Club Meeting Saturday, November 21st
All members who are in the Houston area on November 21st are requested to attend our event in the George Bush Park beginning at 10 am and ending at 3 pm. This is the "Party to End Polio" day and many Rotarians, family members, and friends will be riding their bicycles in the park to raise money for eradicating polio. PDG Chris Schneider is also leading a group of motorcyclists who have also raised funds to fight polio and they will join us for lunch in the park. In this newsletter and on the website is a form to be used to request donations or you may go to My Rotary on the Rotary International website and donate to the Ride to End Polio. Please send an em to PDG Ed Charlesworth (charlesworth@stresscontrol.com to let us know the amount you have raised for this event. We want you and your club to get credit but would like to announce the grand total of this fundraiser for eradicating polio at our event and at the Polio Plus Society Dinner. This is going to be a fun party and with the Gates Foundation matching program every $100 turns into $300!!!
Rotarians from across our district will share in this activity. We will have family entertainment such as Bingo, giant Jenga, music, and a $10/person picnic lunch. You will have a chance to meet ten visiting Russian Rotarians who are participating in the Russian USA Intercountry Committee Cultural Exchange. This Russian Delegation is from Yekaterinburg and Volgograd in the Russian Federation and will be in our Rotary District 5890 November 16-28, 2015.
A club meeting will be held at 12:30 pm including our District Governor Nick Giannone. Special Rotarian guest Suzanne Rea who shares the Rotary Flame at our event. This Rotary “flame” was launched in Chennai, India, in December, 2014 to commemorate India becoming polio-free and to promote the need to go the last mile in the battle to eradicate this horrible crippling disease. The torch has made its way through Rotary countries, and passed through all three polio endemic countries – Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Nigeria. Have your photo taken with the Rotary flame!
If you are unable to come to the park on the 21st, please know that you may still participate at any YMCA in the Houston area. Blake Knight, Community Executive Director at the San Jacinto & Baytown Family Y's, says, "I’m happy to announce that we have decided to open all of the Y’s here in Houston to Rotarians the week of November 14-20th." He adds, "We are excited to partner on this and look forward to the opportunity to help in the fight to end polio." So check with your local YMCA about this opportunity to raise funds to End Polio Now.
If you are coming for lunch, we must know in order to have enough food. Please register or contact PDG Ed Charlesworth.