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If you are interested in learning more about the Lima Rotary Club please contact BillRedn@hotmail.com
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For the website of the Rotary Club in Lima, Ohio
CLICK HERE
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Posted by billr on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 02:09 PM
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Posted by billr on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 05:22 PM
Date- Speaker- Topic
July 10, 2008 President Mike's first meeting of the year & Board meeting
July 17, 2008 Kelly Miller Circus (no meeting at Hotel)
July 24, 2008 Gov. Mike Leone's official visit
Aug. 7, 2008 Open
Aug. 14, 2008 Boad Meeting
Aug. 21, 2008 Open
Aug. 23, 2008 Rotary Yard Sale at George Gotcsik's Home
Aug. 28, 2008 Steak Roast at Mark Tubbs Park
Sept. 4, 2008 NY State Attorney General Office program
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Posted by billr on Sunday, July 06, 2008 - 02:08 PM
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Rotary International President Dong Kurn Lee stressed that a diverse Rotary is a strong Rotary during a visit to the Rotary Club of Chicago on 1 July.
As part of a long-standing tradition for RI presidents, Lee addressed members of the Chicago club, the birthplace of Rotary, as one of his first official acts. He stressed the need to bring in new leadership to take over for the old as part of the 2008-09 RI theme, Make Dreams Real.
"Every Rotarian that we bring into our clubs helps to Make Dreams Real," Lee said, to a packed second-floor room in the elegant Union League Club in downtown Chicago. "Every single one is another pair of hands, and another mind, and another heart to do Rotary’s work."
Lee called on every district to increase membership by 10 percent and to add two clubs during this Rotary year.
Read full article: 'RI President stresses diversity'
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Posted by billr on Sunday, June 01, 2008 - 05:20 PM
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Dear fellow Rotarians,
I wish that every Rotarian could have the opportunities to see Rotary in action that Joan and I have enjoyed over the past months. From India to France, Hong Kong to Brazil, the Philippines to Turkey, we witnessed Rotarians demonstrating, with great compassion and ingenuity, just how much Rotary Shares.
We saw incredible disaster relief efforts in Pakistan and had the chance to inaugurate one of seven schools being built there with contributions by Rotarians. In India, we surveyed the impressive results of Rotarian tsunami recovery projects. In Brazil, we visited a school supported by the Foundation of São Paulo Rotarians that offers academic and vocational education as well as a program for the hearing impaired. And we felt very proud when we saw what Houston Rotarians have done in establishing a four-star hotel for patients and families visiting the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Another of the year’s highlights was our North American membership conferences. These seven meetings drew many Rotarians eager to reverse the region’s downward trend in membership. They shared ideas and left energized to strengthen their clubs’ membership.
Read full article: 'RI President Wilf Wilkinson Message'
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Posted by billr on Friday, May 02, 2008 - 07:06 PM
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Would you like to see how Rotary is trying to change the world? You can do that by clicking on the link for the Rotary YouTube video in the main menu.
You can learn about the Rotary Peace Centers, Rotary's efforts to eradicate Polio from our world as well as other very important things that Rotary is doing.
Should you be interested in attending one of our meetings please contact me at BillRedn@hotmail.com and I'll be glad to invite you. We meet Thursday evenings 6:30 at the American Hotel in beautiful downtown Lima.
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Posted by billr on Sunday, April 06, 2008 - 12:55 PM
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By Dan Nixon and Vivian Fiore
Rotary International News - 14 February 2008
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Rotary International has received a US$3.5 million challenge grant from the Google Foundation, a nonprofit managed by Google.org, in support of Rotary’s top goal to eradicate polio worldwide. Rotary will raise funds to match the Google Foundation grant dollar-for-dollar over one year.
The grant and matching funds will directly support polio immunization activities carried out by the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), a partnership spearheaded by the World Health Organization, Rotary International, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“Following the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s $100 million grant to Rotary in November, Google.org represents another response to the call for support by Rotary and its partners to finish polio,” says Dr. Robert S. Scott, trustee chair of The Rotary Foundation. “Both challenge grants reflect strong confidence in Rotary’s leadership role in working relentlessly to help achieve this vital public health goal for the world’s children.”
Eradicating polio has been Rotary’s number-one priority since 1985. To date, Rotary has helped immunize nearly two billion children and contributed $650 million to the GPEI, a figure that will rise to more than $850 million by the time the world is certified polio-free.
Globally, the number of polio cases has fallen from 350,000 annually in the mid-1980s to approximately 2,000 cases in 2006. The GPEI has succeeded in slashing the number of cases by 99 percent and decreased the number of polio-endemic countries from 125 to just 4: Afghanistan, India, Nigeria, and Pakistan.
“This grant comes at a crucial time for the initiative, as more funds are needed to reach children in the most challenging regions of the world,” says RI President Wilfrid J. Wilkinson. “We have the technical tools to beat polio, and we’re almost there. All we need is for the rest of the world to follow the Google Foundation’s lead in supporting the effort to eradicate this vaccine-preventable disease once and for all.”
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Please take notice of the program scheduled for the next meeting. You will find the programs in the box to the left of this message. Please plan on being there to support our guest speakers.
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The Kelly Miller Circus is set for July 17th with two shows, one at 4:30 and one at 7:30. Tickets are available from any Rotarian or at most stores in Lima. Advanced tickets are Adults $9 ($12 at door) and Children $5 ($6 at door). You can see the Big Top being set up around 9 AM. for free.
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