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Chuck Cusick
Chuck Cusick talked to Rotary about the current state of Rotary's Polio Plus campaign. But before giving the main talk of the day, Chuck gave the day's Foundation Minute. He related a letter recently received from a young student in Guatemala that Chuck and Nancy sponsor. The young Mayan man wrote about his life and education. He talked of his goals which include going on to higher educational opportunities thanks to Rotary and sponsors like Chuck and Nancy. Chuck made that point that the Rotary Foundation supports many causes other than Polio.

On the topic of Polio, Chuck said he came to the campaign when his wife Nancy went on a vaccination trip to Niger in 2003. When she returned she said Chuck had to take one of those trips. A couple of years later he and Nancy went to Egypt. Following that trip they went to Nigeria. They have also gone to Guatemala on other trips.

Rotary got involved with the Polio eradication efford in 1985. The campaign had started in the Philippines, which provided a test case. When the disease was eradicated there it was obvious that the world should be the overall target.

Polio was a dread disease before the effort to stop it. In the 50's, in the United States, parents took extreme measures to keep their children away from anyone who had the ailment or had come in contact with it.

The earliest documented cases are found in art from Egypt thousands of years ago. Even with this long history, people didn't know what caused the infection until the mid 1900's.

Jonas Salk developed the first vaccine in 1955. His work was followed by an oral vaccine developed by Albert Sabin in 1961. Thanks to those efforts the disease was eradicated in the US. Today few young people even know what it is.

Rotary is a part of a massive campaign supported by numerous organizations. Most notably, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation matches Rotary 2 to 1. With the other groups, polio is almost gone. From a worldwide plague in 1985, the number of documented cases dropped to 416 in 2013 and fewer than 26 in the 2019 report.

Progress has been made, but the final cleanup is proving the most difficult. Rotarian's gifts to Polio Plus make a difference. Rotary will keep going until the disease is gone. Even then the effort will continue to be sure polio never comes back.



CLUB NEWS and ANNOUNCEMENTS

OFF SITE MEETING - June 18, 2019
Meet at the Marriott Uptown


Griff Acker reported that Harry Farris, now in his 90's, is in the hospital after a recent spill he took while riding his motor scooter. Griff said that he's going over to Harry's place to set a few "critter traps".

Erv Hutter will be taking three students to RYLA at Camp Rotary on Sunday.

Tim Holsworth gave an update on the Golf Outing coming up on June 24. Tim thanked all of the sponsors, in particular major sponsors Wildfire Credit Union and Michigan Sugar. He also reminded everyone that evenif you don't play, you can join the group for the lunch for just $15.

Members should be sure and check the printed list of Club Runner information that Tara Welch is maintaining. The club will be cutting over to that system on July 1.

You should also watch for an e-mailed club dues invoice. That process will be administered by the Treasurer starting in July.

The Tall Ship Celebration is coming to down in mid-July. As always, Rotarians will fill a number of volunteer jobs. See Nancy Greve for details and to volunteer.

Remember to sell your Golf Outing Raffle Tickets. The prize will again be an I-pad computer with AirPods. See Cindy Chadwick for details.

The club will meet off-site on these dates:
    June 18 - Marriott Uptown
    July 30 - Marriott Uptown

COUNTING DOWN

At the board's direction, these Breezes, the club web site,
and the member database will be dropped as of July 1, 2019.

Replacing these systems, used for the last fifteen years, will be the Club Runner program. If there are features of the current system that you like or rely on, be sure to ask board members or incoming administration if there will be a replacement for that feature.



---- DATES TO REMEMBER ----

Off site Meeting June 18, 2019
Marriott Uptown


June 24, 2019: Golf Outing - 9:00 am Maple Leaf Golf Course


Upcoming Programs

(See the official schedule at RotaryBayCity.org )

June 18, 2019: ODRAM Bike Run presented by Cindy Aley-Holzgen
OFF SITE MEETING June 18 - Marriott

June 25, 2019: Rev. Phil Johnson, chaplain at the Bay County Jai, will talk about the spiritual needs of people incarcerated in the Bay County Jail and the Forgotten Man Ministries.


Rotary is an intimate affiliation of carefully selected business and professional people,
having as its objective the promotion of high ethical standards in private, commercial
and civic life, and dedicated to the ideal that the basis of all worthy endeavor is unselfish service.




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LINKS

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Steve Kent and his family have lived in Bay City for 40 years. He is VP of Technical Services at MMCC which produces MyBayCity.Com. Kent is active in many Bay City civic organizations.

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