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At our Zoom meeting on October 23, 2020, President Drew Pelger opened the meeting by welcoming a total of 29 Canton Rotarians ('live' at John's Bar and also via Zoom) and our speaker, Shaun Eller, COO, from Ohio Gratings, Inc.
President Drew also filled in for our club Secretary, Paula Mastroianni, and presented some interesting historical facts for the day plus the following information on the history of Rotary's Polio eradication efforts: On September 29, 1979, RI President James L. Bomar, Jr. put the first drops of oral polio vaccine into a child's mouth, launching the Philippine poliomyelitis immunization effort. RI President Bomar and Philippine's Minister of Health signed an agreement committing Rotary International and the government of the Philippines to a joint multiyear effort to immunize about 6 million children against polio, at a cost of about $760,000. This was basically the first salvo in Rotary's war against polio!
President Drew also received "Happy Bucks" from Robert Matthews and Dave Ewing.
Announcements:
- PDG/PP Bob Pattison updated our club members on the history of Rotary's challenge to eradicate Polio. Bob encouraged everyone to make a donation to PolioPlus and announced that anyone donating $20 or more will receive double Paul Harris Fellow recognition points and will be entered into a raffle to win a US $1 commemorative coin.
Vice President Julia Dick welcomed our speaker, Shaun Eller, COO, from Ohio Gratings, Inc.
This week's program will be Kelli Viscounte from 'Love Our Community' (Please note: info on any in-person meeting this Friday will be announced later this week.)