
Submitted by Rosemarie Rowney, President-Elect
The Rotary Club of Ann Arbor hit the trifecta while organizing ways to commemorate World Polio Day this year. Three exceptional events are planned for World Polio Day October 24, 2018.
· SPEAKER: PDG Elizabeth “Liz” Smith Yeats is presenting a polio update at the club's noon luncheon meeting on October 24 at Webers Inn in Ann Arbor, the club's temporary home while the Michigan Union is under renovation. Liz is known for challenging Rotarians to learn something new about polio that we didn't know already know.
· FRIEND RAISING: Community leaders from government, industry and business are receiving personal invitations to come as guests to the luncheon meeting. Local governments are proclaiming World Polio Day in Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor.
· FRIEND RAISING: Community leaders from government, industry and business are receiving personal invitations to come as guests to the luncheon meeting. Local governments are proclaiming World Polio Day in Washtenaw County and Ann Arbor.
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Ann Arbor is a special place to celebrate World Polio Day because on April 12, 1955. It was announced at the Rackham Building on the University of Michigan campus that the Salk vaccine was “safe, effective and potent.” Let's finish this job!
A health worker marks a child's pinkie with purple ink to indicate she has received the polio vaccine during door-to-door immunizations, in a village near Lucknow, India. Courtesy, Rotary International, End Polio Now Resources.
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ROTARY CLUB of ANN ARBOR
Submitted by Collyer A. Smith, Immediate Past President
ROTARY CLUB of ANN ARBOR
Submitted by Collyer A. Smith, Immediate Past President
A Message From Board of Director Joyce Hunter re: STRIVE
http://www.a2rotary.org/a-message-from-board-of-director-joyce-hunter-re-strive/