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Club News
NORTH LITTLE ROCK
On December 11, the North Little Rock club participated for the 10th year in a book giveaway for kindergartners at 7 area schools. The book selected this year was "I Like Me, designed by a Rotarian in Topeka, Kansas. The book is a unique in that each child's name, a few friends' names, teachers, and school name are actually woven into the story in the book.
Club members gather at each school, hand out the books, explain a little about Rotary, and then stay to read with the children in groups. Says Rotarian Russ Kelso of the North Little Rock Club, "The light in eyes as they accept a book with their name in it, that they can keep and take home, is priceless."
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Are You Ready for This?
- The average American spends nearly 6 months of his life waiting at a traffic light
- There are 293 ways to make change for a dollar
- A dime has 118 ridges around its edge
- Babies are born without kneecaps- they don't appear until between the ages of 2 and 6 years.
- Our eyes are the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing
- The luxury cruise liner QE2 moves only 6 inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns
- All 50 states are listed across the top of the Lincoln Memorial on the back of the $5 bill
- A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time equal to 1/100th of a second
- Butterflies taste with their feet
- The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing on a keyboard
Ok, I can hear you saying, "I didn't know that". Well neither did I and quite honestly, I can't be sure if my life is better for knowing the above facts. But one thing for sure, if we keep our eyes and ears open, each day is a learning opportunity.
Ray Keller, District Governor 2008-09
Rotary International District 6150
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Rotary, Gates Foundation announce $355 million for polio eradication
 SAN DIEGO, Calif., U.S.A. (Jan. 21, 2009) -- Rotary International and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have announced they will contribute a combined $355 million in new funds for polio eradication.
The Gates Foundation is awarding Rotary a $255 million challenge grant, which Rotary will match with $100 million raised by its members and supporters over the next three years. As a spearheading partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), Rotary's chief role is fundraising, advocacy and mobilizing volunteers. The announcement came during the Rotary International Assembly, the humanitarian service organization's annual leadership conference.
"Rotarians, government leaders and health professionals have made a phenomenal commitment to get us to a point at which polio afflicts only a small number of the world's children," said Bill Gates, co-chair of the Gates Foundation. "However, complete elimination of the polio virus is difficult and will continue to be difficult for a number of years. Rotary in particular has inspired my own personal commitment to get deeply involved in achieving eradication."
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NEWS BRIEFS
 RI President-elect John Kenny unveiled the theme, The Future of Rotary Is in Your Hands, on Monday during the opening plenary session of the International Assembly , an annual training event in San Diego, California, USA, for incoming district governors.
"The future of Rotary will not be shaped at RI headquarters -- it will be shaped in each and every Rotary club," Kenny said, "because it is for each of us -- as Rotarians -- to do what is necessary to keep Rotary strong."
Incoming District Governors react to Gates announcement
Several district governors-elect were asked for their reaction about the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation awarding US$255 million to Rotary International in the global effort to eradicate polio. The district governors-elect attended the International Assembly on 21 January where Bill Gates made the announcement. |
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