact!
Please join us on Thursday, October 24 (World Polio Day) for Pints for Polio at DK Maria’s at 5:00pm. This is a joint project with our club, Rotary Club of Austin Southwest and Rotary Club of Austin Westlake. DK Maria’s will donate $1 to PolioPlus for every drink ordered. Grab a friend and come join us!
Additional Polio event via the Westlake Club is Wed, Oct. 23 at Chick-Fil-A in Westlake from 4pm to 8pm. They will donate 10% of a food order---indicate you are with Rotary. Mobile ordering? Use code: rotarycare (case sensitive)
The Diaper Drive (and other paper products—wipes, toilet paper, paper towels) for Manchaca UMC Food Pantry will be through October. You may bring your donation to a meeting; Simon Garza has offered to collect items and deliver them to the church. Items will also be collected at the Pints for Polio event at DK Maria’s
Doug shared the story of how Rotary go the idea of the Magic of Rotary message. Urchick,our Rotary President a member of the Rotary Club of McMurray, Pennsylvania, USA, said she saw the magic of Rotary on display when she was helping install water filters in the Dominican Republic.
Lisa showed off an old poster from a South Austin Golf tournament, maybe from 2007
Shirley, she closed on her condo in New Orleans
Amber, she has been living two lives up in Lubbock and one here in Austin and running two businesses, hers and her fathers. Also Omar proposed to Logan! She is Blessed.
Galindo Elementary Library and the Rotary Winner split the pot which is $1035. Lisa’s number was drawn and she pulled the Jack of Hearts. The Queen lives on!!!
Texas has passed California as the state with the most power-generating capacity from big solar projects! CA is still ahead when you consider rooftop Systems
Texas is the biggest wind producer
Texas is now second in battery storage CA is first
Rotary is committing US$500,000 to bolster the initiative, channeling these funds through a dedicated Polio Outbreak Response Fund. This contribution represents Rotary's sustained support to the World Health Organization in combating polio globally.
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