District Governor Lee Dixon of Morehead City highlighted the concerns of preventable child illness and mortality during his address to the Newport Rotary Club on Monday night, July 14, 2008. This address caps off the beginning of his 48 Governor's addresses to all of the clubs in Southeast North Carolina.
According to DG Dixon, the magic number is 30,000. This is the number of children under the age of five that die every day from preventable diseases such as pneumonia, measles, and malaria. A compelling visual slideshow accompanied his address.
The club was challenged to meet the child mortality crisis with a specific fundraiser targeted toward reducing child mortality. This might be done locally, regionally, or internationally, with or without the use of a Rotary Foundation Grant. The District Conference Cruise to Mexico will also provide an opportunity to work on a service project impacting child mortality.
Newport Rotary has a consistent program of supporting the needs of children in
the community, including annual participation in the Dictionary Project (free dictionaries to Newport Elementary & Grammercy School second graders), Rotary Youth Leadership Awards Conference (RYLA)(leadership training for High School Juniors), Rotarians Against Drugs Speech Contest (RAD), Service projects and curriculum with local second grade school students. In 2002-03 Newport Rotary partnered with other county Rotary Clubs and the Health Department to provide English & Spanish books on immunization concerns to the County's Hispanic population.
Governor Dixon was accompanied by his Rotary partner Glenda. He was introduced by Club President Cliff Schweitzer.
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