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The Rotary Clubs of Dixon, Rock Falls, Sterling Noon, Twin Cities Sunrise, Walnut, and SVCC Rotaract will mark historic progress toward a polio-free world while urging the Sauk Valley community to help end the paralyzing disease of polio. This event is among thousands to be held by Rotary Clubs around the world as World Polio Day on October 24th nears.
These Rotary Club members are taking action to raise awareness, funds, and support to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that still threatens children in parts of the world today.
WHAT: Fifth Annual End Polio Now Walk
WHO: All Rotarians and the public
WHEN: Saturday, October 10 at 9:00 a.m. with registration to begin at 8:15 a.m. at Larson Shelter
WHERE: Centennial Park, 510 East 11th Street in Rock Falls
DETAILS: No registration fee, but T-shirt will be given for a $20 donation as long as supply lasts. All donations will be doubled by the Gates Foundation. Rotarians wanting to donate a check to Rotary Foundation to End Polio Now should include their Rotary I.D. number on the check. Their check will be sent into Rotary International as a part of this event.
Rock Falls Rotary is working with local school districts in Rock Falls to help distribute lunches to students in Rock Falls.
Details:
- Entrance will only be from the back lot (1701 12th Ave., Rock Falls, IL)
- From 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. lunches will be taken curbside to deliver.
- A lunch will be provided for any child from Rock Falls, 18 years of age or younger. Child need not be in attendance and no questions asked.
- This will end Friday, March 27, thus continuing through Spring Break.
Andrew Bartles (right) , an exchange student of 2004 who spent a year in the Netherlands, and later in 2010 a year as an Ambassadorial Scholar in Lebanon, returned to Rock Falls to exchange his Rotary Club banner of Manama, Bahrain of District 2452 with Present-Elect Tom Myers of Rock Falls Rotary. Andrew has been working in the oil industry in the area of Saudi Arabia, but living in Bahrain.
Andrew Stutzke of Sterling who is presently the weekend meteorologist at WQAD presented a program on his career pathway and of course on the weather patterns we are experiencing in the Midwest with an explanation of why. The calculations into predicting the weather are much more complicated than listeners to weather forecasts think. Thank you Andrew Stutzke WQAD for providing such an interesting and informational program to our members and guests.
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Rock Falls, IL 61071
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