President Chris opened the meeting just after noon and Deb Stambaugh led in pledge and Prayer.
ATTENDANCE: In- Person - 22 including prospective member Mirna Wildasin.
- 8 including one guest speaker, Carol.
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
- Karen Nelson - there is still time if you would like to contribute to their project of rebuilding a pavilion at the fields on Moul Ave.
- Brandon Gething - Children's Aid Society is sponsoring 2 golf events this summer and a virtual auction. See Brandon for details.
- Liz Johnides - Roots for Boots is having a fundraising event at The Markets.
- Chris Helt - Barb Rupp asked if Rotary would like to do a service project involving refurbishing/staining a shed that we once sponsored. More information will be forthcoming.
- Terry Gingrow - through Terry's diligence, our missing banners have been located! They were in the storage closet the whole time but were tucked away out of sight!! Three Cheers for Terry- hip hip hooray......
- Please plan to attend the June 29 Rotary meeting to enjoy a couple of special treats, and give Chris a round of thanks before he yields the gavel to Brandon!
PROGRAM: Deb Stambaugh - Vaccination Update
Deb opened with a video titled "Vaccination Works!"
Among other things one of the items inn the video indicated that vaccinations prevent 2 - 3 million deaths worldwide annually.
Diseases can spread almost anywhere in the world within 24 hrs.
Rotary has established a worldwide "Call to Action" regarding insuring that polio is eradicated via vaccination and now includes other vaccinations like for Covid 19.
The remaining areas in the world where there are still unvaccinated people are is due to ignorance or intentional misinformation being spread about the dangers of vaccinations. Some resistance is causing some diseases to spread again.
The biggest takeaway from today is that science has proven without a doubt that vaccines work - there is no question about it! The task is to encourage everyone to confer with your physicians and if recommended, get vaccinated. Vaccination Works!