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From the past week... Last Saturday the Rotary Club of Spruce Grove hosted an Appreciation/Awareness Pancake Breakfast at the Links Golf Course. We would like to thank the Links for the great venue, breakfast and service. Upcoming... 1. Thursday, Nov. 9th, Speaker, Barbara Wilson, Rainbow for the Future, International Development. 2. Thursday, Nov. 16th, Speaker, Jackie Hobal, Rotary Zone 24, West Corrdinator. Polio Eradication Update. Note that the Rotary Club of Spruce Grove has recently had an article focused on Polio Eradication published in the Grove Examiner. Thanks to Dianne Brown and Judy Kesanko for this work. Here is that article. Rotary Tackles Polio… and Wins! Some of us are old enough to remember when polio ravaged North America in the 1950’s. Thousands of people, mostly children, were affected.Polio is a virus which mainly affects children under age 5 although by the 1950’s older children and some adults began to contract the disease. It is very contagious and spreads through person-to-person contact, typically through contaminated water. The virus lives in an infected person’s throat and intestines. It enters the body through the mouth and spreads through contact with the feces of an infected person and, though less common, through droplets from a sneeze or cough. For the rest of the article check the link at the bottom of the page. 3. Thursday, Nov. 23rd. Silly Santa Day...Rotary Club of Spruce Grove's annual Christmas Fundraiser for the women of Wings of Providence. For clarificatiion...WINGS of Providence, is a second stage residence. WINGS is a 'long stay' (3 or 4 months?) where they get their feet under them--taking courses, getting help with resumes, family living, housekeeping, etc. Win House is a first stage 'escape from violence' emergency shelter. |
