Programs

TODAY

Rich Penkowski, Skaneateles Airport

November 15 – Sea Scouts update

November 22 – no meeting THANKSGIVING

November 29 – Dirk Young, Twin Birch Dairy

Suggestions for future programs are always welcome. Please forward your ideas to Toni at tonicurt27@aol.com.

News & Notes

Winterfest planning in full gear

Now is the time of year we need to start gearing up for Winterfest!

John Paddock circulated sponsorship information last week with a spreadsheet of last year’s sponsors plus potentials for this year. Club members are reminded to review the list and volunteer to contact those on the list. Very few people decline the invitation to sponsor this excellent event so the more we ask, the more we are likely to raise.

Remember, sponsorships are our primary source of fund-raising for the year. The more money we raise, the more energy we can devote the rest of the year to service projects and other community activities and the less energy we have to think about fund-raising.

John also reported that the Community Center is moving forward with plans to hold a Winter Triathalon at the Community Center concurrent with Winterfest on Saturday. Matt Major will continue to take the lead on that and provide further details at a later date.

Rotary Foundation Feature – PolioPlus Eradication efforts

PolioPlus - To eradicate polio, Rotarians have mobilized by the hundreds of thousands. They’re working to ensure that children are immunized against this crippling disease and that surveillance is strong despite the poor infrastructure, extreme poverty, and civil strife of many countries. Since the PolioPlus program’s inception in 1985, more than two billion children have received the oral polio vaccine.

PolioPlus Grants – Primarily applied for by National PolioPlus Committee chairs or a major partner agency, such as the World Health Organization or UNICEF. Support is available for eradication efforts in polio-endemic, recently endemic, and high-risk countries, including National Immunization Days, poliovirus transmission monitoring, and other activities.

PolioPlus Partners Grants – Allow Rotarians to contribute to specific social mobilization and surveillance activities in polio-endemic countries.

Polio Facts - Decades ago, polio outbreaks were a constant threat around the world. After the introduction of polio vaccines by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin and a steadfast immunization effort, these outbreaks became part of history in most of the world. Yet many still live under the threat of polio, which is why Rotary and its global partners are committed to reaching every child with the vaccine and ending this disease worldwide.

Major gains have been made in the global fight against polio:

· In the 1980s, 1,000 children were infected by the disease every day in 125 countries. Today, polio cases have declined by 99 percent, with fewer than two thousand cases reported in 2006.

· Two billion children have been immunized, five million have been spared disability, and over 250,000 deaths from polio have been prevented.

Rotary Timeline – 1946 – book In the Minds of Men published

Rotary International publishes the book In the Minds of Men, which includes the UNESCO constitution and the first overview of the organization’s mission. (A 1942 Rotary conference on education and cultural exchange is credited as setting the stage for the formation of UNESCO.)

In the book’s preface, RI President Richard C. Hedke writes that the newly formed constitution “parallels the work that Rotary has been doing through its Fourth Object” and that both UNESCO and Rotary “strive to advance international peace through the development of mutual understanding and the creation of goodwill.”

Club Business &

Dates to Remember

Call to Order; Pledge of Allegiance & Invocation

lIntroduction of Guests/Visitarians

lHappy Dollars & Fines

District Major Events

November 10 – RLI – LoudonvilleN, NY

January 2008 – D7150 Mid-Winter Meetings

March 14-15 – Multi-District President-Elect Training Seminar (PETS) - Double Tree Hotel

Committee Reports

lClub Administration

President – Marion Krauter

Treasurer – Toni Feldmann

Secretary – John Rooney

l Service Projects

Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering

Sea Scouts – John Paddock

Programs – Toni Feldmann

Early Act – Tom Seeley

Fire Equipment – Chris Bruna

Service Committee – John Rooney

lWinterfest & Craft Fair – Paddock/Krauter

lMembership (& Retention) – All

lSocial Chair – Paul Torrisi

lSergeant at Arms – Daryle Pickering

Evening Club Programs

TODAY –Chuck Williams, Sudan Clinic & Club Activities

November 15 – Club Assembly

November 22 – Thanksgiving No Meeting

November 29 – Exchange Students

Officers & Directors

Officers

President – Marion Krauter

President-Elect – Tom Seeley

Past President – Daryle Pickering

Treasurer – Toni Feldman

Sergeant-at-Arms – Daryle Pickering

Secretary – John Rooney

Committee Chairs

Club Service – John Rooney

Food Pantry – Daryle Pickering

Membership – All

Program Chair – Toni Feldman

Rotary Foundation – John Paddock

Social Chair – Paul Torrisi

Youth Exchange – Doug Hill/John Paddock

Members

Christopher Bruna, Dave Cutten, Robert DeWetter, Toni Feldmann, Paul Frickey, Douglas Hill, Marion Krauter, Michael Krebs, John Paddock, Daryle Pickering, John Rooney, Thomas Seeley, Patrick Taylor, Paul Torrisi, Michael Wahlrab, Rhett Weiss

Exchange Students

Sarah Bierbaum (Germany), Lucas Grob (Switzerland), Eddy Tasia (Belgium), Nico Avalle (Argentina)

TRY OUR ROTARY WEBSITES

Our District Website: http://www.rotary7150.org/

Rotary International: http://www.rotary.org/

RYLA http://www.rotaryryla.com/

Skaneateles Rotary: http://www.skaneatelesrotary.org/

e-club http://www.rotaryeclubny1.com

SUNRISE EDITORS

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The Sunrise

Newsletter of the Skaneateles Sunrise Rotary Club

District 7150

Bulletin #2007-17 Date: November 8, 2007

News & Notes

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SUNRISE EDITORS