Newport Rotary Make District News on Polio Event

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Nov. 24 Meeting- EDC Update

A Reminder... that our Monday Meeting, November 24, 2014 will be at the regular time of 5:30 pm at Newport Rotary Club Building.and will be a community program.

Our special guest will be Myles Stempin, Director of the Carteret County Economic Development Council (EDC) on current events of import in Carteret County from an EDC perspective. Visit their website at http://www.carteretedc.com/. 

Newport Rotary Endorses Towns Pedestrian- Bike Grant

Click here for the Letter of Endorsement. It has been, and is a priority of Newport Rotary that the citizens of Newport have a friendly, safe, and healthy place to exercise in the heart of the town. 

Newport & Maysville Rotary Fight Polio

Newport Rotary and Maysville Rotary held a joint meeting in Maysville on Tuesday evening to participate in a global fundraising effort for Polio Eradication. Suzanne Rea of Australia, Founder of The World's Greatest Meal to Help End Polio was the guest speaker. By the end of the evening, less than 15 Rotarians in two small, rural Eastern North Carolina Rotary clubs had combined to fund over $1,500 for Polio Eradication efforts!

Rea's message, that any Rotarian with a passion can make a difference with global impact, resonated with the participants in the room. Over $500 in personal and club contributions were raised, and those funds were then matched by The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a 2 for 1 Match. The result, impact equates to over 1,000 doses of polio vaccine in the fight against Polio.

Thanks to PDG Nancy Barbee for arranging for the fantastic speaker. Newport Rotarians attending were Pres. Joe Garner, PDG Bevin Wall, Pam Wall, Rick Moreau, Anita Moreau and Rotary prospective member Sue Hogan. We had run there and on the ride up and back!

(Clockwise from top right, click to enlarge photo) Suzanne Rea accepts check from Newport Rotary prospect Sue Hogan, Rea addresses group at Maysville Elementary School, NRC Rotarians Anita & Rick Moreau give personally to the effort, with Rea and District Governor Vanessa Ervin, NRC Pres. Joe Garner presents $250 club check to the effort to Rea and Ervin, Group presentation by Rea, Pres. Joe, Rea and PDG Bevin Wall with club banner, Rea with Moreaus looking on, Pres. Joe with banner and Rea, Hogan and Pam Wall look on, final group pose of (most) attendees.  

Joint Meeting: World's Greatest Meal to End Polio Founder to Speak

Rtn. Susanne Rea

Newport Rotary will hold a joint meeting with the Rotary Club of Maysville on Tuesday Nov. 11 at 5:30pm. Maysville Rotary will host a Cookies and Coffee "meal" in honor of the eradication of Polio in the Maysville Elementary School gym. Special guest will be the founder of The World's Greatest Meal to Help End Polio, Susanne Rea, from Australia.

Susanne, a Polio survivor, and Mukesh Malholtra from England wanted to do something to help raise money for Polio, Rotary's number 1 priority. They came up with this idea and started a social media campaign. Since that time, it has gone viral and has spread all over the world. The Gates Foundation matches every dollar Rotarians raise 2-1 so together with this match, WGM has raised almost $2 million. Newport Rotarians will make a donation, and, of course, individuals at the event may also.

Newport Rotarians will carpool from the Newport Rotary Building leaving at 4pm on Tuesday. Mondays meeting (Nov 10) is cancelled.

Newport Rotary Recognized for Foundation Support

Newport Rotary Past President Pam Wall (center) accepts Support Award

Newport Rotary was recognized as the No. 2 Per Capita Giving Club in District 7730 to our Rotary Foundation for 2013-14 Rotary Year. The recognition was made at the District 7730 "Celebrate the Stars" Foundation Banquet held in Wallace, NC on November 2, 2014 by District Governor Vanessa Ervin and Rotary Foundation Annual Fund Chair John Mohr. Foundation Peace Scholar Luiz Pinto from Brazil, studying at the UNC-CH/Duke Peace Center, was the keynote speaker on the Amazon Peace Center.

Newport Rotary is traditionally upon the most significant supporters, per person, of The Rotary Foundation in the District. The 2013-14 Per Capita Giving of the club was $374.46 per person average.

The Rotary Foundation transforms a Rotarians gifts into projects that change lives both close to home and around the world. As the charitable arm of Rotary, it taps into a global network of Rotarians who invest their time, money, and expertise into our priorities, such as eradicating polio and promoting peace. Foundation grants empower Rotarians to approach challenges such as poverty, illiteracy, and malnutrition with sustainable solutions that leave a lasting impact, at home and abroad.

Also recognized at the event were Rotarians Bevin & Pam Wall, who were in attendance, and Larry Howard as Foundation Major Donors and Paul Harris Society Members. The Walls are also members of the Bequest Society.