District Governor Tony Castley addressed the meeting on the 30th September and gave our guests a brief on what Rotary does and is.
Tony spoke of our many youth programs and gave a short explanation of them. He explained how over 1.2 million Rotarians around the world work to make a difference. He gave a brief on the high rate of children dying from preventable causes and what can be done and is being done to prevent this.
Tony also gave an overview of the Polio effort and explained that only four countries now have the disease and our efforts to eradicate it entirely. He also explained if we stopped now the disease would spread quickly and we would lose the battle.
Tony offered an overview of the Rotary Foundation and the Australian Rotary Health Research fund and advised us of the upcoming Foundation Dinner on possibly, Thursday 14 May, 2009. A magazine containing two pages on projects from each club will be produced and distributed to the likes of Doctors surgeries, Motels, etc. Clubs will be involved also, by purchasing magazines and distributing this coffee table addition in order to promote Rotary to the public.
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